2025 SA20
 | This article documents a current SA20. Information may change rapidly as the event progresses. Initial news reports, scores, or statistics may be unreliable. The last updates to this article may not reflect the most current information. (January 2025) |
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| Dates | 9 January – 8 February 2025 |
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| Administrator(s) | Cricket South Africa |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin and playoffs |
| Host(s) | South Africa |
| Participants | 6 |
| Matches | 34 |
| Official website | SA20 |
The 2025 SA20 or SA20 Season 3 (also known as Betway SA20 2025 for sponsorship reasons) is the third season of the SA20, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league in South Africa.[1] The competition, which is organized by Cricket South Africa, featuers six teams.[2] The tournament begun on 9 January, with the final scheduled for 8 February 2025.[3]
Sunrisers Eastern Cape are the defending champions with 2 titles to their name.[4]
Background
[edit]On June 2024, it was announced that SA20 would return for a third season in 2025.[5]
The 2025 season will clash with the Big Bash League, Super Smash, Bangladesh Premier League and ILT20. The league is sponsored by Betway.
Squads
[edit]The player auction took place on 1 October 2024.[6][7][8]
| Durban's Super Giants | Joburg Super Kings | MI Cape Town | Paarl Royals | Pretoria Capitals | Sunrisers Eastern Cape |
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- Source: CricInfo[9]
Venues
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| Cape Town | Centurion | Durban |
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| MI Cape Town | Pretoria Capitals | Durban's Super Giants |
| Newlands Cricket Ground | Centurion Park | Kingsmead Cricket Ground |
| Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 22,000 | Capacity: 25,000 |
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| Gqeberha | Johannesburg | Paarl |
| Sunrisers Eastern Cape | Joburg Super Kings | Paarl Royals |
| St George's Park Cricket Ground | Wanderers Stadium | Boland Park |
| Capacity: 19,000 | Capacity: 34,000 | Capacity: 10,000 |
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Teams and standings
[edit]Points table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | MI Cape Town | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1.630 | Advance to Qualifier 1 |
| 2 | Joburg Super Kings | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.079 | |
| 3 | Paarl Royals | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | −0.197 | Advance to Eliminator |
| 4 | Pretoria Capitals | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0.894 | |
| 5 | Durban's Super Giants | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | −0.650 | |
| 6 | Sunrisers Eastern Cape | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −2.423 |
Updated to match(es) played on 15 January 2025. Source: ESPNcricinfo[10]
- Points – Win 4, No Result 2. One additional point is awarded for a win when the run rate difference is 1.25 greater than the opposing side's.
Win-loss table
[edit]Below is a summary of results for each team's ten regular season matches, plus finals where applicable, in chronological order. A team's opponent for any given match is listed above the margin of victory/defeat.
| Team | Group matches | Play-offs | Pos. | ||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Q1 | E | Q2 | F | ||
Durban's Super Giants (DSG)
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PC 2 runs |
PC N/R |
JSK 28 runs |
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Joburg Super Kings (JSK)
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MICT 6 runs (DLS) |
DSG 28 runs |
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MI Cape Town (MICT)
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SEC 97 runs |
JSK 6 runs (DLS) |
PR 33 runs |
PR 6 wickets |
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Paarl Royals (PR)
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SEC 9 wickets |
MICT 33 runs |
MICT 6 wickets |
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Pretoria Capitals (PC)
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DSG 2 runs |
DSG N/R |
SEC 6 wickets |
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Sunrisers Eastern Cape (SEC)
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MICT 97 runs |
PR 9 wickets |
PC 6 wickets |
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| Team's results→ | Won | Lost | Tied | N/R |
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Match summary
[edit]| Visitor team → | DSG | JSK | MICT | PR | PC | SEC |
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| Home team ↓ | ||||||
| Durban's Super Giants | Johannesburg 28 runs | Match 16 | Match 18 | Durban 2 runs | Match 11 | |
| Joburg Super Kings | Match 29 | Johannesburg 6 runs (D/L) | Match 26 | Match 10 | Match 22 | |
| MI Cape Town | Match 20 | Match 13 | Cape Town 33 runs | Match 30 | Match 25 | |
| Paarl Royals | Match 23 | Match 15 | Paarl 6 wickets | Match 21 | Paarl 9 wickets | |
| Pretoria Capitals | Match abandoned | Match 24 | Match 27 | Match 12 | Pretoria 6 wickets | |
| Sunrisers Eastern Cape | Match 14 | Match 19 | Cape Town 97 runs | Match 28 | Match 17 |
| Home team won | Visitor team won |
- Note: Results listed are according to the home (horizontal) and visitor (vertical) teams.
- Note: Click on a result to see a summary of the match.
League stage
[edit]The full fixture list was released on 2 September 2024.[11][12]
MI Cape Town
174/7 (20 overs) |
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Sunrisers Eastern Cape
77 (15 overs) |
- Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the toss and elected to field.
- MI Cape Town were awarded a bonus point for a win with a run rate difference greater than 1.25.
Durban's Super Giants
209/4 (20 overs) |
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Pretoria Capitals
207/6 (20 overs) |
- Durban's Super Giants won the toss and elected to bat.
Sunrisers Eastern Cape
175/5 (20 overs) |
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Paarl Royals
176/1 (18.4 overs) |
- Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the toss and elected to bat.
MI Cape Town
140/6 (20 overs) |
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Joburg Super Kings
82/3 (11.3 overs) |
- Joburg Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain prevented any further play.
- Joburg Super Kings were 6 runs ahead of the DLS par score of 77 runs.
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- Durban's Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible due to rain.
MI Cape Town
172/7 (20 overs) |
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Paarl Royals
139/9 (20 overs) |
- MI Cape Town won the toss and elected to bat.
Sunrisers Eastern Cape
113 (19.4 overs) |
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Pretoria Capitals
115/4 (16 overs) |
- Pretoria Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
- Pretoria Capitals were awarded a bonus point for a win with a run rate difference less than 1.25.
Joburg Super Kings
169/7 (20 overs) |
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Durban's Super Giants
141 (18 overs) |
- Joburg Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
MI Cape Town
158/4 (20 overs) |
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Paarl Royals
159/4 (19 overs) |
- Paarl Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Play-offs
[edit]| Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 2 | The Final | |||||||||||
| 4 February 2025 — Gqeberha | 8 February 2025 — Johannesburg | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 1st placed team | Q1W | Winner of Qualifier 1 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 2nd placed team | 6 February 2025 — Centurion | Q2W | Winner of Qualifier 2 | |||||||||
| Q1L | Loser of Qualifier 1 | ||||||||||||
| Eliminator | EW | Winner of Eliminator | |||||||||||
| 5 February 2025 — Centurion | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 3rd placed team | ||||||||||||
| 4 | 4th placed team | ||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "BETWAY SA20 CONFIRM SEASON 3 WINDOW". sa20.co.za. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- ^ "SA20 League's 3rd season to kick-off from Jan 9, 2025, set to clash with ILT20 League". India Today. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "SA20 in 2025 will run from January 9 to February 8". ESPN Cricinfo.
- ^ "Sunrisers Eastern Cape retain SA20 trophy with big final win". The Business Standard. 11 February 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "ILT20 2025 to start and end in Dubai amid clash with SA20, BBL and BPL". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
- ^ "GRAEME SMITH WELCOMES WORLD-CLASS TALENT TO BETWAY SA20 SEASON 3". sa20.co.za. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "AUCTION AWAITS AS PLAYER MOVEMENT WINDOW CLOSES". sa20.co.za. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ "SA20 2025: What the squads look like ahead of the auction". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ "Stokes, Omarzai join MI Cape Town's star-studded roster for SA20 2025". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "SA20 2025 - Points Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
- ^ "SA20 Final Returns to Wanderers; Season 3 Opener and Qualifier 1 at St George's Park". Supersport. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ "SA20: Sunrisers begin title defence at home; Wanderers to host final". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
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