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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 |
Champions | MI Cape Town (1st title) |
Runners-up | Sunrisers Eastern Cape |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 34 |
Player of the series | Marco Jansen (Sunrisers Eastern Cape) |
Most runs | Lhuan-dre Pretorius (397) (Paarl Royals) |
Most wickets | Marco Jansen (19) (Sunrisers Eastern Cape) |
Official website | SA20 |
The 2025 SA20 or SA20 Season 3 (also known as Betway SA20 2025 for sponsorship reasons) was the third season of the SA20, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league in South Africa. [1] The competition was organized by Cricket South Africa, featuring six teams. [2] The tournament begun on 9 January, with the final held on 8 February 2025 at Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. [3]
Sunrisers Eastern Cape were the defending champions with 2 titles to their name. [4] In the final, MI Cape Town defeated Sunrisers Eastern Cape by 76 runs to win their maiden title. [5]
On June 2024, it was announced that SA20 would return for a third season in 2025. [6] The league is sponsored by Betway.
The 2025 season clashed with the Big Bash League, Super Smash, Bangladesh Premier League and ILT20.
The player auction took place on 1 October 2024. [7] [8] [9]
Durban's Super Giants | Joburg Super Kings | MI Cape Town | Paarl Royals | Pretoria Capitals | Sunrisers Eastern Cape |
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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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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | BP | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
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1 | MI Cape Town (C) | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 2.446 | Advance to Qualifier 1 |
2 | Paarl Royals | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28 | −0.125 | |
3 | Sunrisers Eastern Cape (R) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 24 | −0.206 | Advance to Eliminator |
4 | Joburg Super Kings | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | −0.208 | |
5 | Pretoria Capitals | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 14 | −0.585 | |
6 | Durban's Super Giants | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | −1.256 |
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's results→ | Won | Lost | N/R |
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Visitor team → | DSG | JSK | MICT | PR | PC | SEC |
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Home team ↓ | ||||||
Durban's Super Giants | Johannesburg 28 runs | Match abandoned | Paarl 5 wickets | Durban 2 runs | Eastern Cape 58 runs | |
Joburg Super Kings | Durban 11 runs (D/L) | Johannesburg 6 runs (D/L) | Johannesburg 7 wickets | Match abandoned | Johannesburg 9 wickets | |
MI Cape Town | Cape Town 7 wickets | Cape Town 7 wickets | Cape Town 33 runs | Cape Town 95 runs | Cape Town 10 wickets | |
Paarl Royals | Paarl 6 wickets | Paarl 6 wickets | Paarl 6 wickets | Paarl 11 runs | Paarl 9 wickets | |
Pretoria Capitals | Match abandoned | Pretoria 6 wickets | Cape Town 27 runs | Paarl 8 wickets | Pretoria 6 wickets | |
Sunrisers Eastern Cape | Eastern Cape 6 wickets | Eastern Cape 14 runs | Cape Town 97 runs | Eastern Cape 48 runs | Eastern Cape 52 runs |
Home team won | Visitor team won |
The full fixture list was released on 2 September 2024. [12] [13]
MI Cape Town 174/7 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Eastern Cape 77 (15 overs) |
Durban's Super Giants 209/4 (20 overs) | v | Pretoria Capitals 207/6 (20 overs) |
Sunrisers Eastern Cape 175/5 (20 overs) | v | Paarl Royals 176/1 (18.4 overs) |
MI Cape Town 140/6 (20 overs) | v | Joburg Super Kings 82/3 (11.3 overs) |
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MI Cape Town 172/7 (20 overs) | v | Paarl Royals 139/9 (20 overs) |
Sunrisers Eastern Cape 113 (19.4 overs) | v | Pretoria Capitals 115/4 (16 overs) |
Joburg Super Kings 169/7 (20 overs) | v | Durban's Super Giants 141 (18 overs) |
MI Cape Town 158/4 (20 overs) | v | Paarl Royals 159/4 (19 overs) |
Pretoria Capitals 138/8 (20 overs) | v | |
Sunrisers Eastern Cape 165/5 (20 overs) | v | Durban's Super Giants 107 (18.1 overs) |
Pretoria Capitals 212/5 (20 overs) | v | Paarl Royals 213/2 (19.4 overs) |
Joburg Super Kings 172/5 (20 overs) | v | MI Cape Town 173/3 (15.5 overs) |
Durban's Super Giants 115/8 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Eastern Cape 117/4 (15.2 overs) |
Joburg Super Kings 146/6 (20 overs) | v | Paarl Royals 150/4 (19.1 overs) |
MI Cape Town 69/3 (11 overs) | v | |
Sunrisers Eastern Cape 149/7 (20 overs) | v | Pretoria Capitals 97 (16.3 overs) |
Keagan Lion-Cachet 28 (27) Marco Jansen 4/13 (4 overs) |
Durban's Super Giants 142/7 (20 overs) | v | Paarl Royals 146/5 (17.3 overs) |
Sunrisers Eastern Cape 165/4 (20 overs) | v | Joburg Super Kings 151/8 (20 overs) |
Paarl Royals 140/4 (20 overs) | v | Pretoria Capitals 129/7 (20 overs) |
Durban's Super Giants 149/6 (20 overs) | v | MI Cape Town 154/3 (14.5 overs) |
Sunrisers Eastern Cape 118 (19 overs) | v | Joburg Super Kings 119/1 (14 overs) |
Durban's Super Giants 143/7 (20 overs) | v | Paarl Royals 147/4 (19.5 overs) |
Joburg Super Kings 99/9 (20 overs) | v | Pretoria Capitals 100/4 (12 overs) |
Sunrisers Eastern Cape 107 (19.2 overs) | v | MI Cape Town 110/0 (11 overs) |
Ryan Rickelton 59* (36) |
Paarl Royals 150/9 (20 overs) | v | Joburg Super Kings 151/3 (17.5 overs) |
MI Cape Town 222/3 (20 overs) | v | Pretoria Capitals 195/8 (20 overs) |
Sunrisers Eastern Cape 148/8 (20 overs) | v | Paarl Royals 100 (18.2 overs) |
Durban's Super Giants 173/4 (20 overs) | v | Joburg Super Kings 135/9 (16 overs) |
MI Cape Town 201/5 (20 overs) | v | Pretoria Capitals 106 (14 overs) |
Qualifier 1 | Qualifier 2 | The Final | |||||||||||
4 February 2025 — Gqeberha | 8 February 2025 — Johannesburg | ||||||||||||
1 | MI Cape Town | 199/4 (20 overs) | Q1W | MI Cape Town | 181/8 (20 overs) | ||||||||
2 | Paarl Royals | 160 (19.4 overs) | 6 February 2025 — Centurion | Q2W | Sunrisers Eastern Cape | 105 (18.4 overs) | |||||||
Q1L | Paarl Royals | 175/4 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
Eliminator | EW | Sunrisers Eastern Cape | 177/2 (19.2 overs) | ||||||||||
5 February 2025 — Centurion | |||||||||||||
3 | Sunrisers Eastern Cape | 184/6 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
4 | Joburg Super Kings | 152/7 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
MI Cape Town 199/4 (20 overs) | v | Paarl Royals 160 (19.4 overs) |
Sunrisers Eastern Cape 184/6 (20 overs) | v | Joburg Super Kings 152/7 (20 overs) |
Paarl Royals 175/4 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Eastern Cape 177/2 (19.2 overs) |
MI Cape Town 181/8 (20 overs) | v | Sunrisers Eastern Cape 105 (18.4 overs) |
Source: ESPNCricinfo
Player | Team | Innings | Runs | Highest score |
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Lhuan-dre Pretorius | Paarl Royals | 12 | 397 | 97 |
Rassie van der Dussen | MI Cape Town | 11 | 393 | 91* |
Aiden Markram | Sunrisers Eastern Cape | 13 | 340 | 82 |
Ryan Rickelton | MI Cape Town | 8 | 336 | 89 |
Rubin Hermann | Paarl Royals | 9 | 333 | 81* |
Source: ESPNCricinfo
Player | Team | Matches | Wickets | Best bowling |
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Marco Jansen | Sunrisers Eastern Cape | 13 | 19 | 4/13 |
Hardus Viljoen | Joburg Super Kings | 8 | 14 | 4/24 |
Liam Dawson | Sunrisers Eastern Cape | 12 | 14 | 3/17 |
Mujeeb Ur Rahman | Paarl Royals | 12 | 14 | 2/17 |
Richard Gleeson | Sunrisers Eastern Cape | 13 | 14 | 2/12 |
Source: ESPNCricinfo
Team | Scores | Opponent | Result | Venue |
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MI Cape Town | 222/3 | Pretoria Capitals | Won | Centurion |
Paarl Royals | 213/2 | Pretoria Capitals | Won | Centurion |
Pretoria Capitals | 212/5 | Paarl Royals | Lost | Centurion |
Durban's Super Giants | 209/4 | Pretoria Capitals | Won | Durban |
Pretoria Capitals | 207/6 | Durban's Super Giants | Lost | Durban |
On 8 February 2025, the list of end of season awards was announced, to be handed out after the final match.
Team | Award | Prize money |
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MI Cape Town | Champions | R 32.5 million ( US$ 2.2 million) |
Sunrisers Eastern Cape | Runners-up | R 16.25 million ( US$ 1.1 million) |
MI Cape Town | Spirit of the season | R 100,000 ( US$ 6,765.9) |
Name | Team | Award | Prize money |
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Marco Jansen | Sunrisers Eastern Cape | Player of the season | R 350,000 ( US$ 23,680.65) |
Lhuan-dre Pretorius | Paarl Royals | Batter of the season | R 200,000 ( US$ 13,531.8) |
Marco Jansen | Sunrisers Eastern Cape | Bowler of the season | R 200,000 ( US$ 13,531.8) |
Dewald Brevis | MI Cape Town | Rising star | R 100,000 ( US$ 6,765.9) |
Donovan Ferreira | Joburg Super Kings | Dispatch of the Season | R 100,000 ( US$ 6,765.9) |
Dewald Brevis | MI Cape Town | Catch of the Season | R 50,000 ( US$ 3,382.95) |
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