2026 SA20

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2026 SA20
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
2025
2027

The 2026 SA20 or SA20 Season 4 (also known as Betway SA20 2026 for sponsorship reasons) 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]

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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.

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

Squads

Durban's Super Giants Joburg Super Kings MI Cape Town Paarl Royals Pretoria Capitals Sunrisers Eastern Cape

Teams and standings

Points table

PosTeamPldWLNRBPPts NRR
1 Durban's Super Giants 000000
2 Joburg Super Kings 000000
3 MI Cape Town 000000
4 Pretoria Capitals 000000
5 Paarl Royals 000000
6 Sunrisers Eastern Cape 000000
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. 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 MICT
Home team ↓
Durban's Super Giants
MI Cape Town Match 1
  • 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. [8]

Match 1
26 December 2025
17:30 (D/N)
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Match 2
27 December 2025
13:00
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Match 3
27 December 2025
17:30 (D/N)
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Match 4
28 December 2025
17:30 (D/N)
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Match 5
29 December 2025
17:30 (D/N)
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Match 6
30 December 2025
17:30 (D/N)
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Match 7
31 December 2025
13:00
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Match 8
31 December 2025
17:30 (D/N)
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Match 9
1 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
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Match 10
2 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
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Match 11
3 January 2026
13:00
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Match 12
3 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
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Match 13
4 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
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Match 14
5 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
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Match 15
6 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
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Match 16
7 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
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Match 17
8 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
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Match 18
9 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
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Match 19
10 January 2026
13:00
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Match 20
10 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
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Match 21
11 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
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Match 22
12 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
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Match 23
13 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
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Match 24
14 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
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Match 25
15 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
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Match 26
16 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
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Match 27
17 January 2026
13:00
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Match 28
17 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
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Match 29
18 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
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Match 30
19 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
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Play-offs

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

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

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

The Final
25 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
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Winner of Qualifier 1
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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. "Betway SA20 to bring festive cheer as season 4 fixtures are announced". SA20 . Retrieved 23 August 2025.

Notes