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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.
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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] In January 2025, Cricket South Africa announced the windows for the competition for 2026, 2027, and 2028.[13][14]
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Organisation
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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 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.[16][17]
Prize money
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:[18]
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.
Trophy
The trophy for the Betway T20 was unveiled days before the start of the inaugural tournament in January 2023. The 24-carat gold and silver-plated trophy was designed and made by British silverware manufacturers and Royal Warrant holders to His Majesty the King, Thomas Lyte. [19]
The trophy was hand-crafted over 300 hours and features six handles, each of which represents the league’s six founding franchises. The tournament's logo is engraved on the front of the trophy.[20]
“The Betway SA20 trophy is the most coveted prize in South African sport, we wanted to create a masterpiece to fit the profile,” said Graeme Smith, Betway SA20 League Commissioner at the trophy's launch.[21]
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Teams
The six teams are all owned by existing Indian Premier League franchise owners.[22]
Tournament season and results
Finals
Number of titles
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Team performances
- 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
- indicates qualified for playoffs
- (C) = Eventual champion; (R) = Runner-up.
All time standings
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Records and statistics
- As of 8 February 2025
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Broadcasting
As of January 2023[update], Betway SA20 and Sky Sports have a five-year contract to broadcast the T20 cricket league.[23]
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