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CSA 4-Day Series Resumes With More Cricketing Action Across The Country

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JOHANNESBURG: The Cricket South Africa (CSA) Four-Day Series is set to resume with both Division One and Division Two teams in action this week.

South Africa’s premier red-ball competition will return on Thursday, 09 February 2023 with Division Two’s AET Tuskers at home against Eastern Cape Iinyathi in Pietermaritzburg whilst Mpumalanga Rhinos face up against Six Gun Grill Garden Route Badgers in Uplands College in White River.

The Northern Cape Heat and Eastern Storm encounter moved from the original date of the 9 – 12 February 2023 due to player and support staff being involved in the Betway SA20. The match will now be played on 23-26 February 2023.

The Division One teams will resume their red-ball campaign on Sunday, 12 February 2023.

Hollywoodbets Dolphins will host the Six Gun Grill Western Province at the Hollywoodbets Kingsmead Stadium in Durban.

Meanwhile, DP World Lions will travel to the Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein, to face the ITEC Knights and the Gbets Rocks are in Potchefstroom against North West Dragons at the JB Marks Oval.

CSA Head of Cricket Pathways, Edward Khoza, commented on the resumption of the domestic red-ball action;

“The 2022/23 season has been nothing short of expressive cricket action as all eyes are on South Africa to deliver massive international events.

“With the recently concluded inaugural ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup and the first season of the

Betway SA20 coming to an end, cricket action continues across the country. “The ICC Women’s T20 World Cup will kick-off in Cape Town on Friday, 10 February 2023 with Paarl and Gqeberha also hosting the spectacular event.

“It will be amazing to see local talent back in action in the longer format of the game in an all-important season. Our teams will be fighting for top honours to stay in Division One as promotion and/or relegations awaits at the end of the season,” Khoza continued.

“We look forward to seeing the legacy of these events and their impact on the domestic game for both our men and women’s teams country wide,” concluded Khoza.

Upcoming CSA 4-Day Series Fixtures:
Division Two: Thu – Sun: 09 – 12 February 2023
10h00: AET Tuskers vs Eastern Cape Iinyathi – AET Pietermaritzburg Oval, Pietermaritzburg
10h00: Mpumalanga Rhinos vs Six Gun Grill Garden Route Badgers – Uplands College, White River

Division One: Sun – Wed: 12 – 15 February 2023
10h00: Hollywoodbets Dolphins vs Six Gun Grill Western Province – Hollywoodbets Kingsmead Stadium, Durban
10h00: ITEC Knights vs – DP World Lions – Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein
10h00: North West Dragons vs Gbets Rocks – JB Marks Oval, Potchefstroom

Cricket came to South Africa during the Napoleonic Wars and with the British forces occupying South Africa. The first match recorded was in 1808 in Cape Town between two service teams, for a prize of one thousand rix-dollars.

The oldest cricket club in South Africa is the Port Elizabeth Cricket Club, founded in 1843. Few clubs in the world can boast such a long existence. The first championship was held in Port Elizabeth (now Gqeberha) in 1876 for the “champion bat.” Competing teams were Cape Town, Grahamstown, King Williams Town, and Port Elizabeth (now Gqeberha). It was won by King Williams Town and the year after that too.

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