Northern Cape frontrunners for 2023-24 promotion, could replace Knights

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The Northern Cape Heat and KwaZulu-Natal Inland Tuskers are the frontrunners for promotion to division one at the end of South Africa’s 2022-23 domestic season, for the 2023-24 campaign.

Northern Cape won division two of the 2021-22 4-Day Domestic Series. Northern Cape were allocated 15 points for the title in Cricket South Africa’s promotion-relegation standings. They gained another 10 points for finishing second in division two of the 2021-22 One Day Cup.

KwaZulu-Natal Inland won the 2021-22 One Day Cup. They finished division two of the 2021-22 4-Day Domestic Series in third position. KwaZulu-Natal Inland were allocated a total of 22 points to Northern Cape’s 25.

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“We are pleased to release the log standings at the conclusion of the 2021-2022 domestic season – the first of the new provincial system,” read a brief statement from Cricket South Africa.

Please be reminded that the promotion-relegation points are calculated over a two-year period, with this being year one.

“The team finishing last in division one will be relegated.

“The team finishing first in division two will be promoted.”

What Northern Cape coach Mark Charlton said

“It’s fantastic to finish in top position in the 2021-22 season and we are all very proud of the achievements. However, we are aware of the massive task ahead next season. The quality of cricket played by all the sides was impressive and we are expecting more of the same,” said Charlton.

What Northern Cape cricket services manager Shaheed Alexander said

“We, at Northern Cape Cricket, are very delighted in the performances of our team during this past season in both the four-day and one-day competitions,” added Alexander.

Credit must go to coach Mark, his support team and the Heat team for all the hard work they put in during this past season. Presently, the Heat have started planning for next season and will have a short break followed by a strength and conditioning period.

“We are extremely proud of the Heat team and are very confident that our team will achieve similar results next season.”

Knights struggling to stay in division one

The Free State’s Knights are currently at the bottom of CSA’s promotion-relegation standings for division one.

They collected just four points – one from the 4-Day Domestic Series, one from the One Day Cup and zero from the T20 Challenge.

North West (Dragons) and KwaZulu-Natal Coastal (Dolphins) are currently share second-last position with 10 points each.

CSA promotion-relegation standings

Division one points

  1. Titans | 35
  2. Lions | 23
  3. Boland | 19
  4. Warriors | 14
  5. Western Province | 14
  6. Dolphins | 10
  7. North West | 10
  8. Knights | 4

Division two points

  1. Northern Cape | 25
  2. KwaZulu-Natal Inland | 22
  3. South Western Districts | 17
  4. Border | 8
  5. Mpumalanga | 8
  6. Limpopo | 1
  7. Easterns | 1

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