Cricket SA, Graeme Smith's new tournament unveiled as 'SA20'

Cricket South Africa's new T20 tournament finally has a name in the form of SA20 and its commissioner, Graeme Smith, said player availability is the least of their problems.

The league's draft will take place on 19 September to fill out the six teams with 17 players, 10 of which will be local and seven international.

From a match-day perspective, the teams will follow the international standard of seven local and four foreign players format.

The tournament is slated to start in January, as soon as the Proteas players are back from their three-Test series against Australia.

The start of the SA20 will coincide with the business end of Australia's established Big Bash League, but Smith said agreements are in place for individuals who signed for the BBL to leave and play in South Africa.

"We have an agreement with the players that we've signed and the BBL has an agreement in place that allows players to take part in a portion of the Big Bash," Smith said.

"They have a different structure this year, so the players in our league who have signed up will be there up until the early days of January so that they will be available.

"They'll be released to come and play here, from where they'll be fully available for the South African league."

The six teams based in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, Gqeberha, Paarl, and Cape Town will have a purse of US$ 2 million (R34 million) for player acquisitions, some of which have been used.

Smith said the acquiring of players hasn't been easy, but they're in the process of sorting out player registration for the tournament.

"We've managed to attract quality players and a large part of our group will be South African players," Smith said.

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