The defending champions have taken DSG out of the No. 1 spot and have jumped up to No. 3 themselves. Pretoria Capitals and Joburg Super Giants will look to make jumps of their own in the Bullring on double-header Saturday. Capitals have won the toss and will bat. Hope you follow and enjoy the action there. Goodbye from here from me, Ekanth, on behalf of our scorers, Ranjith P and Binoy George.

Simon Harmer, POTM: The emotions were completely different the last time we played Durban in PE. Learning from past mistakes helped me bowl better. Coming over the wicket and allowing batters to free their arms was bad, so I cramped them for room. Just tried to rush them and take away their arms. (On Klaasen's wicket) You always know he's coming for you. He hits balls three-quarter way up the stumps out of the ground, so your margin for error is small. I tried to hit the leather and rush him a little a bit and managed to get the sticker of his bat and have him caught. SA20 is a great tournament. As a South African cricketer, to play in full stadiums, the way the comp is organised, to see everyone in here having a good time. Everything has been amazing for South African cricket, long may it continue.

Aiden Markram: Scrappy win, good individual performances got us over the line. It comes down to each individual and their character. It's great when guys want to be in the pressure situations. Whatever happens from there is okay. Jansen and Stubbs were amazing, they did it last year too. They enjoy batting with each other and are confident. For two youngsters close out the game like that is great for the country. Stubbs has worked incredibly hard, he's got ability and character. Great when guys like that do well. Fantastic off the field. He's always had great ability too. Harmer's was a special performance too with right-handers in DSG's middle order. Lots of shape, drop and he used the conditions well.

Keshav Maharaj: We bossed the game for the most of it and let it go with 50 runs to go in the end. I think we read the track spot-on, lack of execution at the end cost us. Brilliant to see Mulder capitalise on the opportunity. We knew his has something special in him. We wanted to make this our fortress, couldn't cross over the line today. but happy to have the crowd come out in numbers and give out their support.

Nisha : "Stubbs has been the ambushing predator today. Saw off Keshav Maharaj and then launched !"

4:59pm What a win! It was supposed to be a tight chase. There were big swings. DSG got two powerplay wickets. QDK running out Abell looked key. Markram had a good stand with Stubbs but Stoinis came back to dismiss the skipper and Kruger in successive balls. The running was impeccable throughout, they stole many a two by just dinking the ball into pockets. Jansen joined Stubbs, the duo saw off Maharaj and waited for the death overs. They took down Noor and Naveen, the latter's yorker plan was thwarted by Stubbs. In the end, they had four balls too many.

19.2
4
Smuts to Stubbs, FOUR, Sits up and is carved over cover. Stubbs takes Sunrisers home! This was short and a bit wide, Stubbs was seeing it like a beach ball and cut it over the infield
19.1
0
Smuts to Stubbs, no run, Makes room and slaps the shortish ball from the stumps, good stop at cover

Smuts to close it out. Stubbs has the chance to hit the winning run

END OF OVER:
19 | 9 Runs | SEC: 159/5 (1 run required from 6 balls, RR: 8.36, RRR: 1.00)

  • Tristan Stubbs62 (35b)
  • Marco Jansen24 (14b)
  • Reece Topley4-0-29-1
  • Naveen-ul-Haq3-0-42-0
18.6
1
Topley to Stubbs, 1 run, Fullish ball on the pads, worked to long-on
18.5
6
Topley to Stubbs, SIX, Donesy! Stubbs not missing out on the pick-up line. That's like Yuvraj Singh vs Brett Lee during the 2007 World T20 on the same ground. Fullish ball on the pads, he was deep in the crease and lifted it. Ball's gone out of the ground, literally crosses the road. Someone picked it up on the road and is showing it to the camera. Think he's giving it back
18.4
1
Topley to Jansen, 1 run, Cloths a pull but it goes to deep-mid on the bounce. Short into the pitch, Jansen had room and tried dragging it across. Got it off the bottom. Not an issue though
18.3
0
Topley to Jansen, no run, Full ball creates another dot, a bit of a cheer now. Jansen was making room and got followed, he drove it to the bowler's left. Stopped in the follow-through

Tense faces in the crowd

18.2
0
Topley to Jansen, no run, Slow into the pitch. Jansen stays leg side of the ball and tries to dab it to third, misses. It went just over the stumps
18.1
1
Topley to Stubbs, 1 run, Start by going wide on a length, which is what Topley does. Stubbs happy to slap it to deep point to turn strike

Sticking to the wide-yorker plan didn't help DSG. What'll they do now?

END OF OVER:
18 | 20 Runs | SEC: 150/5 (10 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 8.33, RRR: 5.00)

  • Tristan Stubbs54 (32b)
  • Marco Jansen23 (11b)
  • Naveen-ul-Haq3-0-42-0
  • Marcus Stoinis4-0-27-2
17.6
1
Naveen-ul-Haq to Stubbs, 1 run, Wide on a length, guided to deep third. He keeps strike. This is all but done now
17.5
2
Naveen-ul-Haq to Stubbs, 2 runs, Punches a low fully wide outside off to cover. Two stolen again. Man, they're picking the pockets to perfection
17.4
6
Naveen-ul-Haq to Stubbs, SIX, Pumped up, pumped over long-off! Stubbs' fifty is up, asking rate now under six He went across this time, got a slot ball and drove it 86 metres far. Raises his bat, team-mates are chuffed. Crowd reduced to a hum
17.3
4
Naveen-ul-Haq to Stubbs, FOUR, Heck of a reverse! Athleticism pro max deluxe. Stubbs went square-on, knew it'd be a wide yorker. Saw it was angling away. He wasn't in line, so he swayed his upper body like it was the wind, and he swiped while swinging. Got it over short third. Not sure how that happened, great to watch though.
17.3
1w
Naveen-ul-Haq to Stubbs, 1 wide, Naveen back to nailing the wide yorker. Oh no, the line's a bit off, goes past the slicing blade. Wide given
17.2
4
Naveen-ul-Haq to Stubbs, FOUR, Slashed, it's in the gap. Deep-backward point can't cut it off! Stubbs stood on off, stayed in the crease rather than shuffle across despite knowing the line. The ball was full this time, not a yorker, which meant he could get underneath and scythe it over the infield
17.1
1
Naveen-ul-Haq to Jansen, 1 run, Wide yorker works this time. Length is nailed, line is just inside the tramline. Jansen steps across but all he can do is jam it to long-off
17.1
1w
Naveen-ul-Haq to Jansen, 1 wide, Wide outside off. Slower yorker goes away with the angle, Jansen sees it go past the tramline

Game's seesawing again. This stand is up to 33 off 17, 30 off 18. Just ten an over needed. Wickets needed but boundaries will make big dents too. Naveen has the ball, around to the rhb. He misses his run-up and will reload

END OF OVER:
17 | 13 Runs | SEC: 130/5 (30 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 7.64, RRR: 10.00)

  • Marco Jansen22 (10b)
  • Tristan Stubbs37 (27b)
  • Marcus Stoinis4-0-27-2
  • Noor Ahmad4-0-39-0
16.6
1
Stoinis to Jansen, 1 run, Yorker at the stumps has been jammed to the leg side
16.5
4
Stoinis to Jansen, FOUR, That's pure luck. Stoinis is either puzzled or angry. Cross-seamer, pace on, was a shortish ball around head-height. Jansen swayed his head to the off side and lifted it without sight. Think he got it off the edge, ball went very fine. Fine leg was too square, which was the cause of Stoinis' worry
16.4
2
Stoinis to Jansen, 2 runs, Leg-stump yorker nailed but the batters still make two. Jansen swooshed leg side of the ball and jammed a flick to wide long-on and scooted across.
16.3
4
Stoinis to Jansen, FOUR, Pulled, finds the gap between deep-mid and deep square! Into the pitch and at the stumps again. Jansen, ready for it, stayed deep inside the crease and helped it along. Terrific placement to beat the converging fielders
16.2
2
Stoinis to Jansen, 2 runs, Slower one has been heaved to wide long-on. Long boundary there allows two. That was also into the pitch, going outside off and was dragged across. Jansen looks a bit tired but those long strides are helping
16.1
0
Stoinis to Jansen, no run, Jansen tries to slap it again. This was into the pitch and brought out the inside edge

END OF OVER:
16 | 15 Runs | SEC: 117/5 (43 runs required from 24 balls, RR: 7.31, RRR: 10.75)

  • Marco Jansen9 (4b)
  • Tristan Stubbs37 (27b)
  • Noor Ahmad4-0-39-0
  • Marcus Stoinis3-0-14-2
15.6
1
Noor Ahmad to Jansen, 1 run, Belted hard, stopped by the set of stumps at the other end. Wide length ball, slowish, it was slapped with a flat bat

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Eastern Cape 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st16DJ MalanJ Hermann
2nd3TB AbellJ Hermann
3rd22AK MarkramJ Hermann
4th56T StubbsAK Markram
5th0PE KrugerT Stubbs
6th66T StubbsM Jansen