# 2016–17 CSA Women's Provincial League

The 2016–17 CSA Women's Provincial League was the 22nd edition of South Africa's provincial one-day cricket tournament. It ran from October 2016 to April 2017, with 16 provincial teams taking part. North West beat Gauteng in the final to win their first one-day title.

## Competition format

The 16 teams were divided into three divisions: a top division named "Top 6", and two lower divisions, Pools A and B. Teams played each other team in their group once in a round-robin format, with matches played using a one day format with 50 overs per side.
All six teams in the Top 6 group progressed to a further round of groups, joined by the best-placed team across Pool A and B. The seven teams were divided into two groups, playing each other team in their group once. The top four teams from this stage progressed to the semi-finals, whilst the bottom three teams were joined by the other Pool stage group winner in a series of placing matches. The top six placed sides in these matches qualified for the next season's Top 6 league.
The tournament ran concurrently with the 2016–17 CSA Women's Provincial T20 Competition, with matches played either the day before or day after the corresponding encounter between two teams in the T20 tournament. To maintain this link for the following season, promotion and relegation in the Provincial T20 Competition was determined by standings in the Provincial League.
The groups worked on a points system with positions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:
Win: 4 points Tie: 3 points Loss: 0 points. Abandoned/No Result: 2 points. Bonus Point: 1 bonus point available per match.

## Teams

| Top 6 | Boland | Eastern Province | Free State | Gauteng | North West | Western Province |
| Pool A | Border | Kei | KwaZulu-Natal | KwaZulu-Natal Inland | South Western Districts |
| Pool B | Easterns | Limpopo | Mpumalanga | Northern Cape | Northerns |

## Group stages
### First round
#### Top 6

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | A | BP | Pts | NRR |
| Western Province | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 17 | +1.250 |
| Free State | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | –0.079 |
| North West | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | –0.027 |
| Gauteng | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | –0.050 |
| Eastern Province | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | –0.412 |
| Boland | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | –0.490 |

#### Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | A | BP | Pts | NRR |
| Border | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | +2.638 |
| KwaZulu-Natal | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | +2.483 |
| South Western Districts | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | –1.054 |
| KwaZulu-Natal Inland | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | –1.770 |
| Kei | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –2.151 |

#### Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | A | BP | Pts | NRR |
| Northerns (Q) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | +3.366 |
| Northern Cape | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | +0.077 |
| Easterns | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | +0.722 |
| Mpumalanga | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | –1.228 |
| Limpopo | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –2.994 |
Advanced to the second round group stages, joining the Top 6 teams

### Second round
#### Week Pool A

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | A | BP | Pts | NRR |
| Western Province (Q) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | +2.180 |
| Gauteng (Q) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | +1.534 |
| Eastern Province | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | –2.607 |

#### Week Pool B

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | A | BP | Pts | NRR |
| Northerns (Q) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | +1.598 |
| North West (Q) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | +0.412 |
| Boland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | –0.474 |
| Free State | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –1.561 |
Advanced to the semi-finals

## Knockout stages
### Semi-finals

* 2 April 2017 Scorecard
| Gauteng 207/8 (50 overs) | v | Northerns 166 (42.2 overs) |
| Trisha Chetty 84 (107) Paulinah Mashishi 4/51 (10 overs) | | Mignon du Preez 75 (96) Yolani Fourie 2/23 (10 overs) |
* Gauteng won by 41 runs University of the Free State Field 1, Bloemfontein
* Northerns won the toss and elected to field.
* 2 April 2017 Scorecard
| Western Province 148 (43.4 overs) | v | North West 149/1 (24.5 overs) |
| Andrie Steyn 61 (108) Lizelle Lee 3/12 (4.4 overs) | | Lizelle Lee 83 (67) Tala Ross 1/48 (9.5 overs) |
* North West won by 9 wickets University of the Free State Field 4, Bloemfontein
* North West won the toss and elected to field.

### Final

* 3 April 2017 Scorecard
| North West 174/9 (50 overs) | v | Gauteng 158 (49.3 overs) |
| Lizelle Lee 84 (117) Shabnim Ismail 4/20 (10 overs) | | Nonkhululeko Thabethe 41 (105) Lizelle Lee 4/20 (4.3 overs) |
* North West won by 16 runs University of the Free State Field 1, Bloemfontein
* Gauteng won the toss and elected to field.

## Final placings

In addition to the semi-finals and final, a number of placing matches took place at the University of the Free State between 1 and 3 April 2017. The top six finishers qualified for the Top 6 league in the following season's tournament. Final placings of the top eight teams were as follows:
| Position | Team |
| 1st | North West |
| 2nd | Gauteng |
| 3rd | Northerns |
| 4th | Western Province |
| 5th | Free State |
| 6th | Border |
| 7th | Boland |
| 8th | Eastern Province |