This is a partial list of cricketers who have played first-class, List A cricket, or Twenty20 cricket for Griqualand West and Northern Cape in South Africa. The team was renamed ahead of the 2015âÂÂ16 season following the creation of Northern Cape province in 1994.
The Kimberley team that played matches during the 1880s played four matches which are considered first-class between 1889âÂÂ90 and 1890âÂÂ91, including the first two Currie Cup matches against Transvaal. The name Griqualand West was first used in the 1890âÂÂ91 Champion Bat tournament, and from 1892âÂÂ93 the team played under that name in the Currie Cup. Its matches in the competition are considered first-class from this date. The Griqualand West B team played six matches in he 1998âÂÂ99 UCB Bowl which are also considered first-class.
Griqualand West first played List A cricket in 1970âÂÂ71, the first season of provincial List A cricket in South Africa, and domestic Twenty20 cricket in the first season of the CSA Provincial T20 in 2011âÂÂ12.
This list includes the players who played first-class and List A cricket for Kimberley between 1889âÂÂ90 and 1890âÂÂ91, Griqualand West between 1890âÂÂ91 and 2014âÂÂ15, Griqualand West B in 1998âÂÂ99, and Northern Cape from 2015âÂÂ16 to the present day. It does not include players who appeared only for franchise team Knights which was operated by the Free State and Griqualand West Cricket Unions between 2005âÂÂ06 and 2020âÂÂ21.