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The SuperSport Series is the main domestic first class cricket competition in South Africa, first contested (as the Currie Cup) in 1889-90. First-class cricket refers to the class of Cricket matches of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players and officially adjudged first-class by Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa This article describes the history of South African cricket from its known beginnings until the end of the First World War in 1918 From 1990-91 it became known as the Castle Cup, and from 1996-97 by its current title. This article describes the history of South African Cricket from the 1990-91 season to 2000 This article describes the history of South African Cricket from the 1990-91 season to 2000 The Gauteng Lions (formerly Transvaal) have won the title the most times (25, plus four shared titles). The Highveld Lions is the name used by the combined Gauteng and North West First class cricket teams in South Africa

Cricket in South Africa was established by the British, and the first tour by a side from England took place in 1888-89. The following summer a domestic competition, the Currie Cup, named after Sir Donald Currie, who donated the trophy, began with two sides - Kimberley and Transvaal - playing against each other. Sir Donald Currie GCMG ( 17 September 1825 &ndash 13 April 1909) was a British shipowner The competition quickly expanded, and really reached its peak during the years of isolation in the 1970s and 1980s when the standards were exceptionally high.

After the end of the apartheid era, the domestic game suffered and in 2004-05 the competition underwent a major overhaul and was rebranded with the introduction of six franchises. This top tier is underpinned by second-tier tournaments for the old provincial teams that are now known as the South African Airways Provincial Challenges. The South African Cricket championship the SuperSport Series, was remodelled in 2004-05 with six franchise teams competing

In October 2007, it was announced that Zimbabwe would take part in a single round of the 2007/8 Supersport Series to aid its development and improvement. They will not score points from these matches, but teams playing against them will. This plan was later dropped.

Current teams

Competition winners

Currie Cup

Castle Cup

SuperSport Series

Outright wins (shared in brackets)

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