The Durban Supergiants claimed their second win of the competition on Sunday (15th January) by defeating Pearl Royals in a scoring game by 27 runs at Kingsmead. After Quinton De Kock had a 31-ball 57, Henrich Klaasen scored a 19-ball 57 to make the Supergiants his 216/4. The Royals lost early wickets in pursuit, but a 114-run streak of 61 deliveries involving Eoin Morgan (64 of 37) and Dane vilas (44 of 30) gave them Gave hope, only to eventually fall short when she came in at 189/8.
The Supergiants decided to bat as they added 62 on the power play, giving the team a quick start. Kyle Mayers was ejected for 39 on 23 balls by Evan Jones after maxing 6 for 4 in his stay. Another productive partnership followed as Wiaan Mulder and Quinton de Kock added 85 of their 49 deliveries. De Kock scored the majority of his runs as he made 27-ball 50 and hit five 4s and four 6s. Mulder was happy to give most of the bat to De Kok, but both fell on back-to-back overs, leaving the Supergiants only 15 1/3 in the 15th inning.
Klaasen then took over and scored six goals ahead of Bjorn Fortune and Ferisco Adams in 16th and 17th. Dwane Pretorius also scored a maximum against Lungi Ngidi in the penultimate over, before Klaasen hit four maximums against Adams, including a 6 off the last ball, to give the Supergiants the lead. scored 64 from their last five overs, setting up a blistering half-century. Impressive total. Jason Roy started 6 and 4 against Keshab Maharaj in the second, but the Royals faltered when Joss Butler was pitched by Reece Topley. Wihan Lubbe and Roy hit a series of boundaries taking the Royals to his 55/1 by the end of the power play. However, the Royals quickly slipped as Pretorius caught both Lubbe and Jason Holder’s David Miller long on and Roy was bowled by Prenellan Subrayen and left the chasers at 63/4 after eight overs. rice field.
Eoin Morgan led the counterattack, and on an over from Pretorius he hit two sixes and two fours from Topley. Dane Vilas also came on and was 2 4 ahead of Holder as the fifth pair of wickets gave the Royals hope, but the required rate he was over 16 when 14 overs were completed . Morgan struck out a 27-ball 50 and two sixes before taking a single from Mulder in the 15th over.
Pretorius bowled three wide, but Pretorius wasted just 10 runs in 16 overs, but Vilas continued the fight, making 18 in the 17th inning and two against the holders who finished 0 for 49. Got 6 and 4. Morgan struck six from Mulder and was taken down by the bowlers in the 18th over, but the former England captain’s stay ended in a run out. Topley then took wickets from Jones and Vilas, giving just seven runs to effectively seal the game for the Supergiants. Mulder wasted just five runs in the final, also conceding a wicket for Adams as the Royals suffered their second defeat.
Brief scores: Durban Super Giants 216/4 in 20 overs (Quinton de Kock 57, Henrich Klaasen 50*; Lungi Ngidi 2-33, Evan Jones 2-33) beat Paarl Royals 189/8 in 20 overs (Eoin Morgan 64, Dane Vilas 44; Reece Topley 3-34, Dwaine Pretorius 2-34) by 27 runs.