Mi Cape Town Vs Durban Super Giants 16th Match 23 January 2024

16th T20 • Newlands • Cape Town

Durban Super Giants

157/6 (20)

MI Cape Town

121/9 (20)

DSG won by 36 runs

Info

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Mini Games

Player of the Match George Linde

5(9)

2/15

Player of the Series Heinrich Klaasen

DSG

MICT

Info

Durban Super Giants

157/6 (20)

Batters

Matthew Breetzke

104.35

c Kaber b Curran

Tony de Zorzi

181.82

b Linde

Quinton De Kock

0.00

b Linde

JJ Smuts

113.04

c Brevis b Kaber

Heinrich Klaasen

85.71

lbw b Kaber

Marcus Stoinis

110.00

hit wicket (Stone)

Wiaan Mulder

190.00

Not out

Keshav Maharaj

66.67

Not out

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 1, NB: 1, W: 3)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.85)

157/6

Did not Bat

Reece Topley, Noor Ahmad, Naveen ul Haq

Bowlers

EXT

Kagiso Rabada

8.25

Sam Curran

12.50

George Linde

3.75

Olly Stone

9.25

Thomas Kaber

5.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Tony de Zorzi

b Linde

1-23

2.3

Quinton De Kock

b Linde

2-23

2.4

JJ Smuts

c Brevis b Kaber

3-69

9.5

Heinrich Klaasen

lbw b Kaber

4-77

11.2

Marcus Stoinis

hit wicket (Stone)

5-94

14.4

Matthew Breetzke

c Kaber b Curran

6-133

17.6

MI Cape Town

121/9 (20)

Batters

Rassie van der Dussen

105.56

c Stoinis b Maharaj

Ryan Rickelton

144.44

c Klaasen b Haq

Connor Esterhuizen

33.33

c Kock b Ahmad

Sam Curran

140.74

c Haq b Stoinis

Dewald Brevis

110.53

c (sub Dala) b Stoinis

Liam Livingstone

20.00

c Kock b Ahmad

Kieron Pollard

0.00

lbw b Ahmad

George Linde

55.56

c (sub Dala) b Stoinis

Thomas Kaber

92.31

Not out

Olly Stone

20.00

b Haq

Kagiso Rabada

66.67

Not out

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 2, NB: 1, W: 1)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 6.05)

121/9

Bowlers

EXT

JJ Smuts

9.00

Reece Topley

7.67

Naveen ul Haq

5.75

Keshav Maharaj

4.67

Noor Ahmad

5.50

Marcus Stoinis

4.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Ryan Rickelton

c Klaasen b Haq

1-17

2.3

Rassie van der Dussen

c Stoinis b Maharaj

2-35

5.6

Connor Esterhuizen

c Kock b Ahmad

3-39

6.6

Sam Curran

c Haq b Stoinis

4-87

13.3

Liam Livingstone

c Kock b Ahmad

5-92

14.4

Kieron Pollard

lbw b Ahmad

6-92

14.5

Dewald Brevis

c (sub Dala) b Stoinis

7-98

15.2

George Linde

c (sub Dala) b Stoinis

8-107

17.4

Olly Stone

b Haq

9-108

18.3

Match Info

Date & Time

23 Jan, 09:00 PM IST

Venue

Newlands, Cape Town

Match

16th T20,

SA20

Umpires

Brad White (South Africa), Lauren Agenbag (South Africa), Abdoellah Steenkamp (South Africa, TV)

Referee

Shandre Fritz (South Africa)

Toss

MI Cape Town elected to bowl

1 0 1 1 1 0

Over 17

Runs: 4

0 1 2 W 0 1

Over 18

Runs: 4

0 0 W 1 1 0

Over 19

Runs: 2

0 1 1 1wd 5nb 0 2 2

Over 20

Runs: 12

All Overs

Player of the Match George Linde

5(9)

2/15

Player of the Series Heinrich Klaasen

Commentary

Till then, this is Dwaipayan Mukherjee, signing off with my co-commentator Rajarshi Das.

The action will come thick and fast with Johannesburg Super Kings hosting table toppers Paarl Royals tomorrow. Join us for that one.

George Linde, Player of the Match : Obviously disappointing. Don't think I deserve this. Their bowlers deserve it more than me. I know my strengths. It's my home ground here. We've got match-winners in the squad. Unfortunately it was one of those things tonight. We still believe we can get to the playoffs.

Keshav Maharaj, Durban Super Giants captain : Win was much needed. Were in some trouble with the bat but Breetzke and Wiaan helped us get to the total. Our execution lacked towards the back end in the last game. Today we were more clinical. Conditions were tricky for batting so we tried to utilise that. Been good to see the maturity he has shown (Breetzke). Wasn't an easy wicket. He dug in, allowed Mulder to play the innings later. We knew what he's about. Found his rhythm in this game. He's a great guy. Nice to bounce back after two losses. Bonus point is even more special.

Kieron Pollard, MI Cape Town captain: I don't want to use pitches as an excuse. We need to be better, our lower-order, myself included need to be better. Both teams play on the same pitch, 157 in any given match, we should have been on the winning side. We had opportunities even when Klaasen came in, we wanted to bowl medium pacers against him, we did well. As a bowling unit, we were able to restrict them pretty nicely. 157 on a track like this with a batting line-up like this is what we need to look back at. We have a job to do, there's roles and responsibilities for everyone. The openers have been doing their job, can't fault them for batting well, they've given us good starts. We have to come up with answers, can't leave it all to the openers. Restricting them to 157, the way George and Kaber bowled were positives. We could have bowled sharper in the last couple of overs, we need to be honest with ourselves. The ones in the middle order need to be better, this is the back end of the tournament and we need to get the business started.

Durban Super Giants (157/6) defeat MI Cape Town (121/9) by 36 runs

Sam Curran - 38 (27) | Dewald Brevis - 21 (19)
Marcus Stoinis - 3/18 | Noor Ahmad - 3/22

It is days like these when you believe that T20 cricket is not just about slam bang hitting and bowlers constantly being taken to the cleaners. It has been a bowlers' day out at Newlands where DSG understood what will work on this sluggish surface and implemented their bowling strategies to perfection. This is a much needed win for Durban, having lost their previous 2 matches.

Apart from their opening bowlers in Smuts and Topley, neither of whom completed their full quota of overs, all other DSG bowlers got their names into the wicket column. Naveen, Maharaj, Noor, Stoinis all got wickets and no one conceded more than 6 runs per over.

It was always going to be a tall ask once top run getters in Ryan Rickelton and Rassie van der Dussen were dismissed cheaply. Sam Curran has shown encouraging signs of returning to his best with the wood in hand but he needed support from his batting colleagues, something that never arrived.

Teams have figured out how to get rid of Kieron Pollard - wrist spin. He will not only have batting woes but also captaincy calls. Do MICT have it in them to grind out when their openers do not click? Was it really wise to choose to bowl first on a deteriorating pitch where bowlers had plenty of purchase and it got better as the evening progressed?

This win takes DSG at par with Paarl Royals in terms of points (18). They have also bagged the bonus point and even though the Royals have an extra game in hand, it will be an exciting affair when Paarl host DSG later this week.

As for this game, post-match presentations follow!

overs

121 /9 score

1wd

5nb

1lb

runs

Thomas Kaber *

12 (13)

Kagiso Rabada

2 (3)

Reece Topley

0 /23

19.6 Reece Topley to Thomas Kaber, full, on leg stump, Kaber gets an inside edge onto his pads trying to swipe it towards the leg side. Gets a single as the ball rolls towards short third. Durban's Super Giants claim a big win - the margin being 36 runs!

19.5 Reece Topley to Thomas Kaber, full and straight, swiped towards the deep mid wicket region. Dala in the deep dives and parries it back, the batters get a brace

19.4 Reece Topley to Thomas Kaber, full, down leg, Kaber moved a long way across trying to smash it through the leg side, didn't connect

19.4 Reece Topley to Thomas Kaber, FOUR! Slow, banged in short, Kaber looks to pull, gets a top edge, the ball flies over de Kock and makes its way to the boundary. Second bouncer of the over, and so, a no ball has been called

19.4 Reece Topley to Thomas Kaber, wide, slower ball, this one's past the tramline

19.3 Reece Topley to Kagiso Rabada, on a full length outside off, Rabada looked to smash it towards long on, found the man in the deep. Just one

19.2 Reece Topley to Thomas Kaber, almost! Banged in short outside leg, Kaber moved away and looked to slash it over cover, ended up skying it towards sweeper. The man ran in, but just about fell short!

19.1 Reece Topley to Thomas Kaber, full, on off stump, Kaber moved across trying to scoop this one over fine leg, missed it altogether and fell over

48 runs needed from 6 balls - just the final rites left, the formalities to be taken place.

overs

110 /9 score

runs

Kagiso Rabada *

1 (2)

Thomas Kaber

5 (7)

Naveen-ul-Haq

2 /23

18.6 Naveen-ul-Haq to Kagiso Rabada, full, fired in outside leg stump. Rabada looked to work it towards the leg side, missed and was struck on the pads

18.5 Naveen-ul-Haq to Thomas Kaber, on a good length outside off, worked towards the deep point region. Just a single

18.4 Naveen-ul-Haq to Kagiso Rabada, full, on the pads, Rabada glances this one towards the mid wicket region. Just a single