2018 Mzansi Super League
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
The following players were selected in the player draft on 17 October 2018:[6][7]
| Cape Town Blitz | Durban Heat | Jozi Stars | Nelson Mandela Bay Giants | Paarl Rocks | Tshwane Spartans |
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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
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 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
The 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) |
Mohammad Nawaz 59 (37) Andrew Birch 2/39 (4 overs) |
AB de Villiers 59 (30) Ferisco Adams 3/28 (3.3 overs) |
- Tshwane Spartans won the toss and elected to field.
(H) Jozi Stars 124/7 (20 overs) |
v |
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants 127/5 (18 overs) |
Dane Vilas 38* (34) JJ Smuts 3/20 (4 overs) |
Ben Duckett 75 (45) Beuran Hendricks 2/13 (4 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) |
v |
Paarl Rocks (H) 202/6 (20 overs) |
Gihahn Cloete 80 (49) Dwayne Bravo 3/31 (4 overs) |
Cameron Delport 73 (43) Jeevan Mendis 2/35 (4 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) |
Ryan Rickelton 91 (59) David Wiese 1/37 (4 overs) |
Henry Davids 60 (36) Simon Harmer 3/22 (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) |
Gihahn Cloete 55 (43) Kyle Abbott 4/27 (4 overs) |
Albie Morkel 26 (12) Lutho Sipamla 3/22 (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) |
Janneman Malan 57 (39) Chris Morris 2/32 (4 overs) |
Heino Kuhn 55 (35) Hussain Talat 2/7 (1 over) |
- 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) |
v |
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants (H) 131/1 (17.3 overs) |
Albie Morkel 28r (21) Junior Dala 2/16 (4 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) |
Quinton de Kock 74 (36) Duanne Olivier 3/40 (4 overs) |
Dane Vilas 29 (26) George Linde 3/25 (3.4 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) |
Marco Marais 47 (41) Jeevan Mendis 4/22 (4 overs) |
Theunis de Bruyn 12* (7) Carmi le Roux 1/0 (0.1 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) |
Quinton de Kock 31 (16) Bjorn Fortuin 4/15 (4 overs) |
- Cape Town Blitz won the toss and elected to bat.
(H) Nelson Mandela Bay Giants |
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Cape Town Blitz |
- 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) |
Reeza Hendricks 55 (48) Jeevan Mendis 2/37 (4 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) |
Henry Davids 46 (25) Kyle Abbott 1/20 (2 overs) |
David Miller 22 (11) Bjorn Fortuin 2/6 (1 over) |
- 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) |
Heino Kuhn 54 (36) Dane Paterson 2/26 (4 overs) |
Aiden Markram 50 (39) Sisanda Magala 3/17 (3.3 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) |
Morne van Wyk 66 (33) Kagiso Rabada 4/27 (4 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) |
v |
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) |
Reeza Hendricks 108* (62) Aaron Phangiso 1/22 (3 overs) |
Aaron Phangiso 17 (18) Dwaine Pretorius 3/17 (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) |
Reeza Hendricks 79 (48) Nandre Burger 2/32 (4 overs) |
Janneman Malan 43 (37) Daniel Christian 4/22 (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) |
Faf du Plessis 38 (19) Lutho Sipamla 3/19 (4 overs) |
Gihahn Cloete 30 (34) Tabraiz Shamsi 3/18 (4 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) |
- 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) |
Sarel Erwee 62 (39) Kagiso Rabada 3/29 (3.3 overs) |
Dane Vilas 43 (36) Rashid Khan 3/19 (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) |
Gihahn Cloete 65 (59) Lizaad Williams 1/15 (2 overs) |
Ben Duckett 47 (33) Shaun von Berg 3/19 (4 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) |
Grant Thomson 71* (55) Duanne Olivier 3/30 (4 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) |
Khaya Zondo 67 (42) Mohammad Nawaz 2/21 (4 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) |
Gihahn Cloete 50 (40) Nono Pongolo 6/20 (4 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) |
Rudi Second 37 (41) Dwayne Bravo 3/22 (4 overs) |
Cameron Delport 84 (45) Sisanda Magala 2/15 (3 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
| Eliminator | Final | ||||||||
| 1 | Cape Town Blitz | 113/7 (20) | |||||||
| 2 | Jozi Stars | 2 | Jozi Stars | 115/2 (17.3) | |||||
| 3 | Paarl Rocks | ||||||||
Eliminator
Final
Cape Town Blitz 113/7 (20 overs) |
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Jozi Stars 115/2 (17.3 overs) |
Farhaan Behardien 23 (22) Beuran Hendricks 2/21 (4 overs) |
- Cape Town Blitz won the toss and elected to bat.
- Jozi Stars have won the inaugural MSL title
Statistics
Most runs
| Player[18] | Team | Mat | Inns | Runs | Ave | SR | HS | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
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| 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
| 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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