This is a partial list of cricketers who have played first-class, List A cricket, or Twenty20 cricket for Transvaal and Gauteng in South Africa. The team was renamed ahead of the 1997âÂÂ98 season following the renaming of Transvaal province as Gauteng in 1994.
Transvaal made its first-class debut during the 1889âÂÂ90 season, playing against Kimberley in the first Currie Cup match. From that date the matches it played in the competition are considered first-class. The Transvaal B team joined the Currie Cup B section in 1959âÂÂ60, and matches involving the B team are considered first-class in the competition. Following the renaming of the team as Gauteng, the B section competition continued, although the Gauteng B team did not take part. In 2019âÂÂ20 and 2020âÂÂ21 the Gauteng team was sometimes listed as Central Gauteng.
Transvaal first played List A cricket in 1970âÂÂ71, the first season of provincial List A cricket in South Africa. Gauteng first played 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 Transvaal and Transvaal B between 1889âÂÂ90 and 1997âÂÂ98, and those who played first-class, List A, and Twenty20 cricket for Gauteng and Central Gauteng from 1997âÂÂ98 to the present day. It does not include players who appeared only for franchise team Lions which was operated by the Gauteng and North West Cricket Unions between 2003âÂÂ04 and 2020âÂÂ21. Nor does it include the cricketers who played for the Transvaal team in 108 first-class Howa Bowl matches organised by the South African Cricket Board between 1971âÂÂ72 and 1990âÂÂ91.
The following players appeared in first-class matches for Transvaal XIs, but did not appear for the Transvaal representative team in provincial matches.