2016–17 CSA Women's Provincial T20 Competition

The 2016–17 CSA Women's Provincial T20 Competition was the 5th edition of South Africa's provincial Twenty20 cricket tournament. It ran from October 2016 to March 2017, with 16 provincial teams taking part. Western Province won the tournament, claiming their fourth T20 title and third in three seasons.^[1]

2016–17 CSA Women's Provincial T20 Competition

Dates	9 October 2016 – 12 March 2017
Administrator(s)	Cricket South Africa
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin divisions
Champions	Western Province (4th title)
Participants	16
Matches	35
Most runs	Susan Benade (190)
Most wickets	Caelin Hall (8) Alicia Smith (8)
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Competition format

The 16 teams were divided into three divisions: a top division named "Top 6", and two lower divisions, Pools A and B. Teams played each other team in their group once in a round-robin format, with matches played using a Twenty20 format. The winner of the Top 6 group was crowned Champions.

The tournament ran concurrently with the 2016–17 CSA Women's Provincial League, with matches played either the day before or day after the corresponding encounter between two teams in the one-day tournament. To maintain this link for the following season, promotion and relegation in the Provincial T20 Competition was determined by standings in the Provincial League.^[2]

The groups worked on a points system with positions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:^[3]

Win: 4 points
Tie: 3 points
Loss: 0 points.
Abandoned/No Result: 2 points.
Bonus Point: 1 bonus point available per match.

Teams

Top 6	Boland	Eastern Province	Free State	Gauteng	North West	Western Province
Pool A	Border	Kei	KwaZulu-Natal	KwaZulu-Natal Inland	South Western Districts
Pool B	Easterns	Limpopo	Mpumalanga	Northern Cape	Northerns

Standings

Top 6

Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	A	BP	Pts	NRR
Western Province (C)	5	5	0	0	0	0	4	24	+2.542
Gauteng	5	4	1	0	0	0	2	18	+1.081
Free State	5	3	2	0	0	0	2	14	+0.497
Boland	5	2	3	0	0	0	1	9	–1.163
North West	5	1	4	0	0	0	1	5	–0.547
Eastern Province	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	–2.249

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	A	BP	Pts	NRR
KwaZulu-Natal	4	4	0	0	0	0	3	19	+2.207
Border	4	3	1	0	0	0	2	14	+1.180
South Western Districts	4	2	2	0	0	0	2	10	+1.099
KwaZulu-Natal Inland	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	4	–1.207
Kei	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	–3.175

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	A	BP	Pts	NRR
Northerns	4	4	0	0	0	0	3	19	+3.438
Easterns	4	3	1	0	0	0	3	15	+0.893
Northern Cape	4	2	2	0	0	0	1	9	+0.083
Mpumalanga	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	5	–0.972
Limpopo	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	–3.600