Tournament format(s)Double round-robin and playoffs
ChampionsMI Cape Town (1st title)
Runners-upSunrisers Eastern Cape
Participants6
Matches34
Player of the seriesMarco Jansen (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
Most runsLhuan-dre Pretorius (397) (Paarl Royals)
Most wicketsMarco Jansen (19) (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
Official websiteSA20
The 2025 SA20 or SA20 Season 3 (also known as Betway SA20 2025 for sponsorship reasons) was the third season of the SA20, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league in South Africa. The competition was organized by Cricket South Africa, featuring six teams. The tournament begun on 9 January, with the final held on 8 February 2025 at Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg.
2025 SA20 is located in South Africa
Background
In June 2024, it was announced that SA20 would return for a third season in 2025. The league is sponsored by Betway.
The 2025 season clashed with the Big Bash League, Super Smash, Bangladesh Premier League and ILT20.
Squads
The player auction took place on 1 October 2024.
Points table
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.
Pos
Teamv, t, e
Pld
W
L
NR
BP
Pts
NRR
Qualification
1
MI Cape Town (C)
10
7
2
1
5
35
2.446
Advance to Qualifier 1
2
Paarl Royals
10
7
3
0
0
28
−0.125
3
Sunrisers Eastern Cape (R)
10
5
5
0
4
24
−0.206
Advance to Eliminator
4
Joburg Super Kings
10
4
5
1
1
19
−0.208
5
Pretoria Capitals
10
2
6
2
2
14
−0.585
6
Durban's Super Giants
10
2
6
2
0
12
−1.256
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.
Team
League stage
Play-offs
Pos.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Q1
E
Q2
F
Durban's Super Giants (DSG)
PC2 runs
PCN/R
JSK28 runs
SEC58 runs
SEC6 wickets
MICTN/R
PR5 wickets
MICT7 wickets
PR6 wickets
JSK11 runs(DLS)
X
X
X
X
6th
Joburg Super Kings (JSK)
MICT6 runs(DLS)
DSG28 runs
PCN/R
MICT7 wickets
PR6 wickets
SEC14 runs
SEC9 wickets
PC6 wickets
PR7 wickets
DSG11 runs(DLS)
→
SEC32 runs
X
X
4th(E)
MI Cape Town (MICT)
SEC97 runs
JSK6 runs(DLS)
PR33 runs
PR6 wickets
JSK7 wickets
DSGN/R
DSG7 wickets
SEC10 wickets
PC27 runs
PC95 runs
PR39 runs
→
→
SEC76 runs
1st(C)
Paarl Royals (PR)
SEC9 wickets
MICT33 runs
MICT6 wickets
PC8 wickets
JSK6 wickets
DSG5 wickets
PC11 runs
DSG6 wickets
JSK7 wickets
SEC48 runs
MICT39 runs
→
SEC8 wickets
X
2nd(Q2)
Pretoria Capitals (PC)
DSG2 runs
DSGN/R
SEC6 wickets
JSKN/R
PR8 wickets
SEC52 runs
PR11 runs
JSK6 wickets
MICT27 runs
MICT95 runs
X
X
X
X
5th
Sunrisers Eastern Cape (SEC)
MICT97 runs
PR9 wickets
PC6 wickets
DSG58 runs
DSG6 wickets
PC52 runs
JSK14 runs
JSK9 wickets
MICT10 wickets
PR48 runs
→
JSK32 runs
PR8 wickets
MICT76 runs
3rd(RU)
Team's results→
Won
Lost
N/R
Match summary
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.
Visitor team →
DSG
JSK
MICT
PR
PC
SEC
Home team ↓
Durban's Super Giants
Johannesburg28 runs
Matchabandoned
Paarl5 wickets
Durban2 runs
Eastern Cape58 runs
Joburg Super Kings
Durban11 runs (D/L)
Johannesburg6 runs (D/L)
Johannesburg7 wickets
Matchabandoned
Johannesburg9 wickets
MI Cape Town
Cape Town7 wickets
Cape Town7 wickets
Cape Town33 runs
Cape Town95 runs
Cape Town10 wickets
Paarl Royals
Paarl6 wickets
Paarl6 wickets
Paarl6 wickets
Paarl11 runs
Paarl9 wickets
Pretoria Capitals
Matchabandoned
Pretoria6 wickets
Cape Town27 runs
Paarl8 wickets
Pretoria6 wickets
Sunrisers Eastern Cape
Eastern Cape6 wickets
Eastern Cape14 runs
Cape Town97 runs
Eastern Cape48 runs
Eastern Cape52 runs
Home team won
Visitor team won
League stage
The full fixture list was released on 2 September 2024.
Sunrisers Eastern Cape 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.
Durban's Super Giants won the toss and elected to bat.
Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the toss and elected to bat.
Joburg Super Kings won the toss and elected to field. , Rain prevented any further play. , Joburg Super Kings were 6 runs ahead of the DLS par score of 77 runs.
Durban's Super Giants won the toss and elected to field. , No play was possible due to rain.
MI Cape Town won the toss and elected to bat.
Pretoria Capitals won the toss and elected to field. , Pretoria Capitals were awarded a bonus point for a win with a run rate difference less than 1.25.
Joburg Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat.
Paarl Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Joburg Super Kings won the toss and elected to field. , Rain prevented any further play.
Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the toss and elected to bat.
Pretoria Capitals won the toss and elected to bat. , David Miller (Paarl Royals) scored his 11,000th run in T20s.
Joburg Super Kings won the toss and elected to bat. , MI Cape Town 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 bat. , Sunrisers Eastern Cape 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.
Durban's Super Giants won the toss and elected to field. , Rain prevented any further play.
Pretoria Capitals 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.
Durban's Super Giants won the toss and elected to bat.
Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the toss and elected to bat.
Pretoria Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
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.
Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the toss and elected to bat. , Joburg Super Kings 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 bat.
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.
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 field.
Pretoria Capitals won the toss and elected to field.
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.
Joburg Super Kings won the toss and elected to field. , Joburg Super Kings were set a revised target of 147 runs from 16 overs due to rain.
MI Cape Town won the toss and elected to bat. , MI Cape Town were awarded a bonus point for a win with a run rate difference greater than 1.25.
Match 1 9 January 2025 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard
MI Cape Town174/7 (20 overs)
v
Sunrisers Eastern Cape77 (15 overs)
Dewald Brevis 57 (29) Richard Gleeson 2/22 (4 overs)
MI Cape Town won by 97 runs St George's Park Cricket Ground, Gqeberha Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Allahuddien Paleker (SA) Player of the match: Delano Potgieter (MI Cape Town)
Match 2 10 January 2025 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard
Durban's Super Giants209/4 (20 overs)
v
Pretoria Capitals207/6 (20 overs)
Kane Williamson 60* (40) Senuran Muthusamy 3/21 (4 overs)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz 89 (43) Noor Ahmad 2/34 (4 overs)
Durban's Super Giants won by 2 runs Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Umpires: Lubabalo Gcuma (SA) and Bongani Jele (SA) Player of the match: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Pretoria Capitals)
Match 3 11 January 2025 13:00 Scorecard
Sunrisers Eastern Cape175/5 (20 overs)
v
Paarl Royals176/1 (18.4 overs)
Aiden Markram 82 (49) Mujeeb Ur Rahman 2/27 (4 overs)
Lhuan-dre Pretorius 97 (51) Marco Jansen 1/31 (4 overs)
Paarl Royals won by 9 wickets Boland Park, Paarl Umpires: Lauren Agenbag (SA) and Stephen Harris (SA) Player of the match: Lhuan-dre Pretorius (Paarl Royals)
Match 4 11 January 2025 17:30 (D/N) Scorecard
MI Cape Town140/6 (20 overs)
v
Joburg Super Kings82/3 (11.3 overs)
George Linde 48* (35) David Wiese 1/19 (4 overs)
Faf du Plessis 30 (23) Kagiso Rabada 2/10 (2.3 overs)
Joburg Super Kings won by 6 runs (DLS Method) Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Bongani Jele (SA) and Marais Erasmus (SA) Player of the match: Faf du Plessis (Joburg Super Kings)
Match 5 12 January 2025 15:30 Scorecard
Pretoria Capitals
v
Durban's Super Giants
Match abandoned Centurion Park, Centurion Umpires: Lubabalo Gcuma (SA) and Marais Erasmus (SA)
Mujeeb Ur Rahman 34 (21) George Linde 3/15 (4 overs)
MI Cape Town won by 33 runs Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Umpires: Lauren Agenbag (SA) and Arno Jacobs (SA) Player of the match: Kagiso Rabada (MI Cape Town)
Match 7 14 January 2025 13:00 Scorecard
Qualifier 1
Paarl Royals won the toss and elected to field.
Eliminator
Joburg Super Kings won the toss and elected to field.
Qualifier 2
Paarl Royals won the toss and elected to bat.
Final
MI Cape Town won the toss and elected to bat.
Awards
On 8 February 2025, the list of end of season awards was announced, to be handed out after the final match.
