2019–20 CSA Women's Provincial League

The 2019–20 CSA Women's Provincial League was the 25th edition of South Africa's provincial one-day cricket tournament. It ran from October 2019 to March 2020, with 16 provincial teams taking part. The tournament was curtailed by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, with North West winning their third one-day title based on an adjusted points system.^[1]

2019–20 CSA Women's Provincial League

Dates	12 October 2019 – 28 March 2020
Administrator(s)	Cricket South Africa
Cricket format	50 over
Tournament format(s)	Round robin
Champions	North West (3rd title)
Participants	16
Matches	50 (45 completed)
Most runs	Anneke Bosch (396)
Most wickets	Delmi Tucker (16)
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

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 in Pools A and B played each other team in their group once in a round-robin format, whilst teams in the Top 6 league played each other team in their group twice. Matches were played using a one day format, with 50 overs per side.

The winner of the Top 6 league was crowned the Champions. The bottom team in the Top 6 were relegated, with the best-performing team in Pools A and B promoted. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the final five matches in the Top 6 league were cancelled. The points given to each team were therefore adjusted to simulate an equal number of matches played.^[1] The tournament ran concurrently with the 2019–20 CSA Women's Provincial T20 Competition, with matches played either the day before or day after the corresponding encounter between two teams in the T20 tournament.^[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	Central Gauteng	Free State	KwaZulu-Natal Coastal	Northerns	North West	Western Province
Pool A	Boland	Border	Eastern Province	Kei	South Western Districts
Pool B	Easterns	KwaZulu-Natal Inland	Limpopo	Mpumalanga	Northern Cape

Tables

Top 6

Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	A	BP	Adj[a]	Pts	NRR
North West (C)	9	7	2	0	0	0	6	0	34	+1.695
Western Province	8	6	2	0	0	0	4	3.5	31.5	+1.291
Central Gauteng	9	4	4	0	0	1	3	0	21	–0.018
KwaZulu-Natal Coastal	8	3	4	0	0	1	2	2	18	–0.047
Northerns	8	2	5	0	0	1	0	1.25	11.25	–1.802
Free State (R)	8	1	6	0	0	1	0	0.75	6.75	–1.618

1. The last round of matches were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. To adjust for this, teams that had only played eight matches at that point were awarded an additional eighth of their point share.

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	A	BP	Pts	NRR
Border (P)	4	4	0	0	0	0	4	20	+2.346
Eastern Province	4	3	1	0	0	0	3	15	+1.790
South Western Districts	4	2	2	0	0	0	2	10	+1.770
Boland	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	5	+0.044
Kei	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	–5.718

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	A	BP	Pts	NRR
Easterns	4	3	1	0	0	0	3	15	+0.927
Northern Cape	4	2	1	0	0	1	2	12	+2.063
Mpumalanga	4	2	1	0	0	1	1	11	+0.753
KwaZulu-Natal Inland	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	4	–1.335
Limpopo	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	4	–1.397