The 2018 Mzansi Super League was the inaugural edition of the Mzansi Super League (MSL) Twenty20 (T20) franchise cricket tournament in South Africa.[1] It started on 16 November and finished on 16 December 2018.[1] Six teams played a total of thirty-two matches.[2] The players' draft took place on 17 October 2018, with more than 200 international players expressing their interest to take part.[3]
Dates | 16 November – 16 December 2018 |
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Administrator(s) | Cricket South Africa |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin and knockout |
Host(s) | South Africa |
Champions | Jozi Stars (1st title) |
Runners-up | Cape Town Blitz |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 32 |
Attendance | 190,738 (5,961 per match) |
Player of the series | Quinton de Kock (Cape Town Blitz) |
Most runs | Rassie van der Dussen (Jozi Stars) (469) |
Most wickets | Duanne Olivier (Jozi Stars) (20) |
Official website | MSLT20 |
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.[4] On 30 October 2018 it was announced that the Mzansi Super League 2018 champions will receive prize money of ZAR7 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.[5]
On 16 December 2018 the Jozi Stars won the first season final.
The following players were selected in the player draft on 17 October 2018:[6][7]
Before the start of the tournament, JP Duminy was ruled out due to injury and was replaced by Quinton de Kock as the marquee player for Cape Town Blitz.[14]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Cape Town Blitz | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 0.941 |
2 | Jozi Stars | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 1.295 |
3 | Paarl Rocks | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 22 | −0.292 |
4 | Nelson Mandela Bay Giants | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 21 | −0.448 |
5 | Tshwane Spartans | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 16 | −1.044 |
6 | Durban Heat | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 | −0.716 |
The MSL released the full fixture list on 18 October 2018. The team that tops the table gets direct passage to the final and will also have home ground advantage.[16]
(H) Cape Town Blitz
180/4 (20 overs) |
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Tshwane Spartans
131 (19.3 overs) |
(H) Jozi Stars
124/7 (20 overs) |
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Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
127/5 (18 overs) |
18 November
11:00 Scorecard |
(H) Durban Heat
157/5 (20 overs) |
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Cape Town Blitz
158/7 (19.1 overs) |
18 November
15:30 Scorecard |
Tshwane Spartans
203/5 (20 overs) |
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Paarl Rocks (H)
202/6 (20 overs) |
Jozi Stars
209/2 (20 overs) |
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Paarl Rocks (H)
149 (18.4 overs) |
21 November
14:00 Scorecard |
Tshwane Spartans
139/9 (19 overs) |
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Durban Heat (H)
129/6 (16.3 overs) |
(H) Cape Town Blitz
175/6 (20 overs) |
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Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
132/6 (16 overs) |
Durban Heat
127/6 (20 overs) |
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Nelson Mandela Bay Giants (H)
131/1 (17.3 overs) |
Cape Town Blitz
198/5 (20 overs) |
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Jozi Stars (H)
136 (17.4 overs) |
25 November
11:00 Scorecard |
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
143/9 (20 overs) |
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Tshwane Spartans (H)
35/3 (5.1 overs) |
25 November
15:30 Scorecard |
Cape Town Blitz
140 (20 overs) |
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Paarl Rocks (H)
144/5 (18.5 overs) |
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28 November
14:00 Scorecard |
Jozi Stars
186/5 (20 overs) |
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Tshwane Spartans (H)
188/6 (19.3 overs) |
Paarl Rocks
98/2 (9 overs) |
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Durban Heat (H)
80/6 (9 overs) |
30 November
14:00 Scorecard |
(H) Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
168/9 (20 overs) |
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Paarl Rocks
120 (19.3 overs) |
(H) Jozi Stars
230/3 (20 overs) |
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Durban Heat
177 (18.1 overs) |
Cape Town Blitz
172/9 (20 overs) |
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Tshwane Spartans (H)
112 (18.2 runs) |
2 December
11:00 Scorecard |
Durban Heat
154/6 (20 overs) |
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Paarl Rocks (H)
158/1 (19.1 overs) |
Jozi Stars
173/3 (20 overs) |
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Nelson Mandela Bay Giants (H)
92 (16.4 overs) |
Jozi Stars
196/4 (20 overs) |
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Cape Town Blitz (H)
146 (19.4 overs) |
5 December
14:00 Scorecard |
Paarl Rocks
121 (17.4 overs) |
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Tshwane Spartans (H)
122/6 (19.3 overs) |
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
121/2 (13.3 overs) |
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Durban Heat (H)
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7 December
14:00 Scorecard |
(H) Durban Heat
128 (18.3 overs) |
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Jozi Stars
131/9 (19.4 overs) |
Paarl Rocks
144/9 (20 overs) |
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Cape Town Blitz (H)
148/4 (15.3 overs) |
Tshwane Spartans
165/4 (20 overs) |
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Nelson Mandela Bay Giants (H)
137/9 (20 overs) |
9 December
11:00 Scorecard |
(H) Jozi Stars
170/6 (20 overs) |
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Paarl Rocks
172/4 (19.3 overs) |
9 December
15:30 Scorecard |
(H) Cape Town Blitz
161/6 (20 overs) |
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Durban Heat
162/4 (19.3 overs) |
(H) Jozi Stars
239/3 (20 overs) |
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Tshwane Spartans
138 (17.2 overs) |
12 December
14:00 Scorecard |
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
129/8 (20 overs) |
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Paarl Rocks (H)
130/4 (15.2 overs) |
(H) Tshwane Spartans
188/6 (20 overs) |
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Durban Heat
189/8 (19.5 overs) |
Eliminator | Final | ||||||||
1 | Cape Town Blitz | 113/7 (20) | |||||||
2 | Jozi Stars | 2 | Jozi Stars | 115/2 (17.3) | |||||
3 | Paarl Rocks |
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Cape Town Blitz
113/7 (20 overs) |
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Jozi Stars
115/2 (17.3 overs) |
Player[18] | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
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Rassie van der Dussen | Jozi Stars | 12 | 11 | 469 | 58.62 | 138.75 | 96 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 23 |
Quinton de Kock | Cape Town Blitz | 8 | 8 | 412 | 58.85 | 169.54 | 108 | 1 | 3 | 45 | 18 |
Reeza Hendricks | Jozi Stars | 10 | 9 | 412 | 58.85 | 142.56 | 108 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 20 |
Gihahn Cloete | Tshwane Spartans | 10 | 10 | 330 | 33.00 | 113.79 | 80 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 5 |
Faf du Plessis | Paarl Rocks | 9 | 8 | 318 | 53.00 | 156.65 | 76 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 7 |
Player[19] | Team | Mat | Inns | Wkts | BBI | Avg | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w |
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Duanne Olivier | Jozi Stars | 8 | 8 | 20 | 3/30 | 13.20 | 7.88 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 |
Jeevan Mendis | Tshwane Spartans | 9 | 9 | 16 | 4/22 | 16.62 | 8.26 | 12.0 | 1 | 0 |
Lutho Sipamla | Tshwane Spartans | 10 | 10 | 16 | 3/19 | 20.56 | 8.89 | 13.8 | 0 | 0 |
Kagiso Rabada | Jozi Stars | 8 | 8 | 13 | 4/27 | 18.38 | 6.73 | 16.3 | 1 | 0 |
Beuran Hendricks | Jozi Stars | 8 | 8 | 12 | 2/13 | 17.16 | 7.40 | 13.9 | 0 | 0 |