SA20

SA20 is a Twenty20 franchise cricket tournament in South Africa, organised by Cricket South Africa (CSA) and first contested in 2023.[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.

For other uses, see SA-20 (disambiguation).
SA20
CountriesSouth Africa
AdministratorCricket South Africa
FormatTwenty20
First edition2022–23
Latest edition2022–23
Next edition2024
Tournament formatRound-robin and playoffs
Number of teams6
Current championSunrisers Eastern Cape
(1st title)
Most successfulSunrisers Eastern Cape
(1 title)
Most runsJos Buttler (391)
Most wicketsRoelof van der Merwe (20)
Websitesa20.co.za

History

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]

Organisation

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.[11]

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.[12][13]

Teams

The six teams are all owned by existing Indian Premier League franchise owners.[14]

Location of SA20 teams
Team City Home ground Owner Captain Head coach
Durban's Super Giants Durban, Kwazulu-Natal Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban RPSG Group Quinton De Kock Lance Klusener[15]
Joburg Super Kings Johannesburg, Gauteng Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg India Cements Faf du Plessis Stephen Fleming[16]
MI Cape Town Cape Town, Western Cape Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Indiawin Sports Rashid Khan Robin Peterson[17]
Paarl Royals Paarl, Western Cape Boland Park, Paarl Royals Sports Group David Miller JP Duminy[18]
Pretoria Capitals Pretoria, Gauteng Centurion Park, Centurion JSW Group Wayne Parnell Graham Ford[19]
Sunrisers Eastern Cape Gqeberha, Eastern Cape St George's Park Cricket Ground, Gqeberha SUN Group Aiden Markram Adrian Birrell[20]

Tournament season and results
SA20 season winner
Season Final No. of teams Player of the series
Venue Winners Result Runners-up
2022–23 Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Sunrisers Eastern Cape
137/6 (16.2 overs)		 Sunrisers Eastern Cape won by 4 wickets
Scorecard		 Pretoria Capitals
135 (19.3 overs)		 6 Aiden Markram
(Sunrisers Eastern Cape)

Teams' performances
Season 2023
Durban's Super Giants 6th
Joburg Super Kings SF
MI Cape Town 5th
Paarl Royals SF
Pretoria Capitals RU
Sunrisers Eastern Cape C
  •   C: champions
  •   RU: runner-up
  •   SF or PO: team qualified for the semi-final stage of the competition

Records and statistics

Last updated on 30 January 2023

Broadcasting

SuperSport, Sky Sports and the Sports18 network broadcast the tournament in South Africa, the United Kingdom and India respectively.

As of January 2023, Betway SA20 and Sky Sports have a five-year contract to broadcast the T20 cricket league.[21]

List of broadcasters
Territory Rights holder(s) Digital rights
 South Africa SuperSports
 India Sports18
Sports18 Khel		 Jio Cinema
 United Kingdom Sky Sports Cricket,
 Australia Foxtel TV Kayo Sports
 United States
Willow TV
Willow TV Xtra		 ESPN+
 Canada Willow TV
Caribbean Islands ESPN
 New Zealand Sky Sports
Sky Sports 3
 Pakistan A Sports
PTV Sports

References
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  2. "T20 COMES HOME AS CSA AND SUPERSPORT ANNOUNCE GRAND NEW EVENT". Cricket South Africa.
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  4. "CSA T20 league to be called 'SA20'; player auction to be held on September 19". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
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  9. "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.
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  12. "Cricket South Africa | GLOBAL CRICKET SUPERSTAR LINED UP FOR SOUTH AFRICA T20 LEAGUE". Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  13. "CSA T20 league: Livingstone and Buttler in top salary bracket as England, SA players hit paydirt". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  14. "IPL franchise owners buy all six teams in South Africa's new T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo.
  15. Taylor, Compiled by Craig. "Klusener set for head coach role at Durban franchise in Cricket SA's new T20 league". Sport. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  16. "Faf du Plessis appointed captain of Johannesburg Super Kings in SA20 league; Stephen Fleming named head coach". TimesNow. September 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  17. "MI Cape Town appoint Robin Peterson as head coach and Lasith Malinga as bowling coach". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  18. Sportstar, Team (15 September 2022). "SA20: JP Duminy named head coach of Paarl Royals". sportstar.thehindu.com. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  19. "Former Ireland cricket boss Graham Ford named Pretoria Capitals head coach". The Irish Times. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  20. "Birrell, Steyn to coach Sunrisers Eastern Cape". HeraldLIVE. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  21. "Sky Sports to broadcast SA20". Super Sports. 9 January 2023.
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