Highveld Lions

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Highveld Lions
founded 2003
Hometown Johannesburg
Coach Geoffrey Toyana
Colours Red / blue / gold
Home stadium Wanderers Stadium
other stages Senwes Park
CLT20 wins 0
First class championships 1
One Day Cup victories 1 + 1 shared
T20 Cup victories 2
As of June 10, 2016

The Highveld Lions (often just Lions ) are a South African cricket team . It was founded in 2003 as a new team and emerged from the first-class teams Gauteng and the North-West Cricketteam. The home stadiums are Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg and Senwes Park in Potchefstroom . The team plays in various national cricket competitions, such as the Currie Cup , the One-Day Cup and the Ram Slam T20 Challenge .

Currie Cup

The Currie Cup is the first-class competition in South Africa. The Highveld Lions have won the annual tournament since it was founded in 2003 once in the 2014/15 season.

One day cup

The One-Day Cup is the List A competition that is played over 50 overs between the first-class cricket teams. Since the team was founded, it has won the cup once alone ( 2015/2016 season ) and once shared ( 2012/2013 season ).

Ram Slam T20 Challenge

They were able to win the Twenty20 competition in South Africa twice.

year Games Victories Defeats No result Final placement (preliminary round)
2003/04 5 1 4th 0 Preliminary round (6/6)
2004/05 5 3 2 0 Semi-finals (3/6)
2005/06 4th 2 2 0 Semi-finals (4/6)
2006/07 5 4th 1 0 Winner (2/6)
2007/08 5 1 3 1 Preliminary round (6/6)
2008/09 5 0 3 2 Preliminary round (6/6)
2009/10 5 3 2 0 Semi-finals (3/6)
2010/11 5 1 3 1 Preliminary round (5/6)
2011/12 12 7th 2 3 Finalist (1/7)
2012/13 10 7th 3 0 Winner (1/6)
2013/14 10 1 7th 2 Preliminary round (6/6)
2014/15 10 6th 3 1 Semi-finals (2/6)
2015/16 10 4th 6th 0 Preliminary round (5/6)
2016/17 10 5 5 0 Semi-finals (3/6)

Champions League Twenty20

The Highveld Lions were able to qualify for the Champions League Twenty20 via the Ram Slam T20 Challenge .

year Games Victories Defeats No result Final placement (preliminary round)
2010 4th 2 2 0 Preliminary round (3/5)
2012 4th 2 2 0 Final (2/5)
2013 4th 0 3 1 Preliminary round (4/5)

successes

First class cricket

Winning the Currie Cup (1): 2014/15

One-day cricket

Winning the One-Day Cup (1 + 1 shared): 2012/2013 (shared), 2015/2016

Twenty20

Winning the Ram Slam T20 Challenge (2): 2006/07 , 2012/13