All the matches for the inaugural SA20 season

All the particulars of the fixtures for the highly-anticipated first-ever SA20 League marketing campaign in 2023 are actually out there.

The SA20 blasts off with an thrilling Western Cape derby between MI Cape Town and Paarl Royals at Newlands Cricket Ground on Tuesday, 10 January. The full match schedule of 33 matches to be played at six venues throughout the nation was introduced right now.

Influx of stars to headline SA20

MI Cape Town will look to seize the maiden SA20 title with their star-studded line-up that features Proteas spearhead Kagiso Rabada, Afghanistan spin maestro Rashid Khan, England’s six-hitting specialist Liam Livingstone, and South Africa’s teenage sensation, Dewald Brevis amongst others.

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The Royals have assembled an equal galaxy of stars that’s headlined by England white-ball captain Jos Buttler, alongside together with his World Cup-winning teammates Jason Roy and Eoin Morgan. They will likely be joined by Proteas trio David Miller, Lungi Ngidi and Tabraiz Shamsi, who’re beneath the steerage of former Proteas all-rounder JP Duminy as head coach.

How the league will work

The opening recreation, together with the remaining 32 matches, will all be broadcast completely reside on SuperSport in Sub-Saharan Africa and Viacom18 Sports in India.

Each group will play 5 dwelling and 5 away matches, however the league will take a break in the direction of the finish of January to accommodate the three-match One-Day International Series between the Proteas and England. The SA20 motion will then resume at Kingsmead for the conflict between hosts Durban’s Super Giants and MI Cape Town on 2 February. 

The Super Giants will look to make their home-ground benefit rely as this will likely be the first of solely two matches performed at Kingsmead in the second half of schedule with the the rest of the video games all going down at Wanderers and SuperSport Park in Centurion as a result of the ICC Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup to be hosted in South Africa in February. 

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The 4 groups at the prime of the desk after the SA20 completion of the round-robin part, will advance to the semi-finals to be performed on eighth and ninth of February. Organisers have additionally put aside the tenth of February as a reserve day for the semi-finals.

The grand closing will likely be staged at the Wanderers on 11 February, the place the first-ever SA20 Champions will likely be topped.