2026 SA20

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SA20 2026
SA20Logo.png
Dates23 January – 22 February 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 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 23 January 2026, with the final scheduled for 22 February 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 Joburg Super Kings MI Cape Town Paarl Royals Pretoria Capitals Sunrisers Eastern Cape

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

PosTeamPldWLNRBPPts 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
23 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
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Match 10
30 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
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Match 19
7 February 2026
13:00
Scorecard
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Match 23
10 February 2026
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
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Match 25
12 February 2026
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
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Match 30
16 February 2026
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
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Playoffs

Bracket

Qualifier 1 Qualifier 2 Final
18 February 2026 — Durban 22 February 2026 — Cape Town
11st placed teamQ1WWinner of Qualifier 1
22nd placed team20 February 2026 — Johannesburg Q2WWinner of Qualifier 2
Q1LLoser of Qualifier 1
Eliminator EWWinner of Eliminator
19 February 2026 — Centurion
33rd placed team
44th placed team

Qualifier 1

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

Eliminator

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

Qualifier 2

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

Final

Final
22 February 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