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2023 SA20

Dates	10 January – 12 February 2023
Administrator(s)	Cricket South Africa
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin and playoffs
Host(s)	South Africa
Champions	Sunrisers Eastern Cape (1st title)
Runners-up	Pretoria Capitals
Participants	6
Matches	33
Player of the series	Aiden Markram (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
Most runs	Jos Buttler (Paarl Royals) (391)
Most wickets	Roelof van der Merwe (Sunrisers Eastern Cape) (20) Anrich Nortje (Pretoria Capitals) (20)
Official website	sa20.co.za
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The 2023 SA20 or SA20 Season 1 (also known as Betway SA20 2023 for sponsorship reasons) was the inaugural season of the SA20, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league in South Africa, organised by Cricket South Africa (CSA). The tournament was played from 10 January to 12 February 2023. SuperSport, Sky Sports and the Sports18 network broadcast the tournament in South Africa, the United Kingdom and India respectively.

In the final, Sunrisers Eastern Cape defeated Pretoria Capitals by four wickets to win the inaugural title under Aiden Markram's captaincy.

Squads

The player auction took place on 19 September 2022.

Venues

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
JohannesburgDurbanCape TownCenturionGqeberhaPaarl2023 SA20 (South Africa)
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

Teams and standings

Points table

•   The top four sides advanced to the semi-finals.
• 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

The full fixture list was released on 7 November 2022.

• MI Cape Town 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.

• Joburg Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

• Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the toss and elected to field.

• Joburg Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
• Paarl Royals were awarded a bonus point for a win with a run rate difference greater than 1.25.

• Durban's Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.

• Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the toss and elected to field.

• MI Cape Town won the toss and elected to field.

• Durban Super Giants won the toss and elected to bat.

• Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the toss and elected to field.

• Durban Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.

• Pretoria Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

• Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the toss and elected to field.

• Pretoria Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
• Pretoria Capitals were awarded a bonus point for a win with a run rate difference greater than 1.25.

• Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the toss and elected to field.

• Durban's Super Giants won the toss and elected to bat.
• Pretoria Capitals were awarded a bonus point for a win with a run rate difference greater than 1.25.

• Paarl Royals won the toss and elected to field.

• Joburg Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.

• Pretoria Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.

• Durban's Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.
• Sunrisers Eastern Cape were awarded a bonus point for a win with a run rate difference greater than 1.25.

• MI Cape Town won the toss and elected to field.
• Pretoria Capitals were awarded a bonus point for a win with a run rate difference greater than 1.25.

• Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the toss and elected to bat.

• Joburg Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.

• Durban's Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.

• Joburg Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
• No further play was possible due to rain.

• Durban's Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.
• No further play was possible due to rain.

• Pretoria Capitals won the toss and elected to field.

• Joburg Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.

• Pretoria Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
• Durban's Super Giants were awarded a bonus point for a win with a run rate difference greater than 1.25.

• MI Cape Town won the toss and elected to field.
• Joburg Super Kings were awarded a bonus point for a win with a run rate difference greater than 1.25.

• Paarl Royals won the toss and elected to field.
• Pretoria Capitals were awarded a bonus point for a win with a run rate difference greater than 1.25.

Playoffs

Semi-finals

• Paarl Royals won the toss and elected to field.

• Joburg Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.

Final

• Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the toss and elected to field.
• The final was originally scheduled to take place on 11 February at 17:30 but was postponed due to rain.

Statistics

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Most runs

Most wickets

Awards

On 6 February 2023, the list of end of season awards was announced, to be handed out after the final match.

Sources:

References

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External links

• Official website
• League home at ESPNCricinfo

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