The Griqualand West 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 Griqualand West

Griqualand West

Griqualand West is an area of central South Africa with an area of 40,000 km² that now forms part of the Northern Cape Province. It was inhabited by the Griqua people - a semi-nomadic, Afrikaans-speaking nation of mixed-race origin, who established several states outside the expanding frontier...

 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...

, Griqualand West has merged with Free State to form the Eagles

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...

 from October 2004.

Honours

• Currie Cup (1) - 1890–91 ; shared (0) -
• Standard Bank Cup (1) - 1998–99
• South African Airways Provincial Three-Day Challenge (2) - 2004–05, 2007–08
• South African Airways Provincial One-Day Challenge (0) -
• Gillette/Nissan Cup -

Club history

The team was originally called Kimberley and began playing in December 1889 at the start of first-class cricket in South Africa. The first game as Griqualand West was in December 1890.

Venues

Venues have included:

• Eclectics Cricket Club Ground, Kimberley
  Kimberley, Northern Cape
  Kimberley is a city in South Africa, and the capital of the Northern Cape. It is located near the confluence of the Vaal and Orange Rivers. The town has considerable historical significance due its diamond mining past and siege during the Second Boer War...
  
   (1889–1914)
• Athletic Club Ground, Kimberley (1920–1927)
• De Beers Stadium, Kimberley (1927–1973)
• Christian Brothers College, Kimberley (Dec 1951 - Jan 1952)
• De Beers Diamond Oval
  De Beers Diamond Oval
  De Beers Diamond Oval is a multi-purpose stadium in Kimberley, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches and hosted three matches during the 2003 Cricket World Cup. The stadium has a capacity of 11,000 people.-External links:* *...
  
  , Kimberley (1973–present)