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The 2020–21 CSA 4-Day Franchise Series was a first-class cricket competition that took place in South Africa from November 2020 to March 2021. Six teams took part in the tournament, split into two groups. Lions were the defending champions.

Ahead of the opening round of fixtures, Warriors withdrew six members of its team due to COVID-19. Two players tested positive, with another four players withdrawn from being in direct contact with the two positive cases. The round five fixture between Titans and Dolphins was called off on the morning of day two, after a player returned a positive test for COVID-19. As a result of the increase in positive COVID-19 cases, the sixth round of matches, originally scheduled to start on 20 December 2020, was postponed until 2021.

In February 2021, Cricket South Africa issued a revised schedule for the last two rounds and the final of the tournament. The following month, Cricket South Africa also confirmed that this was the last season of franchise cricket, following a revamp to their domestic structure. Following the conclusion of the group stage, Dolphins and Titans had qualified for the final of the tournament. Despite nearly two days of play being lost due to rain, Dolphins went on to win the final by an innings and 76 runs, winning their first outright title.

Points tables

Fixtures

Round 1

• Dolphins won the toss and elected to field.

• Knights won the toss and elected to bat.

• Cape Cobras won the toss and elected to bat.

Round 2

• Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
• Only 45 overs were bowled on day 1 due to rain.
• Tabraiz Shamsi took the best bowling figures for Titans in a first-class match.

• Knights won the toss and elected to bat.
• Lifa Ntanzi (Dolphins) made his first-class debut.

• Cape Cobras won the toss and elected to bat.

Round 3

• Cape Cobras won the toss and elected to field.

• Lions won the toss and elected to field.

• Warriors won the toss and elected to field.

Round 4

• Lions won the toss and elected to bat.

• Knights won the toss and elected to bat.

• Titans won the toss and elected to field.

Round 5

• Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.

• Knights won the toss and elected to bat.

• Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
• The match was called off on the morning of day two after a player returned a positive test for COVID-19.

Round 6

• Cape Cobras won the toss and elected to bat.
• No play was possible on day 4 due to rain.

• Titans won the toss and elected to bat.

• Dolphins won the toss and elected to bat.

Round 7

• Knights won the toss and elected to bat.

• Lions won the toss and elected to bat.

• Dolphins won the toss and elected to field.

Final

• Dolphins won the toss and elected to bat.
• Only 10 overs were bowled on day 1 due to rain.
• No play was possible on day 2 due to rain.

References

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11. "CSA announces new dates for Provincial and Franchise cricket". Cricket World. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
12. "Revamped two-tier South African domestic structure ready to take off". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
13. "Maharaj, Markram to the fore again as Dolphins and Titans reach final". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
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External links

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo

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