- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR0.2 Around the wicket, pitched up on middle, gives himself room and miscues the skier, holes out to long-on and will be gutted to perish early in the piece in that fashion. What's the rush? Ball spin towards him and the bat turned, catching the inside half and du Plooy makes no mistake in the deep, safely pouched and the move to introduce spin works like a charm! 2/13.2 Bottom-hand came off and looked out of sync and control as soon as he connected while stepping out of his crease, knew he was in trouble and realized it's futile to hope against hope. Slower back of a length delivery on middle and off, not full flow in the swing and just chips in the air, flummoxed by the clever variation and swallowed by Jones at mid-off. it was an off-cutter 26/29.5 Straight to the man at silly mid-off! Superb diving take. Went back in the crease and played a nothing shot in the end, lobbing it in the air by stepping to the leg side and punched it to the only man patrolling that region. Not quite there in the moment I feel and a big error of judgement. Ball held up in the surface and didn't come on nicely though 68/54.2 Wow, didn't take him long to warm-up and get it right on money. That is superb bowling! Hammered in and veering in just enough to sneak through the gap between bat and pad, it bounced a bit steeply too and he got puzzled by the late inward movement, eyes lit up and he got a faint connection, dragged on. Viljeon punches the air in ecstasy 35/35.1 Wickets continue to tumble! Over the wicket, length and skids on, rapping the pads, eliciting a big shout and the umpire raises the finger! Sharp nip-backer and he is too late in attempting a flick. He planted his front leg and he saw those big pink pads, aimed at them with surgical precision and that's terrific bowling, giving nothing away. That looked pretty plumb and he does well not to use a review because not much was going in his favor 40/417.3 And the danger man departs! Quality gets quality. Imran Tahir is off with his trademark roaring celebration. Floated up slow on off, he lunges at it and drives it on the up but finds the fielder at long-off. I love that celebration; this is what cricket is all about, bring passion, excitement, competitiveness and he is still going strong. Love his hunger and passion for the game. Fitness looks impeccable as always. Faf with a super cool catch 138/711.3 Galiem perishes! Walking off after taking some time. Bairstow finally catches it after a few attempts, he wanted to slug that away towards midwicket and got flummoxed by the spin, got himself into a tangle in the end. Let's take another look. Good length on leg, wanted to lift it and ended up inside-edging to the keeper, view was a bit blocked but Bairstow adjusted quite well in the end and made sure he doesn't fluff it 80/618.5 Full-toss on off, in the air and taken! Gave himself some room and went hard at it but couldn't find the requisite elevation and neither distance. Gobbled by Faf du Plessis at mid-off and Fortuin kicks the air in dismay 142/819.2 Around and slams a yorker into the blockhole, worked to deep midwicket; wanted a second and Mujeeb fell short of the crease at batter's end, neatly picked and dislodged the bails. He is well short of his crease 145/9Extras16 (b 4, lb 2, nb 1, w 9)TOTAL150/9 (20 Overs, RR: 7.5)Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Sam Hain, 0.2 ov), 2-26 (Lhuan-dre Pretorius, 3.2 ov), 3-35 (Mitchell Van Buuren, 4.2 ov), 4-40 (Keith Dudgeon, 5.1 ov), 5-68 (Rubin Hermann, 9.5 ov), 6-80 (Dayyaan Galiem, 11.3 ov), 7-138 (Dinesh Karthik, 17.3 ov), 8-142 (Bjorn Fortuin, 18.5 ov), 9-145 (Mujeeb Ur Rahman, 19.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB D Ferreira 4 0 23 3 5.75 11 1 1 0 0 L Sipamla 4 0 19 3 4.75 14 1 1 0 0 GC Viljoen 4 0 25 1 6.25 12 4 0 1 0 E Jones 1 0 13 0 13 1 2 0 1 0 Imran Tahir 4 0 19 1 4.75 8 1 0 0 0 M Pathirana 2 0 23 0 11.5 4 1 1 3 0 WJ Lubbe 1 0 22 0 22 2 0 3 0 1
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR7.2 Bowls an absolute pearler, lovely change of angle and gets the better of him on this occasion. Around the wicket, on a length and jags away just a touch from middle as he lunges at it and sees it grope past his outside edge and kissing the off-stump. Excellent delivery, beautiful set-up. He uses that angle to great effect, one of his potent weapons. Some respite for Royals and now they have an opening 54/115.3 Pulls his length back and keeps it on middle, carts it away straight to the man stationed at deep square; didn't have that much pace and couldn't evade the fielder on this occasion but nevertheless he has put his team in the driver's seat with a majestic, enterprising, and thoroughly entertaining knock. Always a treat to watch when he gets going 130/216.5 Pace-off leg-cutter and thumped hard into the surface and keeps it very tight around off-stump, dances down the track and knocks it downtown but didn't find the requisite timing and has been taken at long-off 141/3Extras8 (b 2, nb 1, w 5)TOTAL151/3 (17.5 Overs, RR: 8.46)Fall of wickets: 1-54 (Devon Conway, 7.2 ov), 2-130 (Faf du Plessis, 15.3 ov), 3-141 (Donovan Ferreira, 16.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB BC Fortuin 4 0 31 0 7.75 10 1 2 1 0 L Ngidi 3 0 30 1 10 7 2 2 1 0 KT Maphaka 3 0 18 0 6 9 2 0 1 0 AD Galiem 1 0 21 0 21 0 1 2 0 0 Mujeeb Ur Rahman 3.5 0 20 1 5.21 11 2 0 0 0 KJ Dudgeon 3 0 29 1 9.66 9 2 2 2 1
Match Details
Series
Toss
Joburg Super Kings , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
17.30 start, First Session 17.30-19.00, Interval 19.00-19.20, Second Session 19.20-20.50
Match days
30 January 2025 - day/night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Joburg Super Kings 4, Paarl Royals 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 42 runs, 4 wickets)
- Over 2.3: Review by Joburg Super Kings (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - SD Harris, Batter - LG Pretorius (Struck down)
- Paarl Royals: 50 runs in 7.2 overs (44 balls), Extras 0
- Strategic Timeout: Paarl Royals - 66/4 in 9.0 overs (RA Herman 27, KD Karthik 11)
- Paarl Royals: 100 runs in 12.4 overs (77 balls), Extras 2
- Over 14.3: Review by Joburg Super Kings (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - SD Harris, Batter - KD Karthik (Struck down)
- Strategic Timeout: Paarl Royals - 120/6 in 15.0 overs (KD Karthik 42, BC Fortuin 5)
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 33 balls (KD Karthik 34, BC Fortuin 9, Ex 10)
- KD Karthik: 50 off 38 balls (4 x 4, 3 x 6)
- Slow over-rate Penalty: Overs 19.1 - 20.0 (extra fielder inside the circle)
- Paarl Royals: 150 runs in 19.4 overs (119 balls), Extras 16
- Innings Break: Paarl Royals - 150/9 in 20.0 overs (KT Maphaka 2, L Ngidi 0)
- Over 19.6: Review by Paarl Royals (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AM Sodumo, Batter - KT Maphaka (Upheld)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 45 runs, 0 wicket)
- Strategic Timeout: Joburg Super Kings - 45/0 in 6.0 overs (DP Conway 19, F du Plessis 24)
- Joburg Super Kings: 50 runs in 6.3 overs (40 balls), Extras 6
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 40 balls (DP Conway 20, F du Plessis 25, Ex 6)
- F du Plessis: 50 off 36 balls (1 x 4, 5 x 6)
- Joburg Super Kings: 100 runs in 12.2 overs (75 balls), Extras 8
- Strategic Timeout: Joburg Super Kings - 105/1 in 13.0 overs (F du Plessis 69, JL du Plooy 8)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 34 balls (F du Plessis 42, JL du Plooy 8, Ex 1)
- Over 16.4: Review by Paarl Royals (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - SD Harris, Batter - D Ferreira (Struck down)
- Joburg Super Kings: 150 runs in 17.5 overs (108 balls), Extras 8
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