2021–22 CSA Provincial T20 Knock-Out
The 2021–22 CSA Provincial T20 Knock-Out was a Twenty20 cricket tournament that was played in South Africa in September and October 2021.[1] It was the first Twenty20 tournament to be played in the country since Cricket South Africa restructured its domestic setup,[2] and featured all fifteen provincial sides and the national under-19 team.[3]
| Dates | 24 September – 22 October 2021 | 
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | Cricket South Africa | 
| Cricket format | Twenty20 | 
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Final | 
| Host(s) | South Africa | 
| Champions | Knights (1st title) | 
| Runners-up | Dolphins | 
| Participants | 16 | 
| Matches | 31 | 
| Most runs | Rilee Rossouw (295) | 
| Most wickets | Ottniel Baartman (11) Daryn Dupavillon (11) Migael Pretorius (11) | 
From Pool A, South Western Districts and Western Province both advanced to the play-offs.[4][5] In Group B, Knights and Titans finished first and second respectively to qualify.[6][7] Group D saw Boland and Warriors reach the play-offs.[8][9] The final group matches were played in Group C, with Dolphins and North West completing the line-up for the play-off stage.[10][11]
On the first day of the quarter-finals, Titans beat South Western Districts by 54 runs,[12] and Knights beat Western Province by four runs.[13] In the first semi-final, Dolphins beat Titans by four wickets.[14] The second semi-final finished as no result due to rain, with Knights advancing to the final due to have a better run rate throughout the tournament.[15] In the final, Knights beat Dolphins by seven runs to win their first domestic title in ten years.[16]
Teams
    
The teams were placed into the following groups:[17][18]
- Pool A: Lions, Northern Cape, South Western Districts, Western Province
- Pool B: Knights, KwaZulu-Natal Inland, Mpumalanga, Titans
- Pool C: Dolphins, Easterns, North West, South Africa Under-19s
- Pool D: Boland, Border, Limpopo, Warriors
Fixtures
    
    Pool A
    
|  24 September 2021     Scorecard | 
| Western Province 197/7 (20 overs) | v | Lions 195/6 (20 overs) | 
- Lions won the toss and elected to field.
- Jordan Woolf (Western Province) made his T20 debut.
- Zubayr Hamza (Western Province) scored his first century in T20 cricket.[19]
|  24 September 2021     Scorecard | 
| South Western Districts 192/4 (20 overs) | v | Northern Cape 168/9 (20 overs) | 
- Northern Cape won the toss and elected to field.
- Hershell America, Pheko Moletsane, Renaldo Meyer, Sintu Majeza (South Western Districts) and Jerome Xaba (Northern Cape) all made their T20 debuts.
|  25 September 2021     Scorecard | 
| Western Province 130/7 (20 overs) | v | South Western Districts 134/7 (19.4 overs) | 
- Western Province won the toss and elected to bat.
|  25 September 2021     Scorecard | 
| Northern Cape 157/7 (20 overs) | v | Lions 157/9 (20 overs) | 
- Northern Cape won the toss and elected to bat.
|  26 September 2021     Scorecard | 
| South Western Districts 129/6 (20 overs) | v | Lions 132/6 (19.5 overs) | 
- Lions won the toss and elected to field.
- Jhedli van Briesies (South Western Districts) made his T20 debut.
|  26 September 2021     Scorecard | 
| Northern Cape 163/8 (20 overs) | v | Western Province 164/4 (18.2 overs) | 
- Western Province won the toss and elected to field.
- Hanu Viljoen, Orapeleng Motlhoaring (Northern Cape), Daniel Smith and Yves Kamanzi (Western Province) all made their T20 debuts.
Pool B
    
|  28 September 2021     Scorecard | 
| Titans 143/8 (20 overs) | v | Knights 147/4 (19.1 overs) | 
- Knights won the toss and elected to field.
|  28 September 2021     Scorecard | 
| Mpumalanga 112/8 (20 overs) | v | KwaZulu-Natal Inland 113/3 (13 overs) | 
- Mpumalanga won the toss and elected to bat.
- Akhulile Mkatu and Jarred Alder (Mpumalanga) both made their T20 debuts.
|  29 September 2021     Scorecard | 
| Knights 154/5 (20 overs) | v | KwaZulu-Natal Inland 120 (19.5 overs) | 
- KwaZulu-Natal Inland won the toss and elected to field.
|  29 September 2021     Scorecard | 
| Titans 66/4 (7 overs) | v | Mpumalanga 60/6 (7 overs) | 
- Mpumalanga won the toss and elected to field.
- Mpumalanga were set a revised target of 70 runs from 7 overs due to rain.
|  30 September 2021     Scorecard | 
| Titans 157/7 (20 overs) | v | KwaZulu-Natal Inland 133/7 (20 overs) | 
- Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
- Jandré Pretorius (Titans) made his T20 debut.
Pool C
    
|  8 October 2021     Scorecard | 
| North West 128/8 (20 overs) | v | Dolphins 131/2 (15.1 overs) | 
- Dolphins won the toss and elected to field.
- Caleb Seleka, Eben Botha and Heinrigh Pieterse (North West) all made their T20 debuts.
|  8 October 2021     Scorecard | 
| South Africa Under-19s 172/8 (20 overs) | v | Easterns 175/2 (18 overs) | 
- South Africa Under-19s won the toss and elected to bat.
- Andile Simelane, Asakhe Tsaka, Dewald Brevis, Ethan-John Cunningham, George Van Heerden, Jade Smith, Joshua Stephenson, Kaden Solomon, Liam Alder, Mickey Copeland, Valintine Kitime (South Africa Under-19s), and Danie Rossouw (Easterns) all made their T20 debuts.
|  9 October 2021     Scorecard | 
| North West 142/4 (20 overs) | v | South Africa Under-19s 99 (17.2 overs) | 
| Valintine Kitime 29 (23)  Senuran Muthusamy 3/16 (4 overs) | 
- South Africa Under-19s won the toss and elected to field.
- Aphiwe Mnyanda (South Africa Under-19s) made his T20 debut.
|  9 October 2021     Scorecard | 
| Dolphins 155/6 (20 overs) | v | Easterns 147/8 (20 overs) | 
- Easterns won the toss and elected to field.
- Sinenhlanhla Zwane (Easterns) made his T20 debut.
|  10 October 2021     Scorecard | 
| South Africa Under-19s 114 (20 overs) | v | Dolphins 115/0 (13 overs) | 
| Grant Roelofsen 77* (42)  | 
- Dolphins won the toss and elected to field.
- GJ Maree, Jan Coetzer, Jesse Prodehl (South Africa Under-19s), and Odirile Modimokoane (Dolphins) all made their T20 debuts.
|  10 October 2021     Scorecard | 
| North West 158/7 (20 overs) | v | Easterns 157/6 (20 overs) | 
- Easterns won the toss and elected to field.
Pool D
    
|  4 October 2021     Scorecard | 
| Boland 183/5 (20 overs) | v | Warriors 166/7 (20 overs) | 
- Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
- Khanya Dilima (Boland) and Kyle Jacobs (Warriors) both made their T20 debuts.
- Clyde Fortuin (Boland) scored his first century in T20 cricket.[20]
|  4 October 2021     Scorecard | 
| Limpopo 138/5 (20 overs) | v | Border 139/2 (14.3 overs) | 
| Marco Marais 65 (35)  Morne Venter 2/7 (2.3 overs) | 
- Limpopo won the toss and elected to bat.
- Juandre Scheepers, Nyiko Shikwambana, Morne Venter (Limpopo), and Nqabayomzi Peter (Border) all made their T20 debuts.
|  5 October 2021     Scorecard | 
| Warriors 243/6 (20 overs) | v | Limpopo 123/9 (20 overs) | 
- Limpopo won the toss and elected to field.
- Khaif Patel (Limpopo) made his T20 debut.
|  5 October 2021     Scorecard | 
| Boland 172/6 (20 overs) | v | Border 154/5 (20 overs) | 
- Border won the toss and elected to field.
- Jerome Bossr (Border) made his T20 debut.
|  6 October 2021     Scorecard | 
| Boland 141/8 (20 overs) | v | Limpopo 109/8 (20 overs) | 
- Boland won the toss and elected to bat.
- Hlomla Hanabe, Ruan Terblanche (Boland), Amir Sohil Bux and Atwell Mokgoloboto (Limpopo) all made their T20 debuts.
Bracket
    
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| A1 | South Western Districts | 138 | ||||||||||||
| B2 | Titans | 192/5 | ||||||||||||
| QF1 | Titans | 138 | ||||||||||||
| QF3 | Dolphins | 139/6 | ||||||||||||
| C1 | Dolphins | 131/4 | ||||||||||||
| D2 | Warriors | 127/9 | ||||||||||||
| SF1 | Dolphins | 169/6 | ||||||||||||
| SF2 | Knights | 176/5 | ||||||||||||
| B1 | Knights | 223/3 | ||||||||||||
| A2 | Western Province | 219/7 | ||||||||||||
| QF2 | Knights | 127/7 | ||||||||||||
| QF4 | North West | 42/0 | ||||||||||||
| D1 | Boland | 153/6 | ||||||||||||
| C2 | North West | 156/8 | ||||||||||||
Quarter-finals
    
| Titans 192/5 (20 overs) | v | South Western Districts 138 (17.1 overs) | 
- South Western Districts won the toss and elected to field.
Semi-finals
    
| Knights 127/7 (20 overs) | v | North West 42/0 (2.3 overs) | 
| Eben Botha 21* (8)  | 
- Knights won the toss and elected to bat.
- No further play was possible due to rain.
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