Northerns women's cricket team

The Northerns women's cricket team, also known as Fidelity Titans and previously known as Northern Transvaal women's cricket team, is the women's representative cricket team for the South African region of Tshwane. They compete in the CSA Women's One-Day Cup, which they have won three times, and the CSA Women's T20 Challenge.[1]

Northerns Women
Personnel
CaptainRobyn Searle
CoachBryon Fraser
Team information
FoundedUnknown
First recorded match: 1960
Home groundCenturion Park, Centurion
History
ODC wins3
T20 wins0
Official websiteTitans Cricket

History

edit

The side first appeared in the Simon Trophy, as Northern Transvaal, in the 1951–52 season and played in the tournament until 1959–60.[2] As Northerns, they next competed in the Inter-Provincial Tournament in 1995–96, and have competed in the tournament ever since.[1] They first won the tournament in 1998–99, beating North West in the final.[3] They next won the tournament in 2010–11, finishing second in their group to qualify for the knockout stages before beating Boland in the semi-final and KwaZulu-Natal in the final.[4] They retained their title the following season, going unbeaten in the group stages before beating KwaZulu-Natal in the semi-final.[5] They then beat Western Province in the final by 161 runs, with Marizanne Kapp making 106.[6]

They have also competed in the CSA Women's Provincial T20 Competition since its inception in 2012–13.[1] They have finished as runners-up in the competition twice, in 2013–14 and 2015–16.[7][8]

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, Northerns would be allowed eleven professional players from the 2023–24 season onwards.[9][10]

Players

edit

Current squad

edit

Based on squad announced for the 2023–24 season. Players in bold have international caps.[11]

Name Nationality Notes
Robyn Searle   South Africa Club captain; wicket-keeper
Anneke Bosch   South Africa
Ricea Coetzer   South Africa
Rode de Nysschen   South Africa
Gandhi Jafta   South Africa
Nicolien Janse van Rensburg   South Africa
Aabha Joshi   South Africa
Masabata Klaas   South Africa
Monalisa Legodi   South Africa
Simone Lourens   South Africa
Suné Luus   South Africa
Lesedi Madisha   South Africa
Amogelang Maphangula   South Africa
Eliz-Mari Marx   South Africa
Paulina Mashishi   South Africa
Josephine Maswangane   South Africa
Lebogang Nkadimeng   South Africa
Katherine Prior   South Africa
Jenna Searle   South Africa
Kay-Leigh Tapp   South Africa
Tiani van den Heuvel   South Africa
Christelle van der Schyff   South Africa
Laura Wolvaardt   South Africa

Notable players

edit

Players who have played for Northerns and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):[12]

Honours

edit

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ a b c "Northerns Women". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Simon Trophy 1951/52". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Caltrate Inter-Provincial Tournament 1998/99". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  4. ^ "CSA Women's Provincial League 2010/11". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  5. ^ "CSA Women's Provincial League 2011/12". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Northerns Women v Western Province Women, 7 April 2012". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  7. ^ "CSA Women's Provincial T20 Competition 2013/14". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  8. ^ "CSA Women's Provincial T20 Competition 2015/16". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "South Africa's women's team to get equal match fees as the men". ESPNcricinfo. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  11. ^ "Fidelity Titans Assemble a Strong Team for the 2023/2024 Season". CricketWorld. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
  12. ^ "Northerns Women Players". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 February 2022.