Western Province women's cricket team

Western Province Women
Personnel
Captain	Leah Jones
Coach	Claire Terblanche
Team information
Founded	Unknown First recorded match: 1952
Home ground	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town ; Old Mutual Sports Club Ground, Cape Town
History
ODC wins	9
T20 wins	7
Official website	Western Province Cricket

The Western Province women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team for part of the South African province of Western Cape, primarily based in Cape Town. They compete in the CSA Women's One-Day Cup and the CSA Women's T20 Challenge, and they are the most successful side in both competitions, with 9 and 7 title wins, respectively.^[1]

History

Western Province Women first competed in the Simon Trophy between 1951–52 and 1975–76, winning the title a recorded three times.^[1] They joined the Inter-Provincial One-Day Tournament for its inaugural season in 1995–96, and have competed in every season since.^[1] They finished as runners-up to England Under-21s in 1997–98.^[2] The side won its first title in 2005–06, beating Boland in the final, before retaining their title the following season against the same opposition.^[3]^[4] They next won the tournament in 2008–09, before emerging victorious four years in a row between 2012–13 and 2015–16.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10] They won their eighth title in 2017–18, before finishing as runners-up to North West in the following two seasons.^[11]^[12]^[13] In the 2020–21 season, due to COVID-19 protocols, there was no overall winner, but the side did win one of the two top tier groups, going unbeaten.^[14] They won their ninth one-day title in 2022–23.^[15]

Western Province Women have also competed in the CSA Women's Provincial T20 Competition since its inception in 2012–13, and won the inaugural tournament.^[16] They went on to win the tournament four times in a row between 2014–15 and 2017–18, and then won their sixth and seventh titles in 2019–20 and 2021–22.^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]

In August 2023, it was announced that a new professional domestic system would be implemented for women's cricket in South Africa. As one of the six teams in the top division of the two domestic competitions, Western Province would be allowed eleven professional players from the 2023–24 season onwards.^[23]^[24]

Players

Current squad

Based on appearances in the 2023–24 season. Players in bold have international caps.^[25]

Name	Nationality	Notes
Name	Nationality	Notes	Leah Jones	South Africa	Club captain
Kelsey Adams	South Africa
Jemma Botha	South Africa
Nadine de Klerk	South Africa
Babette de Leede	Netherlands	Wicket-keeper
Lara Goodall	South Africa
Tatum le Roux	South Africa
Yandiswa Mangele	South Africa
Kgotatso Molefe	South Africa
Kayla Reyneke	South Africa
Saarah Smith	South Africa
Andrie Steyn	South Africa
Delmi Tucker	South Africa
Faye Tunnicliffe	South Africa
Nosipho Vezi	South Africa
Caitlin Wyngaard	South Africa
Sinelethu Yaso	South Africa

Notable players

Players who have played for Western Province and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):^[26]

Honours

CSA Women's Provincial Programme:
- Winners (9): 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2017–18 & 2022–23
CSA Women's Provincial T20 Competition:
- Winners (7): 2012–13, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2019–20 & 2021–22

Notes

^ Bezuidenhout represented both South Africa and New Zealand in international cricket.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Western Province Women (South Africa)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
^ "Women's Inter-Provincial Tournament 1997/98". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
^ "Women's Provincial League 2005/06". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
^ "Women's Provincial League 2006/07". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
^ "Women's Provincial League 2008/09". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
^ "CSA Women's Provincial League 2011/12". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
^ "CSA Women's Provincial League 2012/13". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
^ "CSA Women's Provincial League 2013/14". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
^ "CSA Women's Provincial League 2014/15". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
^ "CSA Women's Provincial League 2015/16". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
^ "CSA Women's Provincial League 2017/18". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
^ "CSA Women's Provincial League 2018/19". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
^ "CSA Women's Provincial League 2019/20". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
^ "CSA Women's Provincial Programme 2020/21". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
^ "CSA Women's Provincial Programme 2022/23". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
^ "CSA Women's Provincial T20 Competition 2012/13". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
^ "CSA Women's Provincial T20 Competition 2014/15". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
^ "CSA Women's Provincial T20 Competition 2015/16". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
^ "CSA Women's Provincial T20 Competition 2016/17". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
^ "CSA Women's Provincial T20 Competition 2017/18". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
^ "CSA Women's Provincial T20 Competition 2019/20". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
^ "CSA Women's Provincial T20 Competition 2021/22". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
^ "CSA Celebrates Landmark Moment in Women's Cricket with the Launch of Professional Domestic Women's League". Cricket South Africa. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
^ "South Africa's women's team to get equal match fees as the men". ESPNcricinfo. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
^ "Batting and Fielding for Western Province Women/CSA Women's Professional League 2023/24". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
^ "Western Province Women (South Africa) Players". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.

[27] Bezuidenhout represented both South Africa and New Zealand in international cricket.

[CAprof-1] "Western Province Women (South Africa)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.

[2] "Women's Inter-Provincial Tournament 1997/98". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.

[3] "Women's Provincial League 2005/06". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.

[4] "Women's Provincial League 2006/07". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.

[5] "Women's Provincial League 2008/09". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.

[6] "CSA Women's Provincial League 2011/12". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.

[7] "CSA Women's Provincial League 2012/13". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.

[8] "CSA Women's Provincial League 2013/14". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.

[9] "CSA Women's Provincial League 2014/15". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.

[10] "CSA Women's Provincial League 2015/16". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.

[11] "CSA Women's Provincial League 2017/18". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.

[12] "CSA Women's Provincial League 2018/19". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.

[13] "CSA Women's Provincial League 2019/20". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.

[14] "CSA Women's Provincial Programme 2020/21". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.

[15] "CSA Women's Provincial Programme 2022/23". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 October 2023.

[16] "CSA Women's Provincial T20 Competition 2012/13". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.

[17] "CSA Women's Provincial T20 Competition 2014/15". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.

[18] "CSA Women's Provincial T20 Competition 2015/16". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.

[19] "CSA Women's Provincial T20 Competition 2016/17". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.

[20] "CSA Women's Provincial T20 Competition 2017/18". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.

[21] "CSA Women's Provincial T20 Competition 2019/20". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.

[22] "CSA Women's Provincial T20 Competition 2021/22". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 April 2022.

[23] "CSA Celebrates Landmark Moment in Women's Cricket with the Launch of Professional Domestic Women's League". Cricket South Africa. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.

[24] "South Africa's women's team to get equal match fees as the men". ESPNcricinfo. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.

[25] "Batting and Fielding for Western Province Women/CSA Women's Professional League 2023/24". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 October 2023.

[26] "Western Province Women (South Africa) Players". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 February 2022.

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Western Province women's cricket team

History

Players

Current squad

Notable players

Honours

See also

Notes

References

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