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Cricket tournament
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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 |
| ← 2024 | |
The 2025 SA20 or SA20 Season 3 (also known as Betway SA20 2025 for sponsorship reasons) is the third season of the SA20, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league in South Africa. The competition, which is organized by Cricket South Africa, features six teams. The tournament begun on 9 January, with the final scheduled for 8 February 2025 to take place at the Wanderers Stadium.
Sunrisers Eastern Cape are the defending champions with 2 titles to their name.
Background
On June 2024, it was announced that SA20 would return for a third season in 2025.
The 2025 season will clash with the Big Bash League, Super Smash, Bangladesh Premier League and ILT20. The league is sponsored by Betway.
Squads
Main article: List of 2024–25 SA20 auctions and personnel signingsThe 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 |
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- Source: CricInfo
Venues
JohannesburgDurbanCape TownCenturionGqeberhaPaarl2025 SA20 (South Africa)
| 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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Teams and standings
Points table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | BP | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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| 1 | Paarl Royals | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0.044 | Advance to Qualifier 1 |
| 2 | MI Cape Town | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 1.672 | |
| 3 | Joburg Super Kings | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | −0.162 | Advance to Eliminator |
| 4 | Sunrisers Eastern Cape | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | −0.470 | |
| 5 | Pretoria Capitals | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0.569 | |
| 6 | Durban's Super Giants | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | −1.585 |
- 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.
Win-loss table
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.
| Team | League stage | Play-offs | Pos. | ||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | E | Q1 | Q2 | F | ||
| Durban's Super Giants (DSG) | PC 2 runs |
PC N/R |
JSK 28 runs |
SEC 58 runs |
SEC 6 wickets |
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| Joburg Super Kings (JSK) | MICT 6 runs (DLS) |
DSG 28 runs |
PC N/R |
MICT 7 wickets |
PR 6 wickets |
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| MI Cape Town (MICT) | SEC 97 runs |
JSK 6 runs (DLS) |
PR 33 runs |
PR 6 wickets |
JSK 7 wickets |
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| Paarl Royals (PR) | SEC 9 wickets |
MICT 33 runs |
MICT 6 wickets |
PC 8 wickets |
JSK 6 wickets |
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| Pretoria Capitals (PC) | DSG 2 runs |
DSG N/R |
SEC 6 wickets |
JSK N/R |
PR 8 wickets |
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| Sunrisers Eastern Cape (SEC) | MICT 97 runs |
PR 9 wickets |
PC 6 wickets |
DSG 58 runs |
DSG 6 wickets |
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| Team's results→ | Won | Lost | Tied | N/R |
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Match summary
| Visitor team → | DSG | JSK | MICT | PR | PC | SEC |
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| Home team ↓ | ||||||
| Durban's Super Giants | Johannesburg 28 runs | Match 16 | Match 18 | Durban 2 runs | Eastern Cape 58 runs | |
| Joburg Super Kings | Match 29 | Johannesburg 6 runs (D/L) | Match 26 | Match abandoned | Match 22 | |
| MI Cape Town | Match 20 | Cape Town 7 wickets | Cape Town 33 runs | Match 30 | Match 25 | |
| Paarl Royals | Match 23 | Paarl 6 wickets | Paarl 6 wickets | Match 21 | Paarl 9 wickets | |
| Pretoria Capitals | Match abandoned | Match 24 | Match 27 | Paarl 8 wickets | Pretoria 6 wickets | |
| Sunrisers Eastern Cape | Eastern Cape 6 wickets | Match 19 | Cape Town 97 runs | Match 28 | Match 17 |
| Home team won | Visitor team won |
- Note: Results listed are according to the home (horizontal) and visitor (vertical) teams.
- Note: Click on a result to see a summary of the match.
League stage
The full fixture list was released on 2 September 2024.
All times listed below are South African Standard Time (UTC+2).| Match 1 9 January 2025 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard |
| MI Cape Town 174/7 (20 overs) |
v | Sunrisers Eastern Cape 77 (15 overs) |
| Dewald Brevis 57 (29) Richard Gleeson 2/22 (4 overs) |
Aiden Markram 19 (19) Delano Potgieter 5/10 (3 overs) |
| MI Cape Town won by 97 runs St George's Park Cricket Ground, Gqeberha Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Allahuddien Paleker (SA) Player of the match: Delano Potgieter (MI Cape Town) |
- Sunrisers Eastern Cape 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.
| Match 2 10 January 2025 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard |
| Durban's Super Giants 209/4 (20 overs) |
v | Pretoria Capitals 207/6 (20 overs) |
| Kane Williamson 60* (40) Senuran Muthusamy 3/21 (4 overs) |
Rahmanullah Gurbaz 89 (43) Noor Ahmad 2/34 (4 overs) |
| Durban's Super Giants won by 2 runs Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Umpires: Lubabalo Gcuma (SA) and Bongani Jele (SA) Player of the match: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Pretoria Capitals) |
- Durban's Super Giants won the toss and elected to bat.
| Match 3 11 January 2025 13:00 Scorecard |
| Sunrisers Eastern Cape 175/5 (20 overs) |
v | Paarl Royals 176/1 (18.4 overs) |
| Aiden Markram 82 (49) Mujeeb Ur Rahman 2/27 (4 overs) |
Lhuan-dre Pretorius 97 (51) Marco Jansen 1/31 (4 overs) |
| Paarl Royals won by 9 wickets Boland Park, Paarl Umpires: Lauren Agenbag (SA) and Stephen Harris (SA) Player of the match: Lhuan-dre Pretorius (Paarl Royals) |
- Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the toss and elected to bat.
| Match 4 11 January 2025 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard |
| MI Cape Town 140/6 (20 overs) |
v | Joburg Super Kings 82/3 (11.3 overs) |
| George Linde 48* (35) David Wiese 1/19 (4 overs) |
Faf du Plessis 30 (23) Kagiso Rabada 2/10 (2.3 overs) |
| Joburg Super Kings won by 6 runs (DLS Method) Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Bongani Jele (SA) and Marais Erasmus (SA) Player of the match: Faf du Plessis (Joburg Super Kings) |
- Joburg Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain prevented any further play.
- Joburg Super Kings were 6 runs ahead of the DLS par score of 77 runs.
| Match 5 12 January 2025 15:30 Scorecard |
| Pretoria Capitals |
v | Durban's Super Giants |
| Match abandoned Centurion Park, Centurion Umpires: Lubabalo Gcuma (SA) and Marais Erasmus (SA) |
- Durban's Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible due to rain.
| Match 6 13 January 2025 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard |
| MI Cape Town 172/7 (20 overs) |
v | Paarl Royals 139/9 (20 overs) |
| Reeza Hendricks 59 (37) Dayyaan Galiem 3/24 (4 overs) |
Mujeeb Ur Rahman 34 (21) George Linde 3/15 (4 overs) |
| MI Cape Town won by 33 runs Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Umpires: Lauren Agenbag (SA) and Arno Jacobs (SA) Player of the match: Kagiso Rabada (MI Cape Town) |
- MI Cape Town won the toss and elected to bat.
| Match 7 14 January 2025 13:00 Scorecard |
| Sunrisers Eastern Cape 113 (19.4 overs) |
v | Pretoria Capitals 115/4 (16 overs) |
| Marco Jansen 51 (35) Daryn Dupavillon 3/32 (4 overs) |
Marques Ackerman 39* (30) Richard Gleeson 2/31 (3 overs) |
| Pretoria Capitals won by 6 wickets Centurion Park, Centurion Umpires: Dennis Smith (SA) and Siphelele Gasa (SA) Player of the match: Eathan Bosch (Pretoria Capitals) |
- Pretoria Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
- Pretoria Capitals were awarded a bonus point for a win with a run rate difference less than 1.25.
| Match 8 14 January 2025 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard |
| Joburg Super Kings 169/7 (20 overs) |
v | Durban's Super Giants 141 (18 overs) |
| Leus du Plooy 38 (32) Prenelan Subrayen 2/24 (4 overs) |
Quinton de Kock 55 (45) Donovan Ferreira 2/15 (4 overs) |
| Joburg Super Kings won by 28 runs Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Umpires: Abdoellah Steenkamp (SA) and Brad White (SA) Player of the match: Quinton de Kock (Durban's Super Giants) |
- Joburg Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
| Match 9 15 January 2025 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard |
| MI Cape Town 158/4 (20 overs) |
v | Paarl Royals 159/4 (19 overs) |
| Rassie van der Dussen 91* (64) Mujeeb Ur Rahman 2/27 (4 overs) |
Lhuan-dre Pretorius 83 (52) Rashid Khan 1/22 (4 overs) |
| Paarl Royals won by 6 wickets Boland Park, Paarl Umpires: Thomas Mokorosi (SA) and Allahuddien Paleker (SA) Player of the match: Lhuan-dre Pretorius (Paarl Royals) |
- Paarl Royals won the toss and elected to field.
| Match 10 16 January 2025 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard |
| Pretoria Capitals 138/8 (20 overs) |
v | Joburg Super Kings |
| Kyle Verreynne 39 (31) Donovan Ferreira 2/17 (3 overs) |
| No result Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Lubabalo Gcuma (SA) and Bongani Jele (SA) |
- Joburg Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain prevented any further play.
| Match 11 17 January 2025 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard |
| Sunrisers Eastern Cape 165/5 (20 overs) |
v | Durban's Super Giants 107 (18.1 overs) |
| Tom Abell 57 (39) Noor Ahmad 4/25 (4 overs) |
Bryce Parsons 23 (21) Richard Gleeson 2/12 (3 overs) |
| Sunrisers Eastern Cape won by 58 runs Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Dennis Smith (SA) Player of the match: Noor Ahmad (Durban's Super Giants) |
- Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the toss and elected to bat.
| Match 12 18 January 2025 13:00 Scorecard |
| Pretoria Capitals 212/5 (20 overs) |
v | Paarl Royals 213/2 (19.4 overs) |
| Will Smeed 54 (34) Mujeeb Ur Rahman 2/28 (4 overs) |
Joe Root 92* (60) Will Jacks 1/33 (4 overs) |
| Paarl Royals won by 8 wickets Centurion Park, Centurion Umpires: Stephen Harris (SA) and James Middlebrook (Eng) Player of the match: Joe Root (Paarl Royals) |
- Pretoria Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.
- David Miller (Paarl Royals) scored his 11,000th run in T20s.
| Match 13 18 January 2025 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard |
| Joburg Super Kings 172/5 (20 overs) |
v | MI Cape Town 173/3 (15.5 overs) |
| Faf du Plessis 61 (38) Reeza Hendricks 2/7 (2 overs) |
Ryan Rickelton 89 (39) David Wiese 1/20 (2.5 overs) |
| MI Cape Town won by 7 wickets Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Umpires: Arno Jacobs (SA) and Allahuddien Paleker (SA) Player of the match: Ryan Rickelton (MI Cape Town) |
- Joburg Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
- MI Cape Town were awarded a bonus point for a win with a run rate difference greater than 1.25.
| Match 14 19 January 2025 15:30 Scorecard |
| Durban's Super Giants 115/8 (20 overs) |
v | Sunrisers Eastern Cape 117/4 (15.2 overs) |
| Kane Williamson 44 (45) Liam Dawson 2/11 (4 overs) |
David Bedingham 39 (20) Keshav Maharaj 2/18 (4 overs) |
| Sunrisers Eastern Cape won by 6 wickets St George's Park Cricket Ground, Gqeberha Umpires: Stephen Harris (SA) and Phillip Vosloo (SA) Player of the match: Marco Jansen (Sunrisers Eastern Cape) |
- Durban's Super Giants won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sunrisers Eastern Cape were awarded a bonus point for a win with a run rate difference greater than 1.25.
| Match 15 20 January 2025 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard |
| Joburg Super Kings 146/6 (20 overs) |
v | Paarl Royals 150/4 (19.1 overs) |
| Jonny Bairstow 60 (40) Bjorn Fortuin 2/22 (4 overs) |
Mitchell Van Buuren 44 (45) Hardus Viljoen 2/23 (4 overs) |
| Paarl Royals won by 6 wickets Boland Park, Paarl Umpires: Arno Jacobs (SA) and Dennis Smith (SA) Player of the match: Jonny Bairstow (Joburg Super Kings) |
- Paarl Royals won the toss and elected to field.
| Match 16 21 January 2025 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard |
| MI Cape Town |
v | Durban's Super Giants |
| Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Umpires: James Middlebrook (Eng) and Allahudien Paleker (SA) |
- Durban's Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.
| Match 17 22 January 2025 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard |
| Sunrisers Eastern Cape |
v | Pretoria Capitals |
| St George's Park Cricket Ground, Gqeberha |
| Match 18 23 January 2025 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard |
| Durban's Super Giants |
v | Paarl Royals |
| Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban |
| Match 19 24 January 2025 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard |
| Sunrisers Eastern Cape |
v | Joburg Super Kings |
| St George's Park Cricket Ground, Gqeberha |
| Match 20 25 January 2025 17:30 |
| MI Cape Town |
v | Durban's Super Giants |
| Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town |
| Match 21 25 January 2025 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard |
| Paarl Royals |
v | Pretoria Capitals |
| Boland Park, Paarl |
| Match 22 26 January 2025 15:30 Scorecard |
| Joburg Super Kings |
v | Sunrisers Eastern Cape |
| Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg |
| Match 23 27 January 2025 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard |
| Paarl Royals |
v | Durban's Super Giants |
| Boland Park, Paarl |
| Match 24 28 January 2025 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard |
| Pretoria Capitals |
v | Joburg Super Kings |
| Centurion Park, Centurion |
| Match 25 29 January 2025 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard |
| MI Cape Town |
v | Sunrisers Eastern Cape |
| Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town |
| Match 26 30 January 2025 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard |
| Joburg Super Kings |
v | Paarl Royals |
| Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg |
| Match 27 31 January 2025 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard |
| Pretoria Capitals |
v | MI Cape Town |
| Centurion Park, Centurion |
| Match 28 1 February 2025 13:00 Scorecard |
| Sunrisers Eastern Cape |
v | Paarl Royals |
| St George's Park Cricket Ground, Gqeberha |
| Match 29 1 February 2025 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard |
| Joburg Super Kings |
v | Durban's Super Giants |
| Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg |
| Match 30 2 February 2025 15:30 Scorecard |
| MI Cape Town |
v | Pretoria Capitals |
| Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town |
Play-offs
| Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 2 | The 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 | ||||||||||||
| Qualifier 1 4 February 2025 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard |
| 1st placed team |
v | 2nd placed team |
| St George's Park Cricket Ground, Gqeberha |
| Eliminator 5 February 2025 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard |
| 3rd placed team |
v | 4th placed team |
| Centurion Park, Centurion |
| Qualifier 2 6 February 2025 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard |
| Loser of Qualifier 1 |
v | Winner of Eliminator |
| Centurion Park, Centurion |
| Final 8 February 2025 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard |
| Winner of Qualifier 1 |
v | Winner of Qualifier 2 |
| Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg |
References
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- "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.
- "ILT20 2025 to start and end in Dubai amid clash with SA20, BBL and BPL". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 December 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 20 January 2025.
- "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.
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