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SA20 league saw its first doubleheader day on Saturday with two high-scoring games. Durban Super Giants comfortably beat Sunrisers Eastern Cape by 35 runs during the fifth game of the tournament.
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Chasing 226 for a win, Sunrisers had built their hopes on young Tristan Stubbs to overcome the odds. In the third ball of over number eighteen, tragedy struck for the Sunrisers as Stubbs' collision with Reece Topley proved disastrous.
— Travis Head (@TravisHead8441) January 13, 2024
Stubbs hit the ball to the mid-wicket region, took a quick single, and turned back for the second run. That’s when the youngster collided with the seamer and fell on the ground. Beyers Swanepoel didn’t see the collision and kept running, only to be run out for eight runs.
Durban Super Giants show their might and record win over Sunrisers –
It was an amazing encounter in front of a large crowd as the fifth game of the SA20 league saw the Durban Super Giants take on the Sunrisers Eastern Cape. The crowd in Gqeberha saw Durban Super Giants bat first and post 225 runs on the board from their twenty overs.
Young Matthew Breetzke was the destroyer in chief as he went after the Sunrisers bowlers. Veteran Quinton De Kock played his role well as the two batters kept the scoreboard racing with boundaries.
Quinton De Kock was out after scoring 23 runs and this was followed by the wicket of Breetzke for 43. This is when veteran JJ Smuts combined to add 100 runs for the third wicket with Nicolas Pooran.
The two batters took full toll of an easy pitch to bat on as Smuts scored 75 runs from just 38 balls. His innings contained four boundaries and seven huge sixes. Nicolas Pooran scored yet another blistering half-century to show why is the most dangerous T20I batter.
Aiden Markram and Tom Abell then set about rebuilding the innings with a stand of 93 runs. Just when the pair looked to up the ante, Markram was out for 29. Tristan Stubbs came in and began attacking the bowlers right from the start. Durban Super Giants though kept their nerves and soon won the game by 35 runs.