CSA Provincial T20 Challenge explained

CSA Provincial T20 Challenge
Country:South Africa
Administrator:Cricket South Africa
Cricket Format:Twenty20
First:2011–12
Last:2015-16
Tournament Format:Double round-robin, qualifier and final
Participants:14
Champions:KZN Inland (2 titles)
Most Successful:KZN 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.[1]

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 and venues

Home teamStadiumCityCapacity
BolandBoland Bank ParkPaarl10,000
Brackenfell Sports FieldsBrackenfell
BorderBuffalo ParkEast London15,000
Eastern ProvinceSt George's ParkPort Elizabeth19,000
EasternsWillowmoore ParkBenoni20,000
Free StateChevrolet ParkBloemfontein20,000
GautengWanderers StadiumJohannesburg34,000
KwaZulu-NatalKingsmeadDurban25,000
KwaZulu-Natal InlandCity OvalPietermaritzburg12,000
Northern CapeDe Beers Diamond OvalKimberley11,000
NorthernsSuperSport ParkCenturion20,000
LC de Villiers OvalPretoria2,000
North WestSenwes ParkPotchefstroom9,000
South Western DistrictsRecreation GroundOudtshoorn
Western ProvinceNewlandsCape Town22,500
NamibiaSparta Cricket Club GroundWalvis Bay
Wanderers Cricket GroundWindhoek

Tournament results

List of winners

Season Final venue Result Ref
width=18%Winner !width=30%Margin !width=18%Runner-up
2011–12Northerns
154/5 (20 overs)
Northerns won by 16 runs
scorecard
Eastern Province
138/9 (20 overs)
[2]
2012–13 no final Free State
32 points
Free State won on points
table
Gauteng
25 points
[3]
2013–14KZN Inland
132/2 (17.2 overs)
KZN Inland won by 8 wickets
scorecard
Gauteng (2)
128/7 (20 overs)
[4]
2014–15no final Gauteng
17 points
Gauteng won on points
table
Northerns
13 points
[5]
2015–16no final KZN Inland (2)
18 points
KZN Inland won on points
table
Eastern Province (2)
17 points
[6]

Team performance

Legend
1st – Champions2nd – Runners-up3rd – Third placeSF – Losing semi-finalist (no third-place playoff)
width=150Team2011–122012–132013–142014–152015–16Total
Boland8th 14th 10th 13th 14th 6
Border13th 7th 5th 7th 7th 6
Eastern Provincebgcolor=Silver2nd 5th 12th 11th bgcolor=Silver2nd 6
Easterns11th 11th 13th 12th 11th 6
Free State4th bgcolor=Gold1st 8th 14th 3rd 6
Gauteng9th bgcolor=Silver2nd bgcolor=Silver2nd bgcolor=Gold1st 13th 6
KwaZulu-Natal7th 4th 11th 5th 8th 6
KZN Inland12th 12th bgcolor=Gold1st 10th bgcolor=Gold1st 6
Limpopo1
Mpumalanga1
14th 8th 14th 3rd 12th 5
Northern Cape
(Griqualand West)
5th 3rd 3rd 4th 10th 6
Northernsbgcolor=Gold1st 6th 9th bgcolor=Silver2nd 5th 6
North West3rd 13th 4th 9th 9th 6
SW Districts10th 9th 7th 8th 6th 6
Western Province6th 10th 6th 6th 4th 6

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: WP includes young guns in CSA Provincial T20 Cup . Eyewitness News . 10 September 2019.
  2. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/15/CSA_Provincial_T20_2011-12.html CSA Provincial T20 2011/12
  3. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/17/CSA_Provincial_T20_2012-13.html CSA Provincial T20 2012/13
  4. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/20/CSA_Provincial_T20_2013-14.html CSA Provincial T20 2013/14
  5. https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/_/id/8725/season/2014/csa-provincial-t20-challenge CSA Provincial T20 Challenge 2014/15
  6. https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/_/id/8725/season/2015/csa-provincial-t20-challenge CSA Provincial T20 2015/16