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One of South Africa’s most successful cricketers, long-time Proteas captain Graeme Smith, has transformed into one of his sport’s leading businessmen. Smith is the programme director of the Betway SA T20 Challenge, whose second season kicks off on January 10, after a successful debut at the beginning of 2023. Smith is looking forward to significant growth in the coming season. The six SA franchises are owned by IPL giants, providing the commercial nouse and financial muscle to attract some of the world’s best players to the event. That’s after the first edition attracted the crowds back into cricket stadiums, generating R4bn in revenues and injecting taxes of over R266m into National Treasury. He shares the inside story of the most exciting development for SA cricket in decades, with BizNews editor Alec Hogg.