# 2024 CSA Provincial T20 Cup (March)

The 2024 CSA Provincial T20 Cup was a Twenty20 cricket tournament that took place in South Africa during March and April 2024. It was the fourth season of the CSA Provincial T20 Cup, organized by Cricket South Africa. The tournament ran from 6 March to 7 April 2024.

## Background

Cricket South Africa (CSA) is thrilled to announce the return of the highly anticipated CSA T20 competitions, promising an electrifying display of cricketing talent and excitement for fans across the nation.
The tournaments are set to kick off with Division 2 matches starting on Wednesday, 6 March 2024. This will be followed by Division 1 matches commencing on Friday, 8 March 2024, showcasing top-tier cricketing action that promises to keep spectators on the edge of their seats.
In Division 2, Eastern Cape Iinyathi, Six Gun Grill Garden Route Badgers, Northern Cape Heat, Mpumalanga Rhinos, ITEC Knights, Limpopo Impalas, and Eastern Storm will battle it out for supremacy, adding another layer of intensity and competition to the thrilling T20 format.

## Teams

| Team | Captain | Coach |
| Eastern Cape Iinyathi | Jason Niemand | Tumelo Bodibe |
| Easterns Storm | Shane Dadswell | Geoffrey Toyana |
| ITEC Knights | Aubrey Swanepoel | JP Triegaardt |
| Limpopo Impalas | Ruan Haasbroek | Gordon Parsons |
| Mpumalanga Rhinos | Jurie Snyman | Gordon Matheson |
| Northern Cape Heat | Grant Thomson | Mark Charlton |
| Six Gun Grill Garden Route Badgers | Jean du Plessis | Gurshwin Rabie |

## Squads

| Border | Easterns | Knights | Limpopo | Mpumalanga | Northern Cape | South Western Districts |
| Jason Niemand(c), Eben Botha, Mncedisi Malika(w) Jerome Bossr Jade de Klerk Joshua Dodd Phaphama Fojela Thabile Hlatuka, Marco Marais Dyllan Matthews Jerry Nqolo, Nico van Zyl | Amaan Khan, Aron Visser, Dewan Marais, Mark Pearse, Shane Dadswell, Wesley Marshall, Divan Posthumus, Jason van Dyk, Juan Lubbe, Kabelo Sekhukhune, Kyle Landsberg, Mekyle Pillay, Shaylen Pillay, Danie Rossouw (wk) Andrew Rasemene Chad Classen Johannes van Dyk Thula Ngcobo Tumelo Simelane | Seth Flerdermaus, Aubrey Swanepoel Clayton Bosch Dian Forrester Jacques Snyman Jason Raubenheimer Patrick Botha Tiaan van Vuuren Garnett Tarr (wk) Gihahn Cloete (wk) Isaac Dikgale Nathan Roux (wk), Dane Piedt, Matthew Pollard, Mbongiseni Mhlanga, Monde Maqunqu, Nhlakanipho Mpungose, Orapeleng Motlhoaring, Sithembile Langa | Alex Pillay, Liam Peters, Louren Steenkamp, Ludwig Kaestner, Sello Seing, Maphekgola Pootona, Morne Venter, Wisani Mushwana, Ruan Haasbroek (wk), Sizwe Masondo (wk), Atwell Mokgoloboto, Daniel van der Merwe, Don Radebe, Eldred Hawken, Jesse Albanie, Kgaudisa Molefe, Maphekgola Patoona | Alexander Kok, Muhammed Mayet, Nhlanhla Dlamini, Yassar Cook, Zuan Swart, Akhulile Mkhatu, Gareth Dukes, Hermann Rolfes, Lindokuhle Pawuli, Benjamin van Niekerk (wk), Gregory Mahlokwana, Jon Hinrichsen, Jurie Snyman, Kieran Kenny, Ngazibini Sigwili, Tumi Koto | Jonathan Vandiar, Victor Mahlangu, Christopher Britz, Emmanuel Motswiri, Ernest Kemm, Grant Thomson, Romano Terblanche, Hanu Viljoen (wk), Jason Oakes (wk), Basheer Walters, Benjamin Van Rensburg, Jerome Xaba, Johannes van Dyk, Juan Landsberg, Tshepo Ntuli, Zakhele Qwabe | Enathi Khitshini Jean du Plessis (c) Keenan Vieira, Kelly Smuts, Liyabona Malife, Matthew Christensen, Rhupino Plaatjies, Ruan Terblanche, Tyrese Karelse, Heath Richards, Khwezi Gumede, Nevada Jacobs, Thomas Kaber, Blayde Capell (wk), Hanno Kotze (wk), Jhedli Van Briesies (wk), Hershell America, Jarred Jardine, Marcello Piedt, Pheko Moletsane, Sintu Majeza |

## Points table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Limpopo Impalas | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0.920 |
| 2 | ITEC Knights | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 1.475 |
| 3 | Northern Cape Heat | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 0.253 |
| 4 | Border Inyathi | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | −0.162 |
| 5 | Easterns Storm | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | −0.229 |
| 6 | Mpumalanga Rhinos | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | −1.620 |
| 7 | South Western Badgers | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 | −0.539 |
Advanced to Knockout stage

## Fixtures

On 20 August 2023, Cricket South Africa confirmed the full schedule for the tournament.
* Match 1 6 March 2024 13:00 Scorecard
| South Western Districts 163/6 (20 Overs) | v | Northern Cape 163/6 (19.5 Overs) |
* Northern Cape won by 4 wickets Diamond Oval, Kimberley Umpires: Jurie Sadler and Thomas Mokorosi
* Northern Cape won the toss and elected to field.
* Tyrese Karelse (South Western Districts) and Emmanuel Motswiri (Northern Cape) both made their T20 debuts.
* Match 2 6 March 2024 13:00 Scorecard
| Limpopo 178/5 (20 overs) | v | Border 171/8 (20 overs) |
* Limpopo won by 7 runs Cricket Club Ground, Polokwane Umpires: Andre Olivier and Lauren Agenbag
* Limpopo won the toss and elected to bat.
* Alex Pillay, Daniel van der Merwe, Wisani Mushwana (Limpopo) and Thabile Hlatuka (Border) all made their T20 debuts.
* Match 3 6 March 2024 13:00 Scorecard
| Mpumalanga 202/5 (20 Overs) | v | Easterns 180/7 (20 Overs) |
* Mpumalanga won by 22 runs Uplands College, White River Umpires: Jan Erasmus and Warren Wyngaard
* Easterns won the toss and elected to field.
* Hermann Rolfes, Junior Makua, Kieran Kenny (Mpumalanga) and Divan Posthumus (Easterns) all made their T20 debuts.
* Match 4 9 March 2024 13:00 Scorecard
| South Western Districts 166/5 (20 Overs) | v | Knights 167/6 (17.3 Overs) |
* Knights won by 4 wickets Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein Umpires: Andre Olivierand and Mthokozisi Shezi
* Knights won the toss and elected to field.
* Dian Forrester, Garnett Tarr, Nhlakanipho Mpungose (Knights) all made their T20 debuts.
* Match 5 9 March 2024 13:00 Scorecard
| Easterns 187/4 (20 Overs) | v | Border 93/2 (9.1 Overs) |
* Border won by 16 runs (DLS method) Willowmoore Park, Benoni Umpires: Gladman Gaseba and Warren Wyngaard
* Border won the toss and elected to field first.
* Match 6 10 March 2024 13:00 Scorecard
| Limpopo 158/8 (20 Overs) | v | Northern Cape 145 (19.4 Overs) |
* Limpopo won by 13 runs Cricket Club Ground, Polokwane Umpires: Khawulani Ntuli and Bongani Ntshebe
* Limpopo won the toss and elected to bat.
* Christopher Britz (Northern Cape) made his T20 debut.
* Match 7 12 March 2024 13:00 Scorecard
| Easterns 172/7 (20 overs) | v | South Western Districts 163/9 (20 overs) |
* Easterns won by 9 runs Recreation Ground, Oudtshoorn Umpires: Kerrin Klaaste and Andre Olivier
* South Western Districts won the toss and elected to field.
* Liyabona Malife (South Western Districts) made his T20 debut.
* Match 8 12 March 2024 13:00 Scorecard
| Knights 229/4 (20 overs) | v | Border 198/5 (20 overs) |
* Knights won by 31 runs Buffalo Park, East London Umpires: Gladman Gaseba and Bongani Ntshebe
* Border won the toss and elected to field.
* Jacques van der Merwe and Nonelela Yikha (Border) both made their T20 debuts.
* Match 9 14 March 2024 13:00 Scorecard
| Limpopo 92/4 (12 overs) | v | Mpumalanga |
* No result Uplands College, White River Umpires: Jan Erasmus and Jurie Sadler
* Mpumalanga won the toss and elected to field.
* No further play was possible due to rain.
* Match 10 15 March 2024 13:00 Scorecard
| Easterns 174/7 (20 overs) | v | Northern Cape 117 (20 overs) |
* Easterns won by 57 runs Willowmoore Park, Benoni Umpires: Lauren Agenbag and Warren Wyngaard
* Easterns won the toss and elected to bat.
* Kabelo Chibi (Northern Cape) made his T20 debut.
* Match 11 16 March 2024 13:00 Scorecard
| South Western Districts 148/9 (20 overs) | v | Border 149/8 (29.5 overs) |
* Border won by 2 wickets Recreation Ground, Oudtshoorn Umpires: Andre Olivier and Jurie Sadler
* South Western Districts won the toss and elected to bat.
* Olwakhe Goqoza (Border) made his T20 debut.
* Match 12 17 March 2024 13:00 Scorecard
| Limpopo 176/3 (20 overs) | v | Knights 156/8 (20 overs) |
* Limpopo won by 20 runs Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein Umpires: Jan Erasmus and Thomas Mokorosi
* Limpopo won the toss and elected to bat.
* Jesse Albanie (Limpopo) made his T20 debut.
* Match 13 18 March 2024 13:00 Scorecard
| Northern Cape 156/4 (20 overs) | v | Mpumalanga 77 (15.4 overs) |
* Northern Cape won by 79 runs De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley Umpires: Jurie Sadler and Warren Wyngaard
* Northern Cape won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 14 20 March 2024 13:00 Scorecard
| Easterns 122 (19.1 overs) | v | Knights 123/4 (15.3 overs) |
* Knights won by 6 wickets Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein Umpires: Lauren Agenbag and Thomas Mokorosi
* Easterns won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 15 21 March 2024 13:00 Scorecard
| Mpumalanga 176/3 (20 overs) | v | South Western Districts 177/3 (19 overs) |
* South Western Districts won by 7 wickets Recreation Ground, Oudtshoorn Umpires: Kerrin Klaaste and Mthokozisi Shezi
* South Western Districts won the toss and elected to field.
* Match 16 24 March 2024 13:00 Scorecard
| Northern Cape 187/3 (20 overs) | v | Border 175/9 (20 overs) |
* Northern Cape won by 12 runs Buffalo Park, East London Umpires: Jan Erasmus and Gladman Gaseba
* Northern Cape won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 17 24 March 2024 13:00 Scorecard
| Limpopo 140/6 (20 overs) | v | Easterns 124 (19.3 overs) |
* Limpopo won by 16 runs Willowmoore Park, Benoni Umpires: Andre Olivier and Warren Wyngaard
* Limpopo won the toss and elected to bat.
* Match 18 24 March 2024 13:00 Scorecard
| Knights 168/7 (20 overs) | v | Mpumalanga 97 (16 overs) |
* Knights won by 71 runs Uplands College, White River Umpires: Roger Burne and Khawulani Ntuli
* Mpumalanga won the toss and elected to field
* Match 19 27 March 2024 13:00 Scorecard
| Mpumalanga 109/6 (14 overs) | v | Border 115/4 (13 overs) |
* Border won by 6 wickets Buffalo Park, East London Umpires: Gladman Gaseba and Mthokozisi Shezi
* Mpumalanga won the toss and elected to bat.
* The match was reduced to 14 overs per side due to rain.
* Match 20 27 March 2024 13:00 Scorecard
| Northern Cape | v | Knights |
* Match abandoned De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley
* No toss.
* No play was possible due to rain.
* Match 21 27 March 2024 13:00 Scorecard
| Limpopo 136/9 (20 overs) | v | South Western Districts 100 (18.1 overs) |
* Limpopo won by 36 runs Cricket Club Ground, Polokwane Umpires: Khawulani Ntuli and Jurie Sadler
* Limpopo won the toss and elected to bat.
* Christopher King (Limpopo) made his T20 debut.

## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Limpopo | 159/8 (20 overs) | | | |
| 4 | Border | 142/6 (20 overs) | | | |
| 4 | Border | 142/6 (20 overs) | SFW1 | Limpopo | 136/4 (18.4 overs) |
| | | | SFW2 | Northern Cape | 132/9 (20 overs) |
| 2 | Knights | 182/9 (20 overs) | SFW2 | Northern Cape | 132/9 (20 overs) |
| 3 | Northern Cape | 186/5 (20 overs) | | | |

### Semi-finals

* 3 April 2023 13:00 Scorecard
| Limpopo 159/8 (20 overs) | v | Border 142/6 (20 overs) |
* Limpopo won by 17 runs Cricket Club Ground, Polokwane Umpires: Jan Erasmus and Khawulani Ntuli
* Border won the toss and elected to field.
* 4 April 2024 13:00 Scorecard
| Northern Cape 186/5 (20 overs) | v | Knights 182/9 (20 overs) |
* Northern Cpe won by 4 runs Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein Umpires: Roger Burne and Jurie Sadler
* Northern Cape won the toss and elected to bat.
* Modiri Litheko (Northern Cape) and Ruan Cronje (Knights) both made their T20 debuts.

### Final

* 7 April 2024 13:00 Scorecard
| Northern Cape 132/9 (20 overs) | v | Limpopo 136/4 (18.4 overs) |
* Limpopo won by 6 wickets Cricket Club Ground, Polokwane Umpires: Andre Olivier and Warren Wyngaard
* Northern Cape won the toss and elected to bat.