The 2019 Mzansi Super League, also known as the MSL 2.0, was the second edition of the Mzansi Super League (MSL) Twenty20 (T20) franchise cricket tournament in South Africa. It started on 8 November and ended on 16 December 2019. Jozi Stars were the defending champions, having won the inaugural 2018 tournament.
Squads On 7 August 2019, Cricket South Africa announced that more than 250 cricketers had registered for the tournament's draft. Each of the six franchise teams also named the players they had retained for this years' edition. The following day the marquee players were announced. The full squads were confirmed on 3 September 2019.
Cape Town Blitz Durban Heat Jozi Stars Nelson Mandela Bay Giants Paarl Rocks Tshwane Spartans Quinton de Kock (c) Wahab Riaz Liam Livingstone Dale Steyn Sisanda Magala Anrich Nortje Asif Ali Mohammad Nawaz Janneman Malan George Linde David Bedingham Vernon Philander Marques Ackerman Gregory Mahlokwana Aviwe Mgijima Khwezi Gumede Moeen Ali Ayabulela Gqamane Dane Vilas (c) Andile Phehlukwayo Alex Hales David Miller Ravi Bopara Keshav Maharaj Kyle Abbott Khaya Zondo Marco Jansen Daryn Dupavillon Sarel Erwee Malusi Siboto Prenelan Subrayen Wihan Lubbe Shaun von Berg
Wesley Marshall Temba Bavuma (c) Kagiso Rabada Chris Gayle1 Shoaib Malik1 Rassie van der Dussen Reeza Hendricks Dan Christian Duanne Olivier Simon Harmer Ryan Rickelton Aaron Phangiso Lizaad Williams Sinethemba Qeshile Nono Pongolo Eathan Bosch Delano Potgieter Dane Paterson Gerald Coetzee JJ Smuts (c) Imran Tahir Jason Roy Chris Morris Junior Dala Farhaan Behardien Beuran Hendricks Matthew Breetzke Onke Nyaku Ben Dunk Heino Kuhn Marco Marais Grant Thomson Akhona Mnyaka Nandre Burger Dyllan Matthews Ryan ten Doeschate Mthiwekhaya Nabe Faf du Plessis (c) Isuru Udana
JP Duminy Tabraiz Shamsi Hardus Viljoen
Kyle Verreynne Bjorn Fortuin James Vince Dwaine Pretorius Cameron Delport Sibonelo Makhanya Henry Davids Mangaliso Mosehle Ferisco Adams Kerwin Mungroo Thando Ntini Ruan de Swardt Heinrich Klaasen (c) AB de Villiers Tom Curran Morne Morkel Lungi Ngidi Theunis de Bruyn Roelof van der Merwe Lutho Sipamla Pite van Biljon Tony de Zorzi Waqar Salamkheil Dean Elgar Wiaan Mulder Vaughn van Jaarsveld Corbin Bosch Donavon Ferreira Imran Manack
Before the start of the tournament, David Willey was ruled out due to injury and was replaced by Isuru Udana as the marquee player for Paarl Rocks.
1 The Jozi Stars have signed Shoaib Malik to take over from Chris Gayle who will exit the stars post their sixth game.
Aiden Markram injured himself before the start of the tournament as was replaced by Kyle Verreynne in the Paarl Rocks squad.
Robert Frylinck withdrew from the competition after being selected to play in the 2019 T10 League in Abu Dhabi. He was replaced by Wesley Marshall.
Points table
The team topping the table after the league phase progresses to the final. The second and third teams play against each other in the Play-off match. The winning team gets a bonus point for a run rate better than 1.25 times that of the losing team.
League stage The MSL released the full fixture list on 27 September 2019. The team that tops the table gets direct passage to the final and will also have home ground advantage.
Playoffs
Eliminator
Final
Statistics
Most runs
Player Team Runs Ben Dunk Nelson Mandela Bay Giants 11 10 415 51.87 149.81 99* 0 3 39 17 Janneman Malan Cape Town Blitz 9 9 358 44.75 149.79 99* 0 3 26 22 AB de Villiers Tshwane Spartans 9 9 325 46.42 152.58 69* 0 4 26 11 Reeza Hendricks Jozi Stars 7 7 275 39.28 125.00 80 0 3 28 4 Henry Davids Paarl Rocks 10 10 275 30.55 135.46 77* 0 1 33 7
Most wickets
Player Team Imran Tahir Nelson Mandela Bay Giants 11 11 17 3/23 14.23 5.76 14.8 0 0 Tabraiz Shamsi Paarl Rocks 10 10 16 3/16 16.87 7.10 14.2 0 0 Dale Steyn Cape Town Blitz 8 8 15 3/10 15.13 7.09 12.8 0 0 Morne Morkel Tshwane Spartans 9 8 12 3/21 13.58 6.35 12.8 0 0 Junior Dala Nelson Mandela Bay Giants 8 8 12 3/19 23.83 10.59 13.5 0 0
Broadcasting The SABC again got the domestic broadcast rights for the 2019 season. All matches were covered live on the SABC3 television channel and on Radio 2000.
Global Sports Commerce of Singapore bought the broadcast and digital rights outside of South Africa.
References
External links
Series home at ESPNCricinfo