Boland cricket team

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The Boland cricket team is based in the Boland region of Western Cape province in South Africa.

Contents 1 Honours 2 Club history 3 Venues 4 References

[edit] Honours

• Currie Cup (0) -  ; shared (0) -
• Standard Bank Cup (1) - 1999-2000
• South African Airways Provincial Three-Day Challenge (0) -
• South African Airways Provincial One-Day Challenge (0) -

[edit] Club history

The team began as Boland in October 1980. To take part in the SuperSport Series, Boland merged with Western Province to form Western Province Boland (now Cape Cobras) from October 2004.

[edit] Venues

Boland's venues have included:

• Oude Libertas, Stellenbosch Farmers Winery Ground, Stellenbosch (Oct 1980 - Feb 1991)
• Brackenfell Sports Fields (Sept 1989 - Jan 1995)
• Callie de Wet Sportsground, Robertson (used once in Sept 1990)
• Boland Park, Worcester (Oct 1990 - Sept 1993)
• Bredasdorp Cricket Club Ground (used once Sept 1992)
• Stellenbosch University Ground, Coetzenburg (Oct 1993 - Feb 1999; used earlier by SA Universities 1978)
• Paarl Cricket Club Ground (Nov 1994 - Feb 1995)
• Boland Park, Paarl (main venue Dec 1994 - 2005)

[edit] References

• South African Cricket Annual – various editions
• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack – various editions

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