The next edition of the SA20 will get underway on Boxing Day later this year, Cricket South Africa confirmed.

The fourth season of the tou ament will start from 26 December 2025 and run through to 26 January 2026. It will lead up to the ICC T20 World Cup in India and Sri Lanka in February next year.

Season 5 will retu to its regular January slot, running from 9 January until 14 February 2027.

2027 promises to be a bumper year for local cricket fans, with the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup set to be staged in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia in October and November.

Meanwhile, season 6 will run from 9 January until 13 February 2028.

'Confirming the Betway SA20 window for a three-year period allows the League to bring certainty to all stakeholders and assists in securing our place when planning the global calendar’’ said the League Commissioner Graeme Smith.

“We know fans respond particularly well to weekend and holiday fixtures and with the ICC T20 World Cup in early February next year, our Season 4 dates provide the unique opportunity to capitalise on South Africa’s peak cricket season and key public holidays.

“Early planning has also meant that we are able to look at an extended window from 2026/27 and this will optimise scheduling, logistics and the fan experience’.’

The league stage of the ongoing SA20 2025 is over, with Paarl Royals, MI Cape Town, Sunrisers Easte Cape and Joburg Super Kings qualifying for the playoffs.