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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.

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Founded2006
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Personnel
CaptainMichael Erlank
CoachAhmed Amla
Team information
Colours  Black   Blue
Founded2006
Home groundCity Oval, Pietermaritzburg
Capacity12,000
Official websitehttps://kznicu.wordpress.com/
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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.

Current squad

Squad for 2026/27 Season[1]. Players in bold have played international cricket.

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Name Nationality Birth date Batting style Bowling style Notes
Batters
Muhammed Bulbulia  South Africa (2006-09-06) 6 September 2006 (age 19) Right-handed High-performance contract
Ludwig Kaestner  South Africa (2000-06-19) 19 June 2000 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm seam
Jack Lees  South Africa (2001-08-06) 6 August 2001 (age 25) Left-handed Right-arm orthodox spin
Isma-eel Omar  South Africa Right-handed High-performance Contract
Kagiso Rapulana  South Africa (1991-07-06) 6 July 1991 (age 35) Right-handed Right-arm seam
Matthew Urquhart  South Africa (2005-04-08) 8 April 2005 (age 21) Right-handed Right-arm orthodox spin High-performance Contract
Wicket-keepers
Cameron Shekleton  South Africa (2000-01-21) 21 January 2000 (age 26) Right-handed
Joshua van Biljon  South Africa (2008-01-11) 11 January 2008 (age 18) Right-handed Right-arm seam High-performance contract
All-rounders
Michael Erlank  South Africa (1990-07-04) 4 July 1990 (age 36) Left-handed Right-arm orthodox spin
Daelynn Fynn  South Africa (1999-10-25) 25 October 1999 (age 26) Right-handed Right-arm orthodox spin High-performance Contract
Chad Laycock  South Africa (2003-04-14) 14 April 2003 (age 23) Right-handed Right-arm seam
Jared Meiring  South Africa (2002-04-16) 16 April 2002 (age 24) Right-handed Right-arm seam High-performance contract
Malcolm Nofal  South Africa (1991-09-18) 18 September 1991 (age 34) Left-handed Left-arm orthodox spin
James Ritchie  South Africa (2000-04-26) 26 April 2000 (age 26) Left-handed Right-arm wrist spin High-performance Contract
Bamanye Xenxe  South Africa (1997-04-25) 25 April 1997 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm seam
Bowlers
Ziyaad Abrahams  South Africa (1997-03-27) 27 March 1997 (age 29) Right-handed Right-arm seam
Jesse Albanie  South Africa (1999-08-06) 6 August 1999 (age 27) Right-handed Right-arm seam
Thabiso Ndlela  South Africa (2004-12-14) 14 December 2004 (age 21) Right-handed Right-arm seam
Parth Patel  South Africa Right-handed Right-arm wrist spin High-performance Contract
Rowan Rajah  South Africa (2007-08-16) 16 August 2007 (age 18) Left-handed Right-arm seam High-performance Contract
Liyema Waqu  South Africa (2004-06-19) 19 June 2004 (age 22) Right-handed Left-arm seam
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Honours

The KZN Inland team won the 2017 Africa T20 Cup.[2] They defeated Free State in the final.

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