2018–19 CSA 4-Day Franchise Series Cricket tournament
Cricket tournament
The 2018–19 CSA 4-Day Franchise Series [ 1] was a first-class cricket competition that took place in South Africa from 26 September 2018 to 31 January 2019.[ 2] [ 3] It was the first edition not to be sponsored by Sunfoil , after they decided not to renew their sponsorship.[ 4] [ 5] Lions won the tournament, after beating Warriors in the final match of the competition.[ 6] They won the fixture, with just nine deliveries left in the game, to gain enough bonus points to overtake the Cape Cobras .[ 7] [ 8] Titans were the defending champions,[ 9] but finished in last place, with just one win in their ten matches.[ 8]
Cricket South Africa announced that the competition would be split into two sections, the first from September to November, and the second from December and January.[ 2] This was used to help prepare the national side for the Test series against Pakistan , which was played in December 2018 and January 2019.[ 2] During the break, the first edition of the Mzansi Super League also took place.[ 10]
Points table
Fixtures
Round 1
Dolphins won the toss and elected to bat.
Farhaan Behardien (Titans) scored his 6,000th run in first-class cricket.[ 12]
Cape Cobras won the toss and elected to field.
Lions won the toss and elected to field.
Round 2
Dolphins won the toss and elected to bat.
Lions won the toss and elected to bat.
Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
No play was possible on day 3 due to bad light.
Theunis de Bruyn (Titans) scored his 4,000th run in first-class cricket.[ 13]
Round 3
Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
Knights won the toss and elected to bat.
Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 4
Cape Cobras won the toss and elected to field.
Knights won the toss and elected to bat.
Lions won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 5
Cape Cobras won the toss and elected to field.
Pieter Malan (Cape Cobras) scored his 30th century in first-class cricket.[ 14]
Dolphins won the toss and elected to bat.
Knights won the toss and elected to bat.
This was the biggest win by Knights in franchise cricket.[ 15]
Round 6
Cape Cobras won the toss and elected to bat.
Knights won the toss and elected to field.
Dolphins won the toss and elected to bat.
Khaya Zondo (Dolphins) scored his tenth century in first-class cricket.[ 16]
Round 7
Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
Lions won the toss and elected to bat.
Knights won the toss and elected to bat.
Dane Piedt (Cape Cobras) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.[ 17]
Round 8
Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
Dolphins won the toss and elected to bat.
Thamsanqa Khumalo (Dolphins) made his first-class debut.
Lions won the toss and elected to field.
This was the biggest win for the Lions in the history of the four-day tournament in South Africa.[ 18]
Round 9
Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
Warriors won the toss and elected to bat.
Knights won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 10
Cape Cobras won the toss and elected to field.
Zubayr Hamza (Cape Cobras) scored his first double century in franchise cricket.[ 19]
Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
No toss.
No play was possible due to rain.
References
External links
National teams Teams
Franchise Provincial
Boland cricket team (Men , Women )
Border cricket team (Men , Women )
Eastern Province cricket team (Men , Women )
Easterns cricket team (Men , Women )
Free State cricket team (Men , Women )
Gauteng cricket team (Men , Women )
KwaZulu-Natal cricket team (Men , Women )
KwaZulu-Natal Inland cricket team (Men , Women )
Limpopo cricket team (Men , Women )
Mpumalanga cricket team (Men , Women )
Northern Cape cricket team (Men , Women )
Northerns cricket team (Men , Women )
North West cricket team (Men , Women )
South Western Districts cricket team (Men , Women )
Western Province cricket team (Men , Women )
Kei women's cricket team
Tournaments
Grounds Lists
Domestic cricket in 2018–19
First-class List A Twenty20
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