SA20 commissioner, Graeme Smith, says one of the main objectives of the league is to revive the lost excitement and entertainment factor that was associated with the South African cricket season.

The SA20 is upon us and is promising to bring smiles and fun times to South Africans and the world at large with an entertaining brand of cricket. 

The league was launched on Monday, 14th November. During the launch, ticket prices were announced and the purchasing opened for fans to book themselves seats to watch the world’s best T20 cricketers on show. 

Former Proteas captain, Graeme Smith, emphasized during the launch that the league is curated for South Africans and the world at large. 

“The SA20 league won’t be anything without the fans in South Africa. So today was about us interacting with the fans and releasing the tickets at an affordable price,” Smith told the media on Monday. 

Cricket in South Africa has experienced tough times on and off the field over the last few seasons. This could be seen vividly as stadiums have struggled to put bums on seats in any format of domestic cricket and in some cases even in international games. 

Smith vouched that the new league is here to save the game in the country by bringing entertainment along with the quality cricket that will be on show come January 2023. 

“The main product will always be cricket. We’ve got some quality talent that we think will be on show in January,” said Smith.

“Another thing that we really want to bring to the season is the whole ‘new feel’ and a whole new energy to cricket. We feel the cricket has really lost that in this country and we want to try and revive that.

“We want to bring lots of entertainment, lots of music as well. Hopefully a lot of people dancing as well in the stands,” he added. 

The league will commence on 10 January 2023.