# 2020–21 CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup

The 2020–21 CSA 3-Day Provincial Cup was a first-class cricket competition that took place in South Africa during February and March 2021. Easterns and KwaZulu-Natal were the defending champions, after the title was shared due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The first matches were scheduled to start on 7 January 2021, however the start of the season was delayed until February due to the pandemic. Initially the tournament was to be played between the fifteen South African provincial teams, split into two groups. However, after the tournament restarted in February 2021, Cricket South Africa (CSA) confirmed that the South Africa under-19 cricket team would also be included in the competition. CSA issued a revised schedule for the tournament, with all the matches being held in a bio-secure environment. Matches involving either Limpopo, Mpumalanga or the South Africa under-19 team did not have first-class status.
In March 2021, Border were dismissed for just sixteen runs in their second innings, equalling the lowest team total in first-class cricket in South Africa. In the South Africa under-19's first match, the team were bowled out for 41 runs in their first innings, before going on to lose the match by an innings and 83 runs.

## Teams

The teams were placed into the following groups:
* Pool A: Boland, Border, KwaZulu-Natal, South Western Districts
* Pool B: Easterns, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal Inland, Limpopo
* Pool C: Northerns, Northern Cape, South Africa Under-19s, Western Province
* Pool D: Eastern Province, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, North West

## Fixtures
### Pool A

* 22–24 February 2021 Scorecard
* Match drawn Boland Park, Paarl Umpires: Godwin Von Willingh and Murray Brown
* Boland won the toss and elected to bat.
* Marshin Jefta (Boland) made his first-class debut.
* 22–24 February 2021 Scorecard
* KwaZulu-Natal won by 3 wickets Stellenbosch University 1, Stellenbosch Umpires: Abdoellah Steenkamp and Gladman Gaseba
* South Western Districts won the toss and elected to bat.
* Sintu Majeza (South Western Districts) made his first-class debut.
* 4–6 March 2021 Scorecard
* KwaZulu-Natal won by an innings and 179 runs Boland Park, Paarl Umpires: Abdoellah Steenkamp and Godwin Von Willingh
* Border won the toss and elected to field.
* Daelen Fynn (KwaZulu-Natal) made his first-class debut.
* 4–6 March 2021 Scorecard
* South Western Districts won by an innings and 102 runs Stellenbosch University 1, Stellenbosch Umpires: Abongile Sodumo and Gladman Gaseba
* Boland won the toss and elected to bat.
* Travis Ackerman (South Western Districts) made his first-class debut.

### Pool B

* 22–24 February 2021 Scorecard
* Match drawn Central University of Technology, ABSA Oval, Bloemfontein Umpires: Jurie Sadler
* KwaZulu-Natal Inland won the toss and elected to bat.
* 22–24 February 2021 Scorecard
* Easterns won by an innings and 46 runs Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein Umpires: Dennis Smith and Marlon Jansen
* Easterns won the toss and elected to bat.
* Danie Rossouw, Donavon Ferreira and Jean-Pierre Bloem (Easterns) all made their first-class debuts.
* 4–6 March 2021 Scorecard
* KwaZulu-Natal Inland won by an innings and 22 runs SuperSport Park, Centurion Umpires: Jurie Sadler and Phillip Vosloo
* KwaZulu-Natal Inland won the toss and elected to field.
* Mondli Khumalo and Waseem Rahman (KwaZulu-Natal Inland) both made their first-class debuts.
* 4–6 March 2021 Scorecard
* Free State won by 156 runs Central University of Technology, ABSA Oval, Bloemfontein Umpires: Lauren Agenbag and Marlon Jansen
* Free State won the toss and elected to bat.

### Pool C

* 16–18 March 2021 Scorecard
* Match drawn Diamond Oval, Kimberley Umpires: Marlon Jansen and Philip Vosloo
* Northern Cape won the toss and elected to field.
* Jerome Xaba, Orapeleng Motlhoaring (Northern Cape) and Lehan Botha (Western Province) all made their first-class debuts.
* 16–18 March 2021 Scorecard
* Northerns won by an innings and 83 runs Country Club B Field, Kimberley Umpires: Lauren Agenbag and R Richards
* Northerns won the toss and elected to field.
* 26–28 March 2021 Scorecard
* Match drawn Diamond Oval, Kimberley Umpires: Siphelele Gasa and Marlon Jansen
* Northerns won the toss and elected to field.
* Merrick Brett, Jandré Pretorius and Kiel van Vollenhoven (Northerns) all made their first-class debuts.
* 26–28 March 2021 Scorecard
* Match drawn Country Club B Field, Kimberley Umpires: Jurie Sadler and Phillip Vosloo
* South Africa Under-19s won the toss and elected to bat.

### Pool D

* 16–18 March 2021 Scorecard
* Match drawn North-West University No1 Ground, Potchefstroom Umpires: Gladman Gaseba and Murray Brown
* Gauteng won the toss and elected to bat.
* Ethan Frosler (Eastern Province) made his first-class debut.
* 16–18 March 2021 Scorecard
* Match drawn Senwes Park, Potchefstroom Umpires: Jan Erasmus and Mazizi Gampu
* North West won the toss and elected to field.
* 26–28 March 2021 Scorecard
* Match drawn North-West University No1 Ground, Potchefstroom Umpires: Murray Brown and Abongile Sodumo
* North West won the toss and elected to bat.
* Christopher Britz and AJ Jacobs (North West) both made their first-class debuts.
* 26–28 March 2021 Scorecard
* Eastern Province won by 2 wickets Senwes Park, Potchefstroom Umpires: Jan Erasmus and Godwin Von Willingh
* Eastern Province won the toss and elected to field.