SuperSport Series

Supersport Series
Administrator	Cricket South Africa
Format	First-class cricket
First tournament	1889-90
Tournament format	Round robin and Knockout
Number of teams	6
Current champion	Titans
Most successful	Gauteng (25 titles)
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The SuperSport Series is the main domestic first class cricket competition in South Africa, first contested (as the Currie Cup) in 1889-90. From 1990-91 it became known as the Castle Cup, and from 1996-97 by its current title. The Gauteng Lions (formerly Transvaal) have won the title the most times (25, plus four shared titles).

Cricket in South Africa was established by the British, and the first tour by a side from England took place in 1888-89. The following summer a domestic competition, the Currie Cup, named after Sir Donald Currie, who donated the trophy, began with two sides - Kimberley and Transvaal - playing against each other. In the very first match, Bernard Tancred (106), for Kimberley and Monty Bowden (126*), for Transvaal, both in the second innings, scored the first centuries in Currie Cup cricket. In the first innings of the same match, George Glover took 6/50 for Kimberley. The following season, Charlie Finlason scored 154* for Kimberley, and John Piton took 13/204 for Transvaal in the match. Albert Payne scored the first double century (220), during the 1896-97 season. The competition quickly expanded, with other teams joining and really reached its peak during the years of isolation in the 1970s and 1980s. With standards exceptionally high, spectators came in their thousands to watch Currie Cup cricket.

Contents 1 Modern era 2 Current teams 3 Competition winners 4 Notable performances 5 Individual Records 6 External links

[edit] Modern era

At the end of the apartheid era, as in Australia and England the domestic game suffered and in 2004-05 the competition underwent a major overhaul and was rebranded with the introduction of six franchises. This top tier is underpinned by second-tier tournaments for the old provincial teams that are now known as the South African Airways Provincial Challenges.

In October 2007, it was announced that Zimbabwe would take part in a single round of the 2007/8 Supersport Series to aid its development and improvement. They will not score points from these matches, but teams playing against them will. This plan was later dropped.

[edit] Current teams

Team Province Cape Cobras Western Cape Dolphins KwaZulu-Natal Knights* Free State Lions Johannesburg, Gauteng Titans Centurion, Gauteng Warriors Eastern Cape

Knights were known as Eagles prior to the 2010-11 season.

[edit] Competition winners

Currie Cup Season Champion Season Champion 1889-90 Transvaal 1890-91 Kimberley 1892-93 Western Province 1893-94 Natal 1894-95 Transvaal 1896-97 Western Province 1897-98 Transvaal 1902-03 Transvaal 1903-04 Transvaal 1904-05 Transvaal 1906-07 Transvaal 1908-09 Western Province 1910-11 Natal 1912-13 Natal 1920-21 Western Province 1921-22 Tvl/Natal/W.P. 1923-24 Transvaal 1925-26 Transvaal 1926-27 Transvaal 1929-30 Transvaal 1931-32 Western Province 1933-34 Natal 1934-35 Transvaal 1936-37 Natal 1937-38 Natal/Tvl 1946-47 Natal 1947-48 Natal 1950-51 Transvaal 1951-52 Natal 1952-53 Western Province 1954-55 Natal 1955-56 Western Province 1958-59 Transvaal 1959-60 Natal 1960-61 Natal 1962-63 Natal 1963-64 Natal 1965-66 Natal/Tvl 1966-67 Natal 1967-68 Natal 1968-69 Transvaal 1969-70 Tvl/W.P. 1970-71 Transvaal 1971-72 Transvaal 1972-73 Transvaal 1973-74 Natal 1974-75 Western Province 1975-76 Natal 1976-77 Natal 1977-78 Western Province 1978-79 Transvaal 1979-80 Transvaal 1980-81 Natal 1981-82 Western Province 1982-83 Transvaal 1983-84 Transvaal 1984-85 Transvaal 1985-86 Western Province 1986-87 Transvaal 1987-88 Transvaal 1988-89 Eastern Province 1989-90 E.P/W.P

Castle Cup Season Champion Season Champion 1990-91 Western Province 1991-92 Eastern Province 1992-93 Orange Free State 1993-94 Orange Free State 1994-95 Natal 1995-96 Western Province

SuperSport Series Season Champion Season Champion 1996-97 Natal 1997-98 Free State 1998-99 Western Province 1999-00 Gauteng 2000-01 Western Province 2001-02 KwaZulu-Natal 2002-03 Easterns 2003-04 Western Province 2004-05 Eagles/Dolphins 2005-06 Dolphins/Titans 2006-07 Nashua Titans 2007-08 Diamond Eagles 2008-09 Nashua Titans 2009-10 Cape Cobras

[edit] Notable performances

Two Double centuries in a season

• Dudley Nourse 1936-37

Five centuries in successive innings

• Mike Procter 1970-71

Five centuries in six innings

• Peter Kirsten 1976-77

Five wickets in six balls

• William Henderson^{[disambiguation needed]} 1937-38

Four wickets with consecutive balls

• Albert Borland 1926-27
• Bob Crisp 1931-32
• Bob Crisp 1933-34
• William Henderson^{[disambiguation needed]} 1937-38

Ten wickets in an innings

• Bert Vogler 10/26 1906-07
• Stephen Jefferies 10/59 1987-88
• Mario Olivier 10/65 2007-08

Fifteen wickets in a match

• George Glover 15/68 1893-94
• Bert Vogler 16/38 1906-07
• Buster Nupen 16/136 1931-32
• Jackie Botten 15/49 1958-59

A 100 runs and 10 wickets in a match

• Aubrey Faulkner 1908-09
• Xenophon Balaskas, twice 1929-30
• Lennox Brown 1937-38
• James Liddle 1951-52
• Percy Mansell 1951-52
• Clive Rice 1975-76

Ten wicketkeeping dismissals in a match

• Ray Jennings 1982-83
• Richie Ryall 1984-85
• Ray Jennings 1986-87
• Ray Jennings 1986-87
• Dave Richardson 1988-89
• Dave Richardson 1989-90
• Dane Vilas 2008-09
• Morne van Wyk 2008-09

[edit] Individual Records

7000 Runs in a career Runs Player Matches Centuries 12409 Graeme Pollock 157 35 11835 Peter Kirsten 162 29 11307 Jimmy Cook 163 32 8487 Kepler Wessels 116 22 7981 Henry Fotheringham 132 19 7551 Barry Richards 79 26

800 Runs in a season Season Runs Player Matches 1947-48 864 Dudley Nourse 8 1971-72 1089 Barry Richards 8 1972-73 1064 Barry Richards 8 1973-74 898 Barry Richards 8 1975-76 868 Barry Richards 8 1975-76 810 Graeme Pollock 8 1976-77 967 Peter Kirsten 8 1978-79 961 Graeme Pollock 8 1987-88 878 Allan Lamb 6 1988-89 846 Ken McEwan 8 1990-91 994 Mandy Yachad 10 1996-97 815 Louis Koen 8 1997-98 866 HD Ackerman 8 1997-98 847 Kepler Wessels 8 1998-99 938 Boeta Dippenaar 8 1998-99 810 Ken Rutherford 8 1999-00 818 Ken Rutherford 10 2001-02 934 Martin van Jaarsveld 8 2003-04 1015 Zander de Bruyn 9 2004-05 827 Arno Jacobs 10 2005-06 893 Hashim Amla 11 2006-07 828 Vaughn van Jaarsveld 10 2006-07 817 Henry Davids 10 2008-09 835 Imraan Khan 10 2008-09 809 Ashwell Prince 9

Highest Individual Scores Runs Player Season 390 Stephen Cook 2009-10 337 Darryl Cullinan 1993-94 294 Allan Lamb 1987-88 279 Raymond Gripper 1967-68 277* Eric Rowan 1950-51 271* Jack Cheetham 1950-51 271 Peter Kirsten 1993-94 266* Zander de Bruyn 2003-04 265* Jack Siedle 1929-30 261* Stephen Steyn 1929-30 260 Dudley Nourse 1936-37

300 Wickets in a career Wickets Player Matches 572 Vincent van der Bijl 109 365 Garth le Roux 83 347 Kenny Watson 108 323 Rupert Hanley 82 319 Denys Hobson 90 317 John Waddington 59

50 Wickets in a season Wickets Player Season Matches 52 Alfred Hall 1926-27 6 53 John Waddington 1952-53 6 55 Jackie Botten 1958-59 6 50 Mike Procter 1972-73 8 59 Mike Procter 1976-77 8 53 Garth le Roux 1977-78 8 54 Vincent van der Bijl 1980-81 8 52 Alan Kourie 1980-81 8 57 Vincent van der Bijl 1981-82 8 50 Pienaar Anker 1981-82 7 58 Sylvester Clarke 1984-85 10 51 Eric Simons 1984-85 10 50 Corrie van Zyl 1984-85 6 50 Alan Kourie 1984-85 10 54 Steven Jack 1990-91 10 56 Vasbert Drakes 1998-99 8 60 Vasbert Drakes 1999-00 10 52 Steve Elworthy 2001-02 8 54 Ryan McLaren 2006-07 10 55 Dillon du Preez 2007-08 10 54 Monde Zondeki 2007-08 10

All-Round Play 3000 Runs and 300 Wickets Player Matches Runs Wickets Catches Eddie Barlow 122 7881 317 152 Clive Rice 164 7714 396 112 Mike Procter 110 5405 471 98 Alan Kourie 107 3962 378 124 Omar Henry 103 3890 375 109

All-Round double, 400 Runs and 40 Wickets in a season Season Player Runs Wickets 1971-72 Mike Procter 495 44 1972-73 Mike Procter 474 50 1972-73 Eddie Barlow 488 40 1979-80 Mike Procter 420 45 1979-80 Clive Rice 409 41

Wicketkeeping Player Matches Dismissals Runs 10Dis match 40Dis season Ray Jennings 137 538 3622 3 2 Richie Ryall 111 388 1301 1 2 Dave Richardson 119 344 4276 2 Noel Day 101 337 4482 1

[edit] External links

• South African rebel tours
• CricketArchive

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