CSA T20 Challenge

For the women's competition, see CSA Women's T20 Challenge.

T20 Challenge
CountriesSouth Africa
AdministratorCricket South Africa
FormatTwenty20
First edition2003–04
Latest edition2024–25
Next edition2025–26
Tournament formatDouble round-robin, qualifier and final
Number of teams8
Current championLions (6 titles)
Most successfulTitans (6 titles)
2024–25 CSA T20 Challenge

The Betway T20 Challenge is a domestic Twenty20 Cricket competition in South Africa, first contested in the 2003–04 season. It was previously known as the Standard Bank Pro20 Series until the 2010–11 season, the MiWay T20 Challenge for the 2011–12 season and most recently as the RamSlam T20 Challenge. The current champions are the Imperial Lions, whilst the Titans have been the most successful with 6 title wins.

The tournament has been contested since its inception by the six franchise teams but for the 2007–08 season, Zimbabwe took part as a seventh side.[1] In April 2019, Cricket South Africa announced that the 2018–19 tournament would be the final edition of the T20 Challenge, due to austerity measures and a restructure of domestic cricket in the country.[2][3][4] The competition was effectively replaced as a top cricket league with a franchise-based T20 tournament, the Mzansi Super League, which had its first edition in 2018.

The tournament was however played during February 2021, with all the matches taking place at the Kingsmead Cricket Ground in Durban. It replaced the 2020 edition of the Mzansi Super League, which was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[5][6][7]

Teams

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Current teams[8]
Team Location City Province Capacity Wins
Dolphins Kingsmead Durban KwaZulu-Natal 25,000 2
Knights City Oval Pietermaritzburg KwaZulu-Natal
Warriors St George's Park Port Elizabeth Eastern Cape 19,000 1
Titans Super Sport Park Centurion Gauteng 22,000 6
Lions Wanderers Stadium Johannesburg Gauteng 34,000 6
North West Dragons Senwes Park Potchefstroom North West 18,000
Boland Boland Park Paarl Western Cape 10,000 1
Western Province Newlands Cape Town Western Cape 25,000
Current teams[9]
Team City Wins 2nds
Cape Cobras Cape Town and Paarl 2 2
Dolphins Durban and Pietermaritzburg 2 3
Knights Bloemfontein and Kimberley 2 2
Lions Johannesburg and Potchefstroom 4 2
North West Potchefstroom
Rocks Paarl 1
Titans Centurion and Benoni 6 2
Warriors Port Elizabeth and East London 1 3
Western Province Cape Town
Former participants

Tournament results

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Tournament Final venue Final Format Matches Teams
Winner Result Runner-up
Standard Bank Pro20
2003–04
Fixtures 		Buffalo Park, East London Eagles
131 for 6 (20 overs) 		won by 7 runs (D/L)
Scorecard 		Eastern Cape
108 for 9 (17 overs) 		Single round-robin; Semi-finals and final 18 6
2004–05
Fixtures 		SuperSport Park, Centurion Titans
125 for 2 (17 overs) 		won by 8 wickets
Scorecard 		Warriors
121 all out (19 overs)
2005–06
Fixtures 		Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein Eagles
113 for 4 (15.4 overs) 		won by 6 wickets
Scorecard 		Cape Cobras
112 for 7 (20 overs)
2006–07
Fixtures 		New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Highveld Lions
148 for 4 (17.4 overs) 		won by 6 wickets
Scorecard 		Cape Cobras
147 for 9 (20 overs)
2007–08
Fixtures 		Kingsmead, Durban Titans
153 for 6 (20 overs) 		won by 18 runs
Scorecard 		Dolphins
135 all out (19.1 overs) 		24 7
2008–09
Details 		Newlands, Cape Town Cape Cobras
147 for 5 (20 overs) 		won by 22 runs
Scorecard 		Eagles
128 for 8 (20 overs) 		Single round-robin; Best-2-out-of-3 semi-finals and single final 22 9
2009–10
Details 		St George's Oval, Port Elizabeth Warriors
186 for 2 (20 overs) 		won by 82 runs
Scorecard 		Highveld Lions
104 all out (17.5 overs) 		20
2010–11
Details 		Newlands, Cape Town Cape Cobras
166 for 5 (20 overs) 		won by 12 runs
Scorecard 		Warriors
154 for 6 (20 overs)
MiWay T20 Challenge
2011–12
Details 		New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Titans
187 for 6 (20 overs) 		won by 45 runs
Scorecard 		Highveld Lions
142 all out (18.5 overs) 		Double round-robin; Qualifier and final 44 7
Ram Slam T20 Challenge
2012–13
Details 		New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Highveld Lions
155 for 5 (20 overs) 		won by 30 runs
Scorecard 		Titans
125 all out (18.1 overs) 		Double round-robin; Qualifier and final 32 6
2013–14
Details 		Newlands, Cape Town Dolphins
146 for 8 (20 overs) 		won by 2 runs
Scorecard 		Cape Cobras
144 for 7 (20 overs) 		Double round-robin; semi-finals and final 33 6
2014–15
Details 		Newlands, Cape Town Cape Cobras
158 for 4 (20 overs) 		won by 33 runs
Scorecard 		Knights
125/9 (20 overs) 		Double round-robin; semi-finals and final 32 6
2015–16
Details 		SuperSport Park, Centurion Titans
161 for 3 (20 overs) 		won by 7 wickets
Scorecard 		Dolphins
159 for 5 (20 overs) 		Double round-robin; semi-finals and final 32 6
CSA T20 Challenge
2016–17
Details 		SuperSport Park, Centurion Titans
155 for 6 (20 overs) 		won by 6 runs
Scorecard 		Warriors
149 for 6 (20 overs) 		Double round-robin; semi-finals and final 32 6
2017–18
Details 		SuperSport Park, Centurion Titans
101 for 3 (11.1 overs) 		won by 7 wickets
Scorecard 		Dolphins
100 all out (18.3 overs) 		Double round-robin; semi-finals and final 32 6
2018–19
Details 		New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Lions
203 for 4 (20 overs) 		won by 11 runs
Scorecard 		Warriors
192 all out (19.2 overs) 		Double round-robin; semi-finals and final 32 6
2020–21
Details 		Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Imperial Lions
108 for 6 (19 overs) 		won by 4 wickets
Scorecard 		Dolphins
107 for 7 (20 overs) 		Round-robin and Final 17 6
2021–22
Details 		St George's Park, Port Elizabeth Rocks
138 for 6 (20 overs) 		won by 15 runs
Scorecard 		Titans
123 for 9 (20 overs) 		Round-robin and knockout 31 8
2022-23
Details 		Senwes Park, Potchefstroom Titans
165 for 6 (19.4 overs) 		won by 4 wickets
Scorecard 		Dolphins
162 for 3 (20 overs) 		Round-robin and knockout 31 8
2023-24
Details 		The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Lions Dolphins Round-robin and knockout 58 8
2024-25
Details 		Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Lions Titans Round-robin and knockout 33 8

Notes[10]

  • Starting with the 2008–09 season until the 2013–14 season, the winning and runner-up teams would qualify for the Champions League Twenty20.

Number of titles

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Team Title(s) Runner-up Seasons won Seasons runner-up No. of seasons played

Ground

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South Africa
Cape Town Centurion Durban Pietermaritzburg
Newlands Cricket Ground Centurion Park Kingsmead Cricket Ground City Oval
Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 22,000 Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 12,000
Gqeberha Johannesburg Paarl Cape Town
St George's Park Cricket Ground Wanderers Stadium Boland Park Cape Town Stadium
Capacity: 19,000 Capacity: 34,000 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 57,000

References

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  1. ^ Zimbabwe's Place In SA Franchise Cricket Confirmed Archived 1 December 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Cricket World, Retrieved on 21 November 2007
  2. ^ "South African board and players' body on collision course over domestic revamp plans". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Cricket SA are ignoring our concerns' say players". Times Live. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  4. ^ "CSA confirms drastic plans to restructure domestic cricket". Sport24. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Covid-19 effect: South Africa forced to postpone 2020 Mzansi Super League". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  6. ^ SAGAR Singh Chauhan. "EXCITEMENT BUILDS AS THE 2023 – 24 DOMESTIC CRICKET SEASON KICKS OFF THIS WEEKEND". cricket.co.za. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  7. ^ SAGAR Singh Chauhan (26 August 2023). "CSA T20 Challenge SET TO LIGHT UP SUMMER WITH SEASON 20 KICK-OFF ON 8 March". sacricket magazine. Retrieved 2 October 2023.
  8. ^ "current Teams". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  9. ^ "current Teams". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  10. ^ "CSA T20 Challenge winner". cricket24. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
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