The 2021–22 CSA 4-Day Series is 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 is taking place in South Africa from October 2021 to March 2022. It is 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
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reverting to their traditional
Western Province
Western Province or West Province may refer to:
* Western Province, Cameroon
*Western Province, Rwanda
*Western Province (Kenya)
*Western Province (Papua New Guinea)
*Western Province (Solomon Islands)
*Western Province, Sri Lanka
*Western Provin ...
name. They were joined in Division 1 by
Boland and
North West
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. Matches featuring either
Limpopo
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or
Mpumalanga, both in Division 2, do not have first-class status.
Dolphins
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are the defending champions.
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, recording the second-best figures in a domestic first-class match in South Africa. Following positive tests for
COVID-19
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, all of the Division 2 matches scheduled to start on 2 December 2021 were postponed. The next round of matches, all scheduled to start on 16 December 2021, were also postponed due to COVID-19 concerns.
Fixtures
Division 1
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Division 2
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References
External links
Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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South African domestic cricket competitions
CSA 4-Day Series
2021–22 South African cricket season