The 2025 SA20 or SA20 Season 3 (also known as Betway SA20 2025 for sponsorship reasons) was the third season of the

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, a franchise

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cricket league in South Africa. The competition was organized by

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, featuring six teams. The tournament begun on 9 January, with the final held on 8 February 2025 at Wanderers Stadium in

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were the defending champions with 2 titles to their name. In the final, MI Cape Town defeated

by 76 runs to win their maiden title.

Background

On June 2024, it was announced that

would return for a third season in 2025. The league is sponsored by

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. The 2025 season clashed with the

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, Super Smash,

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and ILT20.

Squads

The player auction took place on 1 October 2024. *Source: ESPNcricinfo

Venues

Teams and standings

Points table

Win-loss table

Below is a summary of results for each team's ten regular season matches, plus finals where applicable, in chronological order. A team's opponent for any given match is listed above the margin of victory/defeat.

Match summary

League stage

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Play-offs

Qualifier 1

Eliminator

Qualifier 2

Final

Statistics

Most runs

Source
ESPNCricinfo

Most wickets

Source
ESPNCricinfo

Highest team totals

Source
ESPNCricinfo

Awards

On 8 February 2025, the list of end of season awards was announced, to be handed out after the final match. Sources:

References

External links

*
Series home at ESPNcricinfo
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