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Marco Jansen’s Blitz Helps Sunrisers Shock MI Cape Town

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Sunrisers Eastern Cape all-rounder Marco Jansen turned the Betway SA20 on its head with a whirlwind innings that shocked MI Cape Town by two wickets at Newlands on Wednesday.

The visitors were staring down the barrel prior to Jansen launching an assault that will be remembered for a very long time.

The 22-year-old smashed 66 runs off just 27 balls, with 28 runs coming off a single Rashid Khan over – to swing the momentum in favour of the Sunrisers.

The MI Cape Town captain was dispatched for four sixes and a boundary in the 16th over.

“At that stage, we had to make a plan, we had to pick one bowler. After the first ball went for six, I just decided to see what happens and try and go with it,” Jansen said post-match.

Sunrisers Eastern Cape captain Aiden Markram had opted to put the home side in to bat after winning the toss and his decision paid off when Sisanda Magala removed Dewald Brevis early on.

Grant Roelofsen (56 off 36) and Ryan Rickelton (46 off 36), however, rebuilt the MI Cape Town innings before Ottniel Baartman (2/21) dismissed the pair in the space of three deliveries.

Roelof van der Merwe (2/21) followed suit when George Linde and Sam Curran fell in consecutive balls but the home team rallied back to post 171/6 at the break.

The Sunrisers’ chase went off track from the outset as they lost four quick wickets before the big-hitting Tristan Stubbs began the recovery with 28 off 21 balls. The Proteas T20 International was, however, run out by Sam Curran to put MI Cape Town back in charge.

But that was before the Jansen blitz and the Sunrisers can now momentarily celebrate getting off the basement of the log.

SA20 Standings

Standing Team Games Won Lost Tied N/R BP Net Run Rate Points
1 Pretoria Capitals 4 3 1 0 0 0 1.519 13
2 Paarl Royals 4 2 2 0 0 1 0.322 9
3 MI Cape Town 5 2 3 0 0 1 0.264 9
4 Durban Super Giants 4 2 2 0 0 0 0.440 8
5 Sunrisers 4 2 2 0 0 0 -0.579 8
6 Joburg Super Kings 5 2 3 0 0 0 -1.457 8

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 Sunrisers Eastern Cape win by 2 wickets
18 Jan Pretoria Capitals v Joburg Super Kings Centurion 17h30 Pretoria Capitals win by 6 wickets
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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