The next edition of the SA20, the fourth season, will begin on the 2025 boxing. This was announced on Monday, with the league signing Windows for the next three editions before the playoffs this season. Bringing the beginning of the League forward at Christmas Week, the star schedule in the South African cricket calendar, was possible because South Africa has no domestic evidence scheduled during summer 2025-26.
Seasons five and six will return to the beginning of the second week of January, probably starting on January 9 both in 2027 and 2028, with the season extending five to six days more than the ongoing. CSA confirmed to Espncricinfo that the dates announced were not specific start and completion dates, but windows within which the League will be played.
In 2025-26, South Africa travels to India for a tour of every format in November-December before returning home for the SA20, which will end before January 26. Then, South Africa host of the Western Indies for a T20i series.
Taking next season should relieve competition for players with the ILT20, for their first three seasons, both tournaments ran almost from the beginning to the final, but there will still be a significant clash with the Big Bash League in Australia and the Bangladesh Premier League, which generally begins in December.
“Early planning has also meant that we can see an extended window of 2026-27 and this will optimize the programming, logistics and experience of fans.”
“It is not just that it is a difficult cryket in the field; it is programming, planning, who needs to take a break, how his team joins, which adds an additional dimension to the thought process. I feel that a little more the time of inactivity would be useful. “
A SA20 media statement said decisions in the windows were taken into account by “a working group composed of representatives of the South Africa League and cricket.”
SA20 windows for the next three seasons
SA20 season: December 26, 2025 to January 26, 2026
SA20 season: January 9 to February 14, 2027
SA20 Season Six: January 9 to February 13, 2028