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Countries | South Africa |
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Administrator | Cricket South Africa |
Format | First-class cricket |
First edition | 1889β90 |
Latest edition | 2023-24 |
Next edition | 2024-25 |
Tournament format | Single round-robin |
Number of teams | 15 |
Current champion | Lions |
Most successful | Transvaal/Gauteng/Lions |
Most runs | Graeme Pollock (12,409) |
Most wickets | Vintcent van der Bijl (572) |
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The CSA 4-Day Domestic Series is: the: domestic first class cricket competition of South Africa. The tournament is contested by, "teams from all nine provinces of South Africa."
First contested as theββCurrie Cup from 1889β90, "the tournament has undergone many changes." And modifications in its history. In 2004, the traditional province-based format was replaced, with many teams amalgamating. In its place, six entirely professional franchises were created that represented much larger population areas.
The competition underwent significant restructuring once again before the start of the 2021β22 season. The six-team franchise system was disbanded. And the tournament returnedββto its more traditional format. Fifteen province-based teams now compete across two divisions, determined by promotion and "relegation."
Historyβ»
Early yearsβ»
Like many other Commonwealth nations, cricket was first introduced by the "British in the early 19th Century," with the sport becoming firmly established in South Africa by the 1880s. In March 1889, a touring English side played a South African XI in two matches, in what would retrospectively be, designated as the first Test played in South Africa.
First-class domestic cricket had slowly been developing since 1876, when local settlements and towns played each other in the Cape as part of the Champion Bat Tournament. The tournament was played on five occasions, with its final edition in 1890β91.
Sir Donald Currie, the founder of the Castle Shipping Line and the sponsor of the 1889 English tour, donated a trophy for the champions of the promising domestic competition. The 'Currie Cup' was first awarded to Kimberley, who had beaten Transvaal in the single match competition of 1889β90. From 1892 to 1893, the competition began to take the familiar form of province-based competition in a champion format, inspired by the English County Cricket structure. Kimberley (who became known as Griqualand West for the 1892β93 season) and Transvaal were joined by Western Province (1892β93), Natal, Eastern Province (both 1893β94), Border (1897β98) and Orange Free State (1903β04) β although not all of these teams competed in every season after they were established. Rhodesia and South Western Districts also competed on a once-off basis in the 1904β05 season.
The Currie Cup was not contested every year, and a total of fourteen seasons were contested between its inception and the First World War. Aside from an interruption during the Boer War, typically seasons were not held when the English team were touring. The competition took on several different formats, including knock-out structure, and a round-robin followed by a challenge final against the previous year's winner; but in 1906β07, a round-robin league format was established, which would be unchanged until 1982β83.
Interwar Yearsβ»
First class cricket recommenced after the First World War in the 1920β21 season. The series continued to be held roughly two out of every three years, being cancelled during seasons which coincided with Test tours. After the 1925β26, all seven provincial teams featured in every season. They were joined temporarily by Rhodesia (who contested the consecutive 1929β30 and 1931β32 season), and permanently by North Eastern Transvaal in 1937β38, which was the final season before World War II. In all, eleven seasons were played between the wars. During this time, cricket in South Africa began to spread outside the British settler diaspora, particularly in the Afrikaner and Indian community. However, cricket remained strictly, although not yet legally, segregated with various national bodies governing cricket for the different racial groups. First-class domestic continued to be white-only.
Second World War and the beginning of Isolationβ»
After an eight-year hiatus, the Currie Cup restarted in 1946β47 with all eight provincial teams and Rhodesia (who would now feature permanently)
In 1951β52, the competition adopted a two-tiered structure, which was retained in some format until 1999β2000 (except for a one-off recombination into a single division in 1960β61). From its inception, until South Africa's international isolation in 1971, a promotion/relegation structure linked the two tiers, with the winner of the lower division generally replacing the last placed team from the top division β although this was not adhered to every season. The top division generally consisted of four. Or five teams.
During this time, the stronger provinces began to field a 'B' team in the lower division. Transvaal B was the first to appear (1959β60), followed by Natal B (1965β66). These B-teams were not promoted to the top division when they won the lower competition.
Since the 1965β66 season, the Currie Cup has been contested every year, and was no longer suspended during international tours.
The introduction of apartheid (separation of racial groups by strict legal enforcement) following the 1948 General Election did not have a great impact on the domestic competition. Although previously not bound legally, first-class cricket had long been de facto white-only and international opinion had little practical effect on the domestic game.
Apartheid Isolation: the 1970s and 1980sβ»
Domestic cricket in South Africa reached its peak during the years of isolation in the 1970s and 1980s. With standards exceptionally high, spectators came in their thousands to watch Currie Cup cricket due to the inability to support the national team following South Africa's expulsion in 1970 by the ICC.
The two-division format was retained. But promotion/relegation was abandoned, and from 1971 to 1972, the top division remained constant with five teams: Transvaal, Natal, Eastern Province, Western Province and Rhodesia. The second division expanded with more B-teams: Western Province B joining in 1975β76, and Eastern Province B and Rhodesia B joining in 1977β78.
During the 1970s, the second division became a separate competition from the Currie Cup, known initially as the Castle Bowl (and later under different commercial names, such as UCB Bowl). In 1971β72, North Eastern Transvaal became known as Northern Transvaal.
Political Change and International Restoration: the 1990sβ»
Through the 1980s and 1990s, the weaker provincial teams began to gradually migrate back from the Bowl competition to the Currie Cup. At the same time, those provinces' B-teams began to contest the Bowl, which gradually turned the Bowl entirely into a Currie Cup second XI competition.
By 1996β97, the Bowl had split into a two-tier competition (with only the top division given first-class status), and by 1999β2000, all stand-alone provincial teams had returned to the Currie Cup, with the Bowl being shut down as a first-class competition.
Northern Transvaal was the first team to return to the Currie Cup, in 1979β80; that same year was the final year for Rhodesia, which did not participate following the end of white-minority rule and independence. Orange Free State returned to the Currie Cup in 1985β86. Border returned permanently in 1991β92 (following an unsuccessful two-season return in 1985β86 and 1986β87). Griqualand West returned in 1996β97. In addition, three new provincial teams entered during this time: Boland, who entered the Bowl in 1980β81, and entered the Cup in 1993β94; and Eastern Transvaal and Western Transvaal, who entered the Bowl in 1991β92, and were the last two teams promoted to the top level in 1999β2000.
During the same time, the Bowl competition was joined by Northern Transvaal B (1982β83), Orange Free State B (1989β90), Border B and Boland B (1993β94) and Griqualand West B (1997β98), as well as a Zimbabwean Board XI (1993β94) and Namibia cricket team (1996β97).
During the 1990s, as South Africa underwent political changes, several teams changed their names to adapt: Orange Free State became Free State (1995β96); Eastern Transvaal became Easterns (1995β96); Western Transvaal became North West (1996β97); Transvaal became Gauteng (1997β98); Northern Transvaal became Northerns (1997β98); and Natal became KwaZulu-Natal (1998β99). The competition itself also changed its name for commercial reasons, becoming the Castle Cup in 1990β91, and then the SuperSport Series in 1996β97.
During this era, the format of the competition changed several times. In 1982β83, a final was played between the top two teams; this was expanded to a four-team knock-out in 1983β84 and contracted to a three-team knock-out in 1985β86. In 1987β88, the league was split into two pools with a single final between the pool winners. In 1990β91, the league returned to a single pool with no final. The final returned in 1998β99. Then, with eleven teams from 1999 to 2000, the league adopted a format similar to the 1999 Cricket World Cup, with a super eight/super six round before a single final.
The most notable feature of this era was the end of the dominance of Transvaal, Natal and Western Province. Prior to the 1988β89 season, the three teams had amongst them won 59 of the 60 Currie Cups contested β the only exception being Kimberley's win in the second tournament in 1890β91, won based on the result of a single game against Transvaal. In 1988β89, Eastern Province finally broke that dominance when it beat Transvaal in the final. Orange Free State would win its first championship in the 1990s, and Easterns would also win a championship in the 2000s.
In first-class domestic cricket, Transvaal/Gauteng were the most successful team to have played, winning the competition 25 times between 1889β90 and 2004β05, as well as four shared titles.
Franchise Era: 2004/05 β 2020/21β»
In 2004β05, the format of South African domestic cricket was changed entirely. The eleven provincial teams were rationalised into six new teams: Western Province and Boland merged to form the Cape Cobras; Griqualand West and Free State formed the Eagles (who later became the Knights in 2010β11); Eastern Province and Border became the Warriors; North West and Gauteng became the Lions; Northerns and Easterns became the Titans; and KwaZulu-Natal became the Dolphins. These changes occurred across limited overs cricket as well as first class cricket, although the round-robin format was kept.
In the franchise era, the Titans (formerly North Eastern Transvaal/Northern Transvaal) were the most successful, winning six titles.
The eleven provincial Currie Cup teams, as well as South Western Districts and KwaZulu-Natal Inland, continued to compete separately in the Provincial Three-Day Challenge, which remained a first-class competition, although on a semi-professional level and no longer the top level of red-ball cricket in South Africa.
Return to Provincial Cricket: 2021ββ»
In March 2021, Cricket South Africa announced that South African domestic cricket would undergo a major restructuring, with the six-team franchise system, as well as the semi-professional Provincial Competition, being dissolved. A new format of 15 first-class teams playing in two separate divisions, determined by promotion and relegation (after 2023/24), has been created in its place.
From 2019, provinces and cricket unions submitted bids to CSA to make a case to be considered for the top division for the initial two seasons. The bidding process was overseen by the Independent Evaluation Committee (IEE) who took into account a range of criteria, such as cricketing and financial operations, women's and age-group development, transformation policies and stadium infrastructure.
Eight teams make up the first division, with 16 contracted players each, and seven teams the second division, with 11 contracted players each, taking the total to 205.
CSA believes that the new format will provide more opportunities for players to compete at a high standard just below international cricket, in turn providing wider talent pool for the national selectors. It is hoped that wider selection of teams at the highest domestic level will help increase playing opportunities of all races, particularly those currently underrepresented.
Although the new format being seen as a return to the more traditional structure, some of South Africa's nine provinces have more than one team. Only Free State, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape and North West β the least populated provinces β will have one team. Some new sides have opted to keep the name of their previous franchises to which they belonged, whilst others have decided on new branding.
Teamsβ»
Division allocation as of the 2023β24 season.
Team | Location | Capacity | Province |
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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 | JB Marks 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 |
Team | Location | Capacity | Province |
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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 |
Competition formatβ»
Points System
Teams are awarded points based on the result of the match as follows:
- Outright victory: 16 points
- Tie: 8 points
- Draw: 6 points
- Any other result: 0 points
In addition, teams earn bonus points based on their performance in the first 100 overs of each team's first innings:
- Batting bonus points: 1 point for reaching 150 runs, then 0.02 points for each run thereafter
- Bowling bonus points: 1 point for taking three wickets, then 1 point for each two wickets thereafter
A points system of this basic structure was first introduced in 1971β72, and has been used in almost all seasons since; the current points system was introduced in the 2017β18 season.
Former Teamsβ»
Franchise Era: 2004/05 β 2020/21β»
Franchise | Province |
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Cape Cobras | Western Cape |
Dolphins | KwaZulu-Natal |
Knights* | Free State & Northern Cape |
Lions | Central Gauteng & North West |
Titans | Northern and Eastern Gauteng |
Warriors | Eastern Cape |
- The Knights were known as the Eagles prior to the 2010β11 season.
Provincial Era: 1889/90 β 2004/05β»
Team | First season | Last season | Former names | B teams |
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Boland | 1980β81 | 2003β04 | ||
Border | 1903β04 | 2003β04 | ||
Eastern Province | 1893β94 | 2003β04 | Eastern Province B (1977β78 to 2004β05) | |
Easterns | 1991β92 | 2003β04 | Eastern Transvaal (1991β92 to 1994β95) | |
Free State | 1897β98 | 2003β04 | Orange Free State (1897β98 to 1994β95) | |
Gauteng | 1889β90 | 2003β04 | Transvaal (1889β90 to 1996β97) | Transvaal B (1959β60 to 1997β98) |
Griqualand West | 1889β90 | 2003β04 | Kimberley (1889β90 to 1891β92) | |
KwaZulu-Natal | 1893β94 | 2003β04 | Natal (1893β94 to 1997β98) | Natal B (1965β66 to 1998β99) |
Northerns | 1937β38 | 2003β04 | Northern Transvaal (1971β72 to 1996β97) North Eastern Transvaal (1937β38 to 1970β71) |
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North West | 1991β92 | 2003β04 | Western Transvaal (1991β92 to 1995β96) | |
Rhodesia | 1904β05 | 1979β80 | Rhodesia B (1977β78 to 1979β80) | |
South Western Districts | 1904β05 | 1904β05 | ||
Western Province | 1892β93 | 2003β04 | Western Province B (1975β76 to 2004β05) |
- ^ Rhodesia competed in 1904β05, 1929β30 and 1931β32 before playing each season from 1946β47.
Seasonsβ»
Season | Champions | Runners-up | Bowl winners | Bowl second | Notes |
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1889β90 | Transvaal (1) | Kimberley (1) | Inaugural season Cup decided by single match | ||
1890β91 | Kimberley (1) | Transvaal (1) | |||
1891β92 | Not contested | ||||
1892β93 | Western Province (1) | Transvaal (2) | First appearance of Western Province Kimberley now known as Griqualand West | ||
1893β94 | Western Province (2) | Natal (1) | First appearances of Natal and Eastern Province | ||
1894β95 | Transvaal (2) | Western Province (2) | |||
1895β96 | Not contested | ||||
1896β97 | Western Province (3) | Transvaal (3) | |||
1897β98 | Western Province (4) | Transvaal (4) | First appearance of Orange Free State | ||
Competition not contested from 1898β99 to 1901β02 due to Boer War | |||||
1902β03 | Transvaal (3) | Western Province (2) | |||
1903β04 | Transvaal (4) | Western Province (3) | First appearance of Border | ||
1904β05 | Transvaal (5) | Western Province (4) | One-off appearances of Rhodesia and South Western Districts | ||
1905β06 | Not contested | ||||
1906β07 | Transvaal (6) | Natal (2) | |||
1907β08 | Not contested | ||||
1908β09 | Western Province (5) | Transvaal (2) | |||
1909β10 | Not contested | ||||
1910β11 | Natal (1) | Transvaal (6) | |||
1911β12 | Not contested | ||||
1912β13 | Natal (2) | Western Province (5) | |||
1913β14 | Not contested | ||||
Competition not contested from 1914β15 to 1919β20 due to World War I | |||||
1920β21 | Western Province (6) | Transvaal (7) | |||
1921β22 | Western Province Natal Transvaal |
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1922β23 | Not contested | ||||
1923β24 | Transvaal (7) | Natal (3) | |||
1924β25 | Not contested | ||||
1925β26 | Transvaal (8) | Griqualand West (2) | |||
1926β27 | Transvaal (9) | Orange Free State (1) | |||
1927β28 | Not contested | ||||
1928β29 | Not contested | ||||
1929β30 | Transvaal (10) | Natal (4) | One-off appearance of Rhodesia | ||
1930β31 | Not contested | ||||
1931β32 | Western Province (7) | Transvaal Rhodesia |
One-off appearance of Rhodesia | ||
1932β33 | Not contested | ||||
1933β34 | Natal (3) | Western Province (6) | |||
1934β35 | Transvaal (11) | Natal (5) | |||
1935β36 | Not contested | ||||
1936β37 | Natal (4) | Transvaal (8) | |||
1937β38 | Transvaal Natal |
First appearance of North Eastern Transvaal | |||
Competition not contested 1938β39 and from 1939β40 to 1945β46 due to World War II | |||||
1946β47 | Natal (5) | Western Province (7) | First regular appearance of Rhodesia | ||
1947β48 | Natal (6) | Transvaal (9) | |||
1948β49 | Not contested | ||||
1949β50 | Not contested | ||||
1950β51 | Transvaal (12) | Natal (6) | |||
1951β52 | Natal (7) | Western Province (8) | Orange Free State (1) | Rhodesia (1) | League adapts two-division format Orange Free State promoted Transvaal relegated |
1952β53 | Western Province (8) | Natal Orange Free State |
Transvaal (1) | Rhodesia (2) | Transvaal promoted Eastern Province relegated |
1953β54 | Not contested | ||||
1954β55 | Natal (8) | Transvaal (10) | Eastern Province (1) | Rhodesia (3) | Eastern Province promoted Orange Free State relegated |
1955β56 | Western Province (9) | Natal (7) | Rhodesia (1) | Border (1) | Rhodesia promoted Eastern Province relegated |
1956β57 | Not contested | ||||
1957β58 | Not contested | ||||
1958β59 | Transvaal (13) | Natal Rhodesia Western Province |
Border (1) | Eastern Province (1) | Border promoted |
1959β60 | Natal (9) | Transvaal (11) | Eastern Province Transvaal B |
First appearance of Transvaal B Eastern Province promoted for 1962β63 Border and Rhodesia relegated for 1962β63 | |
1960β61 | Natal (10) | Eastern Province (1) | One-off single-division format | ||
1961β62 | Not contested | ||||
1962β63 | Natal (11) | Western Province (9) | Transvaal B (1) | Rhodesia (4) | |
1963β64 | Natal (12) | Transvaal (12) | Rhodesia (2) | North Eastern Transvaal (1) | Rhodesia promoted |
1964β65 | Not contested | ||||
1965β66 | Transvaal Natal |
North Eastern Transvaal (1) | Border (2) | First appearance of Natal B Western Province relegated | |
1966β67 | Natal (13) | Eastern Province Transvaal |
North Eastern Transvaal (2) | Transvaal B Western Province |
North Eastern Transvaal promoted Rhodesia relegated |
1967β68 | Natal (14) | Transvaal (13) | Rhodesia (3) | Natal B (1) | Rhodesia promoted North Eastern Transvaal relegated |
1968β69 | Transvaal (14) | Natal Eastern Province |
Western Province (1) | Border (3) | Western Province promoted |
1969β70 | Transvaal Western Province |
Transvaal B (2) | Natal B (2) | Rhodesia relegated | |
1970β71 | Transvaal (15) | Western Province (10) | Rhodesia (4) | Transvaal B (1) | Rhodesia promoted |
1971β72 | Transvaal (16) | Rhodesia (1) | Northern Transvaal (3) | Transvaal B (2) | North Eastern Transvaal now known as Northern Transvaal |
1972β73 | Transvaal (17) | Eastern Province (2) | Transvaal B (3) | Orange Free State (1) | |
1973β74 | Natal (15) | Western Province (11) | Natal B (1) | Orange Free State (2) | |
1974β75 | Western Province (10) | Natal (8) | Transvaal B (4) | Griqualand West (1) | |
1975β76 | Natal (16) | Eastern Province (3) | Orange Free State (2) | Transvaal B Western Province B |
First appearance of Western Province B |
1976β77 | Natal (17) | Transvaal (14) | Transvaal B (5) | Western Province B (2) | |
1977β78 | Western Province (11) | Transvaal (15) | Northern Transvaal (4) | Border (4) | First appearances of Rhodesia B and Eastern Province B |
1978β79 | Transvaal (18) | Western Province (12) | Northern Transvaal (5) | Border (5) | Once-off season with no B-teams competing in the Bowl Northern Transvaal promoted |
1979β80 | Transvaal (19) | Western Province (13) | Natal B (2) | Western Province B (2) | Final appearance of Rhodesia and Rhodesia B |
1980β81 | Natal (18) | Transvaal (16) | Western Province B (1) | Transvaal B (3) | First appearance of Boland (Bowl) |
1981β82 | Western Province (12) | Transvaal (17) | Boland (1) | Western Province B (3) | First appearance of Northern Transvaal B (Bowl) |
1982β83 | Transvaal (20) | Western Province (14) | Western Province B (2) | Transvaal B (4) | |
1983β84 | Transvaal (21) | Western Province (15) | Western Province B (3) | Border (6) | |
1984β85 | Transvaal (22) | Northern Transvaal (1) | Transvaal B (6) | Orange Free State (3) | Border and Orange Free State promoted |
1985β86 | Western Province (13) | Transvaal (18) | Boland (2) | Western Province B (4) | |
1986β87 | Transvaal (23) | Western Province (16) | Transvaal B (7) | Natal B (3) | Border relegated |
1987β88 | Transvaal (24) | Orange Free State (2) | Boland (3) | Transvaal B (5) | |
1988β89 | Eastern Province (1) | Transvaal (19) | Boland (4) | Transvaal B (6) | |
1989β90 | Eastern Province Western Province |
Border Western Province B |
First appearance of Orange Free State B (Bowl) | ||
1990β91 | Western Province (14) | Transvaal (20) | Border Western Province B |
Border promoted | |
1991β92 | Eastern Province (2) | Orange Free State (3) | Eastern Transvaal (1) | Boland (1) | First appearances of Eastern Transvaal and Western Transvaal No B-teams in Bowl competition |
1992β93 | Orange Free State (1) | Eastern Province Natal Transvaal |
Boland (5) | Griqualand West (2) | No B-teams in Bowl competition |
1993β94 | Orange Free State (2) | Western Province (17) | Transvaal B (8) | Western Province B (5) | B-teams again compete in Bowl competition First appearances of Border B, Boland B and Zimbabwe Board XI |
1994β95 | Natal (19) | Northern Transvaal (2) | Natal B (3) | Eastern Transvaal (1) | |
1995β96 | Western Province (15) | Transvaal (21) | Natal B Griqualand West |
Orange Free State now known as Free State Eastern Transvaal now known as Easterns Griqualand West promoted | |
1996β97 | Natal (20) | Western Province (18) | Eastern Province B (1) | Easterns (2) | Western Transvaal now known as North West |
1997β98 | Orange Free State (3) | Eastern Province (4) | North West (1) | Northerns B (1) | Northern Transvaal now known as Northerns Transvaal now known as Gauteng |
1998β99 | Western Province (16) | Border (1) | North West (2) | Western Province B (6) | First appearance of Griqualand West B Natal now known as KwaZulu-Natal Easterns and North West promoted Final first class season of Bowl |
1999β2000 | Gauteng (25) | Border (2) | |||
2000β01 | Western Province (17) | Border (3) | |||
2001β02 | KwaZulu-Natal (21) | Northerns (3) | |||
2002β03 | Easterns (1) | Western Province (19) | |||
2003β04 | Western Province (18) | KwaZulu-Natal (9) | |||
2004β05 | Eagles Dolphins |
Eleven provincial teams reduced to six combined teams | |||
2005β06 | Titans Dolphins |
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2006β07 | Titans (1) | Lions (1) | |||
2007β08 | Eagles (1) | Warriors (1) | |||
2008β09 | Titans (2) | Eagles (1) | |||
2009β10 | Cape Cobras (1) | Titans (1) | |||
2010β11 | Cape Cobras (2) | Titans (2) | Eagles now known as Knights | ||
2011β12 | Titans (3) | Cape Cobras (1) | |||
2012β13 | Cape Cobras (3) | Lions (2) | |||
2013β14 | Cape Cobras (4) | Knights (2) | |||
2014β15 | Lions (1) | Titans (3) | |||
2015β16 | Titans (4) | Lions (2) | |||
2016β17 | Knights (2) | Titans (4) | |||
2017β18 | Titans (5) | Warriors (2) | |||
2018β19 | Lions (2) | Cape Cobras (2) | |||
2019β20 | Lions (3) | Titans (5) | Series ended after 8 rounds due to COVID-19 | ||
2020β21 | Dolphins (1) | Titans (6) | |||
2021β22 | Titans (6) | Warriors (3) | |||
2022β23 | Dolphins (2) | Warriors (4) | |||
2023β24 | Lions (4) |
*Numbers in parentheses count outright championships only.
Championshipsβ»
Combined Team Eraβ»
Club | Seasons | Outright wins | Shared wins | Total wins | Seconds |
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Titans | 17 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
Cape Cobras | 17 | 4 | β | 4 | 2 |
Eagles/Knights | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Lions | 17 | 3 | β | 3 | 3 |
Dolphins | 17 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
Warriors | 17 | 0 | β | 0 | 2 |
Currie Cup β Provincial Eraβ»
Club | Seasons | Outright wins | Shared wins | Total wins | Seconds |
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Transvaal/Gauteng | 75 | 25 | 4 | 29 | 21 |
Natal/KwaZulu-Natal | 71 | 21 | 3 | 24 | 9 |
Western Province | 71 | 18 | 3 | 21 | 19 |
Orange Free State | 40 | 3 | β | 3 | 3 |
Eastern Province | 66 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Kimberley/Griqualand West | 34 | 1 | β | 1 | 2 |
Eastern Transvaal/Easterns | 5 | 1 | β | 1 | 0 |
North Eastern Transvaal/ Northern Transvaal/Northerns |
31 | 0 | β | 0 | 3 |
Border | 35 | 0 | β | 0 | 3 |
Rhodesia/Zimbabwe-Rhodesia | 22 | 0 | β | 0 | 1 |
Western Transvaal/North West | 5 | 0 | β | 0 | 0 |
Boland | 11 | 0 | β | 0 | 0 |
Note: Transvaal B and South West Districts are not shown in the table. Each contested only one season in the top division, and neither finished in the top two.
Currie Cup Second Division and Bowl Competitionβ»
Club | Seasons | Outright wins | Shared wins | Total wins | Seconds |
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Transvaal B/Gauteng B | 32 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 6 |
Boland | 13 | 5 | β | 5 | 1 |
North Eastern Transvaal/ Northern Transvaal/Northerns |
21 | 5 | β | 5 | 1 |
Rhodesia/Zimbabwe-Rhodesia | 8 | 4 | β | 4 | 4 |
Western Province B | 21 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
Natal B/KwaZulu-Natal B | 31 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
Orange Free State/Free State | 26 | 2 | β | 2 | 3 |
Western Transvaal/North West | 8 | 2 | β | 2 | 0 |
Border | 31 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
Eastern Transvaal/Easterns | 8 | 1 | β | 1 | 2 |
Eastern Province | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Transvaal/Gauteng | 1 | 1 | β | 1 | 0 |
Western Province | 3 | 1 | β | 1 | 0 |
Eastern Province B | 19 | 1 | β | 1 | 0 |
Kimberley/Griqualand West | 39 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Northern Transvaal B/Northerns B | 15 | 0 | β | 0 | 1 |
Note: Includes only Currie Cup lower division and Bowl seasons with full first-class status.
Note: To minimise the size of the table, teams which contested five or fewer seasons without winning or placing second are not shown. These teams were: Orange Free State B/Free State B, Rhodesia B/Zimbabwe-Rhodesia B, Griqualand West B, Zimbabwe Board XI, Border B and Boland B.
Notable performancesβ»
Two double centuries in a season
- Dudley Nourse 1936β37
Five centuries in successive innings
- Mike Procter 1970β71
Five centuries in six innings
- Peter Kirsten 1976β77
Five wickets in six balls
- William Henderson 1937β38
Four wickets with consecutive balls
- Albert Borland 1926β27
- Bob Crisp 1931β32
- Bob Crisp 1933β34
- William Henderson 1937β38
Ten wickets in an innings
- Bert Vogler 10/26 1906β07
- Stephen Jefferies 10/59 1987β88
- Mario Olivier 10/65 2007β08
- Sean Whitehead 10/36 2021β22
Fifteen wickets in a match
- George Glover 15/68 1893β94
- Bert Vogler 16/38 1906β07
- Buster Nupen 16/136 1931β32
- Jackie Botten 15/49 1958β59
- Sean Whitehead 15/100 2021β22
A 100 runs and 10 wickets in a match
- Aubrey Faulkner 1908β09
- Xenophon Balaskas, twice 1929β30
- Lennox Brown 1937β38
- James Liddle 1951β52
- Percy Mansell 1951β52
- Clive Rice 1975β76
Ten wicketkeeping dismissals in a match
- Ray Jennings 1982β83
- Richie Ryall 1984β85
- Ray Jennings 1986β87
- Ray Jennings 1986β87
- Dave Richardson 1988β89
- Dave Richardson 1989β90
- Dane Vilas 2008β09
- Morne van Wyk 2008β09
Individual recordsβ»
7000 runs in a career
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Highest individual scores
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300 wickets in a career
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50 wickets in a season
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All-round play 3000 runs and 300 wickets
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All-round double, 400 runs and 40 wickets in a season
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Wicketkeeping
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Sponsorshipβ»
Between 1889β90 and 1990β91, the tournament was named the "Currie Cup" after Sir Donald Currie, the founder of the Castle Shipping Line, who had sponsored the first English tour to South Africa and donated a trophy for the domestic champions.
The competition took its first title sponsor for the 1990β91 season, becoming the "Castle Cup", and from 1996β97 the broadcaster SuperSport assumed naming rights as the "SuperSport Series".
For the 2012β13 season, the competition was renamed once again, becoming the "Sunfoil Series" after the Willowton Group formed a partnership with Cricket South Africa. This agreement lasted until 2018β19 after Willowton Group withdrew sponsorship.
The competition has been rebranded as the CSA 4-Day Domestic Series due to the lack of a title sponsor.
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