Titans cricket team

{{short description|Cricket team}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox cricket team |name = Titans |captain = |coach = |colors = {{color box|#5ca1ed}} Light Blue {{color box|#27408B}} Royal Blue |ground = [[SuperSport Park]] |capacity = 18,000 |website = [http://www.titans.co.za/ www.titans.co.za] }}

The '''Titans cricket team''' is the name which the [[Northerns cricket team|Northerns Cricket Union]] uses to brand its top-level teams in South African domestic cricket.

The brand was established in 2004 as a men's franchise operated by Northerns and [[Easterns cricket team|Easterns]], two of the three top-level teams in [[Gauteng]] province. During the period of franchise cricket, which lasted until the end of the 2020–21 season, the Titans franchise competed in the [[CSA 4-Day Domestic Series]], [[CSA One-Day Cup]], and [[CSA T20 Challenge]] competitions while both Northerns and Easterns competed separately in the [[CSA Provincial Competitions|CSA 3-Day and One-Day Cups]] and CSA T20 competitions.<ref name=5points>Moonda F (2021) [https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/five-talking-points-about-south-africas-new-domestic-structure-1279065 Five talking points about South Africa's new domestic structure], [[CricInfo]], 23 September 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2025.</ref><ref name=shrink>Moonda F (2014) [https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/793809/shrinking-south-africa Shrinking South Africa], The Cricket Monthly at [[CricInfo]]. Retrieved 30 June 2025.</ref><ref>[https://www.espn.ph/cricket/story/_/id/23139314/south-africa-complete-domestic-restructuring South Africa complete domestic restructuring], [[ESPN Philippines]], 2 February 2004. Retrieved 30 June 2025.</ref> Following the end of the franchise period, top-level competition in South Africa reverted to competitions involving provincial teams.<ref>Moonda F (2021) [https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/revamped-two-tier-south-african-domestic-structure-ready-to-take-off-1254217 Revamped two-tier South African domestic structure ready to take off], [[CricInfo]], 8 March 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2025.</ref><ref>Ray C (2021) [https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2021-03-14-new-provincial-cricket-decision-means-fewer-teams-but-a-boost-for-cricketers/ New provincial cricket decision means fewer teams, but a boost for cricketers], ''[[Daily Maverick]]'', 14 March 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2025.</ref> Many of the senior provincial unions which had been involved in franchise competitions retained the names of their franchises as marketing tools. Northerns, the senior team in the Titans franchise, chose to do so and compete using the name Titans.<ref name=5points/>

Since the end of the franchise period, the team has played most of its matches at [[SuperSport Park]] in [[Centurion, Gauteng|Centurion]]. As both a franchise organisation and under the sole control of Northerns, the side has won a number of domestic competitions.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Richards seven bowls Titans to Sunfoil Series title|url=https://cricket.co.za/news/12588/Richards-seven-bowls-Titans-to-Sunfoil-Series-title|access-date=2021-06-01|website=Cricket South Africa|archive-date=19 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419005819/https://cricket.co.za/news/12588/Richards-seven-bowls-Titans-to-Sunfoil-Series-title|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[https://www.titans.co.za/titans-trophy-run-the-past-15-years/ Titans trophy run the past 15 years], Titans cricket, 9 April 2025. Retrieved 1 July 2025.</ref>

==Honours== ===Franchise period=== * '''[[CSA 4-Day Domestic Series]] (5) –''' 2006–07, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2015–16, 2017–18; '''shared (1) –''' 2005–06 * '''[[CSA One-Day Cup]] (6) –''' 2007–08, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2018–19; '''shared (1) –''' 2013–14 * '''[[CSA T20 Challenge]] (6) –''' 2004–05, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18

===Post-franchise=== * '''CSA 4-Day Domestic Series (1) –''' 2022–23; '''shared (1) –''' 2024–25 * '''CSA One-Day Cup]] (1) –''' [[2025–26 CSA One-Day Cup|2025–26]] * '''CSA T20 Challenge (1) –''' 2022–23

==References== {{reflist}} * ''South African Cricket Annual'' – various editions * ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'' – various editions

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