Knights cricket team

This article is about the South African cricket team. For the New Zealand team competing as the Knights in T20 cricket, see Northern Districts men's cricket team.

Knights
Team information
Colours  Blue   Yellow
Founded2003 (2003)
Home groundMangaung Oval
Capacity20,000

First-class

T20

The Knights cricket team is the name used by Free State Cricket Union to brand its top-level teams in South African cricket. Between the 2003–04 and 2009–10 seasons they operated as the Eagles cricket team.

The brand was established in 2004 as a men's franchise operated initially by Free State before being joined by Griqualand West after the end of the 2004–05 season, During the period of franchise cricket, which lasted until the end of the 2020–21 season, the Knights franchise competed in the CSA 4-Day Domestic Series, CSA One-Day Cup, and CSA T20 Challenge competitions.

Following the end of the franchise period, top-level competition in South Africa reverted to competitions involving provincial teams. Many of the senior provincial unions which had been involved in franchise competitions retained the names of their franchises as marketing tools. Free State, the senior team in the Knights franchise, chose to do so and compete using the name Titans.

As of July 2025 the team competes in Division 2 of the South African provincial structure. Their main home venue is the Mangaung Oval in Bloemfontein.

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