Dates | 10 January – 12 February 2023 |
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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 |
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, [1] organised by Cricket South Africa (CSA). The tournament was played from 10 January to 12 February 2023. [2] [3] 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.
The player auction took place on 19 September 2022. [4]
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 |
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 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | BP | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Pretoria Capitals (R) | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 0.927 |
2 | Joburg Super Kings | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 27 | −0.111 |
3 | Sunrisers Eastern Cape (C) | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0.316 |
4 | Paarl Royals | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | −0.293 |
5 | Durban's Super Giants | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | −0.319 |
6 | MI Cape Town | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 13 | −0.500 |
The full fixture list was released on 7 November 2022. [6]
Paarl Royals 142/7 (20 overs) | v | MI Cape Town (H) 143/2 (15.3 overs) |
Joburg Super Kings 190/6 (20 overs) | v | Durban's Super Giants (H) 174/5 (20 overs) |
Pretoria Capitals 193/6 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Eastern Cape (H) 170/5 (20 overs) |
Joburg Super Kings 81 (17.2 overs) | v | Paarl Royals (H) 82/3 (10.3 overs) |
(H) MI Cape Town 152/8 (20 overs) | v | Durban's Super Giants 154/5 (16.3 overs) |
(H) Pretoria Capitals 216/6 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Eastern Cape 179/7 (20 overs) |
Joburg Super Kings 105/9 (20 overs) | v | MI Cape Town (H) 107/3 (16.2 overs) |
(H) Durban's Super Giants 216/4 (20 overs) | v | Paarl Royals 189/8 (20 overs) |
MI Cape Town 158/8 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Eastern Cape (H) 162/6 (19.3 overs) |
(H) Paarl Royals 169/6 (20 overs) | v | Durban's Super Giants 159/8 (20 overs) |
(H) Joburg Super Kings 168/6 (20 overs) | v | Pretoria Capitals 162 (20 overs) |
(H) MI Cape Town 171/6 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Eastern Cape 172/8 (19.3 overs) |
Joburg Super Kings 122 (15.4 overs) | v | Pretoria Capitals (H) 123/4 (13 overs) |
(H) Paarl Royals 127/7 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Eastern Cape 131/5 (18.2 overs) |
(H) Durban's Super Giants 80 (18.1 overs) | v | Pretoria Capitals 84/2 (7.3 overs) |
MI Cape Town 142/9 (20 overs) | v | Paarl Royals (H) 129/6 (20 overs) |
(H) Sunrisers Eastern Cape 127 (18.4 overs) | v | Joburg Super Kings 128/5 (19.4 overs) |
Pretoria Capitals 158/6 (20 overs) | v | Paarl Royals (H) 162/4 (19.4 overs) |
(H) Sunrisers Eastern Cape 210/2 (20 overs) | v | Durban's Super Giants 86 (14.4 overs) |
Pretoria Capitals 182/8 (20 overs) | v | MI Cape Town (H) 130 (18.1 overs) |
(H) Sunrisers Eastern Cape 130/7 (20 overs) | v | Paarl Royals 131/5 (18.5 overs) |
Durban's Super Giants 178/6 (20 overs) | v | Joburg Super Kings (H) 182/2 (19.1 overs) |
MI Cape Town 165/5 (20 overs) | v | Durban's Super Giants (H) 169/5 (19.5 overs) |
Paarl Royals 131/4 (15 overs) | v | |
Sunrisers Eastern Cape 53/3 (5.2 overs) | v | |
MI Cape Town 159 (19.4 overs) | v | Pretoria Capitals (H) 160/9 (20 overs) |
(H) Joburg Super Kings 160/6 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Eastern Cape 136/9 (20 overs) |
Durban's Super Giants 254/4 (20 overs) | v | Pretoria Capitals (H) 103 (13.5 overs) |
(H) Joburg Super Kings 189/6 (20 overs) | v | MI Cape Town 113 (17.5 overs) |
(H) Pretoria Capitals 226/5 (20 overs) | v | Paarl Royals 167/9 (20 overs) |
Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
1 | Pretoria Capitals | 153/8 (20 overs) | |||||||
4 | Paarl Royals | 124 (19 overs) | |||||||
1 | Pretoria Capitals | 135 (19.3 overs) | |||||||
3 | Sunrisers Eastern Cape | 137/6 (16.2 overs) | |||||||
2 | Joburg Super Kings | 199/6 (20 overs) | |||||||
3 | Sunrisers Eastern Cape | 213/5 (20 overs) |
Pretoria Capitals 153/8 (20 overs) | v | Paarl Royals 124 (19 overs) |
Sunrisers Eastern Cape 213/5 (20 overs) | v | Joburg Super Kings 199/6 (20 overs) |
Pretoria Capitals 135 (19.3 overs) | v | Sunrisers Eastern Cape 137/6 (16.2 overs) |
Player | Team | Inns | Runs | Ave | HS |
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Jos Buttler | Paarl Royals | 11 | 391 | 39.10 | 70 |
Faf du Plessis | Joburg Super Kings | 10 | 369 | 41.00 | 113* |
Aiden Markram | Sunrisers Eastern Cape | 12 | 366 | 33.27 | 100 |
Heinrich Klaasen | Durban's Super Giants | 9 | 363 | 60.50 | 104* |
Quinton de Kock | Durban's Super Giants | 9 | 271 | 30.11 | 78 |
Source: ESPN Cricinfo [12] |
Player | Team | Mat | Wkts | BBI |
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Roelof van der Merwe | Sunrisers Eastern Cape | 10 | 20 | 6/20 |
Anrich Nortje | Pretoria Capitals | 11 | 20 | 3/12 |
Gerald Coetzee | Joburg Super Kings | 9 | 17 | 4/24 |
Eathan Bosch | Pretoria Capitals | 12 | 15 | 3/12 |
James Neesham | Pretoria Capitals | 12 | 14 | 3/7 |
Source: ESPN Cricinfo [13] |
On 6 February 2023, the list of end of season awards was announced, to be handed out after the final match. [14] [15]
Team | Award | Prize money |
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Sunrisers Eastern Cape | Champions | R 35 million ( US$ 2.37 million) |
Pretoria Capitals | Runners-up | R 17.5 million ( US$ 1.18 million) |
Sunrisers Eastern Cape | Spirit of the season | R 100,000 ( US$ 6,765.9) |
Name | Team | Award | Prize money |
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Aiden Markram | Sunrisers Eastern Cape | Player of the season | R 350,000 ( US$ 23,680.65) |
Jos Buttler | Paarl Royals | Batter of the season | R 200,000 ( US$ 13,531.8) |
Roelof van der Merwe | Sunrisers Eastern Cape | Bowler of the season | R 200,000 ( US$ 13,531.8) |
Eathan Bosch | Pretoria Capitals | Rising star | R 100,000 ( US$ 6,765.9) |
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