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Van der Merwe’s six of the best powers Sunrisers to bonus point win

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Roelof van der Merwe delivered the bowling performance of the Betway SA20 thus far for the Sunrisers Eastern Cape to decimate Durban’s Super Giants at St George’s Park on Sunday evening.

Van der Merwe claimed 6/20 to rout the Super Giants for just 86 in 14.4 overs. The Sunrisers won by a massive 124 runs to earn a bonus point.

It was a near-perfect performance from the Sunrisers after they had earlier delivered a batting exhibition to post a mammoth 210/2.

Half-centuries from openers Adam Rossington and Jordan Hermann set up the imposing total. Rossington, in particular, was in fine form with his 72 coming off just 30 balls.

Young Hermann also showcased his talent with 59 off 44 balls.

The Sunrisers maintained the momentum through captain Aiden Markram (44 not out off 34 balls) and Tristan Stubbs (27 not out off 13 balls).

The total proved far too much for the Super Giants. The visitors were bundled out for a paltry 86.

Coach Lance Klusener had shifted around the batting line-up to give Matthew Breetzke a Betway SA20 debut while moving captain Quinton de Kock to No 5.

Unfortunately for the Super Giants the change in tactics did not prove successful with only Wiaan Mulder (29) and Keshav Maharaj (12) managing to get into double figures with the experienced Van der Merwe running through the visitors line-up.

SA20 Standings

Standing Team Games Won Lost Tied N/R BP Net Run Rate Points
1 Pretoria Capitals 6 4 2 0 0 2 1.936 18
2 Sunrisers 7 4 3 0 0 0 0.656 17
3 MI Cape Town 6 3 3 0 0 1 0.326 13
4 Paarl Royals 7 3 4 0 0 1 -0.014 13
5 Joburg Super Kings 6 3 3 0 0 0 -1.128 12
6 Durban Super Giants 6 2 4 0 0 0 -1.773 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 Sunrisers Eastern Cape win by 5 wickets
20 Jan Durban Super Giants v Pretoria Capitals Kingsmead 17h30 Pretoria Capitals win by 8 wickets
21 Jan Paarl Royals v MI Cape Town Boland Park 13h30 MI Cape Town win by 13 runs
21 Jan Sunrisers v Joburg Super Kings St Georges Park 17h30 Joburg Super Kings win by 5 wickets
22 Jan Paarl Royals v Pretoria Capitals Boland Park 13h30 Paarl Royals win by 6 wickets
22 Jan Sunrisers v Durban Super Giants St Georges Park 17h30 Sunrisers Eastern Cape win by 124 runs
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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