Transvaal cricket team
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Transvaal cricket team was the cricket team of the province of Transvaal in South Africa until 1994 when the province formally ceased to exist. The team briefly continued to exist until 1999 when it was renamed to 'Gauteng Lions'; today the team is known as Highveld Lions or, more simply, as Lions.
Under the main competition's various names – the Currie Cup, then the Castle Cup, now the SuperSport Series – Transvaal cricket team has been the most successful of the South African domestic sides, winning 25 times.
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- Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 2006 edition.