2026 SA20

2026 SA20
Tournament logo
Dates26 December 2025 – 25 January 2026
Administrator(s)Cricket South Africa
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Double round-robin and playoffs
Host(s)South Africa
Participants6
Matches34
Official websiteSA20

The 2026 SA20 or SA20 Season 4 (also known as Betway SA20 2026 for sponsorship reasons) will be the fourth season of the SA20, a franchise Twenty20 cricket league in South Africa.[1] The competition, which is organized by Cricket South Africa, features six teams.[2] The tournament will begin on 26 December 2025, with the final scheduled for 25 January 2026.[3] MI Cape Town are the defending champions.[4]

Background

In January 2025, Cricket South Africa announced the windows of SA20 for the next three seasons.[5][6] The league is sponsored by Betway.

Venues

Cape Town Centurion Durban
MI Cape Town Pretoria Capitals Durban's Super Giants
Newlands Cricket Ground Centurion Park Kingsmead Cricket Ground
Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 22,000 Capacity: 25,000
Gqeberha Johannesburg Paarl
Sunrisers Eastern Cape Joburg Super Kings Paarl Royals
St George's Park Cricket Ground Wanderers Stadium Boland Park
Capacity: 19,000 Capacity: 34,000 Capacity: 10,000

Squads

Durban's Super Giants Joburg Super Kings MI Cape Town Paarl Royals Pretoria Capitals Sunrisers Eastern Cape

Teams and standings

Points table

Pos Team Pld W L NR BP Pts NRR
1 Durban's Super Giants 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Joburg Super Kings 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 MI Cape Town 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Pretoria Capitals 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Paarl Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Sunrisers Eastern Cape 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ESPNCricinfo
  • 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.

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
Team's results→ Won Lost N/R

Match summary

Visitor team →DSG MICT
Home team ↓
Durban's Super Giants
MI Cape TownMatch 1
  • 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 10 July 2025.


Match 2
27 December 2025
13:00
Scorecard
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Match 3
27 December 2025
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v

Match 4
28 December 2025
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v

Match 5
29 December 2025
17:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
v

Play-offs

Qualifier 1Qualifier 2The Final
21 January 2026 — TBD25 January 2026 — TBD
11st placed teamQ1WWinner of Qualifier 1
22nd placed team23 January 2026 — TBDQ2WWinner of Qualifier 2
Q1LLoser of Qualifier 1
EliminatorEWWinner of Eliminator
22 January 2026 — TBD
33rd placed team
44th placed team
Qualifier 1
21 January 2026
Scorecard
1st placed team
v
2nd placed team
TBD

Eliminator
22 January 2026
Scorecard
3rd placed team
v
4th placed team
TBD

Qualifier 2
23 January 2026
Scorecard
Loser of Qualifier 1
v
Winner of Eliminator
TBD

The Final
25 January 2026
Scorecard
Winner of Qualifier 1
v
Winner of Qualifier 2
TBD

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. ^ "SA20 confirms competition window for the next three years". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  4. ^ "MI Cape Town crush Sunrisers to claim maiden SA20 title". ESPNcricinfo.
  5. ^ "SA20: Window for next three seasons revealed, next edition likely to begin on Boxing day". IndiaTV. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  6. ^ "Next season's SA20 likely to begin on Boxing Day". ESPN. Retrieved 4 February 2025.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Retained
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Pre-signed
  3. ^ a b c d e f Wild Card