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Super Giants overpower MI Cape Town in rollercoaster

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Durban’s Super Giants grabbed their first victory of the Betway SA20 after securing a 5-wicket victory over MI Cape Town at Newlands on Friday.

The visitors, chasing a target of 153, seemed to be cruising at 118/2 after 12.3 overs before Olly Stone (4/28) took three wickets in seven balls to throw the cat among the pigeons.

But the Super Giants had enough big hitters in the back-end of the innings to bounce back from their opening round defeat.

After captain Quinton de Kock had won the toss and elected to bowl first, Kyle Mayers got the visitors off to the perfect start when he fired in an in-swinging yorker and sent Dewald Brevis’ stumps flying with the second ball of the game.

The pressure remained on MI Cape Town throughout the powerplay as spinner Prenelan Subrayen (2/29) and England seamer Reece Topley (2/27) accounted for Ryan Rickelton (14), Rassie van der Dussen (1) and Sam Curran (0), respectively, to leave the home side in a pickle at 45/4 after 7 overs.

Some lusty blows in a 60-run fifth-wicket partnership between Grant Roelofsen (52 off 44) and George Linde (33 off 25) got the Newlands faithful going but when the duo departed in consecutive deliveries, the Super Giants wrestled back the momentum.

However, 47 runs off the final 29 deliveries saw MI Cape Town reach 152/8 at the innings change.

Quinton de Kock (11 off 8) and Mayers (34 off 23) got the visitors off to a flyer, going at a smidge under 10-runs to the over before the former became Stone’s first scalp, compliments of a brilliant catch by Delano Potgieter at short-third man.

Mayers continued to take the game to the bowlers but fell to George Linde (1/20) in the seventh over. Heinrich Klaasen (36 off 22) joined Wihan Mulder (30 off 26) and the pair put on a 34-ball 56-run partnership to get the visitors close.

It’s a quick turnaround for MI Cape Town as they face Joburg Super Kings at Newlands on Saturday. Durban Super Giants head back home to welcome Paarl Royals to Kingsmead on Sunday.

SA20 Standings

Standing Team Games Won Lost Tied N/R BP Net Run Rate Points
1 Pretoria Capitals 2 2 0 0 0 0 1.5 9
2 Paarl Royals 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.034 5
3 MI Cape Town 2 1 1 0 0 1 0.2 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
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.

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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