The 2018 Mzansi Super League was the inaugural edition of the

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tournament in

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. It started on 16 November and finished on 16 December 2018. Six teams played a total of thirty-two matches. The players' draft took place on 17 October 2018, with more than 200 international players expressing their interest to take part. On 18 October 2018, it was announced that Global Sports Commerce (GSC) is the official international commercial and broadcast partner from 2018 up to 2022. On 30 October 2018 it was announced that the Mzansi Super League 2018 champions will receive prize money of

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7 million and the runners up will receive R2.5 million, the player of the tournament received R100 000, and each player of the match won R15 000. On 16 December 2018 the

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won the first season final.

Squads

The following players were selected in the player draft on 17 October 2018: Before the start of the tournament, JP Duminy was ruled out due to injury and was replaced by

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as the marquee player for Cape Town Blitz.

Points table

* The team topping the table after the league phase progressed to the final. * The second and third teams played against each other in the Play-off match. * The winning team gets a bonus point for a run rate better than 1.25 times that of the losing side.

League stage

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Squads

Points table

League stage

Playoffs

Eliminator

Final

Statistics

Most runs

Most wickets

References

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