The CSA 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. In 2025, had its last edition, and it was replaced in 2026 by the Pro20 Cup.
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 team.Zimbabwe's Place In SA Franchise Cricket Confirmed , Cricket World, Retrieved on 21 November 2007 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. 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.
The competition was discontinued following the 2025–26 season as part of Cricket South Africa's restructuring of domestic cricket. From the 2026–27 season, the T20 Challenge and T20 Knockout competitions were merged into a new competition, the Pro20 Cup.
Teams + Current teamsTeamLocationCity ProvinceCapacityWinsDolphins KingsmeadDurbanKwaZulu-Natal25,0002KnightsCity Oval PietermaritzburgKwaZulu-Natal12,000WarriorsSt George's Park Port ElizabethEastern Cape19,0001Titans Super Sport Park CenturionGauteng22,0006Lions Wanderers StadiumJohannesburgGauteng34,0006North West DragonsSenwes ParkPotchefstroomNorth West18,000Boland Boland ParkPaarlWestern Cape10,0001Western Province Newlands Cape TownWestern Cape25,000
Former teams: Zimbabwe (2007–08 season) Impi (2011–12 season) Cape Cobra (season)
Tournament results TournamentFinal venueFinalFormatMatchesTeamsWinnerResultRunner-upStandard Bank Pro202003–04FixturesBuffalo Park, East LondonEagleswon by 7 runs (D/L)ScorecardEastern Cape1862004–05FixturesSuperSport Park, CenturionTitanswon by 8 wicketsScorecardWarriors2005–06FixturesGoodyear Park, BloemfonteinEagleswon by 6 wicketsScorecardCape Cobras2006–07FixturesNew Wanderers Stadium, JohannesburgHighveld Lionswon by 6 wicketsScorecardCape Cobras2007–08FixturesKingsmead, DurbanTitanswon by 18 runsScorecardDolphins2472008–09DetailsNewlands, Cape TownCape Cobraswon by 22 runsScorecardEagles2292009–10DetailsSt George's Oval, Port ElizabethWarriorswon by 82 runsScorecardHighveld Lions202010–11DetailsNewlands, Cape TownCape Cobraswon by 12 runsScorecardWarriorsMiWay T20 Challenge2011–12DetailsNew Wanderers Stadium, JohannesburgTitanswon by 45 runsScorecardHighveld Lions447Ram Slam T20 Challenge2012–13DetailsNew Wanderers Stadium, JohannesburgHighveld Lionswon by 30 runsScorecardTitans3262013–14DetailsNewlands, Cape TownDolphinswon by 2 runsScorecardCape Cobras3362014–15DetailsNewlands, Cape TownCape Cobraswon by 33 runsScorecardKnights3262015–16DetailsSuperSport Park, CenturionTitanswon by 7 wicketsScorecardDolphins326 CSA T20 Challenge2016–17DetailsSuperSport Park, CenturionTitanswon by 6 runsScorecardWarriors3262017–18DetailsSuperSport Park, CenturionTitanswon by 7 wicketsScorecardDolphins3262018–19DetailsNew Wanderers Stadium, JohannesburgLionswon by 11 runsScorecardWarriors3262020–21DetailsKingsmead Cricket Ground, DurbanImperial Lionswon by 4 wicketsScorecardDolphins 1762021–22DetailsSt George's Park, Port ElizabethRockswon by 15 runsScorecardTitans3182022-23DetailsSenwes Park, PotchefstroomTitanswon by 4 wicketsScorecardDolphins3182023-24DetailsThe Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Lionswon by 7 wicketsScorecardDolphins5882024-25Details Wanderers Stadium, JohannesburgLionswon by 8 wicketsScorecardTitans3382025-26Details Boland Park, PaarlWarriorsMatch tied(Warriors won the second Super Over)ScorecardBoland328Pro20 Cup 2026-27Details
Notes Starting with the 2008–09 season until the 2013–14 season, the winning and runner-up teams would qualify for the Champions League Twenty20.
Ground 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
References
External links Cricket South Africa.