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SA 20
CountriesSouth Africa
AdministratorCricket South Africa
FormatTwenty20
First edition2022–23
Tournament formatRound-robin and playoffs
Number of teams6
Current championSunrisers Eastern Cape
Most successfulSunrisers Eastern Cape (1st title)
Most runsJos Buttler (Paarl Royals) (391)
Most wicketsRoelof van der Merwe (Sunrisers Eastern Cape) (20)
Websitesa20.co.za
2022–23
Seasons

SA 20 is a Twenty20 franchise cricket tournament in South Africa, organised by Cricket South Africa.[1][2] It is contested by six teams based in South African cities.[3] [4] Graeme Smith is the commissioner of this championship.[5]

History

Cricket South Africa (CSA) 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.[6] Both the leagues became unsuccessful.[7] 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%.[8] All six of the teams were bought by franchises from the IPL.[9] 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.[10]

In August 2022, Graeme Smith was announced as the commissioner for the tournament.[5] Later in the month, the marquee players for the first season were announced.[3]

Organisation

The six teams will play each other twice in the group stages of the competition before the top four sides move to the semi-final stages. Four points are awarded for a win; two for a no result; zero (0) for a loss. Additionally, one bonus point will be awarded for a win with run rate difference of 1.25 times.[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 following teams and their owners were announced as taking part in the tournament:[14]

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Location of SA20 teams
Team City Home ground Owner Captain Head coach
Durban's Super Giants Durban Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban RPSG Group Quinton De Kock Lance Klusener[15]
Joburg Super Kings Johannesburg Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg India Cements Faf du Plessis Stephen Fleming[16]
MI Cape Town Cape Town, Western Cape Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Reliance Strategic Business Ventures Limited Rashid Khan Simon Katich[17]
Paarl Royals Paarl Boland Park, Paarl Royals Sports Group David Miller JP Duminy[18]
Pretoria Capitals Pretoria 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]

Controversy

In July 2022, Hermis Sports Ventures Limited, the owners of Pretoria Mavericks from the now defunct Global T20 League, wrote to CSA asking for a "reasonable opportunity," to submit an application to acquire a franchise in the new tournament, failing which they would consider applying to the courts to issue an interdict to stop the games from going ahead, based on the then CSA CEO Thabang Moroe's assurance that if in the future CSA starts a T20 league, the GLT20 franchise owners will be entitled to ownership of the teams in the new league. However, CSA is confident of seeing off the legal challenge.[21]

Broadcasters

In South Africa Super sports and in India Viacom 18's Sports 18 channel and Jio cinema app airing it.[22]

References

  1. ^ "Cricket South Africa announces new six-team franchise-based T20 competition". ESPN Cricinfo.
  2. ^ "T20 COMES HOME AS CSA AND SUPERSPORT ANNOUNCE GRAND NEW EVENT". Cricket South Africa.
  3. ^ a b "CSA T20 League 2023: List of players signed up for the first edition". Wisden.
  4. ^ "CSA T20 league to be called 'SA20'; player auction to be held on September 19". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  5. ^ a b "Graeme Smith Named as Commissioner for CSA's New T20 league". Times of Sports. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Haroon Lorgat calls for independent inquiry into 'collapsed' T20 Global League". Hindustan Times. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  7. ^ "The SA20 player auction: all you need to know". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  8. ^ "CSA confident of seeing off legal challenge to new T20 league". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  9. ^ "CSK, Mumbai Indians interested in buying franchises in South Africa's new T20 league". ESPN Cricinfo. 13 August 2022.
  10. ^ "South Africa's men's cricket team withdraws from three-match ODI series against Australia in January". ABC News. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  11. ^ "SA20 2022/23 Table, Matches, win, loss, points for SA20". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  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. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  17. ^ "SA20 League: MI Cape Town appoints Simon Katich as head coach, Hashim Amla as batting coach". India Today. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  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. ^ Srivatsan, Padmaja (25 July 2022). "CSA T20 League: IPL teams laced Cricket South Africa's T20 League in trouble: Check DETAILS". www.insidesport.in. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
  22. ^ Firstpost https://www.firstpost.com/firstcricket/sports-news/sa20-suresh-raina-rp-singh-pragyan-ojha-and-aakash-chopra-headline-tournaments-experts-panel-on-viacom18-11956982.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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