2019–20 CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup
Cricket tournament
Cricket tournament
The 2019–20 CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup was a first-class cricket competition that took place in South Africa from October 2019 to April 2020.[ 1] Cricket South Africa suspended all cricket in the country for 60 days due to the COVID-19 pandemic .[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] Easterns and KwaZulu-Natal were named as the joint-winners of the tournament. KwaZulu-Natal finished top of group B, with Easterns named joint-winners despite not topping their group, but played one match fewer than other teams, with their victory coming via an average points calculation.[ 5] Graeme Smith , the acting Director of Cricket.[ 6]
The competition was played between the thirteen South African provincial teams. In previous editions of the competition, Namibia had also competed, but they withdrew ahead of the start of the previous tournament , citing issues around costs and logistics.[ 7] [ 8]
Unlike its counterpart, the CSA Franchise 4-Day Cup , the matches were three days in length instead of four. The tournament was played in parallel with the 2019–20 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge , a List A competition which featured the same teams. Eastern Province and Northerns were the defending champions, after the title was shared.[ 9]
On 17 October 2019, in the match between Gauteng and Boland , Lauren Agenbag became the first woman to stand as an on-field umpire in a first-class cricket match in South Africa.[ 10] Andrea Agathangelou and Yaseen Valli made an opening partnership of 485 runs for Easterns against Boland , breaking the previous record in a first-class match in South Africa of 424 runs set in the 1926–27 season.[ 11]
Points table
Fixtures
October 2019
Gauteng won the toss and elected to bat.
Easterns won the toss and elected to field.
Northern Cape won the toss and elected to bat.
South Western Districts won the toss and elected to bat.
Western Province won the toss and elected to field.
Ryan Klein (Western Province) and Evan Jones (Northerns) both made their first-class debuts.
Boland won the toss and elected to field.
Codi Yusuf (Gauteng) made his first-class debut.
Northerns won the toss and elected to field.
Border won the toss and elected to field.
Alindile Mhletywa (Border) made his first-class debut.
Gauteng won the toss and elected to bat.
Western Province won the toss and elected to bat.
Tayo Walbrugh and Sisonke Mazele (Western Province) both made their first-class debuts.
Easterns won the toss and elected to field.
Musawenkosi Twala (Easterns) and Caleb Pillay (KwaZulu-Natal Inland) both made their first-class debuts.
Free State won the toss and elected to field.
KwaZulu-Natal won the toss and elected to bat.
Jason Wagener and Neill Jordaan (KwaZulu-Natal) both made their first-class debuts.
Easterns won the toss and elected to bat.
November 2019
South Western Districts won the toss and elected to bat.
Boland won the toss and elected to field.
Northern Cape won the toss and elected to field.
Modiri Litheko (Northerns) made his first-class debut.
Western Province won the toss and elected to field.
Only 28 overs were bowled on day 1, and no play was possible on days 2 and 3 due to rain.
Diego du Plessis (Western Province) made his first-class debut.
Northern Cape won the toss and elected to field.
South Western Districts won the toss and elected to bat.
Easterns won the toss and elected to field.
Aron Visser (Easterns) made his first-class debut.
Boland won the toss and elected to bat.
Free State won the toss and elected to field.
Northern Cape won the toss and elected to field.
Jerome Bossr (Border) made his first-class debut.
North West won the toss and elected to field.
Eben Botha (North West) made his first-class debut.
Northern Cape won the toss and elected to field.
Blake Schraader (Northern Cape) made his first-class debut.
December 2019
No toss.
No play was possible due to rain.
No toss.
No play was possible due to rain.
Northerns won the toss and elected to field.
Eastern Province won the toss and elected to bat.
Lyle Petersen (Eastern Province) made his first-class debut.
Western Province won the toss and elected to field.
David Schierhout (Western Province) made his first-class debut.
January 2020
Boland won the toss and elected to bat.
Andrea Agathangelou and Yaseen Valli (Easterns) set a new record in first-class cricket in South Africa for the highest opening partnership (485 runs).[ 11] Andrea Agathangelou also scored his first triple century in first-class cricket.[ 13]
Boland won the toss and elected to bat.
South Western Districts won the toss and elected to bat.
Jhedli van Briesies (South Western Districts) and Tristan Stubbs (Eastern Province) both made their first-class debuts.
Gauteng won the toss and elected to bat.
Jacob Miltz (Gauteng) made his first-class debut.
Northerns won the toss and elected to bat.
Nonelela Yikha (Border) made his first-class debut.
South Western Districts won the toss and elected to field.
North West won the toss and elected to bat.
No play was possible on day 1.
Jordan Morris (North West) made his first-class debut.
Eastern Province won the toss and elected to field.
Border won the toss and elected to field.
No play was possible on day 1 due to rain.
Stuart Els and Mathew Fourie (Border) both made their first-class debuts.
Northerns won the toss and elected to bat.
February 2020
South Western Districts won the toss and elected to field.
Rayyaan Rhode (North West) made his first-class debut.
KwaZulu-Natal won the toss and elected to field.
Timothy Whitehead (Boland) and Ruan Cronje (KwaZulu-Natal) both made their first-class debuts.
Border won the toss and elected to bat.
Jonathan Craniey and Jason Raubenheimer (Border) both made their first-class debuts.
KwaZulu-Natal Inland won the toss and elected to bat.
Slade van Staden (KwaZulu-Natal Inland) made his first-class debut.
Free State won the toss and elected to field.
No play was possible on day 1 due to rain.
Philip Visser (Free State) made his first-class debut.
North West won the toss and elected to bat.
KwaZulu-Natal won the toss and elected to field.
March 2020
Boland won the toss and elected to field.
Border won the toss and elected to bat.
South Western Districts won the toss and elected to field.
Francois Harley (South Western Districts) made his first-class debut.
Northerns won the toss and elected to bat.
Free State won the toss and elected to field.
Gauteng won the toss and elected to field.
Easterns won the toss and elected to field.
Western Province won the toss and elected to field.
KwaZulu-Natal won the toss and elected to field.
Final
References
External links
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First-class List A SA20 T20 Challenge
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Teams Competitions
Women's cricket
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Domestic cricket in 2019–20
First-class List A Twenty20
