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HISTORY The tournament has been played since The 1982–83 Season when five teams competed in the ''Benson and Hedges Series''. The tournament gradually expanded, with eleven teams taking part from 1994–95 onwards, as more and more teams were promoted from the B groups of South African cricket. Two seasons later, it was renamed the ''Standard Bank League'', and then the ''Standard Bank Cup'', but the same teams competed, until Namibia were admitted in 2002–03 . The following season was the last with regional teams - in 2004–05 the United Cricket Board Of South Africa reorganised the competition, with six franchise teams playing each other home and away. This system has remained, though the tournament is now known as ''MTN Domestic Competition'' CURRENT STRUCTURE The six teams taking part are:
They play each other twice home and away, with 10 matchdays between the end of November and the beginning of January. The top four teams progress to the semi-finals, with the winners of the semi-finals going through to the final. Points system:
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