The 2018 Mzansi Super League was the inaugural edition of the Mzansi Super League (MSL) Twenty20 (T20) franchise cricket tournament in South Africa.[1] It started on 16 November and finished on 16 December 2018.[1] Six teams played a total of thirty-two matches.[2] The players' draft took place on 17 October 2018, with more than 200 international players expressing their interest to take part.[3]
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| Dates | 16 November – 16 December 2018 |
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| Administrator(s) | Cricket South Africa |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin and knockout |
| Host(s) |  South Africa |
| Champions | Jozi Stars (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Cape Town Blitz |
| Participants | 6 |
| Matches | 32 |
| Attendance | 190,738 (5,961 per match) |
| Player of the series | Quinton de Kock (Cape Town Blitz) |
| Most runs | Rassie van der Dussen (Jozi Stars) (469) |
| Most wickets | Duanne Olivier (Jozi Stars) (20) |
| Official website | MSLT20 |
On 18 October 2018, it was announced that Global Sports Commerce (GSC) is the official international commercial and broadcast partner from 2018 up to 2022.[4] On 30 October 2018 it was announced that the Mzansi Super League 2018 champions will receive prize money of ZAR7 million and the runners up will receive R2.5 million, the player of the tournament received R100 000, and each player of the match won R15 000.[5]
On 16 December 2018 the Jozi Stars won the first season final.
Squads
editThe following players were selected in the player draft on 17 October 2018:[6][7]
Before the start of the tournament, JP Duminy was ruled out due to injury and was replaced by Quinton de Kock as the marquee player for Cape Town Blitz.[14]
Points table
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cape Town Blitz | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 30 | 0.941 |
| 2 | Jozi Stars | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 29 | 1.295 |
| 3 | Paarl Rocks | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 22 | −0.292 |
| 4 | Nelson Mandela Bay Giants | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 21 | −0.448 |
| 5 | Tshwane Spartans | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 16 | −1.044 |
| 6 | Durban Heat | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 | −0.716 |
Source: [15]
- The team topping the table after the league phase progressed to the final.
- The second and third teams played 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 side.
League stage
editThe MSL released the full fixture list on 18 October 2018. The team that tops the table gets direct passage to the final and will also have home ground advantage.[16]
(H) Cape Town Blitz
180/4 (20 overs) |
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Tshwane Spartans
131 (19.3 overs) |
- Tshwane Spartans won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Jozi Stars
124/7 (20 overs) |
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Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
127/5 (18 overs) |
- Nelson Mandela Bay Giants won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Durban Heat
157/5 (20 overs) |
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Cape Town Blitz
158/7 (19.1 overs) |
- Cape Town Blitz won the toss and elected to field.
Tshwane Spartans
203/5 (20 overs) |
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Paarl Rocks (H)
202/6 (20 overs) |
- Paarl Rocks won the toss and elected to field.
Jozi Stars
209/2 (20 overs) |
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Paarl Rocks (H)
149 (18.4 overs) |
- Paarl Rocks won the toss and elected to field.
Tshwane Spartans
139/9 (19 overs) |
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Durban Heat (H)
129/6 (16.3 overs) |
- Durban Heat won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 19 overs per side due to rain.
- Rain stopped play during Durban Heat's innings.
(H) Cape Town Blitz
175/6 (20 overs) |
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Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
132/6 (16 overs) |
- Cape Town Blitz won the toss and elected to bat.
- A light failure stopped play during Nelson Mandela Bay Giants' innings. The target was reduced to 145 runs from 16 overs.
Durban Heat
127/6 (20 overs) |
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Nelson Mandela Bay Giants (H)
131/1 (17.3 overs) |
- Nelson Mandela Bay Giants won the toss and elected to field.
Cape Town Blitz
198/5 (20 overs) |
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Jozi Stars (H)
136 (17.4 overs) |
- Jozi Stars won the toss and elected to field.
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
143/9 (20 overs) |
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Tshwane Spartans (H)
35/3 (5.1 overs) |
- Tshwane Spartans won the toss and elected to field.
- Lightning stopped play during Tshwane Spartans' innings.
Cape Town Blitz
140 (20 overs) |
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Paarl Rocks (H)
144/5 (18.5 overs) |
- Cape Town Blitz won the toss and elected to bat.
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
Jozi Stars
186/5 (20 overs) |
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Tshwane Spartans (H)
188/6 (19.3 overs) |
- Tshwane Spartans won the toss and elected to field.
Paarl Rocks
98/2 (9 overs) |
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Durban Heat (H)
80/6 (9 overs) |
- Durban Heat won the toss and elected to field.
- The match was reduced to 9 overs per side due to rain.
- Durban Heat were set a reviserd target of 113 runs.
(H) Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
168/9 (20 overs) |
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Paarl Rocks
120 (19.3 overs) |
- Nelson Mandela Bay Giants won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Jozi Stars
230/3 (20 overs) |
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Durban Heat
177 (18.1 overs) |
- Durban Heat won the toss and elected to field.
Cape Town Blitz
172/9 (20 overs) |
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Tshwane Spartans (H)
112 (18.2 runs) |
- Tshwane Spartans won the toss and elected to field.
Durban Heat
154/6 (20 overs) |
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Paarl Rocks (H)
158/1 (19.1 overs) |
- Durban Heat won the toss and elected to bat.
Jozi Stars
173/3 (20 overs) |
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Nelson Mandela Bay Giants (H)
92 (16.4 overs) |
- Jozi Stars won the toss and elected to bat.
Jozi Stars
196/4 (20 overs) |
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Cape Town Blitz (H)
146 (19.4 overs) |
- Jozi Stars won the toss and elected to bat
Paarl Rocks
121 (17.4 overs) |
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Tshwane Spartans (H)
122/6 (19.3 overs) |
- Paarl Rocks won the toss and elected to bat.
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
121/2 (13.3 overs) |
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Durban Heat (H)
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- Nelson Mandela Bay Giants won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rain stopped play during Nelson Mandela Bay Giants' innings.
(H) Durban Heat
128 (18.3 overs) |
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Jozi Stars
131/9 (19.4 overs) |
- Durban Heat won the toss and elected to bat.
Paarl Rocks
144/9 (20 overs) |
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Cape Town Blitz (H)
148/4 (15.3 overs) |
- Paarl Rocks won the toss and elected to bat.
Tshwane Spartans
165/4 (20 overs) |
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Nelson Mandela Bay Giants (H)
137/9 (20 overs) |
- Tshwane Spartans won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Jozi Stars
170/6 (20 overs) |
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Paarl Rocks
172/4 (19.3 overs) |
- Paarl Rocks won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Cape Town Blitz
161/6 (20 overs) |
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Durban Heat
162/4 (19.3 overs) |
- Cape Town Blitz won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Jozi Stars
239/3 (20 overs) |
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Tshwane Spartans
138 (17.2 overs) |
- Jozi Stars won the toss and elected to bat.
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
129/8 (20 overs) |
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Paarl Rocks (H)
130/4 (15.2 overs) |
- Nelson Mandela Bay Giants won the toss and elected to bat
(H) Tshwane Spartans
188/6 (20 overs) |
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Durban Heat
189/8 (19.5 overs) |
- Tshwane Spartans won the toss and elected to bat.
Playoffs
edit| Eliminator | Final | ||||||||
| 1 | Cape Town Blitz | 113/7 (20) | |||||||
| 2 | Jozi Stars | 2 | Jozi Stars | 115/2 (17.3) | |||||
| 3 | Paarl Rocks | ||||||||
Eliminator
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- Paarl Rocks won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible due to rain.
- Jozi Stars advanced to the final as a result of finishing higher in League Stage.[17]
Final
editCape Town Blitz
113/7 (20 overs) |
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Jozi Stars
115/2 (17.3 overs) |
- Cape Town Blitz won the toss and elected to bat.
- Jozi Stars have won the inaugural MSL title
Statistics
editMost runs
edit| Player[18] | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rassie van der Dussen | Jozi Stars | 12 | 11 | 469 | 58.62 | 138.75 | 96 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 23 |
| Quinton de Kock | Cape Town Blitz | 8 | 8 | 412 | 58.85 | 169.54 | 108 | 1 | 3 | 45 | 18 |
| Reeza Hendricks | Jozi Stars | 10 | 9 | 412 | 58.85 | 142.56 | 108 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 20 |
| Gihahn Cloete | Tshwane Spartans | 10 | 10 | 330 | 33.00 | 113.79 | 80 | 0 | 4 | 38 | 5 |
| Faf du Plessis | Paarl Rocks | 9 | 8 | 318 | 53.00 | 156.65 | 76 | 0 | 4 | 33 | 7 |
Most wickets
edit| Player[19] | Team | Mat | Inns | Wkts | BBI | Avg | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duanne Olivier | Jozi Stars | 8 | 8 | 20 | 3/30 | 13.20 | 7.88 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeevan Mendis | Tshwane Spartans | 9 | 9 | 16 | 4/22 | 16.62 | 8.26 | 12.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Lutho Sipamla | Tshwane Spartans | 10 | 10 | 16 | 3/19 | 20.56 | 8.89 | 13.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Kagiso Rabada | Jozi Stars | 8 | 8 | 13 | 4/27 | 18.38 | 6.73 | 16.3 | 1 | 0 |
| Beuran Hendricks | Jozi Stars | 8 | 8 | 12 | 2/13 | 17.16 | 7.40 | 13.9 | 0 | 0 |
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