Northerns women's cricket team

The Northerns women's cricket team, also known as Titans Ladies 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 Women's Provincial Programme, which they have won three times, and the CSA Women's Provincial T20 Competition.[1]

Northerns Women
Personnel
CaptainRobyn Searle
Team information
FoundedUnknown
First recorded match: 1960
Home groundCenturion Park, Centurion
History
WPP wins3
WPT20 wins0
Official websiteTitans Cricket

History

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]

Players

Current squad

Based on squad announced for the 2021–22 season. Players in bold have international caps.[9]

Name Nationality Notes
Robyn Searle South AfricaClub captain; wicket-keeper
Ricea Coetzer South Africa
Mignon du Preez South Africa
Gandhi Jafta South Africa
Nicolien Janse van Rensburg South Africa
Monalisa Legodi South Africa
Suné Luus South Africa
Lesedi Madisha South Africa
Amogelang Maphangula South Africa
Eliz-Mari Marx South Africa
R Marx South Africa
Paulina Mashishi South Africa
Josephine Maswangane South Africa
Kgalalelo Matsepe South AfricaWicket-keeper
Koketso Mhlanga South Africa
Maria Msiza South Africa
Lebogang Nkadimeng South Africa
Katherine Prior South Africa
Khanyisile Skhosana South Africa
Kay-Leigh Tapp South Africa
Sunette Viljoen South Africa

Notable players

Players who have played for Northerns and played internationally are listed below, in order of first international appearance (given in brackets):[10]

Honours

See also

References
  1. "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. "Meet the Titans Ladies". Titans Cricket. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  10. "Northerns Women Players". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
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