2023 SA20
Inaugural season of the South African T20 League
Cricket tournament
The 2023 SA20 or SA20 Season 1 (also known as Betway SA20 2023 for sponsorship reasons) was the inaugural season of the SA20 , a franchise Twenty20 cricket league in South Africa,[ 1] organised by Cricket South Africa (CSA). The tournament was played from 10 January to 12 February 2023.[ 2] [ 3] SuperSport , Sky Sports and the Sports18 network broadcast the tournament in South Africa, the United Kingdom and India respectively.
In the final, Sunrisers Eastern Cape defeated Pretoria Capitals by four wickets to win the inaugural title under Aiden Markram's captaincy.
Squads
The player auction took place on 19 September 2022.[ 4]
Venues
Teams and standings
Points table
The top four sides advanced to the semi-finals .
Points – Win 4, No Result 2. One additional point is awarded for a win when the run rate difference is 1.25 greater than the opposing side's.
League stage
The full fixture list was released on 7 November 2022.[ 6]
MI Cape Town won the toss and elected to field.
MI Cape Town were awarded a bonus point for a win with a run rate difference greater than 1.25.
Joburg Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the toss and elected to field.
Joburg Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Paarl Royals were awarded a bonus point for a win with a run rate difference greater than 1.25.
Durban's Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.
Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the toss and elected to field.
MI Cape Town won the toss and elected to field.
Durban Super Giants won the toss and elected to bat.
Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the toss and elected to field.
Durban Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.
Pretoria Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the toss and elected to field.
Pretoria Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
Pretoria Capitals were awarded a bonus point for a win with a run rate difference greater than 1.25.
Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the toss and elected to field.
Durban's Super Giants won the toss and elected to bat.
Pretoria Capitals were awarded a bonus point for a win with a run rate difference greater than 1.25.
Paarl Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Joburg Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Pretoria Capitals won the toss and elected to bat.
Durban's Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.
Sunrisers Eastern Cape were awarded a bonus point for a win with a run rate difference greater than 1.25.
MI Cape Town won the toss and elected to field.
Pretoria Capitals were awarded a bonus point for a win with a run rate difference greater than 1.25.
Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the toss and elected to bat.
Joburg Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Durban's Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.
Joburg Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
No further play was possible due to rain.
Durban's Super Giants won the toss and elected to field.
No further play was possible due to rain.
Pretoria Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
Joburg Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Pretoria Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
Durban's Super Giants were awarded a bonus point for a win with a run rate difference greater than 1.25.
MI Cape Town won the toss and elected to field.
Joburg Super Kings were awarded a bonus point for a win with a run rate difference greater than 1.25.
Paarl Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Pretoria Capitals were awarded a bonus point for a win with a run rate difference greater than 1.25.
Playoffs
Semi-finals
Paarl Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Joburg Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Final
Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the toss and elected to field.
The final was originally scheduled to take place on 11 February at 17:30 but was postponed due to rain.
Statistics
Most runs
Most wickets
Awards
On 6 February 2023, the list of end of season awards was announced, to be handed out after the final match.[ 14] [ 15]
Sources:[ 16] [ 17]
References
External links
Franchise cricket
Teams Competitions Seasons
First-class List A SA20 T20 Challenge
Provincial cricket
Teams Competitions
Women's cricket
Provincial Teams Super League Teams Competitions
Domestic cricket in 2022–23
First-class List A Twenty20