Green light for league

Own Correspondent

Cape Town Blitz and Tshwane Spartans will clash in the opening match of the Mzansi Super League (MSL) T20 at PPC Newlands on Friday, November 16. Play will start at 7pm.

The MSL fixture list will see the team topping the final table getting direct passage to the grand final and having home ground advantage as well.

The team finishing second will have home ground advantage against the team finishing third in the eliminator to decide the other team going through to the final.

The opening weekend also sees Jozi Stars take on Nelson Mandela Bay Giants at the Wanderers Stadium on the Saturday followed by two games on Sunday when Durban Heat play Cape Town Blitz at Kingsmead at 11am and Paarl Rocks are at home to Tshwane Spartans at Boland Park at 3.30pm.

“This is certainly an exciting fixture at one of the world’s iconic venues to kick start our league,” commented Cricket South Africa (CSA) Chief Executive Thabang Moroe. “We have as far as possible concentrated fixtures on Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays which have proved to be the most popular days with our fans in the past.”