2025–26 CSA T20 Challenge
| Dates | 29 October – 30 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Administrator | Cricket South Africa |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and knockout |
| Host | South Africa |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches | 32 |
The 2025–26 CSA T20 Challenge is the 22nd season of the CSA T20 Challenge, organized by Cricket South Africa in South Africa.[1] The tournament is taking place between 29 October and 30 November 2025.[2][3] Lions are the defending champions.[4][5]
Teams and squads
[edit]Standing
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boland | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 0.567 | Advance to Qualifier 1 |
| 2 | Warriors | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 2.168 | |
| 3 | Dolphins | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 0.716 | Advance to Eliminator |
| 4 | Western Province | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0.344 | |
| 5 | North West | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | −0.447 | |
| 6 | Titans | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | −2.035 | |
| 7 | Lions | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | −0.174 | |
| 8 | KwaZulu-Natal Inland | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | −1.330 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo, SuperSport
Fixtures
[edit]Titans
151/7 (20 overs) |
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KwaZulu-Natal Inland
142 (19.3 overs) |
Keagan Lion-Cachet 54 (35)
Wayne Parnell 3/28 (4 overs) |
Ntando Zuma 43 (33)
Dayyaan Galiem 2/17 (3.3 overs) |
- Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
- Lethabo Phahlamohlaka (Titans) made his T20 debut.
- Points: Titans 4, KwaZulu-Natal Inland 0
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
- Points: North West 2, Warriors 2
Boland
148/9 (20 overs) |
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North West
139/9 (20 overs) |
Clyde Reeves-Fortuin 49 (34)
Shimane Mothoa 3/32 (4 overs) |
- North West won the toss and elected to field.
- Gysbert Wege (Boland) made his T20 debut.
- Points: Boland 4, North West 0
Dolphins
178/5 (20 overs) |
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KwaZulu-Natal Inland
164/7 (20 overs) |
Gomolemo Phiri 64* (32)
Sean Gilson 1/9 (2 overs) |
Sean Gilson 55 (33)
Anrich Nortje 2/27 (4 overs) |
- KwaZulu-Natal Inland won the toss and elected to field.
- Aryan Gopalan and Gomolemo Phiri (Dolphins) both made their T20 debuts.
- Points: Dolphins 4, KwaZulu-Natal Inland 0
Warriors
193/3 (20 overs) |
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Titans
107 (17.1 overs) |
Keagan Lion-Cachet 25 (21)
Matthew Boast 4/23 (3.1 overs) |
- Titans won the toss and elected to field.
- Josh Jordaan (Titans) and Matthew De Villiers (Warriors) both made their T20 debuts.
- Points: Warriors 5, Titans 0
North West
186/5 (20 overs) |
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Western Province
188/6 (16.5 overs) |
Diego Rosier 73 (48)
Oliver Whitehead 2/41 (4 overs) |
- Western Province won the toss and elected to field.
- Josh Breed and Mbulelo Dube (Western Province) both made their T20 debuts.
- Points: Western Province 4, North West 0
Boland
138 (18 overs) |
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Lions
130/6 (20 overs) |
Lehan Botha 42 (36)
Beyers Swanepoel 4/27 (4 overs) |
- Lions won the toss and elected to field.
- Khaya Fakude and Rafeeq Patel (Lions) both made their T20 debuts.
- Points: Boland 4, Lions 0
Boland
173/5 (20 overs) |
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Western Province
108 (16 overs) |
Juan James 52 (33)
Keith Dudgeon 3/11 (3 overs) |
- Boland won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Boland 5, Western Province 0
Titans
128/8 (20 overs) |
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Boland
129/3 (13.4 overs) |
Josh Jordaan 39 (34)
Glenton Stuurman 2/16 (4 overs) |
- Titans won the toss and elected to bat.
- Janco Smit (Titans) made his T20 debut.
- Points: Boland 5, Titans 0
Western Province
134/9 (20 overs) |
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Warriors
135/4 (15.3 overs) |
Juan James 32 (21)
Wesley Bedja 4/22 (4 overs) |
Matthew De Villiers 61 (43)
Josh Breed 2/26 (4 overs) |
- Western Province won the toss and elected to bat.
- Raeeq Daniels (Western Province) made his T20 debut.
- Points: Warriors 5, Western Province 0
Dolphins
155/9 (17 overs) |
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North West
124 (17 overs) |
- North West won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 17 overs per side due to rain.
- Points: Dolphins 4, North West 0
KwaZulu-Natal Inland
161/5 (20 overs) |
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Lions
159/5 (20 overs) |
- Lions won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: KwaZulu-Natal Inland 4, Lions 0
Western Province
225/6 (20 overs) |
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Titans
141 (17.4 overs) |
- Titans won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Western Province 5, Titans 0
Warriors
94 (19.1 overs) |
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Dolphins
100/3 (14.2 overs) |
Tshepang Dithole 39 (37)
Aphiwe Mnyanda 3/19 (3 overs) |
- Dolphins won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Dolphins 6, Warriors 0
Lions
146/7 (20 overs) |
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Warriors
151/2 (17.4 overs) |
Mitchell Van Buuren 51 (39)
Christopher King 2/21 (3 overs) |
- Warriors won the toss and elected to field.
- Wilco de Bruin and Neil Timmers (Lions) both made their T20 debuts.
- Points: Warriors 4, Lions 0
North West
173/5 (20 overs) |
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KwaZulu-Natal Inland
148/8 (20 overs) |
Ludwich Schuld 43 (33)
Michael Erlank 3/17 (3 overs) |
Ntando Zuma 42 (37)
Onke Nyaku 3/29 (4 overs) |
- KwaZulu-Natal Inland won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: North West 4, KwaZulu-Natal Inland 0
KwaZulu-Natal Inland
107 (19.4 overs) |
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Western Province
109/1 (15.3 overs) |
- KwaZulu-Natal Inland won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Western Province 5, KwaZulu-Natal Inland 0
Boland
134/8 (20 overs) |
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Dolphins
134 (20 overs) |
Gomolemo Phiri 53 (37)
Keith Dudgeon 3/27 (4 overs) |
- Boland won the toss and elected to bat.
- Semal Pillay (Dolphins) made his T20 debut.
- 1st Super Over: Dolphins 7/2, Boland 7/0
- 2nd Super Over: Boland 10/0, Dolphins 5/1
- Points: Boland 4, Dolphins 0
Titans
196/6 (20 overs) |
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North West
189/6 (20 overs) |
- North West won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Titans 4, North West 0
Warriors
181/7 (20 overs) |
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KwaZulu-Natal Inland
127 (18 overs) |
Muhammad Manack 54 (34)
Bamanye Xenxe 4/41 (4 overs) |
Chad Laycock 37 (38)
Christopher King 2/16 (3 overs) |
- KwaZulu-Natal Inland won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Warriors 5, KwaZulu-Natal Inland 0
Dolphins
138/7 (20 overs) |
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Western Province
139/5 (18.1 overs) |
Leus du Plooy 31 (25)
Mbulelo Dube 4/26 (4 overs) |
- Western Province won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Western Province 4, Dolphins 0
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
- Points: Titans 2, Lions 2
Warriors
209/5 (20 overs) |
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Boland
111 (15.5 overs) |
Muhammad Manack 52 (28)
Ferisco Adams 2/31 (4 overs) |
Lehan Botha 25 (14)
Aphiwe Mnyanda 4/23 (4 overs) |
- Boland won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Warriors 5, Boland 0
North West
181/6 (20 overs) |
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Lions
181/7 (20 overs) |
- Lions won the toss and elected to field.
- Super Over: Lions 7/2, North West 8/0
- Points: North West 4, Lions 0
Lions
201/2 (20 overs) |
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Western Province
183/6 (20 overs) |
- Lions won the toss and elected to bat.
- Zakwan Patel (Lions) made his T20 debut.
- Daniel Smith (Western Province) scored his maiden century in T20s.
- Points: Lions 4, Western Province 0
Titans
248/3 (20 overs) |
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Dolphins
104/3 (7 overs) |
Rivaldo Moonsamy 82 (49)
Nqobani Mokoena 1/35 (3 overs) |
- Titans won the toss and elected to field.
- Dolphins were set a revised target of 104 runs from 7 overs due to rain.
- Points: Dolphins 4, Titans 0
Boland
168/6 (20 overs) |
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KwaZulu-Natal Inland
121 (20 overs) |
Sean Gilson 44 (44)
Glenton Stuurman 4/16 (4 overs) |
- Boland won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Boland 4, KwaZulu-Natal Inland 0
Lions
194/2 (20 overs) |
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Dolphins
195/8 (19.4 overs) |
Marques Ackerman 49 (28)
Rafeeq Patel 2/32 (4 overs) |
- Dolphins won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Dolphins 4, Lions 0
Playoffs
[edit]| Qualifier 1 / Eliminator | Qualifier 2 | Final | |||||||||||
| 25 November 2025 | 30 November 2025 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Boland | Q1W | |||||||||||
| 2 | Warriors | 28 November 2025 | Q2W | ||||||||||
| Q1L | |||||||||||||
| 26 November 2025 | EW | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Dolphins | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Western Province | ||||||||||||
Qualifier 1
[edit]Eliminator
[edit]Qualifier 2
[edit]Final
[edit]See also
[edit]References
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- ^ "DOWNLOAD all the 2025-26 SA domestic fixtures – now including COLTS and WOMEN's fixtures". Club Cricket SA. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
- ^ "CSA Domestic League". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
- ^ "Lions win back-to-back T20 Challenge titles". SuperSport. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
- ^ "CSA Congratulates 2024/25 T20 Champions". Cricket South Africa. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
- ^ "Full list of 15 contracted squads for 2025-26 SA domestic season". Club Cricket SA. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
- ^ "Head and assistant coaches for 2025-26 SA domestic season". Club Cricket SA. Retrieved 5 September 2025.