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CSA Provincial T20 Cup

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CSA Provincial T20 Cup
CountriesSouth Africa South Africa
AdministratorCricket South Africa
FormatTwenty20
First edition2019-20
Latest edition2023–24
Next edition2025–26
Tournament formatGroup stage and knockout
Number of teams7
Current championACDC Express Tuskers
2024–25 CSA Provincial T20 Cup

The CSA Provincial T20 Cup is a professional domestic Twenty20 Cricket competition in South Africa. The competition was established by Cricket South Africa (CSA) in 2019. It is the second-level Twenty20 competition in South Africa.[1]

At first it was played between the 15 South African provincial teams, along with Limpopo and Mpumalanga.[2] This was the sixth edition of the CSA Provincial T20 Cup, which was last played in the 2015–16 season. With only domestic teams from South Africa taking part, the tournament returned in place of the Africa T20 Cup, which had been held since 2015.[3][4][5] the national under-19 team.[6]

History

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Name and format
  • 2011–12 to 2014–15: CSA Provincial T20 (20 overs)
  • 2014–15 to 2015–16: CSA Provincial T20 Challenge (20 overs)
  • 2016–17 to 2018–19: Not contested
  • 2019–20 onwards: CSA Provincial T20 Cup (20 overs)

CSA Provincial T20 Challenge
CountriesSouth Africa
AdministratorCricket South Africa
FormatTwenty20
First edition2011–12
Latest edition2015-16
Tournament formatDouble round-robin, qualifier and final
Number of teams14
Current championKZN Inland (2 titles)
Most successfulKZN Inland (2 titles)

The CSA Provincial T20 is a Twenty20 Cricket competition in South Africa, first contested in the 2011–12 season. It was previously known as the CSA Provincial T20 until the season, the CSA Provincial T20 Challenge for the 2014-15 season and most recently as the competition was itself cancelled in favour of the CSA Provincial T20 Cup from 2019–20.

The tournament has been contested since its inception by the 14 Domestic teams but for the In April 2019, Cricket South Africa announced that the 2019-20 tournament would be the final edition of the CSA Provincial T20 Challenge, due to austerity measures and a restructure of domestic cricket in the country.

Teams

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Current Teams 2023[7]
Team Location Province
Border Buffalo Park, East London Eastern Cape
Easterns Willowmoore Park, Benoni Gauteng
KwaZulu-Natal (Inland) City Oval, Pietermaritzburg KwaZulu-Natal
Limpopo Polokwane Cricket Club, Polokwane Limpopo
Mpumalanga Uplands College, White River Mpumalanga
Northern Cape De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley Northern Cape
South Western Districts Recreation Ground, Oudtshoorn Western Cape

Tournament results

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CSA Provincial T20 Cup
Season Venue Final No. of teams
Winners Result Runners-up
2019–20 Willowmoore Park, Benoni Easterns
178 for 6 (20 overs)
won by 5 runs
Scorecard
KwaZulu-Natal Inland
173 for 4 (20 overs)
15
2021–22 Diamond Oval, Kimberley Knights
176 for 5 (20 overs)
won by 7 runs
Scorecard
Dolphins
169 for 6 (20 overs)
16
2022–23 Buffalo Park, East London South Africa U-19
142 for 6 (19.1 overs)
won by 4 wickets
Scorecard
Northern Cape
141 for 5 (20 overs)
8
2023–24 Polokwane Cricket Club Ground, Polokwane Limpopo
136 for 4 (18.4 overs)
won by 6 wickets
Scorecard
Northern Cape
132 for 9 (20 overs)
7
2024–25 Willowmoore Park, Benoni KwaZulu-Natal (Inland)
130 for 3 (18.2 overs)
won by 7 wickets
Scorecard
Easterns
129 for 9 (20 overs)
7

See also

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References

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  1. ^ SAGAR Singh Chauhan. "CSA Provincial T20 Cup 2022 to begin on September 30". SportsNews. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  2. ^ "WP includes young guns in CSA Provincial T20 Cup". Eyewitness News. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  3. ^ "CSA plans to boot out African teams from Africa T20 Cup". Sport24. Archived from the original on 4 September 2019. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  4. ^ "South Africa domestic season to kick off with T20 knockout tournament". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  5. ^ "CSA Provincial T20 Knock Out Competition Pools Confirmed". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Pools confirmed for Cricket SA's provincial T20 Knock-Out competition". News24. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  7. ^ "current Teams 2024 CSA Provincial Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
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