South Africa T20: Most Wickets taker in SA20 League; know highest wicket taker in 2023 season
The Cricket South Africa’s most awaited Cricketing league SA20 is finally here. It is all set to feature 6 teams from difference provinces of South Africa and it will be interesting to see which team makes emerged victorious in the inaugural season.
And in this article we will be looking at the highest wicket takers in the 2023 season of SA20.
T20 Cricket, especially in the franchise format has become a very prevalent in every part of the world. From the Caribbean Premier League in the West to IPL in the east, we have some very exiting cricketing action in prospect.
Now South Africa is here with their very own, home grown T20 Franchise named SA20. There are some mega stars in each of the six teams. Hence, it will be very interesting to see who emerges as the Most wickets taker.
Highest Wicket taker SA20 League 2023
| POS | PLAYER | MATCHES | OVERS | BALLS | WKTS | Avg | RUNS | 4-FERS | 5-FERS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roelof van der Merwe | 10 | 34.0 | 204 | 20 | 9.55 | 191 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Anrich Nortje | 11 | 42.5 | 257 | 20 | 13.25 | 265 | – | – |
| 3 | Gerald Coetzee | 9 | 28.3 | 171 | 17 | 13.53 | 230 | 1 | – |
| 4 | Eathan Bosch | 12 | 40.0 | 240 | 15 | 21.40 | 321 | – | – |
| 5 | Bjorn Fortuin | 11 | 39.3 | 237 | 14 | 18.21 | 255 | – | – |
| 6 | Adil Rashid | 10 | 36.4 | 220 | 14 | 19.64 | 275 | – | – |
| 7 | James Neesham | 12 | 30.2 | 182 | 14 | 17.93 | 251 | – | – |
| 8 | Sisanda Magala | 12 | 38.4 | 232 | 14 | 24.00 | 336 | – | – |
| 9 | Evan Jones | 10 | 29.2 | 176 | 13 | 20.85 | 271 | 1 | – |
| 10 | Ottniel Baartman | 7 | 20.0 | 120 | 12 | 16.92 | 203 | – | – |
| 11 | Aiden Markram | 12 | 26.0 | 156 | 11 | 14.64 | 161 | – | – |
| 12 | Lungi Ngidi | 10 | 36.0 | 216 | 11 | 23.45 | 258 | – | – |
| 13 | Kagiso Rabada | 8 | 31.0 | 186 | 11 | 21.00 | 231 | – | – |
| 14 | Aaron Phangiso | 6 | 20.0 | 120 | 10 | 14.10 | 141 | 2 | – |
| 15 | Jofra Archer | 6 | 23.0 | 138 | 10 | 17.90 | 179 | – | – |
Also Read: South Africa T20: Top Run scorer in SA20; know most run scorers in 2023 season
Overview of Most wicket takers in SA20 League
It was a battle of giants, but in the end, it is Roelof van der Merwe who emerges as the joint highest wicket taker in the inaugural season of SA20 league. He ended the league with 20 wickets from 10 games, the same number was achieved by Anrich Nortje as well, but he had worse economy than van der Merwe, hence finished on the second position.
Gerald Coetzee ended the tournament at third position with 17 wickets form just 9 games for JSK. He was followed by Ethan Bosch with 15 wickets from same number of games.
So, Roelof van der Merwe was finally the bowler who emerged as the most wicket taker in SA20 League.
