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Joburg Super Kings spoil Durban’s Super Giants’ Kingsmead party

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Thursday, 12 January: The sleeping giant of South African cricket, Kingsmead, awoke from its slumber in all its glory on the second night of the Betway SA20.

The KwaZulu-Natal patrons came out in full support of Durban’s Super Giants and were treated to a feast of high-quality entertainment.

Kingsmead has not witnessed such fanfare for many years with the fireworks adding to the spectacle produced out in the middle.

Joburg Super Kings may have won a high-scoring contest by 16 runs, but it was the people of Durban that were the real winners.

They were in full voice early on when the home team reduced Joburg Super Kings to 27/4 with local hero Keshav Maharaj initiating the first breakthrough.

Fellow homegrown product Prenelan Subrayen (2/26) and Sri Lankan spin maestro Akila Dananjaya (1/39) joined the party soon after.

But it was from here onwards that the Super Kings regained a foothold in the contest with captain Faf du Plessis (39) holding it all together before Donavon Ferreira was unleashed.

Player of the match, Ferreira, lived up to his pre-match billing with a blistering 82 off just 40 balls, and along with Romario Shepherd (40 off 19 balls) powered the Super Kings to 190/6 as the Super Giants lost their way at the backend.

The Kingsmead crowd never lost its voice at all though and were back on their feet supporting their team when Quinton de Kock and West Indian Kyle Mayers raced out of the blocks.

The Super Giants opening pair dominated the Powerplay and took it all the way to the 11th over before Mayers was dismissed for 39 leaving the home team on 98/1.

De Kock was central to the Super Giants getting close, but he did not receive sufficient support from Heinrich Klaasen (20), Wiaan Mulder (10), Dwaine Pretorius (14) and Jason Holder (2 not out).

The skipper eventually fell for 78 and walked back to the dressing room with the Super Giants’ chances unfortunately as they ultimately fell agonisingly short on a memorable night at Kingsmead.

SA20 Standings

Standing Team Games Won Lost Tied N/R BP Net Run Rate Points
1 MI Cape Town 1 1 0 0 0 1 2.126 5
2 Joburg Super Kings 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.8 4
0 Pretoria Capitals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 Sunrisers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Durban Super Giants 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2.126 0
6 Paarl Royals 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2.126 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
13 Jan MI Cape Town v Durban Super Giants Newlands 17h30
14 Jan Pretoria Capitals v Sunrisers Centurion 13h30
14 Jan MI Cape Town v Joburg Super Kings Newlands 17h30
15 Jan Durban Super Giants v Paarl Royals Kingsmead 13h30
16 Jan Sunrisers v MI Cape Town St Georges Park 17h30
17 Jan Paarl Royals v Durban Super Giants Boland Park 13h30
17 Jan Joburg Super Kings v Pretoria Capitals Wanderers 17h30
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.

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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