SA20 Season 2025 Jan 9-Feb 8

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Season kicks off tonight. Squads:

Let's have a look at the squads:​

Joburg Super Kings: Faf Du Plessis (c), Leus de Plooy, Evan Jones, Sibonelo Makhanya, Moeen Ali, Wihan Lubbe, David Wiese, JP King, Jonny Bairstow, Devon Conway, Donovan Ferreira, Matheesha Pathirana, Tabraiz Shamsi, Gerald Coetzee, Doug Bracewell, Beuran Hendricks, Imran Tahir, Maheesh Theekshana, Hardus Viljoen

Durban Super Giants: Keshav Maharaj (c), Brandon King, Kane Williamson, Jason Smith, JJ Smuts, Marcus Stoinis, Christopher King, Wiaan Mulder, Chris Woakes, Dwaine Pretorius, Prenelan Subrayen, Bryce Parsons, Quinton de Kock, Matthew Breetzke, Heinrich Klaasen, Shamar Joseph, Noor Ahmad, Naveen ul-Haq, Junior Dala

Sunrisers Eastern Cape: Aiden Markram (c), Zak Crawley, Jordan Hermann, Tom Abell, Liam Dawson, Marco Jansen, Patrick Kruger, Craig Overton, David Bedingham, Daniel Smith, Tristan Stubbs, Okuhle Cele, Simon Harmer, Ottneil Baartman, Richard Gleeson, Caleb Seleka, Andile Simelane, Beyers Swanepoel, Roelof van der Merwe

MI Cape Town: Rashid Khan (c), Colin Ingram, Dewald Brevis, Reeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen, Thomas Kaber, George Linde, Delago, Potgieter, Corbin Bosch, Azmatullah Omarzai, Connor Esterhuizen, Chris Benjamin, Ryan Rickelton, Trent Boult, Dane Piedt, Kagiso Rabada, Nuwan Thushara

Pretoria Capitals: Wayne Parnell (c), Marques Ackerman, Evin Lewis, Steve Stolk, Tiaan van Vuuren, Rilee Rossouw, Will Smeed, Liam Livingstone, Will Jacks, Senuran Muthusamy, James Neesham, Kyle Simmonds, Migael Pretorius, Keagan Lion Cachet, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Kyle Verreynne, Anrich Nortje, Daryn Dupavillon, Eathan Bosch.

Paarl Royals: David Miller (c), Mitchell Van Buuren, Sam Hain, Joe Root, Dewan Marais, Dayyaan Galiem, Dunith Wellalage, Codi Yusuf, Andile Phehlukwayo, Rubin Hermann, Dinesh Karthik, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Keith Dudgeon, Bjorn Fortuin, Eshan Malinga, Kwena Maphaka, Nqabayomzi Peter, Lungi Ngidi

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Game 1 of the SA 20:

Sunrisers Eastern Cape (Playing XI): Jordan Hermann, Zak Crawley, Tom Abell, Aiden Markram(c), Tristan Stubbs(w), David Bedingham, Beyers Swanepoel, Marco Jansen, Liam Dawson, Simon Harmer, Richard Gleeson

MI Cape Town (Playing XI): Reeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen, Dewald Brevis, Colin Ingram, Connor Esterhuizen(w), Delano Potgieter, Azmatullah Omarzai, George Linde, Rashid Khan(c), Corbin Bosch, Trent Boult



Sunrisers Eastern Cape have won the toss and have opted to field

 

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Big Marco Jansen gets a wicket in the first over of the tournament.

 

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And we have our first Betway 1 hander of SA20 season.

2 million rand for the lucky catcher.

 

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Dewald Brevis is seeing it like a beach ball at the moment.

 

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MI Cape Town finish with 174/7. Potgeiter with a handy little late slug there in the backend.


Good recovery from 42/3 after 39 balls.

We have a humdinger on Friday night in South Africa Gqeberha.

 

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Trent Boult with a double wicket maiden. Still not lost his mojo the gun-for-hire.

 

[BStaff17]

Trent Boult with a double wicket maiden. Still not lost his mojo the gun-for-hire.

Your one of the cricket followers that follows a lot T20 Cricket around the world.

Where do you rate SA comp compared to the rest in terms of quality is it better then the PSL.

Graeme Smith talks it up in a typical South African cocky way.

But they have basically destroyed there international home schedule for this and that personally doesn't sit well with me.

I still prefer watching International Cricket over Franchise Cricket.

I suppose SA Cricket they need the money from somewhere.

 

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Your one of the cricket followers that follows a lot T20 Cricket around the world.

Where do you rate SA comp compared to the rest in terms of quality is it better then the PSL.

Graeme Smith talks it up in a typical South African cocky way.

But they have basically destroyed there international home schedule for this and that personally doesn't sit well with me.

I still prefer watching International Cricket over Franchise Cricket.

I suppose SA Cricket they need the money from somewhere.

SA20 is on par with the BBL in terms of level of play. Whilst the stadiums aren't as big as Australias, the crowds atmosphere is just as good if not better than BBL. Feels like a party vibe. In terms of playing quality the BBL and SA20 are on par. And a bit like their international teams, the Australian teams still have an overall better batting quality compared to South Africas. Although there is a solid core in : Klaasen, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, Ryan Rickelton to name a few. Bowling and fielding wise, both teams would be pretty solid in their home decks.

I know we live in a world where money talks. The SA20 salary cap is $2.65 USD Million for this current season (from a source I read online) and the BBL has a cap of $3 AUD million. You can make of what you will with that but it does seem to me the international players in the SA20 are better than the ones we have in the BBL.



Graeme Smith in an interview with Sky recently said he prefers a league where home ground players play a major role rather than a league like the ILT20 where its majority international players. I think he has a fair point there.




Whilst there are start-up leagues like the ones in : USA, Canada and UAE, the purpose I feel should be to get the national team/local players close to , if not better than their international players.

 

[yabsy]

SA20 is on par with the BBL in terms of level of play. Whilst the stadiums aren't as big as Australias, the crowds atmosphere is just as good if not better than BBL. Feels like a party vibe. In terms of playing quality the BBL and SA20 are on par. And a bit like their international teams, the Australian teams still have an overall better batting quality compared to South Africas. Although there is a solid core in : Klaasen, David Miller, Tristan Stubbs, Dewald Brevis, Ryan Rickelton to name a few. Bowling and fielding wise, both teams would be pretty solid in their home decks.

I know we live in a world where money talks. The SA20 salary cap is $2.65 USD Million for this current season (from a source I read online) and the BBL has a cap of $3 AUD million. You can make of what you will with that but it does seem to me the international players in the SA20 are better than the ones we have in the BBL.



Graeme Smith in an interview with Sky recently said he prefers a league where home ground players play a major role rather than a league like the ILT20 where its majority international players. I think he has a fair point there.

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Whilst there are start-up leagues like the ones in : USA, Canada and UAE, the purpose I feel should be to get the national team/local players close to , if not better than their international players.

Starting tomorrow, there will be 5 tournaments running simultaneously;

BBL: 15/12 - 27/10 (44 days)
Super Smash: 26/12 - 02/02 (39 days)
BPL: 30/12 - 07/02 (40 days)
SA20: 09/01 - 08/02 (31 days)
ILT20: 11/01 - 09/02 (30 days)

It's ludicrous...At least SA & UAE wrap them up in a month which is more than enough time...Which one will you be focusing on amongst this smorgasbord?


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Starting tomorrow, there will be 5 tournaments running simultaneously;

BBL: 15/12 - 27/10 (44 days)
Super Smash: 26/12 - 02/02 (39 days)
BPL: 30/12 - 07/02 (40 days)
SA20: 09/01 - 08/02 (31 days)
ILT20: 11/01 - 09/02 (30 days)

It's ludicrous...At least SA & UAE wrap them up in a month which is more than enough time...Which one will you be focusing on amongst this smorgasbord?


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They're basically Domestic comps, so everyone rightly wants to play over the holiday period.
And a month isn't long enough for the BBL lmfao.

 

[PhatBoy]

They're basically Domestic comps, so everyone rightly wants to play over the holiday period.
And a month isn't long enough for the BBL lmfao.

It should be.

 

[eltrain]

Regarding the crowds and atmosphere at the SA20 games, to me it seems that they are more of an event in the SA cricket calendar than the BBL is here. Test cricket is still by far the main game in town here, with BBL serving as lite entertainment during the school holidays.

Seems SA20 is the main focus of their cricket calendar, and their crowds reflect that, with a lot more adults and more of a party atmosphere, whereas their test matches are ghost towns.