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SUNRISERS EASTERN CAPE 165/4 (20 OVERS)
- David Bedingham37 (34)
- Aiden Markram43 (29)
- Evan Jones2/38 (4)
- Lutho Sipamla1/29 (4)
JOBURG SUPER KINGS 151/8 (20 OVERS)
- Faf du Plessis27 (18)
- Devon Conway43 (40)
- Ottneil Baartman2/32 (4)
- Marco Jansen2/19 (4)
Scorer: Ranjith P | Commentator: Shashwat Kumar
END OF OVER:20 | 10 Runs | JSK: 151/8 (15 runs required, RR: 7.55)
- Wihan Lubbe17 (11b)
- Imran Tahir0 (1b)
- Richard Gleeson4-0-37-2
- Ottneil Baartman4-0-32-2
9:25pm That will be all from us for this game. We hope you enjoyed our coverage and we will be back with more cricket in a few hours' time. Until then, this is goodbye and goodnight from Ranjith and myself!
Marco Jansen, Player of the Match: (On if this is the best crowd) Absolutely. No better crowd in the country. You definitely feel their presence, which is nice. (On their death-overs batting and when they decided to pull the trigger) I didn't pull much of a trigger, I just got ones (smiles). When there were three overs left, we decided to make a play. Stubbs played fantastically. Gleeson has good pace, he swings the ball, nips it, which works nicely on this ground. We bowled nice lines and lengths and reaped the rewards. (Length changes) All depends on the wicket. Today, we felt bowling a hard length was working. Some would skid on, some would stop. We thought if we could hit a hard length, that would be most difficult (for the batters). Ideally, we would like it like that (winning every match) but we will take each game as it comes.
Aiden Markram, Sunrisers Eastern Cape captain: (On their bowling attack) More often than not, it is the execution by them. They are clear in their plans, have played a lot of T20 cricket. They assess conditions, come up with the plan and then it comes down to execution. They have been clutch for us. Even tonight, the game was in the balance, they came up with plans and executed (to win the game for us). It can be a tough place to score freely. Running between the wickets (releases pressure). In a tight game, that might be the difference. Each team wants to hunt you down and that's fair. Not get emotionally invest ourselves into that. You have a target on your back but a game of cricket will always be won out there (on the field). (On the atmosphere) The best. The crowd has been epic for us. Full house again tonight. Covered in orange and incredibly loud as well. Lots of love for them.
Faf du Plessis, Joburg Super Kings captain: They have a strong batting line-up. It was there and thereabouts (with regards to a par score). 160, it felt like a good score. They bowled really well. There was quite a bit of movement early on. Got ourselves in a good position but could not kick on and make the partnership a match-breaking one. There was a period there when Dev and Leus were batting well. We were in line to be more attacking and positive but then we lost that wicket. They bowled some tight overs, put pressure back on us. They (SEC) are very successful at home. Last year, we got on a bit of a run at home. Look forward to the challenge (of playing them at our home) in a few days' time.
9:03pm Another home game, another Sunrisers Eastern Cape victory. They have made a habit of it and tonight was yet another illustration. Their bowlers came to the fore after their batters powered them to what seemed an above-par total. Jansen took out du Plessis early and then returned to remove Bairstow later in the innings. In between, du Plooy and Conway had threatened a terrific riposte but neither could sustain that enough to truly haul JSK in front.
Most of SEC's decisions also seemed to pay off. They opted to bowl off-spinners to du Plooy and Conway, with Markram bagging the former. They brought on Dawson for just the one over but that was at a time when the run-rate was climbing and JSK needed to take risks, which ultimately led to Conway's dismissal, opening the door for the defending champions to barge through.
Three sixes and we go into a...(well, you know that already). Anything else and SEC will win
25 off 5
Gleeson to bowl the last over. JSK need 25
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