2025 SA20

2024–25 SA20
Dates9 January – 8 February 2025
Administrator(s)Cricket South Africa
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Double round-robin and playoffs
Host(s) South Africa
Participants6
Matches34
Official websiteSA20
2024
2026

The 2025 SA20 or SA20 Season 3 (also known as Betway SA20 2025 for sponsorship reasons) will be the third season of the SA20, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league in South Africa.[1] The league will be organised by the Cricket South Africa (CSA), with six teams taking part.[2] The tournament will start from 9 January with the final being played on 8 February 2025.[3] Sunrisers Eastern Cape are the defending champions.[4]

Teams and squads

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The player auction took place on 1 October 2024.[5][6][7]

Durban's Super Giants Joburg Super Kings MI Cape Town Paarl Royals Pretoria Capitals Sunrisers Eastern Cape
Head Coaches
Lance Klusener Stephen Fleming Robin Peterson Trevor Penney Jonathan Trott Adrian Birrell
Captains
Quinton de Kock Faf du Plessis Kieron Pollard David Miller Wayne Parnell Aiden Markram
Players
Home Grounds
Kingsmead Cricket Ground Wanderers Stadium Newlands Cricket Ground Boland Park Centurion Park St George's Park Cricket Ground

Venues

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Cape Town Centurion Durban
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
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

Points table

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR Qualification
1 Durban's Super Giants 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Qualifier 1
2 Joburg Super Kings 0 0 0 0 0
3 MI Cape Town 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Eliminator
4 Paarl Royals 0 0 0 0 0
5 Pretoria Capitals 0 0 0 0 0
6 Sunrisers Eastern Cape 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 9 January 2025. Source: ESPNcricinfo[9]
  • 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.

League stage

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The full fixture list was released on 2 September 2024.[10][11]









Match 9
15 January 2025
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
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Match 15
20 January 2025
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
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Match 21
25 January 2025
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
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Match 23
27 January 2025
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
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Match 27
31 January 2025
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
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Play-offs

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Qualifier 1Qualifier 2Final
4 February 2025 — Gqeberha8 February 2025 — Johannesburg
11st placed teamQ1WWinner of Qualifier 1
22nd placed team6 February 2025 — CenturionQ2WWinner of Qualifier 2
Q1LLoser of Qualifier 1
EliminatorEWWinner of Eliminator
5 February 2025 — Centurion
33rd placed team
44th placed team
Qualifier 1
4 February 2025
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
1st placed team
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2nd placed team

Eliminator
5 February 2025
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
3rd placed team
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4th placed team

Qualifier 2
6 February 2025
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Loser of Qualifier 1
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Winner of Eliminator

Final
8 February 2025
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Winner of Qualifier 1
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Winner of Qualifier 2

References

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  1. ^ "BETWAY SA20 CONFIRM SEASON 3 WINDOW". sa20.co.za. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "SA20 in 2025 will run from January 9 to February 8". ESPN Cricinfo.
  4. ^ "Sunrisers Eastern Cape retain SA20 trophy with big final win". The Business Standard. 11 February 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  5. ^ "GRAEME SMITH WELCOMES WORLD-CLASS TALENT TO BETWAY SA20 SEASON 3". sa20.co.za. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  6. ^ "AUCTION AWAITS AS PLAYER MOVEMENT WINDOW CLOSES". sa20.co.za. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  7. ^ "SA20 2025: What the squads look like ahead of the auction". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
  8. ^ "Stokes, Omarzai join MI Cape Town's star-studded roster for SA20 2025". ESPNcricinfo.
  9. ^ "SA20 2025 - Points Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
  10. ^ "SA20 Final Returns to Wanderers; Season 3 Opener and Qualifier 1 at St George's Park". Supersport. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  11. ^ "SA20: Sunrisers begin title defence at home; Wanderers to host final". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
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