The 2019 Mzansi Super League, also known as the MSL 2.0, was the second edition of the

Mzansi Super League The Mzansi Super League (MSL) was a Twenty20 cricket (T20) franchise league held in South Africa. The competition was established in 2018 by Cricket South Africa (CSA) as a replacement for the failed T20 Global League, but only two editions wer ...

(MSL)

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(T20) franchise

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tournament in

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. It started on 8 November and ended on 16 December 2019. Jozi Stars were the defending champions, having won the inaugural 2018 tournament.

Squads

On 7 August 2019,

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announced that more than 250 cricketers had registered for the tournament's draft. Each of the six franchise teams also named the players they had retained for this years' edition. The following day the marquee players were announced. The full squads were confirmed on 3 September 2019. Before the start of the tournament, David Willey was ruled out due to injury and was replaced by

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as the marquee player for Paarl Rocks. ¹ The Jozi Stars have signed

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to take over from

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who will exit the stars post their sixth game.

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injured himself before the start of the tournament as was replaced by

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in the Paarl Rocks squad. Robert Frylinck withdrew from the competition after being selected to play in the 2019 T10 League in Abu Dhabi. He was replaced by

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Points table

* The team topping the table after the league phase progresses to the final. * The second and third teams play against each other in the Play-off match. * The winning team gets a bonus point for a run rate better than 1.25 times that of the losing side.

League stage

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Playoffs

Eliminator

Final

Statistics

Most runs

Most wickets

Broadcasting

The

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again got the domestic broadcast rights for the 2019 season. All matches were covered live on the

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television channel and on

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. Global Sports Commerce of Singapore bought the broadcast and digital rights outside of South Africa.

References

External links

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Series home at ESPNCricinfo
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