| Dates | 27 February – 23 March 2021 | 
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | Cricket South Africa | 
| Cricket format | List A[n 1] | 
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin | 
| Participants | 16 | 
| Matches | 24 | 
The 2020–21 CSA Provincial One-Day Challenge was a domestic one-day cricket tournament that was played in South Africa in February and March 2021.[1][2] Free State and Northern Cape were the defending champions, after the title was shared due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]
The first matches were scheduled to start on 10 January 2021, however the start of the season was delayed until February due to the pandemic.[4] Initially the tournament was to be played between the fifteen South African provincial teams, split into two groups.[1] 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.[5][6] CSA issued a revised schedule for the tournament, with all the matches being held in a bio-secure environment.[7] Matches involving either Limpopo, Mpumalanga or the South Africa under-19 team did not have List A status.[8]
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
|  27 February 2021     Scorecard | 
| KwaZulu-Natal 298/4 (50 overs) | v | Boland 249/8 (50 overs) | 
- Boland won the toss and elected to field.
|  27 February 2021     Scorecard | 
| South Western Districts 189/7 (50 overs) | v | Border 192/7 (43.4 overs) | 
- Border won the toss and elected to field.
|  28 February 2021     Scorecard | 
| South Western Districts 272/7 (50 overs) | v | Boland 226 (48.5 overs) | 
- Boland won the toss and elected to field.
- Khanya Dilima (Boland), Levin Muller and Sintu Majeza (South Western Districts) all made their List A debuts.
|  28 February 2021     Scorecard | 
| KwaZulu-Natal 279/6 (50 overs) | v | Border 210 (43 overs) | 
- Border won the toss and elected to field.
- Nhlakanipho Mpungose and Theesan Naicker (KwaZulu-Natal) both made their List A debuts.
|  1 March 2021     Scorecard | 
| KwaZulu-Natal 295/7 (50 overs) | v | South Western Districts 125 (25 overs) | 
- KwaZulu-Natal won the toss and elected to bat.
- Daelen Fynn and Wonder Mtolo (KwaZulu-Natal) both made their List A debuts.
|  1 March 2021     Scorecard | 
| Border 146 (44.4 overs) | v | Boland 136/0 (27.5 overs) | 
| Cebo Tshiki 64* (81)  | 
- Border won the toss and elected to bat.
- Bhongolwethu Makaleni (Border) and Lindley Hendricks (Boland) both made their List A debuts.
Pool B
|  27 February 2021     Scorecard | 
| KwaZulu-Natal Inland 187 (49.1 overs) | v | Free State 188/2 (36.5 overs) | 
- Free State won the toss and elected to field.
|  27 February 2021     Scorecard | 
| Limpopo 130 (33.1 overs) | v | Easterns 131/5 (25 overs) | 
- Easterns won the toss and elected to field.
|  28 February 2021     Scorecard | 
| KwaZulu-Natal Inland 193 (44.4 overs) | v | Easterns 197/6 (44.1 overs) | 
- Easterns won the toss and elected to field.
- Danie Rossouw and Jean-Pierre Bloem (Easterns) both made their List A debuts.
|  28 February 2021     Scorecard | 
| Free State 198 (48.5 overs) | v | Limpopo 177 (40.2 overs) | 
| Dilivio Ridgaard 43 (68)  Sihle Mginywa 5/28 (9 overs) | 
- Free State won the toss and elected to bat.
|  1 March 2021     Scorecard | 
| KwaZulu-Natal Inland 215/9 (50 overs) | v | Limpopo 216/1 (43.4 overs) | 
| Luke Schlemmer 81 (121)  Thomas Mayes 4/44 (10 overs) | 
- Limpopo won the toss and elected to field.
Pool C
|  21 March 2021     Scorecard | 
| Northerns 131 (38.1 overs) | v | Northern Cape 65 (24.4 overs) | 
- Northern Cape won the toss and elected to field.
- Benjamin Van Rensburg, Orapeleng Motlhoaring and Richard Ntumka (Northern Cape) all made their List A debuts.
|  21 March 2021     Scorecard | 
| Western Province 130 (36.1 overs) | v | South Africa Under-19s 131/9 (38.1 overs) | 
| Jack Newby 51 (61)  Liam Alder 4/16 (7.1 overs) | Mickey Copeland 47 (68)  Yves Kamanzi 4/27 (10 overs) | 
- Western Province won the toss and elected to bat.
|  22 March 2021     Scorecard | 
| Western Province 136 (46.1 overs) | v | Northerns 139/2 (27.2 overs) | 
- Northerns won the toss and elected to field.
- Kai Curran and Lehan Botha (Western Province) both made their List A debuts.
|  22 March 2021     Scorecard | 
| Northern Cape 142 (42.5 overs) | v | South Africa Under-19s 120 (45 overs) | 
| Benjamin Van Rensburg 25* (53)  Nathan Steyn 3/14 (7.5 overs) | 
- South Africa Under-19s won the toss and elected to field.
|  23 March 2021     Scorecard | 
| Northerns 102 (35.3 overs) | v | South Africa Under-19s 103/2 (16.4 overs) | 
| Gionne Koopman 23 (55)  Jan Coetzer 5/28 (8.3 overs) | 
- South Africa Under-19s won the toss and elected to field.
|  23 March 2021     Scorecard | 
| Western Province 248/7 (50 overs) | v | Northern Cape 250/3 (46 overs) | 
- Western Province won the toss and elected to bat.
- Lwando Tywaku (Western Province) made his List A debut.
Pool D
|  21 March 2021     Scorecard | 
| Eastern Province 229/9 (50 overs) | v | North West 230/4 (47.1 overs) | 
- Eastern Province won the toss and elected to bat.
- Christopher Britz (North West) and Luke Beaufort (Eastern Province) both made their List A debuts.
|  21 March 2021     Scorecard | 
| Mpumalanga 278 (49.4 overs) | v | Gauteng 243/3 (35.5 overs) | 
- Gauteng won the toss and elected to field.
|  22 March 2021     Scorecard | 
| Eastern Province 228/6 (50 overs) | v | Gauteng 229/7 (39.3 overs) | 
- Gauteng won the toss and elected to field.
- Emmanuel Motswiri and Levert Manje (Gauteng) both made their List A debuts.
|  22 March 2021     Scorecard | 
| North West 273/7 (50 overs) | v | Mpumalanga 173 (42.2 overs) | 
| Nicholas Smit 102 (115)  Musa Makhubela 4/53 (10 overs) | 
- North West won the toss and elected to bat.
|  23 March 2021     Scorecard | 
| North West 205 (49.4 overs) | v | Gauteng 208/4 (47.5 overs) | 
- North West won the toss and elected to bat.
- Glen Adams (North West) made his List A debut.
|  23 March 2021     Scorecard | 
| Eastern Province 256/8 (50 overs) | v | Mpumalanga 117 (23.2 overs) | 
| Luke Beaufort 88 (98)  Kieran Kenny 4/43 (10 overs) | 
- Mpumalanga won the toss and elected to field.
Notes
- ↑ Matches involving either Limpopo, Mpumalanga or the South Africa under-19 cricket team did not have List A status.
References
- 1 2 "CSA announces franchise and provincial fixtures for 2020/21 Season". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- ↑ "Domestic cricket in South Africa to resume on November 2". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ↑ "Lions and Dolphins crowned domestic champions on Graeme Smith's recommendation". ESPN Cricinfo. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- ↑ "Start of 2020/21 Amateur Cricket season delayed". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ↑ "WP's Daniel Smith named captain of SA U-19s". News24. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ↑ "Three local stars included in national u.19 team after Cubs Cricket Week". Petoria Rekord. 12 February 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ↑ "CSA announces new dates for Provincial and Franchise cricket". Cricket World. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- ↑ "CSA 3 & 1 Day Provincial 2020/21 Season" (PDF). Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 2 March 2021.

