Donovan Ferreira explained early on why he is a highly scouted hitter on the T20 circuit, with a 40-ball 82* that laid the groundwork for the Joburg Super Kings’ win over the Darban Super Giants in the opening game of SA20. I gave you a glimpse. With a surface that helped spin at Kingsmeade, Ferreira worked through key partnerships with Faff du Plessis (39 of 33) and Romario Shepard (40 of 20) to take the shaky Super Kings from 27/4 to eventual. earned 190 total /6 on to the lift. Her death bowling also came with an eventual winning margin of 16 runs.
The visitors, who decided to bat, Quinton set back early in the contest for his professional use of his bowler throws with his PowerPlay. At the end of six overs, the Super Kings were four behind with Prenelan Subrayan dismissing Kyle Verreynne and Lewis Gregory and Keshav Maharaj and Dwaine Pretorius adding wickets from Reeza Hendricks and Janneman Malan respectively. Du Plessis, who batted at number three, ducked to lock the inning and played three quiet overs with Ferreira before Ferreira came back to life shortly after a timeout. In the final over of PowerPlay he took two wickets for Subrayan, short his third over his third he was beaten for four and overhead he countered for six. That his 10th over of 16 runs effectively changed the momentum of the game, with Ferreira crossing two more lines in the next over and being bowled by Maharaj.
Ferreira followed up with a successful fence slam and despite losing Du Plessis midway through the second half attack, JSK’s score moved forward. Durban were particularly gorgeous in death bowling, losing as many as 91 runs in their last six overs. Ferreira finished the game with five sixes and eight fours, while Shepard added four of his own maximum to thwart Durban’s early bowling works.
But the Super giants proved themselves uncontested in the second half of those innings, despite a poor bowling show, with De Kok and Kyle Meyers speeding off the line on the restart. , Myers added 98 runs for the first wicket in 11 overs before being pushed off by Phangiso. Ferreira then provided the starting turn on the ball, sending De kock off with a 52-ball 78 to slide Durban into the quicksand. 3rd place hitter Heinrich Klaasen didn’t gain momentum and Wiaan Mulder’s promotion to 4th place didn’t pay off. Alzarri Joseph added two wickets to give the Supergiants an innings boost. They were only able to collect 48 runs from their final 6 overs. This was the crucial difference between the two teams on the day.
Brief scores: Joburg Super Kings 190/6 (Donovan Ferreira 82*, Romario Shepherd 40; Prenelan Subrayan 2-26) beat Durban Super Giants 174/5 (Quinton de Kock 78, Kyle Mayers 39; Alzarri Joseph 2-30) by 16 runs.