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.
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
Tense faces in the crowd
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
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
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