South Africa’s top talent and a host of international stars headline the Betway SA20 Season 4 Player Auction list announced today. Over 500 players will go under the gavel in Johannesburg on 9 September, as the six franchises finalise their 19-player squads ahead of Season 4 starting on 26 December 2025.
Betway SA20 received an unprecedented amount of over 800 player registrations – the highest ever in the competition’s four-year history – before the list was whittled down to 541 players after the franchise reviews. Out of 541 players, 300 are South Africans and 241 are overseas players, an indication of the League’s global appeal.
Proteas T20I captain Aiden Markram headlines the strong South African playing pool, boosted with seven of his fellow ICC T20 World Cup final squad members, including Anrich Nortje, Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Keshav Maharaj, Tabraiz Shamsi, Ottneil Baartman and Gerald Coetzee.
ICC Test World Champions Kyle Verreynne, David Bedingham, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Tony de Zorzi and Dane Paterson also feature prominently on the list.
Betway SA20’s ever-growing international appeal has attracted global legends Shakib-al-Hasan and James Anderson.
Shakib is undeniably Bangladesh’s greatest ever cricketer with the most T20 runs and wickets for the Asian nation. The allrounder, who boasts extensive Indian Premier League experience along with stints in various other T20 Leagues, is bidding to become the first Bangladeshi to feature in Betway SA20.
He could be joined by fellow Bangladeshi superstar Mustafizur ‘The Fizz’ Rahman among others.
Anderson, England’s highest-ever wicket-taker, leads a large contingent that also includes former England T20 World Cup winners Alex Hales and Moeen Ali. They are joined by Betway SA20 Season 2 Player of the Final Tom Abell and former championship winners Adam Rossington, Jordan Cox and Daniel Worrall.
The Betway SA20 list of registered players stretches all the way Down Under with Australia’s D’Arcy Short along with a host of New Zealanders including South African-born Black Cap Devon Conway.
The Season 4 Player Auction will have a brand-new segment with the introduction of two Under-23 player picks. This is a South African player aged 23 on the day the competition starts.
South Africa’s talent pool runs deep with Betway SA20 Rising Stars Dewald Brevis, Kwena Maphaka and Andile Simelane all eligible for the Under-23 player pick.
A mega R131 million (US$7,37 million) is on the table to fill the 84 available slots with up to 25 being slotted for overseas players.
All squads are required to include 19 players, with a minimum of 9 South African players, a maximum of 7 international players, two U23 South African players, and a Wildcard player.
The auction will take place in Johannesburg on Tuesday, 9 September and will be broadcast live on SuperSport in Sub-Saharan Africa, JioHotstar in India and Sky Sports in the UK and the Betway SA20 YouTube Channel. Fans will also receive rolling coverage on all Betway SA20 social and digital platforms.
Full List of Players up for Auction:
- Qais Ahmad: Afghanistan
- Yama Arab: Afghanistan
- Sharafuddin Ashraf: Afghanistan
- Faridoon Dawoodzai: Afghanistan
- Arab Gul: Afghanistan
- Rahmanullah Gurbaz: Afghanistan
- Waqarullah Ishaq: Afghanistan
- Karim Janat: Afghanistan
- Nangeyalia Khan: Afghanistan
- Zahir Khan Pakten: Afghanistan
- Dawlat Khan Zadran: Afghanistan
- Fareed Malik: Afghanistan
- Naveenulhaq Murid: Afghanistan
- Izharulhaq Naveed: Afghanistan
- Farmanullah Safi: Afghanistan
- Waqar Salamkheil: Afghanistan
- Hashmatullah Shahidi: Afghanistan
- Wafiullah Tarakhil: Afghanistan
- Hazratullah Zazai: Afghanistan
- Peter Hatzoglou: Australia
- D’Arcy Short: Australia
- Shakib Al Hasan: Bangladesh
- Jaker Ali Anik: Bangladesh
- Litton Das: Bangladesh
- Mehidy Hasan Miraz: Bangladesh
- Tanzim Hasan Sakib: Bangladesh
- Tanzid Hasan Tamim: Bangladesh
- Shamim Hossain: Bangladesh
- Tawhid Hridoy: Bangladesh
- Taijul Islam: Bangladesh
- Shak Mahedi Hasan: Bangladesh
- Hasan Mahmud: Bangladesh
- MD Nahid Rana: Bangladesh
- Mustafizur Rahman: Bangladesh
- MD Shoriful Islam: Bangladesh
- Tom Abell: England
- Farhan Ahmed: England
- Kashif Ali: England
- Moeen Ali: England
- James Anderson: England
- Tom Aspinwall: England
- Sonny Baker: England
- Jake Ball: England
- Daniel Bell-Drummond: England
- Chris Benjamin: England
- Luc Benkenstein: England
- Dominic Bess: England
- James Bracey: England
- Danny Briggs: England
- Ethan Brookes: England
- Pat Brown: England
- Eddie Byrom: England
- Kiran Carlson: England
- Ben Charlesworth: England
- Graham Clark: England
- Jordan Clark: England
- James Coles: England
- Sam Cook: England
- Jordan Cox: England
- Mason Crane: England
- Matt Critchley: England
- Brett D’Oliveira: England
- Marchant De Lange: England
- Sean Dickson: England
- Aneurin Donald: England
- Dan Douthwaite: England
- Leus Du Plooy: England
- Stephen Eskinazi: England
- Ben Foakes: England
- George Garton: England
- Ben Geddes: England
- Ben Green: England
- Lewis Gregory: England
- Liam Guthrie: England
- Sam Hain: England
- Alex Hales: England
- Calvin Harrison: England
- Tom Hartley: England
- Jack Haynes: England
- Tom Helm: England
- Adam Hose: England
- Benny Howell: England
- Josh Hull: England
- Matthew Hurst: England
- Keaton Jennings: England
- Ben Kellaway: England
- Louis Kimber: England
- Tom Kohler-Cadmore: England
- Danny Lamb: England
- Tom Lawes: England
- Daniel Lawrence: England
- Archie Lenham: England
- Jake Lintott: England
- Will Luxton: England
- Adam Lyth: England
- Saqib Mahmood: England
- Freddie McCann: England
- Ben McKinney: England
- Tom Moores: England
- Isaac Muhammed: England
- Tawanda Muyeye: England
- Craig Overton: England
- Liam Patterson-White: England
- Dillon Pennington: England
- Michael Pepper: England
- Matthew Potts: England
- James Rew: England
- Thomas Rew: England
- Ollie Robinson: England
- Adam Rossington: England
- Jason Roy: England
- Ben Sanderson: England
- George Scrimshaw: England
- Ajeet Singh Dale: England
- Will Smeed: England
- Nathan Sowter: England
- Mitchell Stanley: England
- Olly Stone: England
- Oliver Sykes: England
- Jack Taylor: England
- Jordan Thompson: England
- Alex Thomson: England
- Reece Topley: England
- Asa Tribe: England
- John Turner: England
- Paul Walter: England
- Joe Weatherley: England
- Luke Wells: England
- David Willey: England
- Chris Wood: England
- Daniel Worrall: England
- Saif Zaib: England
- Curtis Campher: Ireland
- Gareth Delany: Ireland
- George Dockrell: Ireland
- Josh Little: Ireland
- Harry Tector: Ireland
- Gerhard Erasmus: Namibia
- Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton: Namibia
- Bernard Scholtz: Namibia
- Ruben Trumpelmann: Namibia
- Dipendra Singh Airee: Nepal
- Colin Ackermann: Netherlands
- Bas de Leede: Netherlands
- Aryan Dutt: Netherlands
- Freddie Klaassen: Netherlands
- Michael Levitt: Netherlands
- Max O’Dowd: Netherlands
- Logan Van Beek: Netherlands
- Roelof Van der Merwe: Netherlands
- Corey Anderson: New Zealand
- Doug Bracewell: New Zealand
- Tom Bruce: New Zealand
- Devon Conway: New Zealand
- Scott Kuggeleijn: New Zealand
- Michael Rippon: New Zealand
- Matthew Montgomery: Other
- Virandeep Singh: Other
- Brad Currie: Scotland
- Jack Jarvis: Scotland
- Michael Leask: Scotland
- Brandon McMullen: Scotland
- George Munsey: Scotland
- Mark Watt: Scotland
- Mohammed Aarsh Patel: South Africa
- Jeanri Abelse: South Africa
- Cole Abrahams: South Africa
- Ziyaad Abrahams: South Africa
- Marques Ackerman: South Africa
- Ferisco Adams: South Africa
- Esosa Aihevba: South Africa
- Jesse-James Albanie: South Africa
- Liam Alder: South Africa
- Johnathan Anderson: South Africa
- Ottneil Baartman: South Africa
- Jarren Bacher: South Africa
- Marcus Bakker: South Africa
- Temba Bavuma: South Africa
- Abdallah Bayoumy: South Africa
- Luke Beaufort: South Africa
- David Beddingham: South Africa
- Wesley Bedja: South Africa
- Justin Behrens: South Africa
- Rowan Bezuidenhout: South Africa
- Jono Bird: South Africa
- Matthew Boast: South Africa
- Eathan Bosch: South Africa
- Daniël Bosman: South Africa
- Corne Botha: South Africa
- Eben Botha: South Africa
- Lehan Botha: South Africa
- Neil Brand: South Africa
- Matthew Breetzke: South Africa
- Merrick Brett: South Africa
- Dewald Brevis: South Africa
- Noah Breyl: South Africa
- Euan Bridger: South Africa
- Tiaan Brits: South Africa
- Chris Britz: South Africa
- Mbulelo Budaza: South Africa
- Muhammed Bulbulia: South Africa
- Nandre Burger: South Africa
- Blayde Capell: South Africa
- Okuhle Cele: South Africa
- David Christie: South Africa
- Tony Christoffels: South Africa
- Chad Classen: South Africa
- Achille Cloete: South Africa
- Gerald Coetzee: South Africa
- Hardus Coetzer: South Africa
- Michael Copeland: South Africa
- Shane Dadswell: South Africa
- Junior Dala: South Africa
- Raeeq Daniels: South Africa
- Junaid Dawood: South Africa
- Jade de Klerk: South Africa
- Quinton De Kock: South Africa
- Ruan De Swardt: South Africa
- Divan de Villiers: South Africa
- Matthew de Villiers: South Africa
- Tony De Zorzi: South Africa
- Cameron Delport: South Africa
- Jean Du Plessis: South Africa
- Christiaan du Toit: South Africa
- Reuben Du toit: South Africa
- Keith Dudgeon: South Africa
- Daryn Dupavillon: South Africa
- Divan Engelbrecht: South Africa
- Schalk Engelbrecht: South Africa
- Niel Erasmus: South Africa
- Connor Esterhuizen: South Africa
- Mohameed Farid Patel: South Africa
- Enrico Farinha: South Africa
- Talha Farook Chithara: South Africa
- Greg Ford: South Africa
- Dian Forrester: South Africa
- Clyde Fortuin: South Africa
- Matthew Fourie: South Africa
- Carl Fryer: South Africa
- Rico Fryer: South Africa
- Dayyaan Galiem: South Africa
- Rashard Gibbs: South Africa
- Pieter Gildenhuys: South Africa
- Sean Gilson: South Africa
- Byron Giraudeaux: South Africa
- Kyle Glennistor: South Africa
- Tiaan Goosen: South Africa
- Aya Gqamane: South Africa
- Wezo Gqiba: South Africa
- Tristan Grundling: South Africa
- Ruan Haasbroek: South Africa
- Ammaar Haffejee: South Africa
- Zubayr Hamza: South Africa
- Benjamin Hansen: South Africa
- Simon Harmer: South Africa
- Maro Hartkopf: South Africa
- Beuran Hendricks: South Africa
- Reeza Hendricks: South Africa
- Aron Henry Visser: South Africa
- Jordan Hermann: South Africa
- Ronan Herrmann: South Africa
- Jon Hinrichsen: South Africa
- Dylan Hulett: South Africa
- Juan James: South Africa
- Paul James: South Africa
- Lukas Janse van Rensburg: South Africa
- Duan Jansen: South Africa
- Jacob Johannes Basson: South Africa
- Evan Jones: South Africa
- Kashief Joseph: South Africa
- Thomas Kaber: South Africa
- Ludwig Kaestner: South Africa
- Gavin Kaplan: South Africa
- SW Kemp: South Africa
- Amaan Khan: South Africa
- Shaveer Khan: South Africa
- Martin Khumalo: South Africa
- CJ King: South Africa
- JP King: South Africa
- Valentine Kitime: South Africa
- Mark Kleinhans: South Africa
- CP Klijnhans: South Africa
- Heinrich Kruger: South Africa
- Patrick Kruger: South Africa
- Njabulo Kubheka: South Africa
- Adnaan Lagadien: South Africa
- Dan Lategan: South Africa
- Chad Laycock: South Africa
- Jordan Le Roux: South Africa
- Jack Lees: South Africa
- Keagan Lion-Cachet: South Africa
- Modiri Litheko: South Africa
- Wihan Lubbe: South Africa
- Tristan Luus: South Africa
- Jishan Mahadik: South Africa
- Ashil Maharaj: South Africa
- Keshav Maharaj: South Africa
- Siya Mahima: South Africa
- Zedan Mahomed: South Africa
- Bayanda Majola: South Africa
- Sibonelo Makhanya: South Africa
- Wandile Makwetu: South Africa
- Janneman Malan: South Africa
- Pieter Malan: South Africa
- Armaan Manack: South Africa
- Imraan Manack: South Africa
- Morteza Manack: South Africa
- Muhammad Manack: South Africa
- Kurtlyn Mannikam: South Africa
- Kwena Maphaka: South Africa
- Dewan Marais: South Africa
- GJ Maree: South Africa
- Ruben Maree: South Africa
- Ryan Maritz: South Africa
- Aiden Markram: South Africa
- Byron Martin: South Africa
- Oratile Mathinye: South Africa
- Muhammed Mayet: South Africa
- Sandiso Mbula: South Africa
- Nicolaas Mentz: South Africa
- Renaldo Meyer: South Africa
- Bongile Mfunelwa: South Africa
- Mbongiseni Mhlanga: South Africa
- Connor Mitchley: South Africa
- Akhona Mnyaka: South Africa
- Aphiwe Mnyanda: South Africa
- Odirile Modimokoane: South Africa
- Andile Mogakane: South Africa
- Nqobani Mokoena: South Africa
- Zack Momberg: South Africa
- Rivaldo Moonsamy: South Africa
- Edward Moore: South Africa
- Muaaz Moosa: South Africa
- Tshepo Moreki: South Africa
- Jordan Morris: South Africa
- Kegomoditswe Motitswe: South Africa
- Emanuel Motswiri: South Africa
- Conrad Mouton: South Africa
- Mihlali Mpongwana: South Africa
- Nhlakanipho Mpungose: South Africa
- Wiaan Mulder: South Africa
- Kerwin Mungroo: South Africa
- Senuran Muthusamy: South Africa
- Tsepo Ndwandwa: South Africa
- Jordan Neil: South Africa
- Reuben Nel: South Africa
- Lungisani Ngidi: South Africa
- Dylan Nicholas: South Africa
- Anrich Nortje: South Africa
- Oyama Ntshona: South Africa
- Tshepo Ntuli: South Africa
- Duanne Olivier: South Africa
- Juan Opperman: South Africa
- Sahil Parbhoo: South Africa
- Wayne Parnell: South Africa
- Bryce Parsons: South Africa
- Khaif Patel: South Africa
- Parth Patel: South Africa
- Rafeeq Patel: South Africa
- Dane Paterson: South Africa
- Nqabayomzi Peter: South Africa
- Gideon Peters: South Africa
- Liam Peters: South Africa
- Keegan Petersen: South Africa
- Lethabo Phahlamohlaka: South Africa
- Aaron Phangiso: South Africa
- Andile Phehlukwayo: South Africa
- Dane Piedt: South Africa
- Jiveshen Pillay: South Africa
- Romashan Pillay: South Africa
- Siya Plaatjie: South Africa
- Delano Potgieter: South Africa
- Dwaine Pretorius: South Africa
- Meyer Pretorius: South Africa
- Migael Pretorius: South Africa
- Vihan Pretorius: South Africa
- Meeka-eel Prince: South Africa
- Keethan Pursotham: South Africa
- Sine Qeshile: South Africa
- Andrew Rasemene: South Africa
- Jason Raubenheimer: South Africa
- Joshua Richards: South Africa
- James Ritchie: South Africa
- James Robb-Quinlan: South Africa
- James Robinson: South Africa
- Grant Roelofsen: South Africa
- Hermann Rolfes: South Africa
- Rilee Rossouw: South Africa
- Jason Rowles: South Africa
- Wian Ruthven: South Africa
- Christian Sabela: South Africa
- Leo Sadler: South Africa
- Ludwich Schuld: South Africa
- Kabelo Sekhukhune: South Africa
- Caleb Seleka: South Africa
- Richard Seletswane: South Africa
- Willem Sevenster: South Africa
- Nikhil Sewdass: South Africa
- Tabraiz Shamsi: South Africa
- Cameron Shekleton: South Africa
- Andile Simelane: South Africa
- Kyle Simmonds: South Africa
- Lutho Sipamla: South Africa
- Janco Smit: South Africa
- Johnayden Smit: South Africa
- Daniel Smith: South Africa
- Jason Smith: South Africa
- Jon Jon Smuts: South Africa
- Jacques Snyman: South Africa
- Jurie Snyman: South Africa
- Suhael Sogan: South Africa
- Ntando Soni: South Africa
- Jacques Stadler: South Africa
- Steve Stolk: South Africa
- Jordan Strydom: South Africa
- Glenton Stuurman: South Africa
- Prenelan Subrayen: South Africa
- Safwaan Sujee: South Africa
- Beyers Swanepoel: South Africa
- Charles Swart: South Africa
- Imran Tahir: South Africa
- Garnett Tarr: South Africa
- David Teeger: South Africa
- Neil Timmers: South Africa
- Fayyaadh Toffar: South Africa
- Lleyton Troskie: South Africa
- Lutendo Tsanwani: South Africa
- Musa Twala: South Africa
- Jean Upman: South Africa
- Jhedli van Briesies: South Africa
- Mitchell van Buuren: South Africa
- Rassie van der Dussen: South Africa
- Alec van der Kruit: South Africa
- Eduan Van der Merwe: South Africa
- Matt van der Mescht: South Africa
- Johan van Dyk: South Africa
- George van Heerden: South Africa
- Joshua van Heerden: South Africa
- Nealan van Heerden: South Africa
- Benjamin van Rensburg: South Africa
- Jorich van Schalkwyk: South Africa
- Slade van Staden: South Africa
- Raynard Van Tonder: South Africa
- Tiaan van Vuuren: South Africa
- Nico Van Zyl: South Africa
- Morne Venter: South Africa
- Kyle Verreynne: South Africa
- Hanu Viljoen: South Africa
- Hardus Viljoen: South Africa
- Juanrico Vorster: South Africa
- Gysbert Wege: South Africa
- Oliver Whitehead: South Africa
- Sean Whitehead: South Africa
- David Wiese: South Africa
- Alexander Wiest: South Africa
- Lizaad Williams: South Africa
- Cayden Wilson: South Africa
- Bamanye Xenxe: South Africa
- Sandiswa Yeni: South Africa
- Nonelela Yikha: South Africa
- Codi Yusuf: South Africa
- Khaya Zondo: South Africa
- Ntando Zuma: South Africa
- Lukas van der Walt: South Africa`
- Charith Asalanka: Sri Lanka
- Dinesh Chandimal: Sri Lanka
- Dhananjaya De Silva: Sri Lanka
- Akila Dhananjaya: Sri Lanka
- Sonal Dinusha: Sri Lanka
- Binura Fernando: Sri Lanka
- Vishen Halambage: Sri Lanka
- Dushan Hemantha: Sri Lanka
- Sineth Jayawardene: Sri Lanka
- Chamika Karunaratne: Sri Lanka
- Traveen Mathew: Sri Lanka
- Kamindu Mendis: Sri Lanka
- Adisha Nethmika: Sri Lanka
- Kusal Perera: Sri Lanka
- Navindu Prabash: Sri Lanka
- Bhanuka Rajapaksa: Sri Lanka
- Kasun Rajitha: Sri Lanka
- Lilan Rangna: Sri Lanka
- Pavan Rathnayake: Sri Lanka
- Tharindu Rathnayake: Sri Lanka
- Garuka Sanketh: Sri Lanka
- Maheesh Theekshana: Sri Lanka
- Jeffrey Vandersay: Sri Lanka
- Vijayakanth Viyaskanth: Sri Lanka
- Aayan Afzal Khan: UAE
- Aryan Lakra: UAE
- Muhammad Rohid Khan: UAE
- Muhammad Waseem: UAE
- Unmukt Chand: USA
- Andries Gous: USA
- Aaron Jones: USA
- Nosthush Kenjige: USA
- Ali Khan: USA
- Carmi le Roux: USA
- Mohammad Mohsin: USA
- Monank Patel: USA
- Smit Patel: USA
- Sunny Patel: USA
- Shubham Ranjane: USA
- Heath Richards: USA
- Calvin Savage: USA
- Harmeet Singh Baddhan: USA
- Tajinder Singh Dhillon: USA
- Rushil Ugarkar: USA
- Fabian Allen: West Indies
- Kadeem Alleyne: West Indies
- Jewel Andrew: West Indies
- Alick Athanaze: West Indies
- Keacy Carty: West Indies
- Johnson Charles: West Indies
- Rahkeem Cornwall: West Indies
- Dominic Drakes: West Indies
- Andre Fletcher: West Indies
- Matthew Forde: West Indies
- Terrance Hinds: West Indies
- Kofi James: West Indies
- Ryan John: West Indies
- Shamar Joseph: West Indies
- Brandon King: West Indies
- Johann Layne: West Indies
- Mikyle Louis: West Indies
- Obed McCoy: West Indies
- Gudakesh Motie: West Indies
- Shaqkere Parris: West Indies
- Keemo Paul: West Indies
- Khary Pierre: West Indies
- Jayden Seales: West Indies
- Ramon Simmonds: West Indies
- Kevin Sinclair: West Indies
- Odean Smith: West Indies
- Shamar Springer: West Indies
- Jomel Warrican: West Indies
- Brian Bennett: Zimbabwe
- Ryan Burl: Zimbabwe
- Brad Evans: Zimbabwe
- Richard Ngarava: Zimbabwe
- Sean Williams: Zimbabwe
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The longest cricket match took place in 1939 between England and South Africa.
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Cricket became an Olympic sport in 1896. However, no matches were held because there was an insufficient number of teams who attended. Had the sport been played that year, cricket would have earned the distinction of being the only team sport to be played at the time. The first Olympic match in the next Olympics (1900) was participated in by the men’s teams. Great Britain (represented by the Devon and Somerset Wanderers) won gold.