2025–26 CSA T20 Knock-Out Competition
| Dates | 24 October – 24 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Administrator | Cricket South Africa |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and knockout |
| Host | South Africa |
| Champions | Knights (2nd title) |
| Runners-up | Border |
| Participants | 7 |
| Matches | 25 |
| Most runs | George Van Heerden (237) |
| Most wickets | Alindile Mhletywa (15) |
The 2025–26 CSA T20 Knock-Out Competition was the 6th season of the CSA Provincial T20 Cup, organized by Cricket South Africa in South Africa.[1] The tournament ran from 24 October to 24 November 2025, the date of the final.[2][3] Tuskers were the defending champion.
Teams and squads
| Border | Easterns Storm | Knights | Limpopo Impalas | Mpumalanga Rhinos | Northern Cape Heat | South Western Districts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head Coaches | ||||||
| Tumelo Bodibe | Geoffrey Toyana | JP Triegaardt | Gurshwin Rabie | Mbasa Gqadushe | Mduduzi Mbatha | Letlotle Sesele |
| Captains | ||||||
| Jason Niemand | Grant Thomas | Michael Erlank | Muhammed Mayet | Ruan Haasbroek | Yaseen Valli | |
| Players[4] | ||||||
| Source:[5] | ||||||
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Knights | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 2.023 | Advance to Qualifier 1 |
| 2 | Border | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 1.117 | |
| 3 | South Western Districts | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 0.481 | Advance to Eliminator |
| 4 | Mpumalanga | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | −0.330 | |
| 5 | Easterns | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 0.017 | |
| 6 | Limpopo | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | −1.295 | |
| 7 | Northern Cape | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | −3.100 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo, SuperSport
Fixtures
Knights
223/4 (20 overs) |
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Northern Cape
130 (18.5 overs) |
Rilee Rossouw 97 (46)
Benjamin Van Rensburg 2/36 (4 overs) |
- Knights won the toss and elected to bat.
- Liam Doherty, Ethan Frosler, Abel Mokwena and Ruan van Rooyen (Northern Cape) all made their T20 debuts.
- Points: Knights 5, Northern Cape 0
Limpopo
160/4 (20 overs) |
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South Western Districts
164/2 (18.2 overs) |
Liam Peters 45 (35)
Banele Cele 1/18 (2 overs) |
- Limpopo won the toss and elected to bat.
- Shelton Ngobeni, Richard Williams (Limpopo), Nathan Engelbrecht and Zack Momberg (South Western Districts) all made their T20 debuts.
- Points: South Western Districts 4, Limpopo 0
Mpumalanga
127/2 (13.1 overs) |
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- Border won the toss and elected to field.
- No further play was possible due to rain.
- Christiaan du Toit (Border) and B Brokensha (Mpumalanga) both made their T20 debuts.
- Points: Border 2, Mpumalanga 2
South Western Districts
160/6 (20 overs) |
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Border
162/4 (17.4 overs) |
Jerome Bossr 53 (32)
Liam Alder 2/38 (4 overs) |
- South Western Districts won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Border 4, South Western Districts 0
Knights
199/4 (20 overs) |
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Limpopo
100 (14.5 overs) |
Christoffel Klijnhans 30 (21)
Ross Boast 5/12 (2.5 overs) |
- Limpopo won the toss and elected to field.
- Ross Boast (Knights), Thabo Mosefowa and Natasha Ngobeni (Limpopo) all made their T20 debuts.
- Ross Boast (Knights) took his maiden five-wicket haul in T20s.
- Points: Knights 5, Limpopo 0
Easterns
103 (14.1 overs) |
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Brayden Hicks 46 (24)
Benjamin Van Rensburg 3/25 (3 overs) |
- Northern Cape won the toss and elected to field.
- No further play was possible due to rain.
- Brayden Hicks (Easterns) made his T20 debut.
- Points: Easterns 2, Northern Cape 2
Knights
110/7 (20 overs) |
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Border
113/6 (16.1 overs) |
Cole Abrahams 31 (29)
Alindile Mhletywa 2/18 (4 overs) |
Wian Ruthven 37 (29)
Dane Piedt 3/15 (4 overs) |
- Border won the toss and elected to field.
- Wian Ruthven, Thozama Totana (Border) and Ruben du Toit (Knights) all made their T20 debuts.
- Points: Border 5, Knights 0
Mpumalanga
116/7 (20 overs) |
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Easterns
116 (19.4 overs) |
Zakir Kathrada 37 (27)
Amaan Khan 4/28 (4 overs) |
Brayden Hicks 49 (21)
B Brokensha 5/12 (4 overs) |
- Mpumalanga won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ricus Kramm (Mpumalanga) made his T20 debut.
- B Brokensha (Mpumalanga) took his maiden five-wicket haul in T20s.
- Super Over: Easterns 5/2, Mpumalanga 6/0
- Points: Mpumalanga 4, Easterns 0
South Western Districts
164/4 (20 overs) |
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Northern Cape
140 (18.3 overs) |
Liam Doherty 50 (32)
Mondli Khumalo 3/20 (3.3 overs) |
- South Western Districts won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: South Western Districts 4, Northern Cape 0
Easterns
137/8 (20 overs) |
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Border
138/5 (18 overs) |
Jurie Snyman 56 (39)
Thozama Totana 2/21 (4 overs) |
Wian Ruthven 40 (27)
Andrew Rasemene 2/29 (4 overs) |
- Easterns won the toss and elected to bat.
- Mekyle Pillay (Easterns) made his T20 debut.
- Points: Border 4, Easterns 0
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
- Points: Limpopo 2, Northern Cape 2
Mpumalanga
179/6 (20 overs) |
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Knights
182/6 (19.5 overs) |
- Knights won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Knights 4, Mpumalanga 0
Mpumalanga
124/7 (20 overs) |
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South Western Districts
128/5 (16.1 overs) |
Hermann Rolfes 42 (41)
Liam Alder 3/26 (4 overs) |
Nathan Engelbrecht 28 (23)
Aubrey Swanepoel 2/14 (2 overs) |
- South Western Districts won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: South Western Districts 4, Mpumalanga 0
Limpopo
158/7 (20 overs) |
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Border
130 (19.1 overs) |
Tylor Trenoweth 60 (36)
Thozama Totana 3/30 (4 overs) |
Michael Copeland 41 (29)
Irvin Modimokoane 3/27 (4 overs) |
- Border won the toss and elected to field.
- Kyle Landsberg, Tylor Trenoweth (Limpopo) and Lihle Sizani (Border) all made their T20 debuts.
- Points: Limpopo 4, Border -1
Knights
114/0 (11.1 overs) |
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Easterns
69/5 (6 overs) |
Gihahn Cloete 57* (78)
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- Easterns won the toss and elected to field.
- Play was stopped in the first innings at 11.1 overs due to rain.
- Easterns were set a revised target of 78 runs in 6 overs due to rain.
- Kaylan Archary (Easterns) made his T20 debut.
- Points: Knights 4, Easterns 0
South Western Districts
176/6 (20 overs) |
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Easterns
179/4 (19.1 overs) |
Brayden Hicks 69* (43)
Jade Richter 2/26 (4 overs) |
- Easterns won the toss and elected to field.
- Jade Richter (South Western Districts) made his T20 debut.
- Points: Easterns 4, South Western Districts 0
Border
184/4 (20 overs) |
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Northern Cape
115/8 (20 overs) |
Ronan Herrmann 24 (22)
Thando Ntini 2/16 (4 overs) |
- Northern Cape won the toss and elected to field.
- Points: Border 5, Northern Cape 0
Mpumalanga
123 (19.4 overs) |
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Limpopo
114/8 (20 overs) |
Hermann Rolfes 28 (24)
Emmanuel Motswiri 4/27 (3.4 overs) |
Tylor Trenoweth 25 (26)
Jon Hinrichsen 2/13 (4 overs) |
- Mpumalanga won the toss and elected to bat.
- Points: Mpumalanga 4, Limpopo 0
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
- Points: Knights 2, South Western Districts 2
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
- Points: Northern Cape 2, Mpumalanga 2
Limpopo
97/7 (17 overs) |
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Easterns
58/2 (6.1 overs) |
Emmanuel Motswiri 28 (32)
Tumelo Simelane 3/13 (4 overs) |
- Easterns won the toss and elected to field.
- Play was stopped in the first innings at 17 overs due to rain.
- Easterns were set a revised target of 57 runs in 8 overs due to rain.
- Points: Easterns 4, Limpopo 0
Playoffs
| Qualifier 1 / Eliminator | Qualifier 2 | Final | |||||||||||
| 18 November 2025 | 23–24 November 2025 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Knights | 76/2 (11.4 overs) | Q1W | Knights | 155/7 (20 overs) | ||||||||
| 2 | Border | 140/7 (20 overs) | 21 November 2025 | Q2W | Border | 144/6 (20 overs) | |||||||
| Q1L | Border | 155/4 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
| 19 November 2025 | EW | South Western Districts | 130 (20 overs) | ||||||||||
| 3 | South Western Districts | 152/6 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
| 4 | Mpumalanga | 109 (19.2 overs) | |||||||||||
Qualifier 1
Knights
140/7 (20 overs) |
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Border
76/2 (11.4 overs) |
Jan Coetzer 33* (24)
Mbongiseni Mhlanga 3/20 (4 overs) |
Jacques Snyman 36 (24)
Thozama Totana 1/6 (3 overs) |
- Knights won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain prevented any further play.
- Knights were 3 runs ahead of the DLS par score when rain interrupted the match.
Eliminator
South Western Districts
152/6 (20 overs) |
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Mpumalanga
109 (19.2 overs) |
Ruan Terblanche 50 (29)
Hermann Rolfes 2/23 (4 overs) |
Jon Hinrichsen 23 (9)
Liam Alder 3/7 (4 overs) |
- Mpumalanga won the toss and elected to field.
Qualifier 2
Border
155/4 (20 overs) |
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South Western Districts
130 (20 overs) |
Nathan Roux 68* (47)
Jade Richter 3/24 (4 overs) |
- South Western Districts won the toss and elected to field.
Final
Knights
155/7 (20 overs) |
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Border
144/6 (20 overs) |
Nathan Roux 43 (44)
Jacques Snyman 3/31 (4 overs) |
- Knights won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was pushed to reserve day due to rain and wet outfield.
See also
References
- ^ "South African Domestic Cricket Season 2025/26 Launches with New Energy in Johannesburg". Cricket World. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.