The Free State cricket team (formerly Orange Free State cricket team) is the first-class cricket

First-class cricket

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 team representing the province

Province

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 of Free State

Free State

The Free State is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bloemfontein, which is also South Africa's judicial capital. Its historical origins lie in the Orange Free State Boer republic and later Orange Free State Province. The current borders of the province date from 1994 when the Bantustans...

 (known as Orange Free State until 1995) in South Africa

South Africa

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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...

, Free State has merged with Griqualand West

Griqualand West cricket team

The Griqualand West cricket team is the first-class cricket team that represents the province of Griqualand West in South Africa. For the purposes of the SuperSport Series, Griqualand West has merged with Free State to form the Eagles from October 2004....

 to form the Eagles cricket team

Eagles cricket team

The Chevrolet Knights is the name used by the combined Free State cricket team and Griqualand West first class cricket teams in South Africa. The team previously competed as the Diamond Eagles...

 franchise.

Honours

• Currie Cup (3) - 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98 ; shared (0) -
• Standard Bank Cup (4) - 1988–89, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96
• South African Airways Provincial Three-Day Challenge (0) -
• South African Airways Provincial One-Day Challenge (1) - 2004–05
• Gillette/Nissan Cup (2) - 1991–92, 1992–93

Club history

The team was called Orange Free State from January 1904 to April 1995; it has been part of the Eagles from October 2004.

Venues

Venues have included:

• Ramblers Cricket Club Ground
  Ramblers Cricket Club Ground
  Ramblers Cricket Club Ground is a cricket ground in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1892, when Orange Free State hosted the touring WW Read's XI. Orange Free State used the ground infrequently from the 1892 until 1986.-External links:* at...
  
  , Bloemfontein
  Bloemfontein
  Bloemfontein is the capital city of the Free State Province of South Africa; and, as the judicial capital of the nation, one of South Africa's three national capitals – the other two being Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Pretoria, the administrative capital.Bloemfontein is popularly and...
  
   (Jan 1904 - Feb 1986)
• South African Railways Club Old Ground, Bloemfontein (Jan 1938 - Dec 1939)
• Welkom Mines Recreation Ground (occasional venue Nov 1954 - Nov 1963)
• University of Orange Free State Ground, Bloemfontein (Oct 1986 - Dec 1993)
• Harmony Gold Mine Cricket Club A Ground, Virginia (four matches Nov 1986 - Sept 1991)
• Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein (Oct 1989–present)
• Rovers Cricket Club, Welkom (two games 1981 - 1985)