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Africa-Press – South-Africa. <\/strong><\/span>The incessant rain sweeping across northern and eastern South Africa has rendered the SA20 organisers’ decision to have a reserve day in place for Saturday’s final at the Wanderers prudent.<\/p>\n

By 10am, Johannesburg was still experiencing steady rainfall ahead of the sold-out blockbuster, which is scheduled to start at 16:30.<\/p>\n

Should no play be possible, proceedings are slated to resume at 13:30 on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n

And if no outcome is still forthcoming, the trophy will be shared between the Pretoria Capitals and Sunrisers Eastern Cape.<\/p>\n

However, a member of the tournament’s organising committee confirmed to News24 Sport that first prize is for the match to be decided on Saturday.<\/p>\n

“Essentially, the teams, umpires and other stakeholders go into the final with the assumption that there’s no reserve day in place,” he said.<\/p>\n

“We need about 54 minutes to complete a 5-an-over contest. So, instead of calling things off early and deciding to come back again on Sunday, we’ll try to get the game in on Saturday.”<\/p>\n

The source said scheduling demands are the main reason for attempting to complete everything on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Should proceedings spill over to Sunday, the match situation will merely mean a resumption.<\/p>\n

No “new” match will be played.<\/p>\n

SA20 sent a media notice on Saturday morning that the match was still scheduled to begin at 16:30 as planned but organisers “would continue to monitor the weather and advise on any further updates as the day progressed”.<\/p>\n

“If the rain came just after the toss, the outcome of the toss will remain in place for Sunday. If a team is 100\/3 after 14 overs, when you resume on that score.”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Pretoria Capitals skipper Wayne Parnell noted that he had didn’t necessarily have a problem with the SA20’s traditional playoff structure of two straight semifinal knockouts, but prefers the modern template of “eliminators” found in the IPL and Big Bash.<\/p>\n

“When we finished top of the log, it would’ve been easy for us to have just said we deserved to automatically be in the final,” he said.<\/p>\n

“We said from the outset that there’s a risk of a team finishing first on the log, playing a semi on the Highveld on a good wicket where the team that finished fourth might have a good day and suddenly find themselves in the final.<\/p>\n

“When you play a 10-match campaign and finish first, you’ve done well and should be rewarded. I think, in future, all teams would be in agreement that you deserve a second chance to make a final [through an eliminator structure].”<\/p>\n

The SA20’s semifinal structure for 2023 was dictated purely by scheduling, notably the Proteas-England ODI series, as well as the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup.<\/p>\n

It’s understood next year’s edition will have an eliminator structure in place.<\/p>\n

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