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Dates | 16 November – 16 December 2018 |
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Administrator(s) | Cricket South Africa |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin and knockout |
Host(s) | ![]() |
Champions | Jozi Stars (1st title) |
Runners-up | Cape Town Blitz |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 32 |
Attendance | 190,738 (5,961 per match) |
Player of the series | Quinton de Kock (Cape Town Blitz) |
Most runs | Rassie van der Dussen (Jozi Stars) (469) |
Most wickets | Duanne Olivier (Jozi Stars) (20) |
Official website | MSLT20 |
The 2018 Mzansi Super League was the inaugural edition of the Mzansi Super League (MSL) Twenty20 (T20) franchise cricket tournament in South Africa. [1] It started on 16 November and finished on 16 December 2018. [1] Six teams played a total of thirty-two matches. [2] The players' draft took place on 17 October 2018, with more than 200 international players expressing their interest to take part. [3]
On 18 October 2018, it was announced that Global Sports Commerce (GSC) is the official international commercial and broadcast partner from 2018 up to 2022. [4] On 30 October 2018 it was announced that the Mzansi Super League 2018 champions will receive prize money of ZAR7 million and the runners up will receive R2.5 million, the player of the tournament received R100 000, and each player of the match won R15 000. [5]
On 16 December 2018 the Jozi Stars won the first season final.
The following players were selected in the player draft on 17 October 2018: [6] [7]
Before the start of the tournament, JP Duminy was ruled out due to injury and was replaced by Quinton de Kock as the marquee player for Cape Town Blitz. [14]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Cape Town Blitz | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 0.941 |
2 | Jozi Stars | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 1.295 |
3 | Paarl Rocks | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 22 | −0.292 |
4 | Nelson Mandela Bay Giants | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 21 | −0.448 |
5 | Tshwane Spartans | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 16 | −1.044 |
6 | Durban Heat | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 | −0.716 |
The MSL released the full fixture list on 18 October 2018. The team that tops the table gets direct passage to the final and will also have home ground advantage. [16]
(H) Cape Town Blitz 180/4 (20 overs) | v | Tshwane Spartans 131 (19.3 overs) |
(H) Jozi Stars 124/7 (20 overs) | v | Nelson Mandela Bay Giants 127/5 (18 overs) |
(H) Durban Heat 157/5 (20 overs) | v | Cape Town Blitz 158/7 (19.1 overs) |
Tshwane Spartans 203/5 (20 overs) | v | Paarl Rocks (H) 202/6 (20 overs) |
Jozi Stars 209/2 (20 overs) | v | Paarl Rocks (H) 149 (18.4 overs) |
Tshwane Spartans 139/9 (19 overs) | v | Durban Heat (H) 129/6 (16.3 overs) |
(H) Cape Town Blitz 175/6 (20 overs) | v | Nelson Mandela Bay Giants 132/6 (16 overs) |
Durban Heat 127/6 (20 overs) | v | Nelson Mandela Bay Giants (H) 131/1 (17.3 overs) |
Cape Town Blitz 198/5 (20 overs) | v | Jozi Stars (H) 136 (17.4 overs) |
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants 143/9 (20 overs) | v | Tshwane Spartans (H) 35/3 (5.1 overs) |
Cape Town Blitz 140 (20 overs) | v | Paarl Rocks (H) 144/5 (18.5 overs) |
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Jozi Stars 186/5 (20 overs) | v | Tshwane Spartans (H) 188/6 (19.3 overs) |
Paarl Rocks 98/2 (9 overs) | v | Durban Heat (H) 80/6 (9 overs) |
(H) Nelson Mandela Bay Giants 168/9 (20 overs) | v | Paarl Rocks 120 (19.3 overs) |
(H) Jozi Stars 230/3 (20 overs) | v | Durban Heat 177 (18.1 overs) |
Cape Town Blitz 172/9 (20 overs) | v | Tshwane Spartans (H) 112 (18.2 runs) |
Durban Heat 154/6 (20 overs) | v | Paarl Rocks (H) 158/1 (19.1 overs) |
Jozi Stars 173/3 (20 overs) | v | Nelson Mandela Bay Giants (H) 92 (16.4 overs) |
Jozi Stars 196/4 (20 overs) | v | Cape Town Blitz (H) 146 (19.4 overs) |
Paarl Rocks 121 (17.4 overs) | v | Tshwane Spartans (H) 122/6 (19.3 overs) |
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants 121/2 (13.3 overs) | v | Durban Heat (H) |
(H) Durban Heat 128 (18.3 overs) | v | Jozi Stars 131/9 (19.4 overs) |
Paarl Rocks 144/9 (20 overs) | v | Cape Town Blitz (H) 148/4 (15.3 overs) |
Tshwane Spartans 165/4 (20 overs) | v | Nelson Mandela Bay Giants (H) 137/9 (20 overs) |
(H) Jozi Stars 170/6 (20 overs) | v | Paarl Rocks 172/4 (19.3 overs) |
(H) Cape Town Blitz 161/6 (20 overs) | v | Durban Heat 162/4 (19.3 overs) |
(H) Jozi Stars 239/3 (20 overs) | v | Tshwane Spartans 138 (17.2 overs) |
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants 129/8 (20 overs) | v | Paarl Rocks (H) 130/4 (15.2 overs) |
(H) Tshwane Spartans 188/6 (20 overs) | v | Durban Heat 189/8 (19.5 overs) |
Eliminator | Final | ||||||||
1 | Cape Town Blitz | 113/7 (20) | |||||||
2 | Jozi Stars | 2 | Jozi Stars | 115/2 (17.3) | |||||
3 | Paarl Rocks |
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Cape Town Blitz 113/7 (20 overs) | v | Jozi Stars 115/2 (17.3 overs) |
Player [18] | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
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Rassie van der Dussen | Jozi Stars | 12 | 11 | 469 | 58.62 | 138.75 | 96 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 23 |
Quinton de Kock | Cape Town Blitz | 8 | 8 | 412 | 58.85 | 169.54 | 108 | 1 | 3 | 45 | 18 |
Reeza Hendricks | Jozi Stars | 10 | 9 | 412 | 58.85 | 142.56 | 108 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 20 |
Gihahn Cloete | Tshwane Spartans | 10 | 10 | 330 | 33.00 | 113.79 | 80 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 5 |
Faf du Plessis | Paarl Rocks | 9 | 8 | 318 | 53.00 | 156.65 | 76 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 7 |
Player [19] | Team | Mat | Inns | Wkts | BBI | Avg | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w |
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Duanne Olivier | Jozi Stars | 8 | 8 | 20 | 3/30 | 13.20 | 7.88 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 |
Jeevan Mendis | Tshwane Spartans | 9 | 9 | 16 | 4/22 | 16.62 | 8.26 | 12.0 | 1 | 0 |
Lutho Sipamla | Tshwane Spartans | 10 | 10 | 16 | 3/19 | 20.56 | 8.89 | 13.8 | 0 | 0 |
Kagiso Rabada | Jozi Stars | 8 | 8 | 13 | 4/27 | 18.38 | 6.73 | 16.3 | 1 | 0 |
Beuran Hendricks | Jozi Stars | 8 | 8 | 12 | 2/13 | 17.16 | 7.40 | 13.9 | 0 | 0 |
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