SA20

[akkaps]

Starts Tues Jan 10

Durban's Super Giants
Kyle Abbott, Matthew Breetzke, Johnson Charles, Quinton de Kock (c) (wk), Akila Dhananjaya, Simon Harmer, Jason Holder, Christian Jonker, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Kyle Mayers, Wiaan Mulder, Keemo Paul, Dwaine Pretorius, Reece Topley, Prenelan Subrayen, Dilshan Madushanka, Junior Dala
BBL: N/A

Joburg SuperKings
Nandre Burger, Gerald Coetzee, Faf du Plessis (c), Leus du Plooy, Donovan Ferreira (wk), George Garton, Lewis Gregory, Reeza Hendricks, Alzarri Joseph, Janneman Malan, Aaron Phangiso, Caleb Seleka, Romario Shepherd, Malusi Siboto, Maheesh Theekshana, Kyle Verreynne (wk), Lizaad Williams
BBL: Faf du Plessis (sco)

MI Cape Town
Ziyaad Abrahams, Jofra Archer, Dewald Brevis, Sam Curran, Beuran Hendricks, Duan Jansen, Rashid Khan (c), George Linde, Liam Livingstone, Wesley Marshall, Delano Potgieter, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton (wk), Grant Roelofsen (wk), Waqar Salamkheil, Odean Smith, Olly Stone, Rassie van der Dussen
BBL: Rashid Khan (str)

Paarl Royals
Ferisco Adams, Corbin Bosch, Jos Buttler (wk), Bjorn Fortuin, Evan Jones, Wihan Lubbe, Obed McCoy, Imraan Manack, David Miller (c), Eoin Morgan, Lungi Ngidi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Jason Roy, Tabraiz Shamsi, Ramon Simmonds, Mitchell van Buuren, Dane Vilas (wk), Codi Yusuf
BBL: N/A

Pretoria Capitals
Eathan Bosch, Theunis de Bruyn, Shane Dadswell (wk), Cameron Delport, Daryn Dupavillon, Will Jacks, Josh Little, Marco Marais, Kusal Mendis, Senuran Muthusamy, Jimmy Neesham, Anrich Nortje, Wayne Parnell (c), Migael Pretorius, Adil Rashid, Rilee Rossouw, Phil Salt (wk), Shaun von Berg
BBL: Jimmy Neesham (hur), Rilee Rossouw (thu), Phil Salt (sco)

Sunrisers Eastern Cape
Tom Abell, Marques Ackerman, Ottniel Baartman, Brydon Carse, Mason Crane, Jordan Cox (wk), Junaid Dawood, Sarel Erwee, James Fuller, Aya Gqamane, Marco Jansen, Jordan Hermann, Sisanda Magala, Aiden Markram (c), Tristan Stubbs (wk), Adam Rossington (wk), Jon-Jon Smuts, Roelof van der Merwe
BBL: N/A

 

[010203]

This tournament will be shown live on Fox Cricket.

 

[010203]

Crowds back in South Africa means one thing: plenty of attractive ladies appearing on camera during the competition.

 

[t_94]

Should be riveting. I hope all of the stakeholders make a lot of money.

 

[Jamurp]

I hope this is actually successful, whatever your opinions on T20, this is a way for SA cricket to make money and fund their game, lot of good players going around too!

 

[11kgm]

All their squads are far superior to ours

 

[Plugger35]

All their squads are far superior to ours

So they should be, there's a lot more money involved in it than the Big Bash, more money attracts better players.

 

[Hamez]

Essentially an IPL 2.0

 

[11kgm]

So they should be, there's a lot more money involved in it than the Big Bash, more money attracts better players.

And shows how we ****ed it up

 

[Jamurp]

Essentially an IPL 2.0

haha it literally is, Mumbai Indians Capetown, wtf! The whole comp is designed for Indian TV audiences to roll into the IPL later on.

 

[akkaps]

Captains can select teams after toss in SA20 tournament

Also, there will be no overthrow runs if an "intentional" run-out attempt results in the ball deflecting off the stumps

www.espncricinfo.com

• Teams can be named after the toss
• no overthrow runs for ricochets
• four points for a win, and a bonus point for the 25%

 

[010203]

My mate (who is now engaged to his girlfriend after proposing at Kruger National Park) has been in South Africa for the last month or so and he told me that the first 6 games are sold out.

 

[010203]

Dewald Brevis was very impressive albeit leg side centric in his knock of 70 not out as MI Cape Town won pretty easily. Young Brevis has a pretty thick Afrikaans accent too I must say.

I should also add that Zainab Abbas who is part of the coverage of this tournament is absolutely beautiful.

 

[t_94]

 

[IKnowtheDog]

All their squads are far superior to ours

How are the squads better than BBL? Most of the imports have come from BBL. Apart from Brevis and the test players, the South African talent is pretty light.

 

[11kgm]

How are the squads better than BBL? Most of the imports have come from BBL. Apart from Brevis and the test players, the South African talent is pretty light.

Roy Morgan Archer Rashid x 2 holder

A lot better then out rejects

 

[corbies]

Roy Morgan Archer Rashid x 2 holder

A lot better then out rejects

One teams internationals are Mason Crane, Jordan Cox, James Fuller, Adam Rossington and Tom Abell. Lets not go nuts.

Eoin Morgan barely knows what end of the bat to hold and Archer is playing 2 games. Roy, Rashid and Holder all played in the BBL within the 2 seasons previous to this one and every man and his dog thought the BBL was shit in those seasons.

 

[akkaps]

Is there anything on crowd numbers for the SA20, looking to compare to the BBL

 

[corbies]

11,115 for the first game:

First Ever Match of SA20- MI Cape Town vs Paarl Royals 2023 Newlands Attendance 11,115 January 10 | The Cricket Blog

Official crowd number of 11 115 at Newlands, Cape Town for the first ever SAT20 game- MI CT vs Paarl Royals (January 10, 2023).

www.thecricketblog.info

13,124 for the second:

Durban Super Giants vs Joburg Super Kings Kingsmead SA20 Attendance 13124- Donovan Ferreira 82 helps JSK win | The Cricket Blog

DSG vs JSK Kingsmead Durban Attendance 13 124 SA20 League January 11, 2023.

www.thecricketblog.info

 

[akkaps]

Only half full? From watching the first game, it looked more packed.

 

[corbies]

Only half full? From watching the first game, it looked more packed.

I don't think the listed capacity of Newlands (25k) is anywhere close to what the actual capacity is. They struggled to get 20k in there for a sold out test v England back in 2016 even with a temporary stand that allowed an extra 2.5k people.

 

[11kgm]

It's reverse big bash, they say we get 20,000 when it looks like 10,000

 

[Del125763]

I have nothing else to do on a Friday night so will tune into this.

Paarl Royals (Playing XI): Jos Buttler(w), Jason Roy, Wihan Lubbe, David Miller(c), Dane Vilas, Eoin Morgan, Ferisco Adams, Evan Jones, Bjorn Fortuin, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi

Joburg Super Kings (Playing XI): Reeza Hendricks, Janneman Malan, Faf du Plessis(c), Kyle Verreynne(w), Lewis Gregory, Donavon Ferreira, Romario Shepherd, George Garton, Alzarri Joseph, Lizaad Williams, Aaron Phangiso

Joburg Super Kings have won the toss and have opted to bat

 

[Del125763]

This might be a bit contrary to popular opinion. South Africa finished 3rd in their group at the T20 World Cup , so did Australia in their group.

I think South Africa would maybe edge out Australia in a T20 series right now.

 

[Del125763]

Malan gone for the review