ACS Overseas First-Class Annual 2020

342 South Africa in 2019/20 When the Three-Day Provincial Cup was likewise cut short, causing the loss of several matches at the league stage as well as the final, CSA awarded the title jointly to Easterns from Pool A and KwaZulu-Natal Coastal from Pool B (Easterns being preferred to the Pool A leaders Eastern Province because they had gained a higher average number of points from each match). The truncated first-class season meant that the aggregates were more modest than usual. Remarkably, the runscoring stakes resulted in a dead heat between two batsmen from the same province and franchise, namely Joshua Richards and Dominic Hendricks, both of Central Gauteng and Lions and both with 910 runs (although Hendricks had a markedly better average). Three other batsmen exceeded 800. The bowling likewise resulted in a tie, with the two fast bowlers Eldred Hawken (North West and Lions) and Ryan Cartwright (Easterns and Titans) equal on 43 wickets; Hawken, though, could point to an exceptional average of 13.25, attributable in part to his remarkable 9-14 against Easterns. Another fast man, the veteran Basheer Walters of Eastern Province and Warriors, was the only other bowler to exceed forty wickets. The 13 provincial teams that go to make up the franchises for the four-day competition are as follows: Cape Cobras = Western Province and Boland; Dolphins = KwaZulu-Natal and KwaZulu- Natal Inland; Knights = Free State and Northern Cape (formerly Griqualand West); Lions = Gauteng and North West; Titans = Northerns and Easterns; and Warriors = Eastern Province, Border, and South Western Districts. (JCB) Four-Day Franchise Series 2019/20: Final table P W L D A BatBP BowBP Pts 16 0 6 5 1 Lions 8 4 3 1 0 23.62 28 121.62 2 Titans 8 2 1 5 0 28.16 23 113.16 3 Warriors 8 2 2 4 0 27.10 29 112.10 4 Knights 8 2 1 5 0 26.02 24 112.02 5 Dolphins 8 2 3 3 0 27.58 21 98.58 6 Cape Cobras 8 0 2 6 0 31.20 28 95.20 NOTE: The last two rounds of matches, which were cancelled owing to the pandemic, are ignored in the above table. Cricket South Africa awarded the title to Lions . Provincial Three-Day Cup 2019/20: Final tables Pool A P W L D A BatBP BowBP Pts 16 0 6 5 1 Eastern Province 10 3 1 6 0 29.66 40 153.66 2 Easterns 9 2 0 7 0 30.46 34 138.46 3 Free State 9 2 1 5 1 27.86 31 125.86 4 Central Gauteng 9 1 1 7 0 30.90 31 119.90 5 KwaZulu-Natal Inland 10 1 1 7 1 21.18 23 107.18 6 Boland 6 1 3 5 0 22.66 25 93.66 Pool B P W L D A BatBP BowBP Pts 16 0 6 5 1 KwaZulu-Natal Coastal 9 5 2 1 1 23.02 31 145.42 2 Northerns 9 2 0 7 0 35.14 29 138.14 3 Northern Cape 9 3 1 4 1 25.96 30 132.96 4 Western Province 9 4 3 2 0 17.22 31 124.22 5 North West 9 2 2 5 0 24.44 28 114.44 6 South Western Districts 10 1 6 3 0 21.80 32 87.80 7 Border 9 0 6 3 0 12.04 15 45.04 NOTE: The last five matches at the league stage were cancelled owing to the pandemic and are ignored in the above table. The Final was also cancelled. Cricket South Africa awarded the Cup jointly to Easterns and KwaZulu-Natal Coastal .