SA20 increase salary purse as second season looks to young talent

The SA20 has released new player regulations for the second season of the lucrative T20 competition.

In February, the Sunrisers Eastern Cape were crowned the inaugural champions at a sold out Wanderers to close off a successful first season, which saw record crowds.

The second season of the SA20 will take place in the same January window, with further details on the auction and the fixtures to be released soon.

Meanwhile, the salary cap has been increased by R5.1 million to R39.1 million from the first year.

This will allow teams to attract the best talent and a license to assemble competitive squads.

The official trading window for the SA20 opened on 1 June - allowing teams to pre-sign, trade, buy-out or retain players ahead of this year's auction.

Teams will also be required to sign a rookie player - a South African player 22 years of age or younger who has not featured in the SA20 before.

SA20 also confirmed that squad sizes will increase to 19 with the inclusion of the rookie player and the wild card player.

Teams are required to have a minimum of 11 South African players in their squads.

For the match day playing XI, teams can field a maximum of four overseas players and a minimum of seven South Africans.

SA20 Season 2 Player Regulations  

Former Proteas captain and SA20 commissioner Graeme Smith hopes the new regulations will continue to produce a high standard of cricket.

"We have put these new regulations in place to build on the successful first season of Betway SA20, which was underpinned by entertaining and quality cricket from some of the best players in the world," said Smith.

"The teams have an opportunity to assemble the best of South African and international talent, which will no doubt produce competitive and a