2012–13 Ram Slam T20 Challenge

2012–13 Ram Slam T20 Challenge

Dates	15 February 2013 (2013-02-15) – 7 April 2013 (2013-04-07)
Administrator(s)	Cricket South Africa
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin and knockout
Host(s)	South Africa
Champions	Highveld Lions (2nd title)
Participants	6
Matches	32
Most runs	Quinton de Kock, Highveld Lions (524)[1]
Most wickets	Hardus Viljoen, Highveld Lions (17)[2]
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The 2012–13 Ram Slam T20 Challenge was the tenth season of the Ram Slam T20 Challenge, established by the Cricket South Africa. The tournament was previously known as the MiWay T20 Challenge and the Standard Bank Pro20 Series. The tournament was played between 15 February and 7 April 2013.

The Highveld Lions beat the Titans in the final by 30 runs to win the tournament.^[3]

Stadium	City	Capacity	Home team
Newlands	Cape Town	25,000	Cape Cobras
Boland Bank Park	Paarl	10,000	Cape Cobras
Kingsmead	Durban	25,000	Dolphins
City Oval	Pietermaritzburg	12,000	Dolphins
Chevrolet Park	Bloemfontein	20,000	Knights
De Beers Diamond Oval	Kimberley	11,000	Knights
New Wanderers Stadium	Johannesburg	34,000	Highveld Lions
Senwes Park	Potchefstroom	9,000	Highveld Lions
SuperSport Park	Centurion	20,000	Titans
Willowmoore Park	Benoni	20,000	Titans
St George's Park	Port Elizabeth	19,000	Warriors
Buffalo Park	East London	15,000	Warriors

The tournament is divided into a group stage and a knockout stage. In the group stage, teams face each other in a double round-robin tournament (i.e. each team plays every other team twice, once at home and once away). At the end of the group stage, the top team qualifies for the final. The teams in second and third take part in a play-off match with the winners contesting the final. If a match in the knockout stage ends with a tie, a Super Over will determine the winner.

Points were awarded as follows in the group stage:

Point system

Result	Points
Win, with bonus point	5 points
Win, without bonus point	4 points
Tie	3 points
No result	2 points
Loss	0 points

• The team that achieves a run rate of 1.25 times that of the opposition shall be rewarded one bonus point.
• A team's run rate will be calculated by reference to the runs scored in an innings divided by the number of overs faced.
• Points are deducted for slow over rate at 1 point per over not completed within the allotted 90 minutes.^[4]

In the event of teams finishing on equal points, the right to play in the semi-finals will be determined in the following order of priority:

• The team with the most wins;
• If still equal, the team with the most wins over the other team(s) who are equal on points and have the same number of wins;
• If still equal, the team with the highest number of bonus points;
• If still equal, the team with the highest net run rate;
• The team with the higher runs to wickets ratio throughout the series.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	BP	Pts	NRR
1	Highveld Lions (C)	10	7	3	0	0	2	30	0.698
2	Warriors	10	6	3	0	1	1	27	0.204
3	Titans (R)	10	6	3	0	1	0	26	0.148
4	Knights	10	5	5	0	0	1	21	−0.051
5	Dolphins	10	2	6	0	2	0	12	−0.783
6	Cape Cobras	10	2	8	0	0	0	8	−0.387

(C) = Eventual champion; (R) = Runner-up.

Note: The winner and runner-up qualify for the 2013 Champions League Twenty20.

All times shown are in South African Standard Time (UTC+02).

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Semi-final

Final

• Tournament page on ESPN Cricinfo