the sixteen participating teams were split into four pools of four, with the teams from each pool playing all of their matches at one ground across a single weekend. benoni, potchefstroom, kimberley, and bloemfontein hosted matches, as other venues were unavailable at that point in the season. northerns defeated kwazulu-natal inland in the final, which was held at bloemfontein's mangaung oval. the tournament's leading runscorer was kzn inland's vaughn van jaarsveld, while four players shared the leading wicket taker title.