Eagles cricket team
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{{Infobox cricket team
|county = Gestetner Diamond Eagles
|image = [[Image:eaglescricket.jpg|100px]]
|oneday = Eagles
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|coach = {{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Corrie van Zyl]]
|captain = {{flagicon|South Africa}} [[Boeta Dippenaar]]
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|ground = [[OUTsurance Oval]]
|capacity = 20,000
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|website = www.eaglescricket.co.za
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The '''Gestetner Diamond Eagles''' is the name used by the combined [[Free State cricket team]] and [[Griqualand West cricket team|Griqualand West]] [[first class cricket]] teams in [[South Africa]]. The home venue is [[OUTsurance Oval]], [[Bloemfontein]].
They combined team plays in the [[SuperSport Series]] and also in the [[MTN Domestic Championship]] and [[Standard Bank Pro 20 Series|Standard Bank Twenty20]] limited over competitions.
==Honours==
* '''SuperSport Series (0) - ''' ; '''shared (1) - '''2004-05
* '''MTN Championship (2) - '''2004-05, 2005-06
* '''Pro20 Series (2) - '''2003-04, 2005-06
The Gestetner Diamond Eagles is the most successful cricket team since South Africa decided to use a franchise system for all domestic competitions.
==External sources==
* [http://www.fscu.co.za/ Gestetner Eagles website]
==References==
* ''South African Cricket Annual'' – various editions
* ''Wisden Cricketers' Almanack'' – various editions
{{South African first-class cricket clubs}}
[[Category:South African first class cricket teams]]
[[Category:Bloemfontein]]
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