KwaZulu-Natal Inland (cricket team)

KwaZulu-Natal Inland are a South African first-class cricket team who are based in Pietermaritzburg. They are one of fifteen South African provincial teams. Their home games are played at Pietermaritzburg Oval.

Tuskers Cricket

Personnel
Captain	Michael Erlank
Coach	Ahmed Amla
Team information
Colours	Black   Blue
Founded	2006
Home ground	City Oval, Pietermaritzburg
Capacity	12,000
Official website	https://kznicu.wordpress.com/

KwaZulu-Natal Inland were granted first-class status in 2006 and took part in the 2006-07 South African Airways Provincial Three-Day Challenge. They used to take part in the Provincial Three-Day Challenge tournament and the Provincial One-Day Competition. During the restructuring of domestic cricket in South Africa in 2021 they were placed in the second division. In 2023 they were promoted to the first division of CSA domestic cricket.

In 2021, along with the restructuring of CSA domestic cricket, KZN Inland’s team were rebranded as the Tuskers with the current title sponsor being AET.

The KZNICU’s jurisdiction covers by far the largest landmass in KZN, stretching from Zululand in the north to East Griqualand in the south, and the provincial boundaries of Mpumalanga, Free State, Lesotho and the Eastern Cape in the west, and in the east, a line following the eastern boundaries of the Sisonke, uMgungundlovu, Umzinyathi and Zululand district municipalities.

For ease of administration, the KZNICU jurisdiction closely follows the district municipality demarcations of Zululand, Umzinyathi, Amajuba, uThukhela, Sisonke and uMgundundlovu.

Each of the six districts is represented by sub-unions that are affiliated to the KZNICU. The set-up is dominated by the Maritzburg Cricket Association and Midlands Cricket Union (uMgungundlovu), while the East Griqualand Cricket Union and the Southern District Cricket Union comprise Sisonke, Northern District Cricket Union (Amajuba), Umzinyathi Cricket Association (Umzinyathi), Northern Natal Cricket Board (uThukela) and the Northern District Cricket Union in Zululand make up the other sub-unions.

Honours

• South African Airways Provincial Three-Day Challenge (0) -
• South African Airways Provincial One-Day Challenge (0) -

The KZN Inland team won the 2017 Africa T20 Cup. They defeated Free State in the final.

Sources

• South African Cricket Annual – various editions
• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack – various editions

External links

• KwaZulu-Natal Inland Cricket Union website
• First-class matches played by KwaZulu-Natal Inland