2021–22 CSA 4-Day Series
Cricket tournament
Cricket tournament
The 2021–22 CSA 4-Day Series was a first-class cricket competition that took place in South Africa from October 2021 to March 2022.[ 1] [ 2] It was the first edition of the post-franchise era, and the first edition to return to a two-division league format. Domestic cricketing reforms were introduced in 2020 that discontinued the six franchise team format, and announced a return to the more traditional provincial based system. Fifteen teams, split over the two divisions, now compete in the 4-Day Series.
In Division 1, five of the six teams who competed in the 2020–21 CSA 4-Day Franchise Series opted to retain their franchise brand, with only the former Cape Cobras reverting to their traditional Western Province name. They were joined in Division 1 by Boland and North West . Matches featuring either Limpopo or Mpumalanga , both in Division 2, do not have first-class status.[ 3] Dolphins are the defending champions.[ 4]
In November 2021, in the Division 2 match between South Western Districts and Easterns , Sean Whitehead took all ten wickets in the second innings for South Western Districts,[ 5] recording the second-best figures in a domestic first-class match in South Africa.[ 6] [ 7] Following positive tests for COVID-19 , all of the Division 2 matches scheduled to start on 2 December 2021 were postponed.[ 8] The next round of matches, all scheduled to start on 16 December 2021, were also postponed due to COVID-19 concerns.[ 9]
The tournament came down to the final day, with the Titans taking the lead from the Warriors after victory in their match against the Lions , and ultimately securing the title as the Warriors' final match was rained out.[ 10]
Points Table
Division One
(C) Champion
Division Two
Fixtures
Division 1
Western Province won the toss and elected to field.
Khaya Zondo (Dolphins) scored his maiden double century in first-class cricket.[ 11]
Boland won the toss and elected to field.
No play was possible on day 1 due to rain.
Hlomla Hanabe and Mickey Copeland (Boland) both made their first-class debuts.
Lions won the toss and elected to field.
Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
Jordan Hermann (Titans) made his first-class debut.
Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
North West won the toss and elected to field.
Caleb Seleka (North West) made his first-class debut.
Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
Achille Cloete (Dolphins) made his first-class debut.
Boland won the toss and elected to bat.
Dolphins won the toss and elected to bat.
Odirile Modimokoane (Dolphins) made his first-class debut.
Western Province won the toss and elected to field.
Daniel Smith , Gavin Kaplan and Kieran Kenny (Western Province) all made their first-class debuts.
Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
Boland won the toss and elected to bat.
Siyabonga Mahima (Boland) made his first-class debut.
Dolphins won the toss and elected to bat.
No play was possible on day 3 due to rain.
Jesse Albanie , Tahir Isaacs (North West), Junaid Syed and Robin Smith (Dolphins) all made their first-class debuts.
Knights won the toss and elected to bat.
Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
No play was possible on day 4 due to rain.
Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
Liyema Waqu (Western Province) made his first-class debut.
Lions won the toss and elected to bat.
Boland won the toss and elected to field.
v
190/5 (69 overs)
Nathan Roux 63 (174) Kyle Simmonds 2/59 (21 overs)
Western Province won the toss and elected to bat.
No play was possible on days 3 and 4 due to rain.
Nathan Roux (Knights) made his first-class debut.
North West won the toss and elected to bat.
Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
Rahman Waseem (Dolphins) made his first-class debut.
Boland won the toss and elected to bat.
Lions won the toss and elected to field.
Brad White stood in his 150th first-class match as an on-field umpire.[ 12]
v
197 (69 overs)
Jason Raubenheimer 36* (77) Simon Harmer 4/70 (25 overs)
Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
North West won the toss and elected to field.
v
166/3
d (53.2 overs)
Rudi Second 59* (129)Nhlakanipho Mpungose 1/27 (8 overs)
Knights won the toss and elected to bat.
No play was possible on day 3 due to rain.
Nhlakanipho Mpungose (Knights) made his first-class debut.
Lions won the toss and elected to bat.
Dolphins won the toss and elected to bat.
Division 2
Easterns won the toss and elected to field.
No play was possible on day 2 due to rain.
Khaya Nyamathe (Easterns) and Michael Sclanders (KwaZulu-Natal Inland) both made their first-class debuts.
Match drawn Cricket Club Ground, Polokwane Umpires: Mazizi Gampu and Philip Vosloo
Limpopo 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 field.
Limpopo won the toss and elected to field.
v
122 (37 overs)
Caleb Balich 33 (35) Thomas Kaber 4/31 (7 overs)
Mpumalanga won the toss and elected to field.
South Western Districts won the toss and elected to bat.
Divan Posthumus (Easterns) made his first-class debut.
KwaZulu-Natal Inland won the toss and elected to field.
Match drawn Cricket Club Ground, Polokwane Umpires: Duma Ntuli and Jan Erasmus
Limpopo won the toss and elected to bat.
South Western Districts won the toss and elected to bat.
v
321 (93.2 overs)
Grant Thomson 77 (105)Benjamin Van Rensburg 3/43 (13 overs)
Northern Cape won the toss and elected to bat.
Benjamin Van Rensburg, Hanu Viljoen (Northern Cape) and Nhlakanipho Nxumalo (Easterns) all made their first-class debuts.
Match drawn White River Country Club, White River Umpires: Mazizi Gampu and Philip Vosloo
No play was possible on days 2, 3 and 4 due to rain.
Border won the toss and elected to bat.
South Western Districts won by 8 wickets Cricket Club Ground, Polokwane Umpires: Godwin Von Willingh and Roderick Ellis
South Western Districts won the toss and elected to field.
Mpumalanga won the toss and elected to bat.
Northern Cape won the toss and elected to field.
v
161 (58 overs)
Marco Marais 32 (34)Amaan Khan 4/25 (13 overs)
Easterns won the toss and elected to bat.
Amaan Khan and Devon Botha (Easterns) both made their first-class debuts.
KwaZulu-Natal Inland won the toss and elected to field.
Limpopo won the toss and elected to bat.
v
489/9
d (123 overs)
Isaac Dikgale 232 (359)Akhulile Mkatu 4/118 (24 overs)
Mpumalanga won the toss and elected to bat.
References
External links
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