Northerns cricket team

This article is about the South African domestic cricket team. For the former Zimbabwean domestic cricket team, see Northerns cricket team (Zimbabwe). For the former cricket team in Pakistan, also styled Northerns, see Northern cricket team.

Not to be confused with Limpopo (cricket team).

Northerns (formerly North Eastern Transvaal and Northern Transvaal) has played first-class cricket in South Africa since December 1937. Its territory is the area north of Johannesburg, including Pretoria.

For the purposes of the SuperSport Series, Northerns has merged with Easterns (formerly Eastern Transvaal) to form the Titans.

Current squad

Squad for 2026/27 Season. Players in bold have played international cricket.

Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
Dewald Brevis	South Africa	(2003-04-29) 29 April 2003	Right-handed	Right-arm wrist spin	National Contract
Leus du Plooy	South AfricaHungary	(1995-01-12) 12 January 1995	Left-handed	Left-arm orthodox spin
Aiden Markram	South Africa	(1994-10-04) 4 October 1994	Right-handed	Right-arm orthodox spin	National Contract
Kagiso Ngwenya	South Africa	(2002-05-04) 4 May 2002	Right-handed	Right-arm seam	High-Performance Contract
Keegan Petersen	South Africa	(1993-08-08) 8 August 1993	Right-handed	Right-arm wrist spin
Jorich van Schalkwyk	South Africa	(2006-08-11) 11 August 2006	Right-handed	Right-arm orthodox spin	High-Performance Contract
Wicket-keepers
Tshepang Dithole	South Africa	(1993-03-10) 10 March 1993	Left-handed	Right-arm orthodox spin
Keagan Lion-Cachet	South Africa	(2002-03-19) 19 March 2002	Right-handed
Rivaldo Moonsamy	South Africa	(1996-09-13) 13 September 1996	Right-handed	Right-arm orthodox spin
Lhuan-dre Pretorius	South Africa	(2006-03-27) 27 March 2006	Left-handed		Player of National Interest
Sinethemba Qeshile	South Africa	(1999-02-10) 10 February 1999	Right-handed		Player of National Interest
Lethabo Phahlomohlaka	South Africa	(2007-10-07) 7 October 2007	Left-handed	Right-arm orthodox spin	High-Performance Contract
All-rounders
Corbin Bosch	South Africa	(1994-09-10) 10 September 1994	Right-handed	Right-arm seam	National Contract
Eathan Bosch	South Africa	(1998-04-27) 27 April 1998	Right-handed	Right-arm seam
Divan de Villiers	South Africa	(2006-01-04) 4 January 2006	Right-handed	Right-arm seam	High-Performance Contract
Donovan Ferreira	South Africa	(1998-07-21) 21 July 1998	Right-handed	Right-arm orthodox spin
Dayyaan Galiem	South Africa	(1997-01-02) 2 January 1997	Right-handed	Right-arm seam
Duan Jansen	South Africa	(2000-05-01) 1 May 2000	Right-handed	Left-arm seam
Marco Jansen	South Africa	(2000-05-01) 1 May 2000	Right-handed	Left-arm seam	National Contract
Evan Jones	South Africa	(1996-08-05) 5 August 1996	Right-handed	Right-arm seam
Andile Phehlukwayo	South Africa	(1996-03-03) 3 March 1996	Left-handed	Right-arm seam
Beyers Swanepoel	South Africa	(1998-05-06) 6 May 1998	Left-handed	Right-arm seam
Roelof van der Merwe	NetherlandsSouth Africa	(1984-12-31) 31 December 1984	Right-handed	Left-arm orthodox spin	High-Performance Contract
Bowlers
Esosa Aihevba	South Africa	(2006-02-20) 20 February 2006	Right-handed	Right-arm seam	High-Performance Contract
Jarren Bacher	South Africa	(2003-11-22) 22 November 2003	Right-handed	Right-arm orthodox spin	High-Performance Contract
Junior Dala	South AfricaZambia	(1989-12-29) 29 December 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm seam
Schalk Engelbrecht	South Africa	(2003-08-25) 25 August 2003	Right-handed	Right-arm orthodox spin	High-Performance Contract
Simon Harmer	South Africa	(1989-02-10) 10 February 1989	Right-handed	Right-arm orthodox spin	National Contract
Aphiwe Mnyanda	South Africa	(2004-05-03) 3 May 2004	Right-handed	Left-arm seam
Tsepo Ndwandwa	South Africa	(1995-04-16) 16 April 1995	Right-handed	Left-arm orthodox spin
Lungi Ngidi	South Africa	(2003-08-25) 25 August 2003	Right-handed	Right-arm seam	National Contract
Janco Smit	South Africa	(2001-02-02) 2 February 2001	Right-handed	Right-arm seam	High-Performance Contract

Honours

• South African Airways Provincial Three-Day Challenge (1) – 2005–06; shared (1) – 2014–15
• South African Airways Provincial One-Day Challenge (1) – 2005–06

Club history

Northerns was called North Eastern Transvaal from December 1937 until April 1971, when it became Northern Transvaal until April 1997. It had removed "Transvaal" from its name after the Transvaal became Gauteng, and a new province called Northern Transvaal (later renamed Limpopo) was created, that excluded Pretoria. The team has been part of the Titans cricket team from October 2004.

Under the name North Eastern Transvaal the team played 134 first-class matches, winning 40, losing 57 and drawing 37. Under the names North Eastern Transvaal and Northern Transvaal the team played 325 first-class matches, winning 81, losing 142 and drawing 102. Altogether, up till late January 2017, the team had played 509 first-class matches, winning 150, losing 179 and drawing 180.

Venues

Venues have included:

• Berea Park, Pretoria (Dec 1937 – Jan 1986; previously used by Transvaal)
• Olympia Park, Springs (occasional venue Dec 1937 – Nov 1994; used once by Easterns in 1994)
• Hosking Park, Brakpan (temporary venue March 1946 – Nov 1946)
• Willowmoore Park, Benoni (Jan 1948 – Nov 1968; previously used by Transvaal; Easterns venue from 1996 to present)
• Caledonian Stadium, Pretoria (Dec 1951 – Dec 1952)
• Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria (occasional venue Dec 1956 – Oct 1959)
• Pietersburg Cricket Club A Ground (four matches 1983 – 1985)
• SuperSport Park, Centurion (main venue Dec 1986–present)
• Technikon Oval, Pretoria (two matches 1992 – 2003)
• Irene Villagers Cricket Club Ground, Irene (Dec 2015)

See also

• Northerns women's cricket team, the women's counterpart

Sources

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

External links

• North Eastern Transvaal at CricketArchive (1937–38 to 1970–71)
• Northern Transvaal at CricketArchive (1971–72 to 1996–97)
• Northerns at CricketArchive (1997–98 to present)