CSA T20 Challenge

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

T20 Challenge

Countries	South Africa
Administrator	Cricket South Africa
Format	Twenty20
First edition	2003–04
Latest edition	2024–25
Next edition	2025–26
Tournament format	Double round-robin, qualifier and final
Number of teams	8
Current champion	Lions (6 titles)
Most successful	Titans (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

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

• Zimbabwe (2007–08 season)
• Impi (2011–12 season)
• Cape Cobra (season)

Tournament results

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

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

Ground

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
Johannesburg Durban Cape Town Centurion Gqeberha Paarl Pietermaritzburg CSA T20 Challenge (South Africa)
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

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.

External links

• Cricket South Africa.