2023–24 CSA 4-Day Series
Cricket tournament
Cricket tournament
The 2023–24 CSA 4-Day Series is a first-class cricket competition taking place in South Africa from 26 October 2023 to 3 March 2024.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] 2021–22 adoption of the provisional format, with KwaZulu-Natal Inland being promoted to Division 1 and Knights being relegated to Division 2 based on their performances across all formats in the previous two years.[ 4] [ 5]
The Division 2 teams of Limpopo and Mpumalanga were re-awarded first-class status in October 2022.[ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9]
Teams
Division One
Team
Location
Capacity
Province
Boland Boland Park , Paarl
10,000
Western Cape
Dolphins Kingsmead , Durban
25,000
KwaZulu-Natal
Lions Wanderers Stadium , Johannesburg
34,000
Gauteng
KwaZulu-Natal (Inland) City Oval , Pietermaritzburg
12,000
KwaZulu-Natal
North West Dragons Absa Puk Oval , Potchefstroom
18,000
North West
Titans Centurion Park , Centurion, South Africa
22,000
Gauteng
Warriors St George's Park , Gqeberha
19,000
Eastern Cape
Western Province Newlands , Cape Town
25,000
Western Cape
Division Two
Team
Location
Capacity
Province
Border Buffalo Park , East London
20,000
Eastern Cape
Easterns Willowmoore Park , Benoni
20,000
Gauteng
Knights Mangaung Oval , Bloemfontein
20,000
Free State
Limpopo Polokwane Cricket Club , Polokwane
Limpopo
Mpumalanga Uplands College, White River
Mpumalanga
Northern Cape De Beers Diamond Oval , Kimberley
11,000
Northern Cape
South Western Districts Recreation Ground , Oudtshoorn
Western Cape
Points Table
Division 1 Standings
Division 2 Standings
Source:
ESPNcricinfo Rules for classification: Points system: 16 for a win, 8 for a tie, 6 for a draw.
Batting bonus points: in the first innings only, 1 point for reaching 150 runs, then 0.02 points for each run thereafter.
Bowling bonus points: in the first innings only, 1 point for taking three wickets, then 1 point for each two wickets thereafter.
Division 1 Fixtures
Round 1
Boland won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Titans 22.18, Boland 7.36
Maahir Joseph (Boland) made his first-class debut.
Western Province won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Lions 24.6, Western Province 5.42
Sello Kitime (Western Province) made his first-class debut.
Dolphins won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Dolphins 24.24, KwaZulu-Natal Inland 2
Teeshan Naicker and Sean Gibson (both KwaZulu-Natal Inland) made their first-class debuts.
North West won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: North West 13.84, Warriors 11.8
Meeka-eel Prince (North West) made his first-class debut.
Round 2
Boland won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Warriors 22.54, Boland 7.1
KwaZulu-Natal Inland won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Western Province 10.08, KwaZulu-Natal Inland 9.14
Dolphins won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Titans 15.24, Dolphins 12.86
Merrick Brett (Titans) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.
Lions won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Lions 15.64, North West 11.9
Round 3
Dolphins won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Dolphins 11.64, Boland 9.84
Western Province won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Western Province 25, Titans 7.18
Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Warriors 25.4, Lions 3
KwaZulu-Natal Inland won the toss and elected to field.
Points: North West 24.62, KwaZulu-Natal Inland 9
Calvin King (North West) made his first-class debut.
Round 4
North West won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Western Province 24.9, North West 6.72
Wesley Bedja (Western Province) made his first-class debut.
Dolphins won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Lions 13.56, Dolphins 11.9
Boland won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Boland 12.64, KwaZulu-Natal Inland 11.58
Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Titans 24.06, Warriors 9.52
Aphiwe Mnyanda (Warriors) made his first-class debut.Dewald Brevis (Titans) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.
Round 5
Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Dolphins 14.64, Warriors 11.34
KwaZulu-Natal Inland won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Lions 23.68, KwaZulu-Natal Inland 6.56
Muhammad Manack (Lions) made his first-class debut.
Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
Tumelo Mokoena (North West) made his first-class debut.Points: Titans 23.3, North West 4
Western Province won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Boland 24.44, Western Province 7.1
Round 6
Western Province won the toss and elected to bat.
Wesley Bedja (Warriors) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.Points: Western Province 20, Warriors 4
Boland won the toss and elected to bat.
Nathan Engelbrecht (Boland) made his first-class debut.Points: Imperial Lions 15.02, Boland 9.52
Dolphins won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Dolphins 28.24, North West 5.64
Round 7
North West won the toss and elected to bat.
Jevano Baron (Boland) and Ronan Herrmann (North West) both made their first-class debuts.Gideon Peters (North West) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.Points: North West 25.28, Boland 6.06
Western Province won the toss and elected to bat.
Gavin Kaplan (Western Province) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.Points: Western Province 26.06, Dolphins 3.04
Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Warriors 13.44, KwaZulu-Natal Inland 10.34
Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Lions 23.86, Titans 6.54
Division 2 Fixtures
Round 1
Northern Cape won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Northern Cape 14.18, Easterns 12
Emanuel Motswiri (Northern Cape) made his first-class debut.Benjamin van Rensburg (Northern Cape) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.
South Western Districts won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: South Western Districts 26, Border 3.72
Liabona Malife (South Western Districts) and Lihle Sizani (Border) both made their first-class debut.
Round 2
Knights won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Knights 27, Northern Cape 5.66
Dian Forrester (Knights) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.Matthew Pollard (Knights) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.
Limpopo won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Limpopo 23.38, Border 7.18
Liam Peters (Limpopo) score his maiden century in first-class cricket.Nico van Zyl (Border) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.
Round 3
Border won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Border 15.46, Mpumalanga 14.88
Hermann Rolfes (Mpumalanga) and Keeran Forbes (Border) both made their first-class debut.Jerome Bossr (Border) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.Hermann Rolfes (Mpumalanga) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.
Easterns won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Easterns 22.26, South Western Districts 8.6
Jhedli van Briesies (South Western Districts) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.
Mpumalanga won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Limpopo 22.2, Mpumalanga 5.44
Artwell Mokgoloboto (Limpopo) made his first-class debut.Gregory Mahlokwana (Mpumalanga) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.
Round 4
Match drawn White River Country Club, White River Umpires: Roger Burne and Roderick Ellis
Knights won the toss and elected to field.
No play was possible on the first, third, or fourth days due to rain.
Points: Knights 10, Mpumalanga 9.34
Easterns won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Easterns 24.9, Knights 4.52
Danie Rossouw (Easterns) scored his maiden first-class century.
Round 5
Mpumalanga won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Northern Cape 23.9, Mpumalanga 3.7
Emanuel Motswiri (Northern Cape) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.
South Western Districts won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Limpopo 14.9, South Western Districts 12.82
Alex Pillay (Limpopo) made his first-class debut.
Round 6
South Western Districts won the toss and elected to bat.
Pheko Moletsane (South Western Districts) scored his first century in first-class cricket.Points: Northern Cape 25.26, South Western Districts 5.36
Easterns won the toss and elected to field.
Juan Lubbe (Easterns) made his first-class debut.Jesse Albanie (Limpopo) took his maiden five-wicket haul and maiden ten-wicket haul in first-class cricket.Points: Limpopo 21.14, Easterns 4
Border won the toss and elected to field.
Points: Border 25.16, Knights 7.26
Round 7
Northern Cape won the toss and elected to bat.
Christopher Britz (Northern Cape) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.Points: Border 12.12, Northern Cape 12.08
South Western Districts won the toss and elected to bat.
Points: Knights 22.28, South Western Districts 4
Easterns won the toss and elected to field.
Zuan Swart (Mpumalanga) and Jason van Dyk (Easterns) both made their first-class debuts.Points: Mpumalanga 23.46, Easterns 5.86
Round 8
South Western Districts won the toss and elected to field.
Nevada Jacobs (South Western Districts) made his first-class debut.Khwezi Gumede (South Western Districts) took his maiden five-wicket haul and maiden ten-wicket haul in first-class cricket.Jon Hinrichsen (Mpumalanga) took his maiden ten-wicket haul in first-class cricket.Points: South Western Districts 23.6, Mpumalanga 7.1
Northern Cape won the toss and elected to field.
Wisani Mushwana (Limpopo) made his first-class debut.Points: Northern Cape 24.18, Limpopo 4.5
Finals
28 February – 3 March 2024
Division 1 Final Scorecard
Western Province won the toss and elected to field.
Tshepo Moreki (Lions) took his maiden five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.
24–28 February 2024
Division 2 Final Scorecard
Northern Cape won the toss and elected to field.
References
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