SPORTS FEATURE
BIG BIG BIG
hits, vibes, action
BY BYRON LUKAS
DECEMBER IN SOUTH AFRICA MEANS COLD DRINKS, LOUD CHEERS, AND CRICKET THAT FEELS LIKE A PARTY. SA20 RETURNS WITH BIG HITS, BOLD PLAYERS, AND STADIUMS FULL OF SUMMER SPIRIT. GET READY TO FEEL THE ENERGY.
If December in South Africa had a personality, it would wear shades, smell like sunscreen and boerewors, with“ We Will Rock You” playing faintly in the background. It is that time when traffic eases, offices empty, and the only spreadsheets anyone checks are cricket scorecards.
The Betway SA20 Season 4 is back, and this summer cricket is not only heating the pitch. It is lighting up the whole country.
Forget polite claps and cucumber sandwiches.
This is not your dad’ s cricket. The SA20 is part match, part music festival, and part who-iswearing-what in the corporate box. It is cricket with a beat, with DJs, fireworks, and the odd fan in a shark onesie in the crowd.
Picture the sun blazing over Newlands, a six flying into the stands, strangers high-fiving like cousins at a braai, and you holding a drink so cold you forget your bonus plans. That is SA20 energy. Sweaty, stylish, and slightly chaotic. Even the“ I only watch World Cups” crowd shows up, because here, cricket is not only played. It is celebrated.
38 INBOUND SA / DECEMBER 2025