Eagles cricket team

Infobox cricket team
county = Gestetner Diamond Eagles


oneday = Eagles
secondteam =
coach = flagicon|South Africa Corrie van Zyl
captain = flagicon|South Africa Boeta Dippenaar
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ground = OUTsurance Oval
capacity = 20,000
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website = www.eaglescricket.co.za

The Gestetner Diamond Eagles is the name used by the combined Free State cricket team and Griqualand West first class cricket teams in South Africa. The home venue is OUTsurance Oval, Bloemfontein.

They combined team plays in the SuperSport Series and also in the MTN Domestic Championship and Standard Bank Twenty20 limited over competitions.

Honours

* SuperSport Series (0) - ; shared (1) - 2004-05
* MTN Championship (2) - 2004-05, 2005-06
* Pro20 Series (2) - 2003-04, 2005-06

The Gestetner Diamond Eagles is the most successful cricket team since South Africa decided to use a franchise system for all domestic competitions.

External sources

* [http://www.fscu.co.za/ Gestetner Eagles website]

References

* "South African Cricket Annual" – various editions
* "Wisden Cricketers' Almanack" – various editions