There are two matches in South Africa’s Betway SA20 programme on Saturday, with Paarl Royals at home to Pretoria Capitals at 1pm and MI Cape Town hosting Durban’s Super Giants at 5.30pm.
On Friday the Sunrisers Eastern Cape beat Joburg Super Kings.
Cricket’s T20 format is being introduced to the Olympic programme for the 2028 LA Games.
The latest key stats relating to the competition heading into Saturday are:
1 Paarl Royals (20pts, +0.248NRR), 2 Sunrisers Eastern Cape (19pts +0.158 NRR), 3 MI Cape Town (16pts, +1.672 NRR), 4 Joburg Super Kings (10pts, -0.281 NRR), 5 Pretoria Capitals (9pts, -0.283 NRR), 6 Durban’s Super Giants (8pts, -1.521 NRR)
MOST RUNS
258 Lhuan-dre Pretorius (Paarl Royals)
243 Aiden Markram (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
228 Rassie van der Dussen (MI Cape Town)
201 Joe Root (Paarl Royals)
157 Johnny Bairstow (Joburg Super Kings)
154 David MIller (Paarl Royals)
145 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Pretoria Capitals)
142 Marco Jansen (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
138 Quinton de Kock (Durban Super Giants)
MOST WICKETS
12 Marco Jansen (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
11 Richard Gleeson (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
10 Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Paarl Royals)
9 Noor Ahmad (Durban’s Super Giants), Liam Dawson (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
8 Ottneil Baartman (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
7 Dayaan Galliem (Paarl Royals)
6 Keshav Maharaj (Durban’s Super Giants)
5 Delano Potgieter (MI Cape Town), Donovan Ferreira (Joburg Super Kings), Senuran Muthusamy (Pretoria Capitals), George Linde (MI Cape Town), Ethan Bosch (Pretoria Capitals), Chris Woakes (Durban’s Super Giants)
MOST CATCHES
6 Simon Harmer (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
5 David Miller (Paarl Royals), Liam Dawson (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
4 Senuran Muthusamy (Pretoria Capitals), Zac Crawley (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
3 Beyers Swanepoel (Sunrisers Eastern Cape), Rilee Rossouw (Pretoria Capitals), Imran Tahir (Joburg Super Kings), Dewald Brewis (MI Cape Town), Heinrich Klaasen (Durban’s Super Giants)
HIGHEST SCORES
97 Lhuan-dre Pretorius (Paarl Royals)
92no Joe Root (Paarl Royals)
91no Rassie van der Dussen (MI Cape Town)
89 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Pretoria Capitals)
89 Ryan Rickelton (MI Cape Town)
83 Lhuan-dre Pretorius (Paarl Royals)
82 Aiden Markram (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
68no Aiden Markram (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
64 Will Jacks (Pretoria Capitals)
62no Joe Root (Paarl Royals)
61 Faf du Plessis (Joburg Super Kings)
60no Kane Williamson (Durban Super Giants)
60 Johnny Bairstow (Joburg Super Kings)
BEST BOWLING
5-10 Delano Potgieter (MI Cape Town)
4-13 Marco Jansen (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
4-25 Noor Ahmad (Durban’s Super Giants)
3-15 George Linde (MI Cape Town)
3-17 Liam Dawson (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
3-21 Senuran Muthusamy (Pretoria Capitals)
3-24 Dayaan Galliem (Paarl Royals)
3-32 Daryn Dupavillon (Pretoria Capitals)
3-33 Ethan Bosch (Pretoria Capitals)
2-7 Reeza Hendricks (MI Cape Town)
2-10 Kagiso Rabada (MI Cape Town)
2-11 Jimmy Neesham (Pretoria Capitals)
2-11 Liam Dawson (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
2-12 Richard Gleeson (Durban Super Giants)
HIGHEST TEAM TOTALS
213-2 Paarl Royals (vs Pretoria Capitals)
212-5 Pretoria Capitals (vs Paarl Royals)
209-4 Durban’s Super Giants (vs Pretoria Capitals)
207-6 Pretoria Capitals (vs Durban’s Super Giants)
176-1 Paarl Royals (vs Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
175-5 Sunrisers Eastern Cape (vs Paarl Royals)
174-7 MI Cape Town (vs Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
173-3 MI Cape Town (vs Joburg Super Kings)
172-7 MI Cape Town (vs Paarl Royals)
172-5 Joburg Super Kings (vs MI Cape Town)
HIGHEST BATTING STRIKE RATES
205.35 Ryan Rickelton (MI Cape Town)
180.41 Lhuan-dre Pretorius (Paarl Royals)
174.13 Dewald Brewis (MI Cape Town
174.13 Delano Potgieter (MI Cape Town)
170.00 Rubin Herman (Paarl Royals)
161.90 Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Paarl Royals)
161.11 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Pretoria Capitals)
158.82 Will Smeed (Paarl Royals)
MOST SIXES
11 Lhuan-dre Pretorius (Paarl Royals)
10 Dewald Brewis (MI Cape Town), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Pretoria Capitals), Rassie van der Dussen (MI Cape Town)
9 Johnny Bairstow (Joburg Super Kings)
8 Aiden Markram (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
7 Will Jacks (Pretoria Capitals), Rubin Herman (Paarl Royals)
6 Delano Potgieter (MI Cape Town), Ryan Rickelton (MI Cape Town), Quinton de Kock (Durban’s Super Giants)