Countries | South Africa |
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Administrator | Cricket South Africa |
Format | Twenty20 |
First edition | 2022–23 |
Latest edition | 2023–24 |
Next edition | 2024-25 |
Tournament format | Round-robin and playoffs |
Number of teams | 6 |
Current champion | Sunrisers Eastern Cape (2nd title) |
Most successful | Sunrisers Eastern Cape (2 titles) |
Most runs | Heinrich Klaasen (810) |
Most wickets | Ottniel Baartman (30) |
TV |
SuperSport (South Africa) Sports18 (India) Sky Sports (England) Jio Cinema (India) (internet) Fox Sports (Australia) Willow TV(USA) |
Website |
thesat20 |
2023–24 SA20 |
Seasons |
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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] The first winners of the tournament were Sunrisers Eastern Cape.
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 second cricket league in the world after the Indian Premier League 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]
The six teams are all owned by existing Indian Premier League franchise owners. [16]
Team | Title(s) | Runner-up | Seasons won | Seasons runner-up | No. of seasons played |
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Sunrisers Eastern Cape | 2 | – | 2022-23, 2023-24 | – | 2 |
Pretoria Capitals | – | 1 | – | 2022-23 | |
Durban's Super Giants | 2023-24 | ||||
Joburg Super Kings | – | – | |||
Paarl Royals | |||||
MI Cape Town |
Season | Winner | Winning margin | Runner-up | Final venue | Player of the season |
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2022–23 |
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) |
2023–24 |
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) |
Season | 2023 | 2024 |
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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 |
South Africa | ||
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Cape Town | Durban | Johannesburg |
Newlands Cricket Ground | Kingsmead Cricket Ground | Wanderers Stadium |
Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 34,000 |
Paarl | Centurion | Gqeberha |
Boland Park | Centurion Park | St George's Park Cricket Ground |
Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 22,000 | Capacity: 19,000 |
SuperSport, Sky Sports and the Sports18 network broadcast the tournament in South Africa, the United Kingdom and India respectively.
As of January 2023 [update], Betway SA20 and Sky Sports have a five-year contract to broadcast the T20 cricket league. [17]