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
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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 =
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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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{{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 | |||
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rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Boland | Boland Bank Park | 10,000 | |
Brackenfell Sports Fields | |||
style="text-align:left;"|Border | Buffalo Park | 15,000 | |
style="text-align:left;"|Eastern Province | St George's Park | 19,000 | |
style="text-align:left;"|Easterns | Willowmoore Park | 20,000 | |
style="text-align:left;"|Free State | Chevrolet Park | 20,000 | |
style="text-align:left;"|Gauteng | Wanderers Stadium | 34,000 | |
style="text-align:left;"|KwaZulu-Natal | Kingsmead | 25,000 | |
style="text-align:left;"|KwaZulu-Natal Inland | City Oval | 12,000 | |
style="text-align:left;"|Northern Cape | De Beers Diamond Oval | Kimberley | 11,000 |
rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Northerns | SuperSport Park | 20,000 | |
LC de Villiers Oval | 2,000 | ||
style="text-align:left;"|North West | Senwes Park | 9,000 | |
style="text-align:left;"|South Western Districts | Recreation Ground | ||
style="text-align:left;"|Western Province | Newlands | 22,500 | |
rowspan="2" style="text-align:left;"|Namibia | Sparta Cricket Club Ground | ||
Wanderers Cricket Ground |
Tournament results
=List of winners=
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rowspan="2"| Season | rowspan="2"| Final venue | colspan="3"| Result | rowspan="2"| Ref | ||
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width=18%| Winner | width=30%| Margin | width=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 Elizabeth | Northerns 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. |
2012–13 | no final | Free 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. |
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| [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/csa-provincial-t20-challenge-2013-14-670061/match-schedule-fixtures-and-results 2013–14] | Johannesburg | KZN 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 final | Gauteng 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. |
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| [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/csa-provincial-t20-challenge-2015-16-874765/match-schedule-fixtures-and-results 2015–16] | no final | KZN 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 | 14th | 10th | 13th | 14th | 6 |
align=left| Border
| 13th | 7th | 5th | 7th | 7th | 6 |
align=left| Eastern Province
| bgcolor=Silver| 2nd | 5th | 12th | 11th | bgcolor=Silver| 2nd | 6 |
align=left| Easterns
| 11th | 11th | 13th | 12th | 11th | 6 |
align=left| Free State
| 4th | bgcolor=Gold| 1st | 8th | 14th | bgcolor=#cc9966| 3rd | 6 |
align=left| Gauteng
| 9th | bgcolor=Silver| 2nd | bgcolor=Silver| 2nd | bgcolor=Gold| 1st | 13th | 6 |
align=left| KwaZulu-Natal
| 7th | 4th | 11th | 5th | 8th | 6 |
align=left| KZN Inland
| 12th | 12th | bgcolor=Gold| 1st | 10th | bgcolor=Gold| 1st | 6 |
align=left| Limpopo
| – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
align=left| Mpumalanga
| – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
align=left| {{cr|NAM}}
| 14th | 8th | 14th | bgcolor=#cc9966| 3rd | 12th | 5 |
align=left| Northern Cape (Griqualand West) | 5th | bgcolor=#cc9966| 3rd | bgcolor=#cc9966| 3rd | 4th | 10th | 6 |
align=left| Northerns
| bgcolor=Gold| 1st | 6th | 9th | bgcolor=Silver| 2nd | 5th | 6 |
align=left| North West
| bgcolor=#cc9966| 3rd | 13th | 4th | 9th | 9th | 6 |
align=left| SW Districts
| 10th | 9th | 7th | 8th | 6th | 6 |
align=left| Western Province
| 6th | 10th | 6th | 6th | 4th | 6 |