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The 2024–25 SA20 (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]
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| Dates | 9 January – 8 February 2025 |
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| 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 |
Teams and squads
editThe player auction took place on 1 October 2024.[5][6][7]
- Source:[8]
Venues
edit| Cape Town | Centurion | Durban |
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| 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 |
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| 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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Points table
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 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
editThe full fixture list was released on 2 September 2024.[10][11]
Play-offs
edit| Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 2 | Final | |||||||||||
| 4 February 2025 — Gqeberha | 8 February 2025 — Johannesburg | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 1st placed team | Q1W | Winner of Qualifier 1 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 2nd placed team | 6 February 2025 — Centurion | Q2W | Winner of Qualifier 2 | |||||||||
| Q1L | Loser of Qualifier 1 | ||||||||||||
| Eliminator | EW | Winner of Eliminator | |||||||||||
| 5 February 2025 — Centurion | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 3rd placed team | ||||||||||||
| 4 | 4th placed team | ||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "BETWAY SA20 CONFIRM SEASON 3 WINDOW". sa20.co.za. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "SA20 in 2025 will run from January 9 to February 8". ESPN Cricinfo.
- ^ "Sunrisers Eastern Cape retain SA20 trophy with big final win". The Business Standard. 11 February 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "GRAEME SMITH WELCOMES WORLD-CLASS TALENT TO BETWAY SA20 SEASON 3". sa20.co.za. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "AUCTION AWAITS AS PLAYER MOVEMENT WINDOW CLOSES". sa20.co.za. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ "SA20 2025: What the squads look like ahead of the auction". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
- ^ "Stokes, Omarzai join MI Cape Town's star-studded roster for SA20 2025". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ "SA20 2025 - Points Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
- ^ "SA20 Final Returns to Wanderers; Season 3 Opener and Qualifier 1 at St George's Park". Supersport. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ "SA20: Sunrisers begin title defence at home; Wanderers to host final". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 September 2024.