SA20 2024 Season (10 Jan-10 Feb)

[akkaps]

Bavuma finally gets a game. He should have been sent to NZ instead

 

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Baartman gets Roy inside the powerplay

 

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Dawson gets his countryman Buttler

 

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Paarl Royals post 159 off their 20 overs and Sunrisers will confident in chasing that down with the home crowd.

 

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A couple of rain drops at Port Elizabeth in Game 30

 

[akkaps]

I was gonna try and stay up for this game. Seeing it started only at 1230am instead of the usual 230am. Fell asleep

 

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Marcus Stoinis might be able to make a career as a motivational speaker now his time is down , and is set to be back for Australia in national colours:

 

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Glad to see Marcus Stoinis at least happy in South Africa in his time there:



A bit of a farewell tribute to the Stoin.

 

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Qualifier 1 from Cape Town. Interesting to note Agar came all the way from Australia to warm up the bench:

Teams:

Durban Super Giants (Playing XI): Matthew Breetzke, Tony de Zorzi, Quinton de Kock(w), Heinrich Klaasen, JJ Smuts, Dwaine Pretorius, Wiaan Mulder, Keshav Maharaj(c), Reece Topley, Junior Dala, Naveen-ul-Haq

Sunrisers Eastern Cape (Playing XI): Jordan Hermann, Dawid Malan, Tom Abell, Aiden Markram(c), Tristan Stubbs(w), Patrick Kruger, Liam Dawson

Liam Dawson

Age

29

Ht

189cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

D/F

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.2

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

3.4

3star

M

3.7

4star

T

1.1

3star

MG

144.9

2star

No current season stats available

D

9.0

3star

K

6.8

3star

HB

2.2

2star

M

4.4

4star

T

0.6

3star

MG

147.4

3star

, Marco Jansen, Simon Harmer, Ottniel Baartman, Daniel Worrall

Sunrisers Eastern Cape have won the toss and have opted to bat

 

[NYRB]

Winner goes to the Grand Final, Loser goes to the Preliminary Final.

 

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66 square metre boundary hitting with the wind, 56 square metre boundaries hitting into the wind according to Pommy.

 

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Mark Nicholas saying there is rain on the way.

 

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Markrams decision to bat first may not have been the smartest decision today.

 

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Sunrisers 61/1 off 50 balls as the players come off because of the rain against Durban Super Giants.

 

[akkaps]

 

[010203]

Bavuma finally gets a game. He should have been sent to NZ instead

So should the rest of South Africa's top players.

 

[010203]

I didn't mind the first bit of this tournament but due to how compromised the test series in New Zealand is, I'm not watching the finals. The ICC are culpable - they need to make test cricket viable in more than just 3 countries and it should have been done years ago. The owners of these franchises are also culpable for the farcical test series in New Zealand right now. Out of the goodness of their hearts, these owners could have allowed Cricket South Africa to hand pick 2 players from each franchise to be selected to join Neil Brand, Keegan Petersen and Duane Olivier in New Zealand. This would not have destroyed the SA20 tournament for this year and it would have only been a one-off. Sadly, thinking of what's good for the purest form of cricket is beyond these self centred individuals. Instead, it's all about a form of cricket that while it can be exciting, is quickly forgotten about and barely memorable.

 

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There is talk that some of the players I heard that the players eliminated from the SA20 (Pretoria and MI Cape Town) will be flown over for the 2nd Test against New Zealand.

Whats clear to be , is South Africa could put up 2 very good T20 sides or international calibre sides from what I have seen in this tournament.

 

[010203]

There is talk that some of the players I heard that the players eliminated from the SA20 (Pretoria and MI Cape Town) will be flown over for the 2nd Test against New Zealand.

Whats clear to be , is South Africa could put up 2 very good T20 sides or international calibre sides from what I have seen in this tournament.

I hope you're right. As for the 2nd point, South Africa's ability/inability to handle the pressure at the crunch stage of ICC events is the only thing stopping them winning this year's World T20. They have the firepower with the bat and ball.

 

[akkaps]

So should the rest of South Africa's top players.

I understand why they were not sent to NZ to play. CSA are using the SA20 to play determine the T20WC squad.
The CSA T20 starts on the Challenge starts on the 9th of March, but the International quality and standard will not be there. And all the main contenders for the T20WC will be in India for the IPL starting on the 23rd of March

 

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The Eliminator at the Wanderers:

Toss Joburg Super Kings opt to chase.

Joburg Super Kings: Faf du Plessis (capt), Leus du Plooy, Reeza Hendricks, Sibonelo Makhanya, Moeen Ali, Donovan Ferreira (wk), Doug Bracewell, Dayyaan Galiem, Sam Cook, Nandre Burger, Imran Tahir

Paarl Royals: Jason Roy, Jos Buttler (wk), Mitchell Van Buuren, David Miller (capt), Dane Vilas, Wihan Lubbe, Andile Phehlukwayo, Bjorn Fortuin, Codi Yusuf, Obed McCoy, Tabraiz Shamsi

 

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Winner goes on to play the Durban Super Giants in the Qualifier 2

Joburg Super Kings win, and they will be awarded with another home Final. So incentive is with them.

 

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60 and 63 metre square boundaries today. One of the comms mentioned we are playing on one of the test matches pitch.

 

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Lizaad Williams doesnt get a game today, so we wont get to see the Lebron James celebration.

 

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Sam Cook to open the bowling to JSK. Lizaad had a side strain.