SA20 League: A Closer Look at Its Unique Points System

SA20 League Explained: The Less Trivial Points System that makes truly Complex

South Africa not only has the most exciting cricket competition these days SA20 League but it is attracting world fans not just with its hot games but especially with a novel system of points. The SA20 Points table in it's South Africa points against such a league approach eschews that of most leagues.

What is the SA20 Points System

By default best team in SA20 wins the match with 4 points. Points can go up to 5 if the winning team overachieve in Net Run Rate (NRR) by more than +1.25 against N cases losing team 0 points in this situationNow when there is a valid loss, the standard amount of points is given to the runner up. Each time a match results, 2 points will be rewarded to both teams.Match ( Standard: The winning team gets 2 points, Losing team nil, tie 1 Point for each team )

Highlights (SA20 Points Table)

As of now, Paarl Royal is leading the SA20 league in the Points Table with 20 points after winning five out of seven matches, while the two-time champion Sunrisers Eastern Cape is second, with 19 points after winning four matches.

SA20 Points Table

Position	Team	Matches	Won	Lost	No Result	Points	NRR
1	Paarl Royals	6	5	1	0	20	+0.248
2	Sunrisers Eastern Cape	7	4	3	0	19	+0.158
3	MI Cape Town	6	3	2	1	16	+1.672
4	Joburg Super Kings	6	2	3	1	10	-0.281
5	Pretoria Capitals	6	1	3	2	9	-0.283
6	Durban Super Giants	7	1	4	2	8	-1.521

Top Run scorer

Position	Player	Matches	Runs	Average	Strike Rate	4s	6s
1	Lhuan-dre Pretorius	6	258	43.00	180.42	31	11
2	Rassie van der Dussen	6	228	57.00	128.09	16	10
3	Joe Root	6	201	50.25	141.55	21	4
4	Aiden Markram	6	200	50.00	137.93	16	7
5	David Miller	6	154	77.00	130.51	13	3