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2025 SA20

Dates	9 January – 8 February 2025
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
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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. The league will be organised by the Cricket South Africa (CSA), with six teams taking part. The tournament will start from 9 January with the final being played on 8 February 2025. Sunrisers Eastern Cape are the defending champions. The league is sponsored by Betway.

Background

On June 2024, it was announced that SA20 would return for a third season in 2025, being held from 9 January 2025, with the final scheduled to be held on 8 February 2025.

The 2025 season will clash with the Big Bash League, Super Smash, Bangladesh Premier League and International League T20.

The player auction took place on 1 October 2024.

2025 SA20 commentary team

• Mark Nicholas
• Kevin Pietersen
• Mike Haysman
• Mark Butcher
• Stuart Broad
• Natalie Germanos
• Chris Morris
• Shaun Pollock
• Mpumelelo Mbangwa
• Vernon Philander
• AB de Villiers
• Ashwell Prince
• Nikhil Uttamchandani
• Kriya Gangiah
• Julia Stuart
• Motshidisi Mohono
• Robin Uthappa

Teams and squads

The player auction took place on 1 October 2024.

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
Keshav Maharaj	Faf du Plessis	Rashid Khan	David Miller	Rilee Rossouw	Aiden Markram
Players
Noor Ahmad Matthew Breetzke Junior Dala Quinton de Kock Shamar Joseph Brandon King Heinrich Klaasen Wiaan Mulder Naveen-ul-Haq Bryce Parsons Dwaine Pretorius Jason Smith JJ Smuts Prenelan Subrayen Kane Williamson Chris Woakes CJ King	Moeen Ali Jonny Bairstow Doug Bracewell Beuran Hendricks Gerald Coetzee Devon Conway Leus du Plooy Donovan Ferreira Evan Jones Wihan Lubbe Sibonelo Makhanya Tabraiz Shamsi Imran Tahir Maheesh Theekshana David Wiese Hardus Viljoen JP King	Chris Benjamin Trent Boult Dewald Brevis Connor Esterhuizen Reeza Hendricks Colin Ingram Thomas Kaber George Linde Azmatullah Omarzai Dane Piedt Delano Potgieter Kagiso Rabada Ryan Rickelton Ben Stokes Nuwan Thushara Rassie van der Dussen Tristan Luus	Bjorn Fortuin Dayyaan Galiem Sam Hain Rubin Hermann Dinesh Karthik Kwena Maphaka Lungi Ngidi Nqaba Peter Andile Phehlukwayo Lhuan-dre Pretorius Joe Root Eshan Malinga Mujeeb Ur Rahman Mitchell van Buuren Codi Yusuf Dewan Marais	Marques Ackerman Eathan Bosch Daryn Dupavillon Rahmanullah Gurbaz Will Jacks Evin Lewis Senuran Muthusamy James Neesham Anrich Nortje Migael Pretorius Wayne Parnell Kyle Simmonds Will Smeed Steve Stolk Tiaan van Vuuren Kyle Verreynne Keagan Lion-Cachet	Tom Abell Ottniel Baartman Okuhle Cele Zak Crawley Liam Dawson Richard Gleeson Simon Harmer Jordan Hermann Marco Jansen Patrick Kruger Craig Overton Caleb Seleka Andile Simelane Tristan Stubbs Beyers Swanepoel Roelof van der Merwe Daniel Smith
Wild Cards
Marcus Stoinis	Matheesha Pathirana	Corbin Bosch	Dunith Wellalage	Liam Livingstone	David Bedingham
Home Grounds
Kingsmead Cricket Ground	Wanderers Stadium	Newlands Cricket Ground	Boland Park	Centurion Park	St George's Park Cricket Ground

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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
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

Points table

• 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 progression

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.

League stage

The full fixture list was released on 2 September 2024.

Play-offs

References

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. "ILT20 2025 to start and end in Dubai amid clash with SA20, BBL and BPL". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 December 2024.
6. "GRAEME SMITH WELCOMES WORLD-CLASS TALENT TO BETWAY SA20 SEASON 3". sa20.co.za. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
7. "AUCTION AWAITS AS PLAYER MOVEMENT WINDOW CLOSES". sa20.co.za. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
8. "SA20 2025: What the squads look like ahead of the auction". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
9. "Stokes, Omarzai join MI Cape Town's star-studded roster for SA20 2025". ESPNcricinfo.
10. "SA20 2025 - Points Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
11. "SA20 Final Returns to Wanderers; Season 3 Opener and Qualifier 1 at St George's Park". Supersport. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
12. "SA20: Sunrisers begin title defence at home; Wanderers to host final". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 September 2024.

External links

• Official website
• Series home at ESPNcricinfo

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