2026 SA20 season

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2026 SA20 season
SA20Logo.png
Dates26 December 2025 – 25 January 2026
Administrator Cricket South Africa
Cricket format Twenty20
Tournament format(s) Double round-robin and Playoffs
HostSouth Africa
Participants6
Matches34
Official website sa20.co.za
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The 2026 SA20 season is the fourth season of the SA20, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league in South Africa. [1] The competition, organised by Cricket South Africa, features six teams. [2] The tournament is taking place from 26 December 2025 to 25 January 2026, with the final scheduled to held in Cape Town. [3] [4] SuperSport (Website, App) secured the official broadcasting rights for the SA20, 2025-26 in Sub Saharan Africa regions. [5] Betway returns as the league sponsor this season.

Contents

MI Cape Town enters the tournament as the defending champions, having won their maiden title in the previous season. [6]

Background

In January 2025, Cricket South Africa announced the windows of SA20 for the next three seasons. [7] [8] The league is sponsored by Betway. Star Sports Network retains the broadcasting rights for the 2026 SA20 Season in India & Subcontinent. [9]

Squads

The player auction took place on 9 September 2025. [10] [11]

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
2026 SA20 season (South Africa)
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 Sunrisers Eastern Cape 1100156.850
2 Joburg Super Kings 1100041.100
3 Durban's Super Giants 1100040.750
4 MI Cape Town 101000−0.750
5 Pretoria Capitals 101000−1.100
6 Paarl Royals 101000−6.850
First match(es) will be played: 27 December 2025. Source: ESPNCricinfo

Points Summary

Below is a summary of points 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 below the margin of points.

TeamLeague stagePlay-offsPos.
12345678910Q1EQ2F
4
vs MICT
4
vs PC
MI Cape Town (MICT)
 0
vs DSG
0
vs SEC
0
vs JSK
5
vs PR
Team's results→WonLostN/R

Match summary

Visitor team → DSG JSK MICT PR PC SEC
Home team ↓
Durban's Super Giants Match 6 Match 4 Match 27 Match 16 Match 18
Joburg Super Kings Match 9 Match 20 Match 17 Match 28 Match 11
MI Cape Town Durban
15 runs 		Match 15 Match 13 Match 8 Match 26
Paarl Royals Match 23 Match 30 Match 10 Match 19 Eastern Cape
137 runs
Pretoria Capitals Match 12 Johannesburg
22 runs 		Match 22 Match 25 Match 14
Sunrisers Eastern Cape Match 21 Match 24 Match 29 Match 7 Match 5
Visitor team won
  • 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. [12]

Match 1
26 December 2025
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Durban's Super Giants
232/5 (20 overs)
v
MI Cape Town
217/7 (20 overs)
Devon Conway 64 (33)
George Linde 2/46 (4 overs)
Ryan Rickelton 113 (63)
Eathan Bosch 4/46 (4 overs)
Durban's Super Giants won by 15 runs
Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
Umpires: Lubabalo Gcuma (SA) and Arno Jacobs (SA)
Player of the match: Ryan Rickelton (MI Cape Town)
  • Durban's Super Giants won the toss and elected to bat.
Match 2
27 December 2025
13:00
Scorecard
Joburg Super Kings
168/6 (20 overs)
v
Pretoria Capitals
146/9 (20 overs)
Rilee Rossouw 48 (33)
Tymal Mills 2/17 (4 overs)
Bryce Parsons 41 (30)
Duan Jansen 4/23 (4 overs)
Joburg Super Kings won by 22 runs
Centurion Park, Centurion
Umpires: Stephen Harris (SA) and Bongani Jele (SA)
Player of the match: Duan Jansen (Joburg Super Kings)
  • Pretoria Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
Match 3
27 December 2025
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sunrisers Eastern Cape
186/4 (20 overs)
v
Paarl Royals
49 (11.5 overs)
Jordan Hermann 62* (28)
Ottniel Baartman 2/40 (4 overs)
Asa Tribe 14 (10)
Anrich Nortje 4/13 (3 overs)
Sunrisers Eastern Cape won by 137 runs
Boland Park, Paarl
Umpires: Arno Jacobs (SA) and Abdoellah Steenkamp (SA)
Player of the match: Anrich Nortje (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
  • Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Sunrisers Eastern Cape were awarded a bonus point for a win with a run rate difference greater than 1.25.
Match 4
28 December 2025
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Match 5
29 December 2025
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Match 6
30 December 2025
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Match 7
31 December 2025
13:00
Scorecard
v
Match 8
31 December 2025
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Match 9
1 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Match 10
2 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Match 11
3 January 2026
13:00
Scorecard
v
Match 12
3 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Match 13
4 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Match 14
5 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Match 15
6 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Match 16
7 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Match 17
8 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Match 18
9 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Match 19
10 January 2026
13:00
Scorecard
v
Match 20
10 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Match 21
11 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Match 22
12 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Match 23
13 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Match 24
14 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Match 25
15 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Match 26
16 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Match 27
17 January 2026
13:00
Scorecard
v
Match 28
17 January 2026
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
Match 29
18 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. ↑ "SA20 Live Streaming". crictimetv.com. 10 December 2025.
  6. ↑ "MI Cape Town crush Sunrisers to claim maiden SA20 title". ESPNcricinfo.
  7. ↑ "SA20: Window for next three seasons revealed, next edition likely to begin on Boxing day". IndiaTV. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  8. ↑ "Next season's SA20 likely to begin on Boxing Day". ESPN. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  9. ↑ "Star Sports to broadcast SA20 2026 in India". touchcrictv.com. 23 November 2025.
  10. ↑ 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)
  11. ↑ 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)
  12. ↑ "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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