The 2022–23 SA20 was the inaugural season of the
SA20
SA20 is a Twenty20 franchise cricket tournament in South Africa, organised by Cricket South Africa (CSA) and first contested in 2023. It is contested by six teams based in cities around the country. The first winners of the tournament were Su ...
, a franchise
Twenty20
Twenty20 (T20) is a shortened game format of cricket. At the professional level, it was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 for the inter-county competition. In a Twenty20 game, the two teams have a single innin ...
cricket league in South Africa, organised by
Cricket South Africa
Cricket South Africa (CSA) is the governing body for both professional and amateur cricket in South Africa. In 1991, the separate South African Cricket Union and the South African Cricket Board merged to form the United Cricket Board of South Afr ...
(CSA). The tournament was played from 10 January to 12 February 2023.
,
Sky Sports
Sky Sports is a group of British subscription sports channels operated by the satellite pay television company Sky Group (a division of Comcast), and is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It ...
and the
Sports18
Sports18 is a group of Indian multinational pay television sports channels owned by Viacom18, a joint venture between Network 18 and Paramount Global. Launched on 15 April 2022, the channel currently holds rights of flagship tournaments like FIFA ...
network broadcast the tournament in South Africa, the United Kingdom and India respectively.
In the final,
Sunrisers Eastern Cape defeated
Pretoria Capitals
Pretoria Capitals is a South African professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team that first competed in the inaugural season of SA20 tournament. The team is based in Pretoria, South Africa, and was formed in 2022. The team's home-ground is the ...
by four wickets to win the inaugural title.
Squads
The player auction took place on 19 September 2022.
Venues
Teams and standings
Points table
* The top four sides advanced to the
semi-finals
A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...
.
* Points – win 4, no result 2. One additional point awarded for a win when the
run rate
In cricket, the run rate (RR), or runs per over (RPO), is the average number of runs a batting side scores per over. It includes all runs made by the batting side in the innings to that point of the game, both the runs scored by the batsmen and ...
difference is 1.25 greater than the opposing side's.
Position table
League progression
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:
League stage
The full fixture list was released on 7 November 2022.
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Playoffs
Semi-finals
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Final
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.
Sources:
References
External links
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League home at ESPNCricinfo
2022 in South Africa
Domestic cricket competitions in 2022–23
SA20
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