Dates | 2 November 2020 β 29 March 2021 |
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Administrator(s) | Cricket South Africa |
Cricket format | First-class |
Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin |
Champions | Dolphins (1st title) |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 22 |
Most runs | Aiden Markram (945) |
Most wickets | Keshav Maharaj (34) |
The 2020β21 CSA 4-Day Franchise Series was a first-class cricket competition that took place in South Africa from November 2020 to March 2021. [1] [2] Six teams took part in the tournament, split into two groups. [1] Lions were the defending champions. [3] [4]
Ahead of the opening round of fixtures, Warriors withdrew six members of its team due to COVID-19. [5] Two players tested positive, [6] with another four players withdrawn from being in direct contact with the two positive cases. [7] The round five fixture between Titans and Dolphins was called off on the morning of day two, after a player returned a positive test for COVID-19. [8] As a result of the increase in positive COVID-19 cases, the sixth round of matches, originally scheduled to start on 20 December 2020, was postponed until 2021. [9] [10]
In February 2021, Cricket South Africa issued a revised schedule for the last two rounds and the final of the tournament. [11] The following month, Cricket South Africa also confirmed that this was the last season of franchise cricket, following a revamp to their domestic structure. [12] Following the conclusion of the group stage, Dolphins and Titans had qualified for the final of the tournament. [13] Despite nearly two days of play being lost due to rain, [14] Dolphins went on to win the final by an innings and 76 runs, winning their first outright title. [15]
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13β16 December 2020
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7β10 March 2021
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25β29 March 2021
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