Current season, competition or edition: 2026 SA20 season | |
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| Sport | Cricket |
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| Founded | August 1, 2022 (3 years ago) (2022-08-01) South Africa |
| First season | 2023 |
| Administrator | Cricket South Africa |
| No. of teams | 6 |
| Country | South Africa |
| Headquarters | Johannesburg,South Africa |
| Most recent champions | MI Cape Town (1st title) |
| Most titles | Sunrisers Eastern Cape (2 titles) |
| Broadcasters | South Africa: SuperSport International: See list |
| Official website | sa20 |
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TheSA20, also known as theBetway SA20 for sponsorship reasons, is aTwenty20 franchisecricket tournament inSouth Africa, organised byCricket South Africa (CSA) and first contested during the2023 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.
CricketSouth Africa established the franchiseT20 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 theMzansi Super League, a league featuring sixCSA-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 theCOVID-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 broadcasterSuperSport has a 30% share and formerIndian Premier League (IPL) Chief Operating OfficerSundar Raman, the remaining 20%.[7] All six of the teams were bought by franchises from the IPL.[8] In July 2022, CSA announced that theOne Day International series againstAustralia 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 ofNew 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] In January 2025, Cricket South Africa announced the windows for the competition for 2026, 2027, and 2028.[13][14]
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.[15]
Teams acquire players through an auction as opposed to a draft, making it the third cricket league in the world after theIndian Premier League andInternational 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.[16][17]
Cricket South Africa increased the prize money for theSA20 to a total of $890,000 . The prize money will be split between the teams as follows:[18]
The total prize money in the South Africa T20 League for the year2024 SA20 season, a total prize money of 70 million Rand was awarded.
The trophy for the Betway T20 was unveiled in January 2023. The 24-carat gold and silver-plated trophy was designed and made by British silverware manufacturersThomas Lyte.[19] It features six handles, representing league’s six founding franchises, with the tournament's logo engraved on the front of the trophy.[20]
The six teams are all owned by existingIndian Premier League franchise owners.[21]
| Year | Final | Final venue | Player of the season | ||
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| 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) |
| Team | Seasons won | Seasons runner-up | No. of playoffs played | No. of seasons played |
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| 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 |
| Season | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Team | Appearances | Best result | Statistics | ||||||||
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| 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 |
| Batting records | ||
|---|---|---|
| Most runs | Ryan Rickelton | 1012 |
| Highest score | Kyle Verreynne | 116not out vsMI Cape Town |
| Bowling records | ||
| Most wickets | Marco Jansen | 47 |
| 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) vsPretoria Capitals |
| Lowest total | Pretoria Capitals | 52 (13.3) vsSunrisers Eastern Cape |
As of January 2023[update], Betway SA20 and Sky Sports have a five-year contract to broadcast the T20 cricket league.[22]
| Country | Channels | Year |
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| South Africa | SuperSport | 2023-present |
| Australia | Fox Sports | 2025-present |
| Bangladesh | Styx Sports | 2025-present[23] |
| Nepal | Styx Sports | 2025-present[24] |
| United Kingdom | Sky Sports | 2023-present[25] |
| India | Star Sports (TV),JioHotstar (Internet) | 2023-present[26][27] |
| New Zealand | Willow TV | 2025-present |
| Sri Lanka | ThePapare TV | 2025-present |
| USA | Willow TV | 2025-present |
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