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Betway SA20 warns against unofficial match ticket websites

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Friday, 3 February: SA20 has warned cricket fans to beware of online websites claiming to have SA20 match tickets for sale. Organisers have noted a marked increase in offers of tickets for sale via secondary, mainly online, markets.

The only official outlets for tickets to Betway SA20 matches this year is Ticketpro. Online “re-sellers” – masquerading under a host of brand names – do not have any official access to tickets.

“Tickets are promised, often highly inflated prices are charged and when the buyer asks about delivery, all is silent,” said Graeme Smith, SA20 League Commissioner.

“There are absolutely no guarantees that the tickets will ever materialise as touts don’t have tickets. We strongly advise not to buy from online ‘re-sellers’. Fans may be overcharged and never see tickets while losing their money.

“Many other events provide a cautionary tale of bitter disappointment for fans who have gone online, bought from unauthorised websites only to never to receive the tickets, or to be denied entry at the gate.”

The League, franchises and the host venues themselves are powerless to intervene other than to warn against the scammers.

“People will generally have to pay above face-value for tickets through these sites but have little recourse other than to pursue them legally when they fail to deliver,” said Smith.

“Most people won’t go that route because of the costs and its challenges, and they end up angry and out of pocket.

“The only way to be certain of avoiding disappointment is to buy through the official channels.”

Tickets for the remaining matches are available from www.ticketpros.co.za

Cricket came to South Africa during the Napoleonic Wars and with the British forces occupying South Africa. The first match recorded was in 1808 in Cape Town between two service teams, for a prize of one thousand rix-dollars.

The oldest cricket club in South Africa is the Port Elizabeth Cricket Club, founded in 1843. Few clubs in the world can boast such a long existence. The first championship was held in Port Elizabeth (now Gqeberha) in 1876 for the “champion bat.” Competing teams were Cape Town, Grahamstown, King Williams Town, and Port Elizabeth (now Gqeberha). It was won by King Williams Town and the year after that too.

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