SA20 Celebrates Four Years as Social Healer and Job Creator

“He's been throwing the ball in some of the most high-pressure moments as a young man. I think credit to our franchises to get behind the youth programme and the rookies have started to come now in the U23. I think, IPL franchises are good at attracting youth and backing them. We see it here as well. Over 10 years, you know, the player salaries will probably be close to a billion rand, if you take it over the 10-year period. And that's a huge, huge uplift in the South African cricket ecosystem for players.”

“From an economic perspective, we brought, last year, over ZAR 4 billion to the economy, creating 8,500 jobs. So, those are some really great metrics in a very young product. We're delivering almost a world event every year in this country. So, you know, from that perspective, I think being just around four years old now, I think we've done some amazing work around the social aspect of South Africa.”

“It's been amazing in just four years. The players that's produced, players that are now feeding into the national team in that first three-year cycle. So it's extremely exciting. It gives our provincial players the opportunity to play under the bright lights and the big crowds. IPL is a sterling example of that, and I'm sure SA20 will be right behind that.”

“Yeah, look, this is my home. Kingsmead is always close to me because I have played all my life over here. It now feels even better to have a franchise that you and the fans connect easily, and South African cricket will be all the more strong for it.”