CSA Provincial Competitions


The CSA Provincial Competitions are three South African domestic cricket competitions run by Cricket South Africa. Three-day and one-day 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 non-South African team, Namibia national [cricket 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 and the Momentum [1 Day Cup|domestic one-day tournament]. 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.

Teams and venues

Home teamStadiumCityCapacity
BolandBoland Bank ParkPaarl10,000
BolandBrackenfell 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
NorthernsLC de Villiers OvalPretoria2,000
North WestSenwes ParkPotchefstroom9,000
South Western DistrictsRecreation GroundOudtshoorn
Western ProvinceNewlandsCape Town22,500
NamibiaSparta [Cricket Club Ground]Walvis Bay
NamibiaWanderers Cricket GroundWindhoek

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

Performance by team

;Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • underlined – position shared by two teams
Team2004–
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
Boland9th10th11th4th14th11th10th11th3rd7th13th12th11th11th9th15
Border2nd5th13th12th7th13th13th6th9th4th11th13th10th7th12th15
Eastern Province7th11th2nd9th5th1st7th12th10th3rd7th3rd8th8th1st15
Easterns11th8th8th8th4th4th11th4th8th9th9th5th7th6th6th15
Free State6th6th12th10th10th9th3rd8th5th13th4th10th1st4th5th15
Gauteng4th9th1st3rd3rd2nd2nd2nd1st12th1st9th5th14th3rd15
Kei——17th————————————1
KwaZulu-Natal3rd4th6th13th13th10th5th10th12th10th12th6th13th1st8th15
KZN Inland——9th15th11th14th12th13th13th6th6th1st6th4th10th13
Limpopo——14th————————————1
Mpumalanga——16th————————————1
——3rd14th8th12th14th14th14th14th14th14th14th2nd—12
Northern Cape
1st7th5th1st1st7th4th1st11th8th10th11th9th13th13th15
Northerns5th1st4th5th6th3rd9th9th6th5th1st7th1st9th1st15
North West10th3rd10th7th2nd8th8th5th2nd2nd3rd4th3rd10th11th15
SW Districts——15th11th9th6th6th3rd4th11th8th8th12th12th7th12
Western Province8th2nd7th2nd12th5th1st7th7th1st5th2nd4th3rd4th15
———6th———————————1
—12th—————————————1

CSA Provincial One-Day Cup

CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge

;Name and format
  • 2004–05: UCB Provincial Shield
  • 2005–06 to 2008–09: South African Airways Provincial One-Day Challenge
  • 2009–10: CSA Provincial One-Day Competition
  • 2010–11: CSA Provincial One-Day Competition
  • 2011–12 to 2013–14: CSA Provincial One-Day Competition
  • 2014–15 to 2017–18: CSA Provincial 50 Over Challenge
  • 2018–19 onwards: CSA 1-Day Cup
2023 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge

Performance by team

;Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • SF – Losing semi-finalist
Team2004–
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
Boland2nd2nd7th12th1st8th11th9th4th10th6th8th8th14th12th15
Border11th11th13th11th5th5th7th6th1st8th1st13th14th6th13th15
Eastern Province9thSF9thSF6th3rd9th4th14th6th7th4th5th12th6th15
Easterns7th8th6th7th10th13th12th14th12th11th14th12th7th7th1st15
Free State1st7th11th5th9th6th8th1st2nd3rd2nd11th11th10th5th15
Gauteng5thSF8th1st12th2nd3rd10th5th2nd10th1st9th2nd3rd15
Kei——16th————————————1
KwaZulu-Natal6th9th1st10th2nd9th4th2nd7th4th5th14th3rd4th11th15
KZN Inland——12th15thSF12th11th11th10th1st3rd6th13th3rd9th15
Limpopo——14th————————————1
Mpumalanga——17th————————————1
——5th13th7th14th10th13th6th14th13th10th2nd5th—12
Northern Cape
8th10thSF8th8th4th14th8th13th13th9th9th6th13th10th15
NorthernsSF1st2nd2nd11th1st2nd3rd11th9th4th7th1st9th2nd15
North WestSF6th10th9th13th7th6th12th3rd5th8th2nd4th1st7th15
SW Districts——15thSF14th11th5th5th9th7th12th5th12th8th4th13
Western Province10th5thSF6thSF10th1st7th8th12th11th3rd10th11th8th15
———14th———————————1
—12th—————————————1

CSA Provincial T20 Cup

;Name and format
  • 2011–12 to 2014–15: CSA Provincial T20
  • 2014–15 to 2015–16: CSA Provincial T20 Challenge
  • 2016–17 to 2018–19: Not contested
  • 2019–20 onwards: CSA Provincial T20 Cup

Performance by team

;Legend
  • 1st – Champions
  • 2nd – Runners-up
  • 3rd – Third place
  • SF – Losing semi-finalist
Team2011–122012–132013–142014–152015–162019–20Total
Boland8th14th10th13th14th14th6
Border13th7th5th7th7thSF6
Eastern Province2nd5th12th11th2ndSF6
Easterns11th11th13th12th11th1st6
Free State4th1st8th14th3rd15th6
Gauteng9th2nd2nd1st13th12th6
KwaZulu-Natal7th4th11th5th8th6th6
KZN Inland12th12th1st10th1st2nd6
Limpopo–––––5th1
Mpumalanga–––––10th1
14th8th14th3rd12th–5
Northern Cape
5th3rd3rd4th10th7th6
Northerns1st6th9th2nd5th8th6
North West3rd13th4th9th9th9th6
SW Districts10th9th7th8th6th11th6
Western Province6th10th6th6th4th13th6

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. 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.