The 2011–12 MiWay T20 Challenge was the ninth season of the
MiWay T20 Challenge, established by the
Cricket South Africa
Cricket South Africa aka CSA is the governing body for both professional and amateur cricket in South Africa. In 1991, the separate South African Cricket Union and the South African Cricket Board merged to form the United Cricket Board of South ...
and the ninth season of the
CSA T20 Challenge
The CSA 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 20 ...
overall. The tournament was previously known as the
Standard Bank Pro20 Series. The tournament was played between 15 February and 1 April 2012. The tournament had an expanded tournament format. It featured the addition of a seventh team, a change in the group stage from a single to a double round-robin tournament, and a 2-match knockout stage.
Venues
Rules and regulations
The tournament is divided into a group stage and a knockout stage. In the group stage, teams face each other in a double
round-robin tournament
A round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a competition format in which each contestant meets every other participant, usually in turn.''Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged'' (1971, G. & ...
(i.e. each team plays every other team twice, once at home and once away). At the end of the group stage, the top team qualifies for the final. The teams in second and third take part in a play-off match with the winners contesting the final. If a match in the knockout stage ends with a tie, a
Super Over
Super Over, also known as a one-over eliminator or a one over per side eliminator, is a Tiebreaker, tie-breaking method used in Limited overs cricket, limited-overs cricket matches. If a match ends in a "Result (cricket)#Tie, tie", it proceeds t ...
will determine the winner.
Points were awarded as follows in the group stage:
* The team that achieves a
run rate
In cricket, the run rate (RR), or runs per over (RPO), is the average number of runs a batting side scores per over. It includes all runs made by the batting side in the innings to that point of the game, both the runs scored by the batsmen an ...
of 1.25 times that of the opposition shall be rewarded one bonus point.
* A team's run rate will be calculated by reference to the runs scored in an innings divided by the number of overs faced.
* Points are deducted for slow over rate at 1 point per over not completed within the allotted 90 minutes.
In the event of teams finishing on equal points, the right to play in the semi-finals will be determined in the following order of priority:
* The team with the most wins;
* If still equal, the team with the most wins over the other team(s) who are equal on points and have the same number of wins;
* If still equal, the team with the highest number of bonus points;
* If still equal, the team with the highest net run rate;
* The team with the higher runs to wickets ratio throughout the series.
Teams and standings
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(C) = Eventual champion; (R) = Runner-up.
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Note: The winner and runner-up qualify for the
2012 Champions League Twenty20
The 2012 Champions League Twenty20 was the fourth edition of the Champions League Twenty20, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament. It was held in South Africa from 9 to 28 October 2012.
Sydney Sixers won the tournament, defeating Highv ...
.
Results
Group stage
Fixtures
:''All times shown are in
South African Standard Time
South African Standard Time (SAST) is the time zone used by all of South Africa as well as Eswatini and Lesotho. The zone is two hours ahead of UTC ( UTC+02:00) and is the same as Central Africa Time. Daylight saving time is not observed in ei ...
(
UTC+02
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).''
Group stage
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Knockout stage
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References
External links
Tournament site on ESPN Cricinfo
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South African domestic cricket competitions
MiWay T20 Challenge
2011–12 South African cricket season