26/01Result
22nd Match (D/N), SA20 at Johannesburg, Jan 26 2025
Super Kings won by 9 wkts (36b rem)
Player of the Match
Lutho Sipamla
Lutho SipamlaJoburg Super Kings
26/01Result
22nd Match (D/N), SA20 at Johannesburg, Jan 26 2025
Super Kings won by 9 wkts (36b rem)
Player of the Match
Lutho Sipamla
Lutho SipamlaJoburg Super Kings

END OF OVER:
19 | 2 Runs 3 Wkts | SEC: 118/10 | RR: 6.21

  • Richard Gleeson1 (1b)
  • Hardus Viljoen4-0-24-4
  • Matheesha Pathirana3-0-26-1

Here's Deep Gadhia from our stats team with a damning statistic: SEC lost their last 5 wickets only for 3 runs - the least for a team in SA20.

5:13pm A scintillating bowling display and the Super Kings probably gave the Sunrisers a taste of their own medicine. Sipamla set the tone early and bagged two in his opening over. Viljoen then followed suit by smashing Markram's stumps and even though SEC managed a bit of a rear-guard through Bedingham, Stubbs and Jansen, they never really established a deep enough foothold in the contest to post a total around the 140-mark.

The Super Kings, undeniably, will enter the break the happier of the two sides, having blown SEC away at the death and will be fancying their chances. But crazier things have happened in this sport and it will take a brave person to completely bet against the Sunrisers Eastern Cape and their bowling attack. Join us in a bit for the chase!

Lutho Sipamla: You always speak about starting well, nice to start well. I am enjoying it and happy to be surrounded by this bunch. Glad to not bowl a No ball this time and glad to have fixed it. The boys are bowling well, nice to be a part of it. Just come out and bat, look after the good balls and hopefully the guys can pull us through. Really behind the boys.

18.6
W
Viljoen to Baartman, OUT, stumps demolished, and the Sunrisers Eastern Cape have been rolled over for 118! Length ball on middle and leg. Baartman clears his front leg and tries to tonk it into tomorrow. Only connects with fresh air and sees his middle stump and leg stump flattened soon after. A fitting end to a dominant bowling display, and the crowd applauds their team off the field!

OEG Baartman b Viljoen 1 (4m 2b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50

18.5
1
Viljoen to Gleeson, 1 run, low full toss searing into middle stump. Gleeson jams his bat down in time and squirts it off the inside edge behind square

Over the wicket to Gleeson

18.4
W
Viljoen to Swanepoel, OUT, oh my word! Stop the press, this is an absolute worldie. Ferreira cannot believe what he has done and almost runs half of the circumference of the Wanderers! Oh my goodness - no words will ever be able to do this justice! Dug into the track outside off. Swanepoel backs away and crashes it towards deep point. The ball seems destined to clear the fence until...Ferreira comes running around. He sticks his right palm out and with absolute nonchalance, plucks it out of thin air. Wow. Just wow!

B Swanepoel c Ferreira b Viljoen 0 (6m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

18.3
1
Viljoen to Baartman, 1 run, back of a length just outside off. A bit of extra bounce and Baartman plonks it to the left of the pitch. Sets off for the single and nearly collides with the bowler. Single completed eventually but not sure if running into Viljoen will do anyone any favours ever

Baartman in at 10

18.2
W
Viljoen to Dawson, OUT, plumb with a capital P! Sizzling yorker on middle stump. Dawson clears his front leg and swipes across the line. Misses it completely and gets rattled on the back leg, right in front of middle stump. That seemed as easy a decision as any for the umpire but Dawson reviews because, well, why not. No bat involved and Ball Tracking, as expected, shows the ball to be thundering into middle and off stump. That will go down as one of the not-so-great reviews in SA20 history!

LA Dawson lbw b Viljoen 1 (5m 4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 25

18.1
0
Viljoen to Dawson, no run, juicy thigh-high full toss outside off and Dawson misses out. He has a massive swish at it but only swats away a few flies

Viljoen to bowl the 19th. Around the wicket

END OF OVER:
18 | 6 Runs 2 Wkts | SEC: 116/7 | RR: 6.44

  • Liam Dawson1 (2b)
  • Beyers Swanepoel0 (0b)
  • Matheesha Pathirana3-0-26-1
  • Hardus Viljoen3-0-22-1
17.6
1
Pathirana to Dawson, 1 run, length ball on leg stump. Dawson comes half forward and stabs it towards mid on

Swanepoel is the new batter in

17.5
W
Pathirana to Dawson, OUT, Stubbs has been barbecued! Absolutely barbecued! Hard length on off. Dawson prods it towards short mid wicket and seems to take a couple of steps. He then says no but by then, it is too late. Lubbe swoops in, picks it up and throws down the stumps in one go. Massive, massive moment in the game, and Stubbs is livid as he storms off!

T Stubbs run out 37 (62m 38b 1x4 2x6) SR: 97.36

Dawson in at 8

17.4
W
Pathirana to Jansen, OUT, does him all ends up! Slower ball on a back of a length on leg stump and Jansen has no clue about it. Sucked into the stroke too early and he closes his bat face, which leads to his downfall. The ball spoons up off the leading edge and du Plessis snares the chance at mid off!

M Jansen c du Plessis b Pathirana 22 (25m 18b 3x4 0x6) SR: 122.22

17.4
1w
Pathirana to Jansen, 1 wide, slower ball that goes awry and slides well down leg. Jansen does not get bat on it and the umpire calls it a wide
17.3
4
Pathirana to Jansen, FOUR, what timing! Pathirana seemed to nail the yorker on leg stump but Jansen's stroke is just too good. Snaps his wrists into action and clips it past mid wicket. The ball races away across the carpet and into the fence!
17.2
0
Pathirana to Jansen, no run, slower ball that ends up being a full toss outside off. Jansen swings at it but swings too early. Another fresh-air shot
17.1
0
Pathirana to Jansen, no run, slow and short outside off. Jansen reaches out for it and slaps it towards mid off. Sends Stubbs back too, who was intent on the run

END OF OVER:
17 | 11 Runs | SEC: 110/5 | RR: 6.47

  • Marco Jansen18 (14b)
  • Tristan Stubbs37 (38b)
  • Hardus Viljoen3-0-22-1
  • Matheesha Pathirana2-0-20-0
16.6
3
Viljoen to Jansen, 3 runs, miscued but Jansen survives! Hard length outside off. Jansen looks to muscle it down the ground but miscues it terribly. Jones tears in from long off, slides forward and cannot hold onto it. He perhaps started his slide too early and could not move his hands to match the trajectory of the ball in the end
16.5
1
Viljoen to Stubbs, 1 run, hard length on leg stump. Skips off the surface and hurries Stubbs into his pull. He misses and the ball deflects off his thigh into the off side
16.4
1
Viljoen to Jansen, 1 run, similar to the last ball, short and pushed across. Jansen flat-bats it down the ground to long off
16.3
0
Viljoen to Jansen, no run, off-pace, short and slanted across outside off. Jansen looks to upper-cut it but the lack of pace deceives him

Around the wicket now

16.2
4
Viljoen to Jansen, FOUR, shot! Slot ball outside off and Jansen climbs into it. Swings through the line and blasts it past mid off. du Plessis barely moved!
16.2
1w
Viljoen to Jansen, 1 wide, short and sliding well down leg. Jansen lets it go and the umpire has no qualms in calling it a wide

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