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The 2020–21 CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup was a first-class cricket competition that took place in South Africa during February and March 2021. Easterns and KwaZulu-Natal were the defending champions, after the title was shared due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The first matches were scheduled to start on 7 January 2021, however the start of the season was delayed until February due to the pandemic. Initially the tournament was to be played between the fifteen South African provincial teams, split into two groups. However, after the tournament restarted in February 2021, Cricket South Africa (CSA) confirmed that the South Africa under-19 cricket team would also be included in the competition. CSA issued a revised schedule for the tournament, with all the matches being held in a bio-secure environment. Matches involving either Limpopo, Mpumalanga or the South Africa under-19 team did not have first-class status.

In March 2021, Border were dismissed for just sixteen runs in their second innings, equalling the lowest team total in first-class cricket in South Africa. In the South Africa under-19's first match, the team were bowled out for 41 runs in their first innings, before going on to lose the match by an innings and 83 runs.

Teams

The teams were placed into the following groups:

• Pool A: Boland, Border, KwaZulu-Natal, South Western Districts
• Pool B: Easterns, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal Inland, Limpopo
• Pool C: Northerns, Northern Cape, South Africa Under-19s, Western Province
• Pool D: Eastern Province, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, North West

Fixtures

Pool A

• Boland won the toss and elected to bat.
• Marshin Jefta (Boland) made his first-class debut.

• South Western Districts won the toss and elected to bat.
• Sintu Majeza (South Western Districts) made his first-class debut.

• Border won the toss and elected to field.
• Daelen Fynn (KwaZulu-Natal) made his first-class debut.

• Boland won the toss and elected to bat.
• Travis Ackerman (South Western Districts) made his first-class debut.

Pool B

• KwaZulu-Natal Inland won the toss and elected to bat.

• Easterns won the toss and elected to bat.
• Danie Rossouw, Donavon Ferreira and Jean-Pierre Bloem (Easterns) all made their first-class debuts.

• KwaZulu-Natal Inland won the toss and elected to field.
• Mondli Khumalo and Waseem Rahman (KwaZulu-Natal Inland) both made their first-class debuts.

• Free State won the toss and elected to bat.

Pool C

• Northern Cape won the toss and elected to field.
• Jerome Xaba, Orapeleng Motlhoaring (Northern Cape) and Lehan Botha (Western Province) all made their first-class debuts.

• Northerns won the toss and elected to field.

• Northerns won the toss and elected to field.
• Merrick Brett, Jandré Pretorius and Kiel van Vollenhoven (Northerns) all made their first-class debuts.

• South Africa Under-19s won the toss and elected to bat.

Pool D

• Gauteng won the toss and elected to bat.
• Ethan Frosler (Eastern Province) made his first-class debut.

• North West won the toss and elected to field.

• North West won the toss and elected to bat.
• Christopher Britz and AJ Jacobs (North West) both made their first-class debuts.

• Eastern Province won the toss and elected to field.

Notes

1. Matches involving either Limpopo, Mpumalanga or the South Africa under-19 cricket team did not have first-class status.

References

1. ^ "CSA announces franchise and provincial fixtures for 2020/21 Season". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
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5. "WP's Daniel Smith named captain of SA U-19s". News24. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
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7. "CSA announces new dates for Provincial and Franchise cricket". Cricket World. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
8. "CSA 3 & 1 Day Provincial 2020/21 Season" (PDF). Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
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10. "Revamped two-tier South African domestic structure ready to take off". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
11. "SA U19s learn tough lesson". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 22 March 2021.

External links

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo

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