The KwaZulu-Natal cricket team (formerly Natal cricket team) is the first-class cricket

First-class cricket

First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...

 team that represents the province of KwaZulu-Natal

KwaZulu-Natal

KwaZulu-Natal is a province of South Africa. Prior to 1994, the territory now known as KwaZulu-Natal was made up of the province of Natal and the homeland of KwaZulu....

 (formerly Natal) in South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

. For the purposes of the SuperSport Series

SuperSport Series

The SuperSport Series is the main domestic first class cricket competition in South Africa, first contested in 1889-90. From 1990-91 it became known as the Castle Cup, and from 1996-97 by its current title...

, KwaZulu-Natal is the only team that has not merged with another and it has played in the series as the Dolphins

Dolphins cricket team

The Sunfoil Dolphins is the name used by the KwaZulu Natal cricket team when it plays in the South African SuperSport Series first class competition; also in the MTN Domestic Championship and Standard Bank Twenty20 limited over competitions...

 from October 2004.

Honours

• Currie Cup (21) - 1910–11, 1912–13, 1933–34, 1936–37, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1951–52, 1954–55, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1980–81, 1994–95, 1996–97, 2001–02; shared (3) - 1921–22, 1937–38, 1965–66
• Standard Bank Cup (4) - 1983–84, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2001–02
• South African Airways Provincial Three-Day Challenge (0) -
• South African Airways Provincial One-Day Challenge (1) - 2006–07
• Gillette Cup/Nissan Shield
  Nissan Shield (Cricket)
  The Nissan Shield was a one day cricket tournament in South Africa. This was a knockout competition based on the English Gillette Cup.The first one was played in the 1969-70 season and was won by a Eddie Barlow XI representing Western Province...
  
   (3) - 1974–75, 1976–77, 1987–88

Club history

The team was originally called Natal and began playing in December 1889 at the start of first-class cricket in South Africa. The name changed in April 1998.

Venues

Venues have included:

• Albert Park
  Albert Park
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  , Durban
  Durban
  Durban is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in South Africa. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism...
  
   (April 1895 - Jan 1906)
• City Oval, Pietermaritzburg
  Pietermaritzburg
  Pietermaritzburg is the capital and second largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded in 1838, and is currently governed by the Msunduzi Local Municipality. Its "purist" Zulu name is umGungundlovu, and this is the name used for the district municipality...
  
   (alternative venue April 1895 - Dec 2002)
• Lord's, Durban (March 1898 - April 1922)
• Kingsmead, Durban (Jan 1923–present)
• Jan Smuts Stadium
  Jan Smuts Stadium
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  , Pietermaritzburg (Feb 1959 - Dec 1995)
• Settler's Park, Ladysmith
  Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal
  Ladysmith is a city in the Uthukela District of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It is north-west of Durban and south of Johannesburg. Important industries in the area include food processing, textile and tyre production...
  
   (three games Jan 1971 - March 1973)
• Lahee Park, Pinetown
  Pinetown
  Pinetown is a small city just inland from Durban in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Pinetown is situated 16 km west of Durban at an elevation of 1,000 to 1,300 feet . It was established in 1850 around the Wayside Hotel, itself built the year before along the main wagon route between Durban and...
  
   (occasional venue Jan 1974 - Dec 1979)
• Alexandra Memorial Ground, Umzinto (used twice 1974 - 1977)