2026 SA20

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SA20 2026
SA20Logo.png
Dates26 December 2025 – 25 January 2026
Administrator(s) Cricket South Africa
Cricket format Twenty20
Tournament format(s) Double round-robin and playoffs
Host(s)South Africa
Participants6
Matches34
Official website SA20
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The SA20 2026 will be the fourth season of the SA20, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league in South Africa. [1] The competition, which is organized by Cricket South Africa, features six teams. [2] The tournament will begin on 26 December 2025, with the final scheduled for 25 January 2026. [3] [4] MI Cape Town are the defending champions. [5]

Contents

Background

In January 2025, Cricket South Africa announced the windows of SA20 for the next three seasons. [6] [7] The league is sponsored by Betway.

Squads

The player auction took place on 9 September 2025. [8] [9]

Durban's Super Giants
Coach: Lance Klusener 		Joburg Super Kings
Coach: Stephen Fleming 		MI Cape Town
Coach: Robin Peterson 		Paarl Royals
Coach: Trevor Penney 		Pretoria Capitals
Coach: Sourav Ganguly 		Sunrisers Eastern Cape
Coach: Adrian Birrell

Venues

Cape Town Centurion Durban
MI Cape Town Pretoria Capitals Durban's Super Giants
Newlands Cricket Ground Centurion Park Kingsmead Cricket Ground
Capacity: 25,000Capacity: 22,000Capacity: 25,000
Newlandsoverview.jpg SS park.jpg Kingsmead2009.jpg
Gqeberha Johannesburg Paarl
Sunrisers Eastern Cape Joburg Super Kings Paarl Royals
St George's Park Cricket Ground Wanderers Stadium Boland Park
Capacity: 19,000Capacity: 34,000Capacity: 10,000
Sahara Oval St George's, uploaded 2005.jpg The Wanderers 2.jpg Boland Park Cricket Ground.jpg

Teams and standings

Points table

PosTeam
PldWLNRBPPts NRR
1 Durban's Super Giants 000000—
2 Joburg Super Kings 000000—
3 MI Cape Town 000000—
4 Paarl Royals 000000—
5 Pretoria Capitals 000000—
6 Sunrisers Eastern Cape 000000—
First match(es) will be played: 23 January 2026. Source: ESPNCricinfo

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.

TeamLeague stagePlay-offsPos.
12345678910Q1EQ2F
MI Cape Town (MICT)
Team's results→WonLostN/R

Match summary

Visitor team → DSG JSK PC SEC
Home team ↓
Durban's Super Giants Match 1
Joburg Super Kings
Pretoria Capitals
Sunrisers Eastern Cape Match 2
  • 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 9 July 2025. [10]

Match 1
26 December 2025
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Match 3
27 December 2025
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Match 10
2 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Match 19
10 January 2026
13:00
Scorecard
v
Match 23
13 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Match 30
19 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v

Playoffs

Bracket

Qualifier 1 Qualifier 2 Final
21 January 2026 — Durban 25 January 2026 — Cape Town
11st placed teamQ1WWinner of Qualifier 1
22nd placed team23 January 2026 — Johannesburg Q2WWinner of Qualifier 2
Q1LLoser of Qualifier 1
Eliminator EWWinner of Eliminator
22 January 2026 — Centurion
33rd placed team
44th placed team

Qualifier 1

Qualifier 1
21 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
1st placed team
v
2nd placed team

Eliminator

Eliminator
22 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
3rd placed team
v
4th placed team

Qualifier 2

Qualifier 2
23 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Loser of Qualifier 1
v
Winner of Eliminator

Final

Final
25 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Winner of Qualifier 1
v
Winner of Qualifier 2

References

  1. ↑ "BETWAY SA20 CONFIRMS COMPETITION WINDOW FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS". sa20.co.za. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  2. ↑ "Next season's SA20 likely to begin on Boxing Day". ESPNCricinfo. 7 June 2024. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  3. ↑ "Cape Town to host SA20 final; playoffs in Durban, Centurion and Johannesburg". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
  4. ↑ "SA20 confirms competition window for the next three years". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  5. ↑ "MI Cape Town crush Sunrisers to claim maiden SA20 title". ESPNcricinfo .
  6. ↑ "SA20: Window for next three seasons revealed, next edition likely to begin on Boxing day". IndiaTV. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  7. ↑ "Next season's SA20 likely to begin on Boxing Day". ESPN. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  8. ↑ Sagar Singh (@thesagar75). "How the SA20 squads stack up after the auction". ESPN cricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ Sagar Singh (@thesagar75). "Brevis, Markram earn record sums at SA20 2025-26 auction" . Retrieved 10 September 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ↑ "Betway SA20 to bring festive cheer as season 4 fixtures are announced". SA20 . Retrieved 23 August 2025.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Retained
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pre-signed
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Wild Card
  4. ↑ Retained using RTM Card
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