The 2019–20 CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup was a
first-class cricket
First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officia ...
competition that took place in South Africa from October 2019 to April 2020. On 16 March 2020,
Cricket South Africa
Cricket South Africa (CSA) is the governing body for both professional and amateur cricket in South Africa. In 1991, the separate South African Cricket Union and the South African Cricket Board merged to form the United Cricket Board of South Afr ...
suspended all cricket in the country for 60 days due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. On 24 March 2020,
Easterns and
KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN and known as "the garden province") is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province were merged. It is loca ...
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. This was following the recommendations made by
Graeme Smith
Graeme Craig Smith (born 1 February 1981) is a South African cricket commentator and former cricketer who played for South Africa in all formats. In 2003, he was appointed captain of the national team, taking over from Shaun Pollock. He held t ...
, the acting Director of Cricket.
The competition was played between the thirteen South African provincial teams. In previous editions of the competition,
Namibia
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had also competed, but they withdrew ahead of the start of the
previous tournament, citing issues around costs and logistics.
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
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competition which featured the same teams.
Eastern Province and
Northerns were the defending champions, after the title was shared.
On 17 October 2019, in the match between
Gauteng
Gauteng ( ) is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. The name in Sotho-Tswana languages means 'place of gold'.
Situated on the Highveld, Gauteng is the smallest province by land area in South Africa. Although Gauteng accounts for only ...
and
Boland,
Lauren Agenbag
Lauren Agenbag (born 16 August 1996) is a South African cricket umpire. Since February 2019, she has set several firsts in regards to women's umpiring in international and domestic cricket matches.
Career
On 1 February 2019, she stood in the ope ...
became the first woman to stand as an on-field umpire in a first-class cricket match in South Africa.
In January 2020,
Andrea Agathangelou and
Yaseen Valli
Yaseen Valli (born 3 June 1995) is a South African cricketer. He was part of South Africa's squad for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He was included in the Gauteng cricket team for the 2015 Africa T20 Cup.
In June 2018, he was named ...
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.
Points table
Pool A
Pool B
Fixtures
October 2019
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November 2019
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December 2019
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January 2020
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February 2020
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March 2020
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Final
References
External links
Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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South African domestic cricket competitions
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2019–20 South African cricket season
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