The Free State women's cricket team, also known as Recon Tactical Free State and previously known as Orange Free State women's cricket team, is the women's representative cricket team for the South African province of Free State.
[1] The side first played as Orange Free State in the 1952–53 season of the Simon Trophy, losing in the final of the competition.
[8][9] In the 2022–23 season, Free State topped Division 2 Pool A in the Women's Provincial Programme before defeating Northern Cape in the subsequent play-off to gain promotion.
[10] In August 2023, it was announced that a new professional domestic system would be implemented for women's cricket in South Africa.
Therefore, as one of the six teams in the top division of the two domestic competitions, Free State would be allowed eleven professional players from the 2023–24 season onwards.