2021–22 CSA 4-Day Series

The 2021–22 CSA 4-Day Series is a first-class cricket competition that is taking place in South Africa from October 2021 to March 2022.[1][2] It is the first edition of the post-franchise era, and the first edition to return to a two-division league format. Domestic cricketing reforms were introduced in 2020 that discontinued the six franchise team format, and announced a return to the more traditional provincial based system. Fifteen teams, split over the two divisions, now compete in the 4-Day Series.

In Division 1, five of the six previous teams have opted to retain their franchise brand, with only the former Cape Cobras reverting to their traditional Western Province name. Two new teams have been included in the Division: Boland and North West. Matches featuring either Limpopo or Mpumalanga, both in Division 2, do not have first-class status.[3] Dolphins are the defending champions.[4]

In November 2021, in the Division 2 match between South Western Districts and Easterns, Sean Whitehead took all ten wickets in the second innings for South Western Districts,[5] recording the second-best figures in a domestic first-class match in South Africa.[6][7] Following positive tests for COVID-19, all of the Division 2 matches scheduled to start on 2 December 2021 were postponed.[8]