The Six Gun Grill Cape Cobras are a franchise

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representing the

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, Boland, and South Western Districts areas in

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n domestic cricket. The team's home venues are

Newlands Cricket Ground Newlands Cricket Ground (known as Six Gun Grill Newlands for sponsorship reasons) in Cape Town is a South African cricket ground. It is the home of the Cape Cobras, who play in the Sunfoil Series, Momentum 1 Day Cup and RamSlam Pro20 competi ...

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Boland Park Boland Park is a multi-purpose stadium in Paarl, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches and hosted three matches during the 2003 Cricket World Cup. Boland cricket team and the Cape Cobras both stage home matches at the ...

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, and the

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. They have had the privilege of playing in the

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. The Cobras play in the 4-Day Franchise Series,

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and T20 Challenge competitions. They are one of the most successful domestic sides in the franchise era.

Playing kit

During the

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and

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, the Cobras played in blue shirts and trousers with slight yellow accents as well as orange and blue kits to represent their sponsor's corporate colours.

Honours

* CSA 4-Day Franchise Series (3) - 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13 ; shared (0) - * CSA One Day Cup (1) - 2006–07 *

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(2) - 2008–09, 2010–2011

Squad

Contracted players for the 2020/2021 Season:

References

External links

* official website * South African first-class cricket teams 2005 establishments in South Africa Cricket clubs established in 2005 Cricket in the Western Cape {{SouthAfrica-sport-team-stub