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 was known as MTN Domestic Competition until the 2010-11 season and the 1 Day Cup for the 2011-12 season.
In the 2007-08 season, Zimbabwe took part in the competition as a seventh side, playing both home and away fixtures.
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