CSA Provincial T20 Challenge

{{Short description|South African cricket tournament}}

{{Further|CSA Provincial T20 Cup}}

{{EngvarB|date=August 2013}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}

{{Infobox cricket tournament main

| name = CSA Provincial T20 Challenge

| image =

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| 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)

| most runs =

| most wickets =

| website =

}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://ewn.co.za/2019/09/09/wp-includes-young-guns-in-csa-provincial-t20-cup |title=WP includes young guns in CSA Provincial T20 Cup |work=Eyewitness News |access-date=10 September 2019}}

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

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| alt=Map of the venues for matches played in the 2016–17 CSA Provincial competitions

| caption=Map of the venues for matches played in the 2016–17 CSA Provincial competitions

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{{location map~|1=South Africa|lat=-33.973700|long=18.468933|label=Cape Town|position=bottom}}

{{location map~|1=South Africa|lat=-33.741281|long=18.998247|label=Paarl|position=right}}

{{location map~|1=South Africa|lat=-29.850058|long=31.027814|label=Durban|position=bottom}}

{{location map~|1=South Africa|lat=-29.610325|long=30.380825|label=Pietermaritzburg|position=top}}

{{location map~|1=South Africa|lat=-26.195228|long=28.317972|label=Benoni|position=right}}

{{location map~|1=South Africa|lat=-29.116678|long=26.205269|label=Bloemfontein|position=bottom}}

{{location map~|1=South Africa|lat=-28.742431|long=24.797722|label=Kimberley|position=left}}

{{location map~|1=South Africa|lat=-26.131158|long=28.057414|label=Johannesburg|position=left}}

{{location map~|1=South Africa|lat=-26.695658|long=27.100772|label=Potchefstroom|position=bottom}}

{{location map~|1=South Africa|lat=-25.859914|long=28.195375|label=Centurion|position=right}}

{{location map~|1=South Africa|lat=-25.4446|long=28.1117|label=Pretoria|position=left}}

{{location map~|1=South Africa|lat=-33.966486|long=25.609997|label=Port Elizabeth|position=}}

{{location map~|1=South Africa|lat=-33.006706|long=27.919367|label=East London|position=right}}

{{location map~|1=South Africa|lat=-33.35|long=22.12|label=Oudtshoorn|position=top}}

{{location map~|1=South Africa|lat=-33.52|long=18.4100|label=Brackenfell|position=top}}

{{location map~|1=South Africa|lat=-22.85|long=16.3029|mark=Arrows 12x12 w.svg |marksize=18|label=Walvis Bay|position=right}}

{{location map~|1=South Africa|lat=-22.15|long=16.3029|mark=Arrows 12x12 w.svg |marksize=18|label=Windhoek|position=right}}

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Home team

!Stadium

!City

!Capacity

rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|BolandBoland Bank Park

|Paarl

10,000
Brackenfell Sports Fields

|Brackenfell

style="text-align:left;"|BorderBuffalo Park

|East London

15,000
style="text-align:left;"|Eastern ProvinceSt George's Park

|Port Elizabeth

19,000
style="text-align:left;"|EasternsWillowmoore Park

|Benoni

20,000
style="text-align:left;"|Free StateChevrolet Park

|Bloemfontein

20,000
style="text-align:left;"|GautengWanderers Stadium

|Johannesburg

34,000
style="text-align:left;"|KwaZulu-NatalKingsmead

|Durban

25,000
style="text-align:left;"|KwaZulu-Natal InlandCity Oval

|Pietermaritzburg

12,000
style="text-align:left;"|Northern CapeDe Beers Diamond OvalKimberley11,000
rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|NorthernsSuperSport Park

|Centurion

20,000
LC de Villiers Oval

|Pretoria

2,000
style="text-align:left;"|North WestSenwes Park

|Potchefstroom

9,000
style="text-align:left;"|South Western DistrictsRecreation Ground

|Oudtshoorn

style="text-align:left;"|Western ProvinceNewlands

|Cape Town

22,500
rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|NamibiaSparta Cricket Club Ground

|Walvis Bay

Wanderers Cricket Ground

|Windhoek

Tournament results

=List of winners=

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rowspan="2"| Seasonrowspan="2"| Final venuecolspan="3"| Resultrowspan="2"| Ref
width=18%| Winnerwidth=30%| Marginwidth=18%| Runner-up
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| [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/csa-provincial-t20-challenge-2011-12-528285/match-schedule-fixtures-and-results 2011–12]

Port ElizabethNortherns
154/5 (20 overs)
Northerns won by 16 runs
[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/349/349000.html scorecard]
Eastern Province
138/9 (20 overs)
[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/15/CSA_Provincial_T20_2011-12.html CSA Provincial T20 2011/12] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
2012–13no finalFree State
32 points
Free State won on points
[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/Tables/17/CSA_Provincial_T20_2012-13.html table]
Gauteng
25 points
[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/17/CSA_Provincial_T20_2012-13.html CSA Provincial T20 2012/13] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
style="background:#ddeeff"

| [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/csa-provincial-t20-challenge-2013-14-670061/match-schedule-fixtures-and-results 2013–14]

JohannesburgKZN Inland
132/2 (17.2 overs)
KZN Inland won by 8 wickets
[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/580/580224.html scorecard]
Gauteng (2)
128/7 (20 overs)
[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/20/CSA_Provincial_T20_2013-14.html CSA Provincial T20 2013/14] – CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
[https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/csa-provincial-t20-challenge-2014-15-783845/match-schedule-fixtures-and-results 2014–15]no finalGauteng
17 points
Gauteng won on points
[https://www.espncricinfo.com/table/series/8725/season/2014/csa-provincial-t20-challenge table]
Northerns
13 points
[https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/_/id/8725/season/2014/csa-provincial-t20-challenge CSA Provincial T20 Challenge 2014/15] – Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
style="background:#ddeeff"

| [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/csa-provincial-t20-challenge-2015-16-874765/match-schedule-fixtures-and-results 2015–16]

no finalKZN Inland (2)
18 points
KZN Inland won on points
[https://www.espncricinfo.com/table/series/8725/season/2015/csa-provincial-t20-challenge table]
Eastern Province (2)
17 points
[https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/_/id/8725/season/2015/csa-provincial-t20-challenge CSA Provincial T20 2015/16] – Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 April 2016.

Team performance

;Legend

  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • SF – Losing semi-finalist (no third-place playoff)

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! width=150|Team

! 2011–12

! 2012–13

! 2013–14

! 2014–15

! 2015–16

! Total

align=left| Boland

| 8th

14th10th13th14th6
align=left| Border

| 13th

7th5th7th7th6
align=left| Eastern Province

| bgcolor=Silver| 2nd

5th12th11thbgcolor=Silver| 2nd6
align=left| Easterns

| 11th

11th13th12th11th6
align=left| Free State

| 4th

bgcolor=Gold| 1st8th14thbgcolor=#cc9966| 3rd6
align=left| Gauteng

| 9th

bgcolor=Silver| 2ndbgcolor=Silver| 2ndbgcolor=Gold| 1st13th6
align=left| KwaZulu-Natal

| 7th

4th11th5th8th6
align=left| KZN Inland

| 12th

12thbgcolor=Gold| 1st10thbgcolor=Gold| 1st6
align=left| Limpopo

| –

1
align=left| Mpumalanga

| –

1
align=left| {{cr|NAM}}

| 14th

8th14thbgcolor=#cc9966| 3rd12th5
align=left| Northern Cape
(Griqualand West)

| 5th

bgcolor=#cc9966| 3rdbgcolor=#cc9966| 3rd4th10th6
align=left| Northerns

| bgcolor=Gold| 1st

6th9thbgcolor=Silver| 2nd5th6
align=left| North West

| bgcolor=#cc9966| 3rd

13th4th9th9th6
align=left| SW Districts

| 10th

9th7th8th6th6
align=left| Western Province

| 6th

10th6th6th4th6

See also

References