What are the cricket competitions in South Africa? The CSA Provincial Competitions are three South African domestic cricket competitions run by Cricket South Africa (CSA). Three-day (first-class) and one-day (List A) competitions were introduced for the 2004–05 season, while a Twenty20 competition was introduced for the 2011–12 season. The CSA competitions are predominantly contested by South African provincial teams, the number of which has been fixed at thirteen since the 2007–08 season.[a] A non-South African team, Namibia, has competed since the 2006–07 season, while two invitational teams from Zimbabwe competed in the early seasons. Prior to the introduction of the CSA competitions, the South African provincial teams competed in the Sunfoil Series (better known as the Currie Cup) and the domestic one-day tournament (known under various names). As part of a reorganisation of South Africa’s domestic structure, the provincial teams were replaced in those competitions by six franchise teams, which are wholly professional. CSA 4-Day Domestic Series CSA One-Day Cup CSA T20 Challenge SA20 CSA Provincial T20 Cup Teams and venues Cape Town Paarl Durban Pietermaritzburg Benoni Bloemfontein Kimberley Johannesburg Potchefstroom Centurion Pretoria Port Elizabeth East London Oudtshoorn Brackenfell Walvis Bay Windhoek class=notpageimage| Map of the venues for matches played in the 2016–17 CSA Provincial competitions Home team Stadium City Capacity Boland Boland Bank Park Paarl 10,000 Brackenfell Sports Fields Brackenfell Border Buffalo Park East London 15,000 Eastern Province St George’s Park Port Elizabeth 19,000 Easterns Willowmoore Park Benoni 20,000 Free State Chevrolet Park Bloemfontein 20,000 Gauteng Wanderers Stadium Johannesburg 34,000 KwaZulu-Natal Kingsmead Durban 25,000 KwaZulu-Natal Inland City Oval Pietermaritzburg 12,000 Northern Cape De Beers Diamond Oval Kimberley 11,000 Northerns SuperSport Park Centurion 20,000 LC de Villiers Oval Pretoria 2,000 North West Senwes Park Potchefstroom 9,000 South Western Districts Recreation Ground Oudtshoorn Western Province Newlands Cape Town 22,500 Namibia Sparta Cricket Club Ground Walvis Bay Wanderers Cricket Ground Windhoek CSA 3-Day Cup Name 2004–05: UCB Provincial Cup 2005–06 to 2008–09: South African Airways Provincial Three-Day Challenge 2009–10 to 2013–14: CSA Provincial Three-Day Competition 2014–15 to 2017-18: Sunfoil 3-Day Cup 2018/19 onwards: CSA 3-Day Cup List of winners[edit] Season Final venue Result Ref Winner Margin Runner-up 2004–05 Kimberley Griqualand West 184 and 208/3 Griquas won by 7 wickets scorecard Border 240 and 151 [1] 2005–06 Cape Town Northerns 267 and 333/6 Northerns won by 100 runs scorecard Western Province 317 and 183 [2] 2006–07 Johannesburg Gauteng 286 and 345 Gauteng won by 95 runs scorecard Eastern Province 333 and 203 [3] 2007–08 Kimberley Griqualand West (2) 144 and 227 Griquas won by 42 runs scorecard Western Province (2) 155 and 174 [4] 2008–09 Kimberley Griqualand West (3) 482 and 150/4 Griquas won by 243 runs scorecard North West 248 and 141 [5] 2009–10 no final Eastern Province 190.76 points Eastern Province won on points table Gauteng 167.88 points [6] 2010–11 no final Western Province 201.56 points Western Province won on points table Gauteng (2) 189.06 points [7] 2011–12 no final Griqualand West (4) 151.70 points Griquas won on points table Gauteng (3) 144.94 points [8] 2012–13 no final Gauteng (2) 172.22 points Gauteng won on points table North West (2) 158.04 points [9] 2013–14 no final Western Province (2) 167.30 points Western Province won on points table North West (3) 157.18 points [10] 2014–15 Centurion Gauteng (3) 292 and 225/4 Northerns (2) 269 and 42/3 Match drawn (trophy shared) scorecard — [11] 2015–16 Cape Town KZN Inland 268 and 162 KZN Inland won by 46 runs scorecard Western Province (3) 137 and 247 [12] 2016–17 Pretoria Free State 285/9 and 241/6 Northerns (3) 170 and 198/5 Match drawn (trophy shared) scorecard — [13] 2017–18 Durban KwaZulu-Natal 334/4d KwaZulu-Natal won by an innings and 25 runs scorecard Namibia 132 and 177 [14] 2018–19 Port Elizabeth Eastern Province (2) 477 and 85/5d Northerns (4) 272 and 147/2 Match drawn (trophy shared) scorecard — [15] 2019–20 no final Easterns KwaZulu-Natal Trophy shared — [16] Performance by team[edit] Legend 1st – Champions 2nd – Runners-up 3rd – Third place underlined – position shared by two teams Team 2004– 05 2005– 06 2006– 07 2007– 08 2008– 09 2009– 10 2010– 11 2011– 12 2012– 13 2013– 14 2014– 15 2015– 16 2016– 17 2017– 18 2018– 19 Total Boland 9th 10th 11th 4th 14th 11th 10th 11th 3rd 7th 13th 12th 11th 11th 9th 15 Border 2nd 5th 13th 12th 7th 13th 13th 6th 9th 4th 11th 13th 10th 7th 12th 15 Eastern Province 7th 11th 2nd 9th 5th 1st 7th 12th 10th 3rd 7th 3rd 8th 8th 1st 15 Easterns 11th 8th 8th 8th 4th 4th 11th 4th 8th 9th 9th 5th 7th 6th 6th 15 Free State 6th 6th 12th 10th 10th 9th 3rd 8th 5th 13th 4th 10th 1st 4th 5th 15 Gauteng 4th 9th 1st 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 12th 1st 9th 5th 14th 3rd 15 Kei — — 17th — — — — — — — — — — — — 1 KwaZulu-Natal 3rd 4th 6th 13th 13th 10th 5th 10th 12th 10th 12th 6th 13th 1st 8th 15 KZN Inland — — 9th 15th 11th 14th 12th 13th 13th 6th 6th 1st 6th 4th 10th 13 Limpopo — — 14th — — — — — — — — — — — — 1 Mpumalanga — — 16th — — — — — — — — — — — — 1 Namibia — — 3rd 14th 8th 12th 14th 14th 14th 14th 14th 14th 14th 2nd — 12 Northern Cape (Griqualand West) 1st 7th 5th 1st 1st 7th 4th 1st 11th 8th 10th 11th 9th 13th 13th 15 Northerns 5th 1st 4th 5th 6th 3rd 9th 9th 6th 5th 1st 7th 1st 9th 1st 15 North West 10th 3rd 10th 7th 2nd 8th 8th 5th 2nd 2nd 3rd 4th 3rd 10th 11th 15 SW Districts — — 15th 11th 9th 6th 6th 3rd 4th 11th 8th 8th 12th 12th 7th 12 Western Province 8th 2nd 7th 2nd 12th 5th 1st 7th 7th 1st 5th 2nd 4th 3rd 4th 15 Zim. Provinces — — — 6th — — — — — — — — — — — 1 Zim. U-23s — 12th — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1 CSA Provincial One-Day Cup CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge Name and format 2004–05: UCB Provincial Shield (45 overs) 2005–06 to 2008–09: South African Airways Provincial One-Day Challenge (45 overs) 2009–10: CSA Provincial One-Day Competition (45 overs) 2010–11: CSA Provincial One-Day Competition (40 overs) 2011–12 to 2013–14: CSA Provincial One-Day Competition (50 overs) 2014–15 to 2017–18: CSA Provincial 50 Over Challenge (50 overs) 2018–19 onwards: CSA 1-Day Cup 2023 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge List of winners Season Final venue Result Ref Winner Margin Runner-up 2004–05 Paarl Free State 281/5 (44 overs) Free State won by 5 wickets scorecard Boland 277/7 (45 overs) [17] 2005–06 Paarl Northerns 240/4 (45 overs) Northerns won by 4 runs scorecard Boland (2) 236/8 (45 overs) [18] 2006–07 Durban KwaZulu-Natal 124/2 (20 overs) KwaZulu-Natal won by 8 wickets scorecard Northerns 121 (36 overs) [19] 2007–08 Johannesburg Gauteng 130/4 (28.5 overs) Gauteng won by 6 wickets (D/L) scorecard Northerns (2) 132 (37.2 overs) [20] 2008–09 Paarl Boland 208/4 (41.5 overs) Boland won by 6 wickets scorecard KwaZulu-Natal 204/9 (45 overs) [21] 2009–10 no final Northerns (2) 45 points Northerns won on points table Gauteng 38 points [22] 2010–11 no final Western Province 49 points Western Province won on points table Northerns (3) 37 points [23] 2011–12 no final Free State (2) 29 points Free State won on points table KwaZulu-Natal (2) 26 points [24] 2012–13 Bloemfontein Border 208/7 (45.3 overs) Border won by 3 wickets scorecard Free State 207 (48.5 overs) [25] 2013–14 no final KZN Inland 22 points KZN Inland won on head-to-head result[b] table Gauteng (2) 22 points [26] 2014–15 Bloemfontein Border (2) 111/5 (34.2 overs) Border won by 5 wickets scorecard Free State (2) 110 (32.3 overs) [27] 2015–16 Potchefstroom Gauteng (2) 230/3 (46.2 overs) Gauteng won by 7 wickets scorecard North West 224/8 (50 overs) [28] 2016–17 Centurion Northerns (3) 251/3 (43.1 overs) Northerns won by 7 wickets scorecard Namibia 245 (48.3 overs) [29] 2017–18 Johannesburg North West 179 (49.2 overs) North West won by 34 runs scorecard Gauteng (3) 145 (41.3 overs) [30] 2018–19 Centurion Easterns 277/8 (46.5 overs) Easterns won by 2 wickets scorecard Northerns (4) 276/8 (50 overs) [31] 2019–20 no final Free State Northern Cape Trophy shared — [32] Performance by team Legend 1st – Champions 2nd – Runners-up 3rd – Third place SF – Losing semi-finalist (no third-place playoff) Team 2004– 05 2005– 06 2006– 07 2007– 08 2008– 09 2009– 10 2010– 11 2011– 12 2012– 13 2013– 14 2014– 15 2015– 16 2016– 17 2017– 18 2018– 19 Total Boland 2nd 2nd 7th 12th 1st 8th 11th 9th 4th 10th 6th 8th 8th 14th 12th 15 Border 11th 11th 13th 11th 5th 5th 7th 6th 1st 8th 1st 13th 14th 6th 13th 15 Eastern Province 9th SF 9th SF 6th 3rd 9th 4th 14th 6th 7th 4th 5th 12th 6th 15 Easterns 7th 8th 6th 7th 10th 13th 12th 14th 12th 11th 14th 12th 7th 7th 1st 15 Free State 1st 7th 11th 5th 9th 6th 8th 1st 2nd 3rd 2nd 11th 11th 10th 5th 15 Gauteng 5th SF 8th 1st 12th 2nd 3rd 10th 5th 2nd 10th 1st 9th 2nd 3rd 15 Kei — — 16th — — — — — — — — — — — — 1 KwaZulu-Natal 6th 9th 1st 10th 2nd 9th 4th 2nd 7th 4th 5th 14th 3rd 4th 11th 15 KZN Inland — — 12th 15th SF 12th 11th 11th 10th 1st 3rd 6th 13th 3rd 9th 15 Limpopo — — 14th — — — — — — — — — — — — 1 Mpumalanga — — 17th — — — — — — — — — — — — 1 Namibia — — 5th 13th 7th 14th 10th 13th 6th 14th 13th 10th 2nd 5th — 12 Northern Cape (Griqualand West) 8th 10th SF 8th 8th 4th 14th 8th 13th 13th 9th 9th 6th 13th 10th 15 Northerns SF 1st 2nd 2nd 11th 1st 2nd 3rd 11th 9th 4th 7th 1st 9th 2nd 15 North West SF 6th 10th 9th 13th 7th 6th 12th 3rd 5th 8th 2nd 4th 1st 7th 15 SW Districts — — 15th SF 14th 11th 5th 5th 9th 7th 12th 5th 12th 8th 4th 13 Western Province 10th 5th SF 6th SF 10th 1st 7th 8th 12th 11th 3rd 10th 11th 8th 15 Zim. Provinces — — — 14th — — — — — — — — — — — 1 Zim. U-23s — 12th — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1 CSA Provincial T20 Cup 2023 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge Division 1 2023 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge Division 2 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge Division 1 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge Division 2 CSA Provincial T20 Cup CSA Provincial T20 Challenge 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) List of winners[edit] Season Final venue Result Ref Winner Margin Runner-up 2011–12 Port Elizabeth Northerns 154/5 (20 overs) Northerns won by 16 runs scorecard Eastern Province 138/9 (20 overs) [33] 2012–13 no final Free State 32 points Free State won on points table Gauteng 25 points [34] 2013–14 Johannesburg KZN Inland 132/2 (17.2 overs) KZN Inland won by 8 wickets scorecard Gauteng (2) 128/7 (20 overs) [35] 2014–15 no final Gauteng 17 points Gauteng won on points table Northerns 13 points [36] 2015–16 no final KZN Inland (2) 18 points KZN Inland won on points table Eastern Province (2) 17 points [37] 2019–20 Benoni Easterns 178/6 (20 overs) Easterns won by 5 runs scorecard KZN Inland 128/7 (20 overs) [38] Performance by team[edit] Legend 1st – Champions 2nd – Runners-up 3rd – Third place SF – Losing semi-finalist (no third-place playoff) Team 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2019–20 Total Boland 8th 14th 10th 13th 14th 14th 6 Border 13th 7th 5th 7th 7th SF 6 Eastern Province 2nd 5th 12th 11th 2nd SF 6 Easterns 11th 11th 13th 12th 11th 1st 6 Free State 4th 1st 8th 14th 3rd 15th 6 Gauteng 9th 2nd 2nd 1st 13th 12th 6 KwaZulu-Natal 7th 4th 11th 5th 8th 6th 6 KZN Inland 12th 12th 1st 10th 1st 2nd 6 Limpopo – – – – – 5th 1 Mpumalanga – – – – – 10th 1 Namibia 14th 8th 14th 3rd 12th – 5 Northern Cape (Griqualand West) 5th 3rd 3rd 4th 10th 7th 6 Northerns 1st 6th 9th 2nd 5th 8th 6 North West 3rd 13th 4th 9th 9th 9th 6 SW Districts 10th 9th 7th 8th 6th 11th 6 Western Province 6th 10th 6th 6th 4th 13th 6 CSA Provincial T20 Challenge Countries South Africa Administrator Cricket South Africa Format Twenty20 First edition 2011–12 Latest edition 2015-16 Tournament format Double round-robin, qualifier and final Number of teams 14 Current champion 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. Africa T20 Cup The Africa T20 Cup was an additional provincial tournament organised by Cricket South Africa. It featured representative teams from other African countries, including Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Uganda and Zimbabwe in addition to the South African provincial sides. The Africa T20 was first held in September to October 2015 at the start of the South African season, and was followed by the CSA Provincial T20 Challenge later in the year.[39] From the 2015–16 season, the CSA Challenge League was not played, leaving the Africa T20 Cup as the only provincial level T20 tournament in the country. It ran for four editions before being scrapped, with the CSA Provincial T20 Cup returning and taking over as the only provincial T20 tournament.[40][41] List of winners Year Final venue Result Winner Margin Runner-up 2015 Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein Northerns 107/3 (18 overs) Northerns won by 7 wickets scorecard KwaZulu-Natal Inland 103/8 (20 overs) 2016 Recreation Ground, Oudtshoorn Eastern Province 165/6 (20 overs) Eastern Province won by 31 runs scorecard Northern Cape 134/9 (20 overs) 2017 Diamond Oval, Kimberley KwaZulu-Natal Inland 129/4 (17.5 overs) KwaZulu-Natal Inland won by 6 wickets scorecard Free State 128/5 (20 overs) 2018 Buffalo Park, East London Gauteng 131/7 (19.2 overs) Gauteng won by 3 wickets scorecard Border 130 (20 overs)