South African T20 league From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
SA20, 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 2022–23 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.
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| Countries | South Africa |
|---|---|
| Administrator | Cricket South Africa |
| Format | Twenty20 |
| First edition | 2023 |
| Latest edition | 2024 |
| Tournament format | Round-robin and playoffs |
| Number of teams | 6 |
| Current champion | Sunrisers Eastern Cape (2nd title) |
| Most runs | Heinrich Klaasen (1,008) |
| Most wickets | Marco Jansen (43) |
| TV | South Africa SuperSport International List of broadcasters |
| Website | www |
 2025 SA20 | |
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]
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]
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.
The six teams are all owned by existing Indian Premier League franchise owners.[17]
| Team | Seasons won | Seasons runner-up | No. of playoffs played |
No. of seasons played |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunrisers Eastern Cape | 2 (2023, 2024) | 2 | 2 | |
| Pretoria Capitals | 1 (2023) | 1 | 2 | |
| Durban's Super Giants | 1 (2024) | 1 | 2 | |
| Joburg Super Kings | 2 | 2 | ||
| Paarl Royals | 2 | 2 | ||
| MI Cape Town | 2 |
| 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 | Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | ||||
| Season (No. of teams) |
2023 (6) |
2024 (6) |
|---|---|---|
| Durban's Super Giants | 5th | RU |
| Joburg Super Kings | SF | PO |
| MI Cape Town | 6th | 6th |
| Paarl Royals | SF | PO |
| Pretoria Capitals | RU | 5th |
| Sunrisers Eastern Cape | C | C |
| Team | Appearances | Best result | Statistics | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | First | Latest | Played | Won | Lost | Tied+W | Tied+L | NR | Win% | ||
| Sunrisers Eastern Cape | 2 | 2023 | 2024 | Champions (2023, 2024) | 24 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 65.21 |
| Pretoria Capitals | 2 | 2023 | 2024 | Runners-up (2023) | 22 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 52.38 |
| Durban's Super Giants | 2 | 2023 | 2024 | Runners-up (2024) | 23 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 54.54 |
| Joburg Super Kings | 2 | 2023 | 2024 | Qualifier 2 (2024) | 22 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.00 |
| MI Cape Town | 2 | 2023 | 2024 | Group Stage (2023, 2024) | 21 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Paarl Royals | 2 | 2023 | 2024 | Eliminator (2024) | 22 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 42.85 |
| Batting Records | ||
|---|---|---|
| Most runs | Heinrich Klaasen | 810 |
| Highest average | Tom Abell | 54.33 |
| Highest score | Kyle Verreynne | 116* vs MI Cape Town (1 February 2024) |
| Most sixes | Heinrich Klaasen | 54 |
| Bowling Records | ||
| Most wickets | Ottniel Baartman | 30 |
| Best strike rate | Colin Ackermann | 6.00 |
| Best economy rate | Rilee Rossouw | 3.00 |
| Fielding | ||
| Most dismissals (wicket-keeper) | Jos Buttler | 19 |
| Most catches (fielder) | Will Jacks | 14 |
| Team Records | ||
| Highest total | Durban's Super Giants | 254–4 (20) vs Pretoria Capitals (5 February 2023) |
| Lowest total | Pretoria Capitals | 52 (13.3) vs Sunrisers Eastern Cape (22 January 2024) |
Last updated on 6 May 2024
As of January 2023[update], Betway SA20 and Sky Sports have a five-year contract to broadcast the T20 cricket league.[18]
| Country | Channels | Year |
|---|---|---|
 South Africa |
SuperSport | 2023-27 |
 Australia |
Fox Sports | 2025 |
 Bangladesh |
Styx Sports | 2025[19] |
 Nepal |
2025[20] | |
 England |
Sky Sports | 2023-27 [21] |
 India |
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 |
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