| T20 Challenge | |
| Country: | South Africa |
| Administrator: | Cricket South Africa |
| Cricket Format: | Twenty20 |
| First: | 2003–04 |
| Last: | 2024–25 |
| Next: | 2025–26 |
| Tournament Format: | Double round-robin, qualifier and final |
| Participants: | 8 |
| Champions: | Lions (6 titles) |
| Most Successful: | Titans (6 titles) |
| Current: | 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]
| Location | City | Province | Capacity | Wins | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dolphins | Kingsmead | Durban | KwaZulu-Natal | 25,000 | 2 | |
| Knights | Pietermaritzburg | KwaZulu-Natal | ||||
| Warriors | Port Elizabeth | Eastern Cape | 19,000 | 1 | ||
| Titans | 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 | Cape Town | Western Cape | 25,000 |
| Team | City | Wins | 2nds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | |||
| 2 | 3 | |||
| 2 | 2 | |||
| 4 | 2 | |||
| North West | Potchefstroom | |||
| Paarl | 1 | |||
| 6 | 2 | |||
| 1 | 3 | |||
| Cape Town |
| Tournament | Final venue | Final | Format | Matches | Teams | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=110 | Winner | width=130 | Result | width=110 | Runner-up | |||
| Standard Bank Pro20 | ||||||||
| 2003–04 Fixtures | Buffalo Park, East London | Eagles | won by 7 runs (D/L) Scorecard | Eastern Cape | 18 | 6 | ||
| 2004–05 Fixtures | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Titans | won by 8 wickets Scorecard | Warriors | ||||
| 2005–06 Fixtures | Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein | Eagles | won by 6 wickets Scorecard | Cape Cobras | ||||
| 2006–07 Fixtures | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | Highveld Lions | won by 6 wickets Scorecard | Cape Cobras | ||||
| 2007–08 Fixtures | Kingsmead, Durban | Titans | won by 18 runs Scorecard | Dolphins | 24 | 7 | ||
| 2008–09 Details | Newlands, Cape Town | Cape Cobras | won by 22 runs Scorecard | Eagles | 22 | 9 | ||
| 2009–10 Details | St George's Oval, Port Elizabeth | Warriors | won by 82 runs Scorecard | Highveld Lions | 20 | |||
| 2010–11 Details | Newlands, Cape Town | Cape Cobras | won by 12 runs Scorecard | Warriors | ||||
| MiWay T20 Challenge | ||||||||
| 2011–12 Details | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | Titans | won by 45 runs Scorecard | Highveld Lions | 44 | 7 | ||
| Ram Slam T20 Challenge | ||||||||
| 2012–13 Details | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | Highveld Lions | won by 30 runs Scorecard | Titans | 32 | 6 | ||
| 2013–14 Details | Newlands, Cape Town | Dolphins | won by 2 runs Scorecard | Cape Cobras | 33 | 6 | ||
| 2014–15 Details | Newlands, Cape Town | Cape Cobras | won by 33 runs Scorecard | Knights | 32 | 6 | ||
| 2015–16 Details | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Titans | won by 7 wickets Scorecard | Dolphins | 32 | 6 | ||
| CSA T20 Challenge | ||||||||
| 2016–17 Details | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Titans | won by 6 runs Scorecard | Warriors | 32 | 6 | ||
| 2017–18 Details | SuperSport Park, Centurion | Titans | won by 7 wickets Scorecard | Dolphins | 32 | 6 | ||
| 2018–19 Details | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | Lions | won by 11 runs Scorecard | Warriors | 32 | 6 | ||
| 2020–21 Details | Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban | Imperial Lions | won by 4 wickets Scorecard | Dolphins | 17 | 6 | ||
| 2021–22 Details | St George's Park, Port Elizabeth | Rocks | won by 15 runs Scorecard | Titans | 31 | 8 | ||
| 2022-23 Details | Senwes Park, Potchefstroom | Titans | won by 4 wickets Scorecard | Dolphins | 31 | 8 | ||
| 2023-24 Details | Lions | Dolphins | 58 | 8 | ||||
| 2024-25 Details | Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | Lions | Titans | 33 | 8 | |||
Notes[9]
| 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 | |
| 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 | |