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SA20: Date, teams, history & more

The SA20, South Africa's domestic Twenty20 cricket tournament, returns for its third edition in 2025.

Six city-based franchises will be competing for the title, which was won by Sunrisers Eastern Cape in 2024.

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SA20 dates

The SA20 starts on 9th January 2025 and the final league stage fixture is due to take place on 2nd February.

This season's play-off matches are scheduled for 4th, 5th and 6th February and the SA20 final will be held in Johannesburg on Saturday 8th February. 

SA20 times

Most SA20 matches, including every play-off fixture and the final, will start at 15:30 UK time. Some league stage games begin at 11:00 or 13:30.

SA20 teams

The SA20 features six teams and each franchise is based in a different South African city.

Defending champions Sunrisers Eastern Cape play their home matches in Gqeberha, while the other five teams are Durban's Super Giants, Joburg Super Kings, MI Cape Town, Paarl Royals and Pretoria Capitals, who are based in Centurion.

SA20 venues

The SA20 is staged at some iconic venues as MI Cape Town are based at Newlands and Joburg Super Kings have their home at the Wanderers in Johannesburg.

Durban's Super Giants play at Kingsmead, Sunrisers Eastern Cape at St George's Park Cricket Ground in Gqeberha, Paarl Royals at Boland Park and Pretoria Capitals at Centurion Park.

February's SA20 final will be held at the Wanderers, which also hosted the finals of the 2003 Cricket World Cup, the 2007 T20 World Cup and the 2009 Indian Premier League.

SA20 how to watch, TV channel and live stream

The SA20 will be available to watch on bet365's Sports Live Streaming platform, which offers live coverage of every match.

The tournament is also being broadcast on Sky Sports Cricket and Sky Sports Main Event in the UK.

SA20 format

The SA20 league stage sees each franchise play 10 fixtures, facing the other five teams at home and away.

The top two in the table advance to the play-off Qualifier 1, while the teams finishing third and fourth in the league face off in an Eliminator.

The winners of Qualifier 1 go straight into the final and the losers take on the winners of the Eliminator in a semi-final.

SA20 history

The inaugural season of the SA20 took place in 2023 after Cricket South Africa revamped their domestic T20 competition in an attempt to emulate the success of the Indian Premier League, Australia's Big Bash and the T20 Blast in England.

The six SA20 franchises are all run by IPL team owners and Sunrisers Eastern Cape became the inaugural champions when they beat Pretoria Capitals in the 2023 final.

The Capitals had finished top of the table, winning seven of their 10 league fixtures, but they were beaten by four wickets in a low-scoring showdown at the Wanderers.

Sunrisers successfully defended their title in 2024, topping the league standings before thrashing Durban's Super Giants by 89 runs in the final.

South Africa youngsters Tristan Stubbs (56 not out) and Marco Jansen (5-30) were the Sunrisers' heroes at Newlands, although Ryan Rickelton of MI Cape Town was the leading batter in 2024, scoring 530 runs in 10 innings.

SA20 odds

MI Cape Town and Pretoria Capitals are the outright favourites at 7/2, with Durban's Super Giants 4/1, Joburg Super Kings 9/2, Sunrisers East Cape 9/2 and Paarl Royals 7/1.

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