Currie Cup (Cricket)
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| sport | First class cricket |
| Association | Cricket South Africa |
| League foundation | 1889-90 |
| Teams | 6th |
| Country countries |
 South Africa
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| Title holder | Lions |
| Record champions | Highveld Lions (25) |
The Currie Cup is the national first-class cricket competition for South Africa . The six first-class franchises in South Africa are taking part in this competition, which has been held since 1889/90. Up until the 2004/05 season, these were the provincial teams that are holding their champions today in the CSA Provincial Three-Day Competition . The championship has had several names in the past. While Currie Cup was the official name until 1990/91, Castle Cup was used until 1996/97 and then Supersport Series . Since the 2012/13 season the competition has been called the Sunfoil Series .
history
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The Currie Cup was Donald Currie donated as England in the 1888/89 season for the first time a tour denied in South Africa. As the first team, Kimberley was able to secure the trophy, as it could do best against the English team in the tour games. In the following year, Kimberley and Transvaal played the cup in one game for the first time and Transvaal won with 6 wickets. The following year, Kimberley won the same encounter before the tournament was suspended in the 1891/92 season and then a third team was added with Western Province . During the Second Boer War , the Cup was not held between 1898 and 1902, as was the case during the First World War (1913-20) and the Second World War (1938-46). The competition did not take place until the 1960s when the English national team toured South Africa.
High quality was achieved in national South African competitions during the 1970s and 1980s when South Africa was isolated internationally due to its apartheid policy. Gradually the number of teams increased to eleven.
After the South African national team had clearly lost both the tour at home and the tour away to Australia in the 2001/02 season , the association decided to revise the first-class structure and bring it closer to the Australian system. The previous eleven provincial teams were replaced by six franchises, which also meant financial savings. The previous provincial teams continued their game operations in a newly created competition. So that there were no unfair selections in the new franchises, the association decided which 240 players are available for the franchises and these could then split them among themselves. The 2003/04 season, which took place after the 2003 Cricket World Cup in their own country and was disappointingly contested by South Africa's national team, was the first season in which the change came into force.
For the 2013/14 season , quotas for non-white players were introduced for the first time. Initially only one player was required and another one who was supported by financial incentives, this changed to five players after one season. The background to this was the demand made by Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula , who called for a faster transformation in South African sport.
Teams
Six franchises take part in the competition, which replaced the previous provincial teams at the top of the team hierarchy in national cricket as part of the system change in South African cricket:
| team | Provincial teams | Home stadium | Participation since |
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| Cape Cobras | Western Province, Boland | Newlands Cricket Ground | 2004/05 |
| Dolphins | KwaZulu-Natal (also KwaZulu-Natal Inland since 2010) | Sahara Stadium Kingsmead | 2004/05 |
| Eagles (since 2010/11 Knights) | Griqualand West, Free State | Mangaung Oval , De Beers Diamond Oval | 2004/05 |
| Highveld Lions | North West , Gauteng | Wanderers Stadium , Senwes Park | 2004/05 |
| Titans | Northerns , Eastern Province | SuperSport Park | 2004/05 |
| Warriors | Easterns , Border | St George's Park , Buffalo Park | 2004/05 |
Until 2004/2005 the following provincial teams took part in the championship:
| team | previous names | Participation since |
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| Boland | 1980/81 | |
| Border | 1897/98 | |
| Eastern Province | Eastern Transvaal | 1991/92 |
| Easterns | 1893/94 | |
| Free State | Orange Free State | 1903/04 |
| Gauteng | Transvaal | 1890/91 |
| Griqualand West | Kimberley | 1890/91 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | natal | 1893/94 |
| Northerns | North Eastern Transvaal, Northern Transvaal | 1937/38 |
| North West | Western Transvaal | 1991/92 |
| Western Province | 1892/93 |
Until 1979, Zimbabwe took part in the competition as Rhodesia or Zimbabwe-Rhodesia. South Western Districts competed for a 1904/05 season.
winner
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Wins by team
Provincial era
- Transvaal / Gauteng 25 plus 4 divided
- Natal / KwaZulu-Natal 21 plus 3 shared
- Western Province 18 plus 3 divided
- Eastern Province divided 2 plus 1
- Orange Free State 3
- Kimberley 1
- Easterns 1
Franchise Era
- Titans 4 plus 1 shared
- Cape Cobras 4
- Lions 3
- Eagles / Knights 2 plus 1 shared
- Dolphins 2 shared
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c South Africa domestic cricket: A brief history ... ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
- ↑ John Nauright: Sports around the World . ABC-CLIO, LLC, Santa Barbara 2012, ISBN 978-1-59884-300-2 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
- ↑ Firdose Moonda: Shrinking South Africa ( English ) Cricinfo. November 2014. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
- ↑ Firdose Moonda: CSA introduce quota for black African players ( English ) Cricinfo. October 13, 2013. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
- ↑ Firdose Moonda: SA franchises face higher quota requirement ( English ) Cricinfo. May 9, 2014. Retrieved October 10, 2017.