SA20
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| Countries | South Africa |
|---|---|
| Administrator | Cricket South Africa |
| Format | Twenty20 |
| First edition | 2023 |
| Latest edition | 2025 |
| Next edition | 2026 |
| Tournament format | Round-robin and playoffs |
| Number of teams | 6 |
| Current champion | MI Cape Town (1st title) |
| Most successful | Sunrisers Eastern Cape (2 titles) |
| Most runs | Ryan Rickelton (1,012) |
| Most wickets | Marco Jansen (47) |
| TV | South Africa SuperSport International List of broadcasters |
| Website | www |
| Seasons |
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The SA20, also known as the Betway SA20 for sponsorship reasons, is a Twenty20 franchise cricket tournament in South Africa, organised by Cricket South Africa (CSA) and first contested during the 2023 season.[1][2] It is contested by six teams based in cities around the country.[3] [4] Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the first two editions of the tournament.
History
[edit]Cricket South Africa established the franchise T20 Global League in 2017. The inaugural season was deferred by a year due to the lack of a broadcast deal and title sponsor and in June 2018 was replaced by the Mzansi Super League, a league featuring six CSA-owned teams.[5] Both the leagues became unsuccessful.[6] The MSL ran for only two seasons, the 2020 and 2021 editions being cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
SA20 was established by CSA in 2022 through a newly formed entity, Africa Cricket Development (Pty) Limited (ACD). CSA is the majority stakeholder in ACD with a 50% share, while broadcaster SuperSport has a 30% share and former Indian Premier League (IPL) Chief Operating Officer Sundar Raman, the remaining 20%.[7] All six of the teams were bought by franchises from the IPL.[8] In July 2022, CSA announced that the One Day International series against Australia due to be played in January 2023 would be cancelled in order for SA20 to go ahead.[9]
In August 2022, Graeme Smith was announced as the commissioner for the tournament.[10] Later in the month, the marquee players for the first season were announced.[3]
In December 2023 Cricket South Africa announced that it would send a makeshift Test team, comprising players with little or no Test cricket experience, to its scheduled two-Test tour of New Zealand in February 2024, to allow its best players to remain in South Africa to compete in the SA20. The decision was widely criticised.[11] [12]
Organisation
[edit]The six teams play each other twice in the group stages of the competition before the top four sides move to the semi-final stages.[13]
Teams acquire players through an auction as opposed to a draft, making it the third cricket league in the world after the Indian Premier League and International League T20 to do so. Each team purchases a squad of 17 players, with the opportunity of signing up to five players prior to the auction: three international players; one South African international player; and one uncapped South African player.[14][15]
Prize money
[edit]Cricket South Africa increased the prize money for the SA20 to a total of $890,000 . The prize money will be split between the teams as follows:[16]
The total prize money in the South Africa T20 League for the year 2024 SA20 season, a total prize money of 70 million Rand was awarded.
Teams
[edit]The six teams are all owned by existing Indian Premier League franchise owners.[17]
Tournament season and results
[edit]Finals
[edit]| Year | Final | Final venue | Player of the season | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Result | Runner-up | |||
| 2023 | Sunrisers Eastern Cape 137/6 (16.2 overs) |
Sunrisers Eastern Cape won by 4 wickets Scorecard |
Pretoria Capitals 135 (19.3 overs) |
Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | Aiden Markram (SEC) |
| 2024 | Sunrisers Eastern Cape 204/3 (20 overs) |
Sunrisers Eastern Cape won by 89 runs Scorecard |
Durban's Super Giants 115 (17 overs) |
Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town | Heinrich Klaasen (DSG) |
| 2025 | MI Cape Town 181/8 (20 overs) |
MI Cape Town won by 76 runs Scorecard |
Sunrisers Eastern Cape 105 (18.4 overs) |
Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | Marco Jansen (SEC) |
| 2026 | |||||
| 2027 | |||||
| 2028 | |||||
Number of titles
[edit]| Team | Seasons won | Seasons runner-up | No. of playoffs played |
No. of seasons played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunrisers Eastern Cape | 2 (2023, 2024) | 1 (2025) | 3 | 3 |
| MI Cape Town | 1 (2025) | 1 | 3 | |
| Pretoria Capitals | 1 (2023) | 1 | 3 | |
| Durban's Super Giants | 1 (2024) | 1 | 3 | |
| Joburg Super Kings | 3 | 3 | ||
| Paarl Royals | 3 | 3 |
Teams' performances
[edit]| Season (No. of teams) |
2023 (6) |
2024 (6) |
2025 (6) |
2026 (6) |
2027 (6) |
2028 (6) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durban's Super Giants | 5th | RU | 6th | |||
| Joburg Super Kings | SF | 3rd | 4th | |||
| MI Cape Town | 6th | 6th | C | |||
| Paarl Royals | SF | 4th | 3rd | |||
| Pretoria Capitals | RU | 5th | 5th | |||
| Sunrisers Eastern Cape | C | C | RU |
- C: champions
- RU: runner-up
- 3rd: team won the 3rd place playoff. A third-place playoff only took place in 2024
- 4th: team lost the 3rd place playoff
- SF or PO: team qualified for the semi-final or playoff stage of the competition
Position of teams in SA20
[edit]| Year | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | PC (R) | JSK | SEC (C) | PR | DSG | MICT |
| 2024 | SEC (C) | DSG (R) | PR | JSK | PC | MICT |
| 2025 | MICT (C) | PR | SEC (R) | JSK | PC | DSG |
| 2026 | ||||||
| 2027 | ||||||
| 2028 |
- indicates qualified for playoffs
- (C) = Eventual champion; (R) = Runner-up.
All time standings
[edit]| Team | Appearances | Best result | Statistics | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | First | Latest | Played | Won | Lost | Tied+W | Tied+L | NR | Win% | ||
| Sunrisers Eastern Cape | 3 | 2023 | 2025 | Champions (2023, 2024) | 36 | 22 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 62.85 |
| MI Cape Town | 3 | 2023 | 2025 | Champions (2025) | 32 | 15 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48.38 |
| Durban's Super Giants | 3 | 2023 | 2025 | Runners-up (2024) | 33 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 46.66 |
| Pretoria Capitals | 3 | 2023 | 2025 | Runners-up (2023) | 32 | 13 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 44.82 |
| Joburg Super Kings | 3 | 2023 | 2025 | Qualifier 2 (2024) | 33 | 14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 46.66 |
| Paarl Royals | 3 | 2023 | 2025 | Eliminator (2024) | 34 | 16 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 48.48 |
Records and statistics
[edit]| Batting Records | ||
|---|---|---|
| Most runs | Ryan Rickelton | 1012 |
| Highest average | Joe Root | 55.80 |
| Highest score | Kyle Verreynne | 116* vs MI Cape Town |
| Most sixes | Heinrich Klaasen | 66 |
| Bowling Records | ||
| Most wickets | Marco Jansen | 47 |
| Best strike rate (min 20 overs) | Colin Ackermann | 9.94 |
| Best economy rate (min 20 overs) | Roelof van der Merwe | 5.61 |
| Fielding | ||
| Most dismissals (wicket-keeper) | Tristan Stubbs | 28 |
| Most catches (fielder) | David Miller Marco Jansen Aiden Markram |
18 |
| Team Records | ||
| Highest total | Durban's Super Giants | 254–4 (20) vs Pretoria Capitals |
| Lowest total | Pretoria Capitals | 52 (13.3) vs Sunrisers Eastern Cape |
Last updated on 8 February 2025
Broadcasting
[edit]As of January 2023[update], Betway SA20 and Sky Sports have a five-year contract to broadcast the T20 cricket league.[18]
List of Broadcasters
[edit]| Country | Channels | Year |
|---|---|---|
 South Africa
|
SuperSport | 2023-27 |
 Australia
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Fox Sports | 2025 |
 Bangladesh
|
Styx Sports | 2025[19] |
 Nepal
|
2025[20] | |
 England
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Sky Sports | 2023-27 [21] |
 India
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Star Sports (TV), Sports18 (TV) | 2023-33[22][23] |
| Disney+ Hotstar (Internet) | ||
 New Zealand
|
Willow TV | 2025 |
 Sri Lanka
|
ThePapare TV | 2025 |
 USA
|
Willow TV | 2025 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Cricket South Africa announces new six-team franchise-based T20 competition". ESPN Cricinfo.
- ^ "T20 COMES HOME AS CSA AND SUPERSPORT ANNOUNCE GRAND NEW EVENT". Cricket South Africa.
- ^ a b "CSA T20 League 2023: List of players signed up for the first edition". Wisden. 12 August 2022.
- ^ "CSA T20 league to be called 'SA20'; player auction to be held on September 19". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ "Haroon Lorgat calls for independent inquiry into 'collapsed' T20 Global League". Hindustan Times. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ "The SA20 player auction: all you need to know". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ "CSA confident of seeing off legal challenge to new T20 league". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ "CSK, Mumbai Indians interested in buying franchises in South Africa's new T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. 13 August 2022.
- ^ "South Africa's men's cricket team withdraws from three-match ODI series against Australia in January". ABC News. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- ^ "Graeme Smith Named as Commissioner for CSA's New T20 league". Times of Sports. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
- ^ "A South Africa Test squad with just seven capped players". ESPN cricinfo. 30 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ "South African cricket's Faustian pact keeps the lights on, but at a price". The Guardian. 30 August 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ "SA20 2022/23 Table, Matches, win, loss, points for SA20". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- ^ "Cricket South Africa | GLOBAL CRICKET SUPERSTAR LINED UP FOR SOUTH AFRICA T20 LEAGUE". Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ "CSA T20 league: Livingstone and Buttler in top salary bracket as England, SA players hit paydirt". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
- ^ Sagar, Singh (11 February 2024). "SA20 2024 Winner Prize Money, Complete List of Award-Winners, Top Records & Stats All You Need To Know". CricTracker. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ "IPL franchise owners buy all six teams in South Africa's new T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo.
- ^ "Sky Sports to broadcast SA20". Super Sports. 9 January 2023.
- ^ "WHERE TO WATCH BETWAY SA20 SEASON 3". sa20.co.za. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- ^ "SWHERE TO WATCH BETWAY SA20 SEASON 3". sa20.co.za. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
- ^ "Sky Sports announces new rights deal with the SA20 cricket league". Skygroup. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ^ "SA20 strikes landmark broadcast deal for Indian market". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ "Dinesh Karthik set to become first Indian to play in SA20: Live Streaming Info, when and where to watch". SPORTSTAR. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
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