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Fortuin spins Paarl Royals to victory over Durban’s Super Giants

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Paarl Royals spinner Bjorn Fortuin ripped through Durban’s Super Giants‘ top order to set the home side on their way to claiming a 10-run victory at Boland Park on Tuesday.

Fortuin returned figures of 3/14, claiming the wickets of Kyle Mayers (12 off 11), Quinton de Kock (0 off 2 balls), and Dwaine Pretorius (0 off 1 ball) to leave the visitors struggling on 29/3 after 4.3 overs.

Wickets continued to fall just as it seemed the Super Giants were getting themselves back into the game, which stifled their momentum to leave them on 68/4 at the halfway mark.

Heinrich Klaasen (56* off 39 balls) combined with Keshav Maharaj (17 off 10 balls) for a quick-fire 26-run partnership to get the Super Giants back in the contest.

Evan Jones (4/32) came up trumps in the 18th over, removing Maharaj and Hardus Viljoen in successive deliveries to leave the Super Giants needing 33 runs off the final 12 balls.

Jones, needing to defend 19 runs off the final over, conceded just eight to secure a second victory at home.

In the first innings, the visitors made an early breakthrough when Jason Roy (3) was dismissed by Hardus Viljoen (1/30) but a 53-run second-wicket partnership between top-scorer Wihan Lubbe (57 off 36) and Jos Buttler (35 off 27) got the innings back on track.

Once the pair departed, it seemed the Royals would struggle to reach the 150-run mark. However, some big hits by captain David Miller (28 off 19) and Ferisco Adams (10* off 4) saw the home side end their innings on a competitive 169/6.

Paarl Royals welcome the Sunrisers Eastern Cape to Paarl on Thursday, 19 January while Durban’s Super Giants have a few days to recover before the Pretoria Capitals make the trip to Kingsmead on Friday, 20 January.

SA20 Standings

Standing Team Games Won Lost Tied N/R BP Net Run Rate Points
1 MI Cape Town 3 2 1 0 0 1 0.658 9
2 Pretoria Capitals 2 2 0 0 0 0 1.5 8
3 Paarl Royals 2 1 1 0 0 1 1.034 5
4 Durban Super Giants 2 1 1 0 0 0 0.4 4
5 Joburg Super Kings 2 1 1 0 0 0 -1.618 4
6 Sunrisers 2 0 2 0 0 0 -1.5 0

Running tally of the SA20 2023 Standings

SA20 Matches and Results

Date Home Away Venue Time Results
10 Jan MI Cape Town v Paarl Royals Newlands 17h30 MI Cape Town won by 8 Wickets
11 Jan Durban Super Giants v Joburg Super Kings Kingsmead 17h30 Joburg Super Kings win by 16 runs
12 Jan Sunrisers v Pretoria Capitals St Georges Park 17h30 Pretoria Capitals won by 23 runs
13 Jan Paarl Royals v Pretoria Capitals Boland Park 13h30 Paarl Royals win by 7 wickets
13 Jan MI Cape Town v Durban Super Giants Newlands 17h30 Durban’s Super Giants win by 5 wickets
14 Jan Pretoria Capitals v Sunrisers Centurion 13h30 Pretoria Capitals won by 37 runs
14 Jan MI Cape Town v Joburg Super Kings Newlands 17h30 MI Cape Town win by 7 wickets
15 Jan Durban Super Giants v Paarl Royals Kingsmead 13h30 Durban’s Super Giants win by 27 runs
16 Jan Sunrisers v MI Cape Town St Georges Park 17h30 Sunrisers Eastern Cape win by 4 wickets
17 Jan Paarl Royals v Durban Super Giants Boland Park 13h30 Paarl Royals win by 10 runs
17 Jan Joburg Super Kings v Pretoria Capitals Wanderers 17h30 Joburg Super Kings win by 6 runs
18 Jan MI Cape Town v Sunrisers Newlands 13h30
18 Jan Pretoria Capitals v Joburg Super Kings Centurion 17h30
19 Jan Paarl Royals v Sunrisers Boland Park 17h30
20 Jan Durban Super Giants v Pretoria Capitals Kingsmead 17h30
21 Jan Paarl Royals v MI Cape Town Boland Park 13h30
21 Jan Sunrisers v Joburg Super Kings St Georges Park 17h30
22 Jan Paarl Royals v Pretoria Capitals Boland Park 13h30
22 Jan Sunrisers v Durban Super Giants St Georges Park 17h30
23 Jan MI Cape Town v Pretoria Capitals Newlands 17h30
24 Jan Sunrisers v Paarl Royals St Georges Park 13h30
24 Jan Joburg Super Kings v Durban Super Giants Wanderers 17h30
2 Feb Durban Super Giants v MI Cape Town Kingsmead 17h30
3 Feb Joburg Super Kings v Paarl Royals Wanderers 13h30
3 Feb Durban Super Giants v Sunrisers Kingsmead 17h30
4 Feb Pretoria Capitals v MI Cape Town Centurion 17h30
5 Feb Joburg Super Kings v Sunrisers Wanderers 13h30
5 Feb Pretoria Capitals v Durban Super Giants Centurion 17h30
6 Feb Joburg Super kings v MI Cape Town Wanderers 17h30
7 Feb Pretoria Capitals v Paarl Royals Centurion 17h30
8 Feb SF1 v SF4 Wanderers 17h30
9 Feb SF2 v SF3 Centurion 17h30
11 Feb FINAL Wanderers 16h30

All the SA20 Matches and results for 2023.

CLICK HERE: https://mygqeberha.com/all-the-sa20-cricket-teams-and-sunrisers-matches/ for all the SA 20 Teams, Matches and Results.

The SA20 is South Africa’s explosive new T20 cricket league. Over 4 weeks and 33 matches, 6 global franchises and 102 world class players will go head to head.

The League features six privately-owned teams, who will play each other twice in a round-robin stage (home and away) before the semis and final. In all, 33 matches will be played in some of the greatest locations South Africa has to offer: Durban’s Super Giants (Kingsmead), Joburg Super Kings (Wanderers), MI Cape Town (Newlands), Paarl Royals (Boland Park), Pretoria Capitals (Centurion) and Sunrisers Eastern Cape (St George’s Park).

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