Eastern Province cricket team was the former team that represented the Eastern Province in domestic first-class cricket in South Africa, alongside one-day matches.
Although given first-class status, these competitions were to be only semi-professional and no longer represented the top level of domestic cricket in South Africa.
[citation needed] In 2020, domestic cricket in South Africa was restructured and the six former franchise teams were dropped.
In its place was a return to the more traditional two-division league format, with a total of fifteen professional teams competing, and the semi-professional provincial cricket being subsumed (effectively becoming Division 2) .
The Eastern Province name could have been resurrected during this time, however Eastern Province Cricket decided to maintain the brand recognition from the franchise era, with the new team continuing to be called the Warriors.