2020–21 CSA 4-Day Franchise Series | |
Fromdate: | 2 November 2020 |
Todate: | 29 March 2021 |
Administrator: | Cricket South Africa |
Cricket Format: | First-class |
Tournament Format: | Double round-robin |
Champions: | Dolphins |
Count: | 1 |
Participants: | 6 |
Matches: | 22 |
Most Runs: | Aiden Markram (945) |
Most Wickets: | Keshav Maharaj (34) |
Previous Year: | 2019–20 |
Previous Tournament: | 2019–20 CSA 4-Day Franchise Series |
Next Year: | 2021–22 |
Next Tournament: | 2021–22 CSA 4-Day Series |
The 2020–21 CSA 4-Day Franchise Series was a first-class cricket competition that took place in South Africa from November 2020 to March 2021.[1] [2] Six teams took part in the tournament, split into two groups.[1] Lions were the defending champions.[3] [4]
Ahead of the opening round of fixtures, Warriors withdrew six members of its team due to COVID-19.[5] Two players tested positive,[6] with another four players withdrawn from being in direct contact with the two positive cases.[7] The round five fixture between Titans and Dolphins was called off on the morning of day two, after a player returned a positive test for COVID-19.[8] As a result of the increase in positive COVID-19 cases, the sixth round of matches, originally scheduled to start on 20 December 2020, was postponed until 2021.[9] [10]
In February 2021, Cricket South Africa issued a revised schedule for the last two rounds and the final of the tournament.[11] The following month, Cricket South Africa also confirmed that this was the last season of franchise cricket, following a revamp to their domestic structure.[12] Following the conclusion of the group stage, Dolphins and Titans had qualified for the final of the tournament.[13] Despite nearly two days of play being lost due to rain,[14] Dolphins went on to win the final by an innings and 76 runs, winning their first outright title.[15]
width=220 | Team[16] | width=25 | width=25 | width=25 | width=25 | width=25 | width=40 | ||||||
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7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 126.08 | ||||||||
7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 102.08 | ||||||||
7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 84.22 |
width=220 | Team | width=25 | width=25 | width=25 | width=25 | width=25 | width=40 | ||||||
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7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 98.88 | ||||||||
7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 86.58 | ||||||||
7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 76.68 |
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