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| Event | 2024 SA20 | ||||||
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| Sunrisers Eastern Cape won by 89 runs | |||||||
| Date | 10 February 2024 | ||||||
| Venue | Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town | ||||||
| Player of the match | Tom Abell (Sunrisers Eastern Cape) | ||||||
| Umpires | Lubabalo Gcuma and Stephen Harris | ||||||
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The 2024 SA20 Final was played on 10 February 2024 at the Newlands Cricket Ground in Cape Town. [1] [2] A capacity crowd of 25,000 attended the 2024 SA20 final. [3] Sunrisers Eastern Cape qualified for the finals after their win in Qualifier 1. They competed with Durban's Super Giants, who won Qualifier 2.
Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the toss and elected to bat first. They made 204 runs off 3 wickets in their 20 overs. In response, Durban's Super Giants were dismissed in 17 overs for 115 to lose the match by 89 runs. It was Sunrisers Eastern Cape's second SA20 title. Tom Abell from Sunrisers Eastern Cape was named player of the match. Heinrich Klaasen from Durban's Super Giants was named player of the season. [4]
15 August 2023, the CSA announced the schedule for the 2024 season of the SA20. [5] [6] 6 venues were scheduled to host the group stage. Newlands Cricket Ground in Cape Town was chosen to host qualifier 1 and the final whereas the Wanderers Stadium was chosen to host eliminator and qualifier 2. [7] [8] Sunrisers Eastern Cape and Durban's Super Giants played the final on 10 February 2024. The Eastern Cape won the match by 89 runs. [9]
Source: ESPNcricinfo [10]
Sunrisers Eastern Cape 204/3 (20 overs) | v | Durban's Super Giants 115 (17 overs) |
Sunrisers Eastern Cape (SEC) won the toss and elected to bat. They didn't had a early good start. Among the two of the openers, Dawid Malan got out leg before wicket by Reece Topley on second over for 6 runs only. English batter Tom Abell and South African cricketer Jordan Hermann stabilizes and built the innings. Hermann scored a 42 off 26 balls before caught to Heinrich Klaasen on Keshav Maharaj' bowling in the eleventh over. This brought skipper Aiden Markram to the crease, alongside Abell, who took control of the game. Abell scored a quick 55 of 34 balls including eight fours and two sixes before being clean bowled by spinner Maharaj. Tristan Stubbs joined skipper and bought the momentum of the game to Sunrisers side again. Skipper Markram and Stubbs made a huge partnership, and took the team to very high total remaining not out. Markram scored 42 off 26 balls including three fours and two sixes, while Stubbs scored amazing 56 of 30 balls wih 4 fours and three sixes [11] [12]
Keshav Maharaj and Reece Topley only player, who were able to take wickets. In which, Maharaj took 2 wickets for 33 runs, while Topley took 1 wicket for 32 runs. JJ Smuts, Naveen-ul-Haq, Wiaan Mulder, Junior Dala and Dwaine Pretorius, all of them were unabled to picke up a wicket. [11] [13]
Durban's Super Giants (DSG) had very bat start to the chase. Among the two of the openers, Quinton de Kock got clean bowled by Daniel Worrall on third over for 3 runs only. JJ Smuts came to the crease alongside opener Matthew Breetzke, but could make the mark and got out for just 1 run to Marco Jansen bowling. Sri Lankan batter Bhanuka Rajapaksa joined the crease but gout dismissed on duck. South African Wiaan Mulder joined Breetzke and tried to stabilized the innings, scoring 38 runs off 22 balls, but he too fell, being caught by Jansen off Simon Harmer's bowling in the tenth over. DSG's top order continued to falter, with Breetzke scoring 18 runs before being bowled off Ottneil Baartman bowling, leaving DSG at 63 for the loss of 5 wickets in the eleventh over. Heinrich Klaasen followed soon after, got out leg before wicket by Reece Topley on duck. [11] [12]
Dwaine Pretorius and Skipeer all-rounder Keshav Maharaj tried to stabilize the innings, scoring 28 runs off 17 balls and 5 runs off 7 balls respectively, but they too fell short, on Worrall bowlings and being bowled off by Marco Jansen's respectively. Junior Dala contributed 15 runs before falling to Jansen. Reece Topley did not add anything, being bowled off to Jansen and Naveen-ul-Haq, managed 3 runs off 5 balls remaining not out. [11] [12]
SEC's bowling attack was led by Marco Jansen, who claimed 5 wickets haul for 30 runs. Both Daniel Worrall and Ottneil Baartman took 2 wickets for 15 runs and 17 runs respectively. Simon Harmer took 1 wicket just 18 runs. Aiden Markram and Liam Dawson were unabled to picke up a wicket, conceding 4 runs and 30 runs respectively. [11] [13]
SEC ended with a decisive victory of 89 runs securing their SA20 consecutive second title. [14]
Source: ESPNcricinfo [15]
| Sunrisers Eastern Cape innings | |||||||
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| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Jordan Hermann | c Klaasen b Maharaj | 42 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 161.53 | |
| Dawid Malan | lbw b Topley | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 150.00 | |
| Tom Abell | b Maharaj | 55 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 161.76 | |
| Aiden Markram | not out | 42 | 26 | 3 | 2 | 161.53 | |
| Tristan Stubbs | not out | 56 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 186.66 | |
| Patrick Kruger | |||||||
| Marco Jansen | |||||||
| Liam Dawson | |||||||
| Simon Harmer | |||||||
| Daniel Worrall | |||||||
| Ottneil Baartman | |||||||
| Extras 3 (lb 2, w 1) Total 204/3 (20 overs) | 20 | 8 | 10.20 RR | ||||
Fall of wickets: 15-1 (Dawid Malan, 1.4 ov), 105-2 (Jordan Hermann, 10.2 ov), 106-3 (Tom Abell, 10.5 ov)
| Durban's Super Giants bowling | |||||||
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| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | Wides | NBs |
| JJ Smuts | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6.50 | 0 | 1 |
| Reece Topley | 3 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 10.66 | 1 | 0 |
| Naveen-ul-Haq | 4 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 9.75 | 0 | 0 |
| Wiaan Mulder | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Keshav Maharaj | 4 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 8.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Junior Dala | 4 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 12.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Dwaine Pretorius | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 11.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Durban's Super Giants innings | |||||||
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| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Quinton de Kock | b Worrall | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 42.85 | |
| Matthew Breetzke | b Baartman | 18 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 66.66 | |
| JJ Smuts | c Kruger b Jansen | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Bhanuka Rajapaksa | c Kruger b Jansen | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Wiaan Mulder | c Jansen b Harmer | 38 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 172.72 | |
| Heinrich Klaasen | lbw b Baartman | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Dwaine Pretorius | c Kruger b Worrall | 28 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 164.70 | |
| Keshav Maharaj | b Jansen | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 71.42 | |
| Junior Dala | c Harmer b Jansen | 15 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 166.66 | |
| Naveen-ul-Haq | not out | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 | |
| Reece Topley | b Jansen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras 4 (lb 1, w 3) Total 115/10 (17 overs) | 8 | 4 | 6.76 RR | ||||
Fall of wickets: 6-1 (Quinton de Kock, 2.2 ov), 7-2 (JJ Smuts, 3.1 ov), 7-3 (Bhanuka Rajapaksa, 3.4 ov), 63-4 (Wiaan Mulder, 9.6 ov), 63-5 (Matthew Breetzke, 10.1 ov), 69-6 (Heinrich Klaasen, 10.5 ov), 84-7 (Keshav Maharaj, 13.1 ov), 100-8 (Dwaine Pretorius, 14.6 ov), 115-9 (Junior Dala, 16.4 ov), 115-10 (Reece Topley, 16.6 ov)
| Pretoria Capitals bowling | |||||||
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| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | Wides | NBs |
| Daniel Worrall | 4 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 3.75 | 0 | 0 |
| Aiden Markram | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Marco Jansen | 4 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 7.50 | 1 | 0 |
| Liam Dawson | 3 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 10.00 | 1 | 0 |
| Simon Harmer | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 9.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Ottneil Baartman | 3 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 5.66 | 1 | 0 |
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