MI Cape Town vs Sunrisers Eastern Cape
In a interesting contest, Sunrisers Eastern Cape edged out MI Cape Town with the aid of using simply wickets and 3 balls to spare in a SA20 sport on the Newlands Stadium. Marco Jansen’s beautiful 27-ball sixty six became out to be the distinction among the 2 sides.
When Jordan Cox become run out withinside the fifteenth over, Eastern Cape had been in problem at one hundred and one for 6 . However, withinside the sixteenth over, Jansen lifted Eastern Cape’s sagging spirits with the aid of using smashing Rashid Khan for 28 runs. Jansen used his lengthy levers to rent the slog-sweep, loft and pull to membership one of the ideal T20 bowlers going round over deep midwicket and lengthy-on.
Jansen proceeded to tonk Kagiso Rabada for a 4 and a six to deliver the equation right all the way down to simply 25 off 3 overs. Cape Town’s tempo spearhead, Jofra Archer, then gave away simply seven runs withinside the 18th over to position a piece of strain again at the opposition. Jansen, though, accrued a pair greater sixes off Rabada because the equation got here right all the way down to simply 4 runs withinside the very last over. Rabada did select out up more than one wickets withinside the penultimate over, which include that of Jansen. But with the aid of using then it regarded as though Eastern Cape might eke out a memorable win. Roelof van der Merwe and Sisanda Magala suggested the facet domestic withinside the closing over.
Earlier, Grant Roelofsen (fifty six runs) and Ryan Rickleton (forty six runs) had been the mainstays of Cape Town’s batting effort. Lower down the order, Odean Smith (thirteen-ball 25 now no longer out) and Delano Potgieter (thirteen-ball 21 now no longer out) additionally made beneficial contributions. Meanwhile, Van der Merwe ended up with 2 for 21 from his quota of 4 overs whilst Ottniel Baartman completed with 2 for 21 from his 3 overs. Jansen additionally bowled a cost-effective spell of none for 29 from 4 overs.
Brief scores: MI Cape Town 171/6 in 20 overs (Grant Roelofsen 56; Van der Merwe 2-21) lost to Sunrisers Eastern Cape 172/8 in 19.3 overs (Marco Jansen 66; Jofra Archer 1-18) by 2 wickets.
Pretoria Capitals vs Joburg Super Kings
Anrich Nortje and Jimmy Neesham took 3 wickets apiece as Pretoria Capitals overwhelmed Joburg Super Kings with the aid of using seven wickets. Capitals chased down the paltry goal of 123 in only thirteen overs.
Neesham lower back brilliant figures of three for 7 whilst Nortje completed with similarly brilliant figures of three from 12 from his quota of 4 overs. For Super Kings, Faf du Plessis cracked a first rate 22-ball fifty one on the pinnacle of the order however did not get a great deal aid from the relaxation of the batting unit. Aaron Phangiso, batting at No.10, become the second one maximum scorer with an unbeaten 19.
In the chase, Phil Salt cracked a quick-hearthplace fifty whilst his beginning companion Will Jacks composed a 16-ball 34. Salt additionally hit the triumphing run and helped the facet bag an advantage point.
Brief scores: Joburg Super Kings 122 in 15.4 overs (Faf du Plessis 51; Jimmy Neesham 3-7) lost to Pretoria Capitals 123/3 in 13 overs (Phil Salt 52*) by seven wickets.