There is one match in South Africa’s Betway SA20 programme on Thursday, with Joburg Super Kings taking on Pretoria Capitals. On Wednesday, Paarl Royals turned the tables on log leaders MI Cape Town, by winning their neighbourly derby in Paarl by six wickets.
Emerging talent Lhuan-dre Pretorius is rapidly becoming a SA20 sensation, delivering a second spectacular half-century in the victory at Boland Park.
His impressive 83 runs off 52 balls, including three sixes and eight boundaries, followed his debut score of 97 at the same venue.
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 Thursday are:
1 MI Cape Town 9pts (+1.630 NRR), 2 Joburg Super Kings (8pts, +1.079 NRR), 3 Paarl Royals (8pts, -0.197 NRR), 4 Pretoria Capitals (7pts, +0.894 NRR), 5 Durban’s Super Giants (6pts, -0.650 NRR), 6 Sunrisers Eastern Cape 0pts (-2.423 NRR)
MOST RUNS
206 Lhuan-dre Pretorius (Paarl Royals)
154 Rassie van der Dussen (MI Cape Town)
103 Joe Root (Paarl Royals)
101 Aiden Markram (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
100 Delano Potgieter (MI Cape Town)
96 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Pretoria Capitals)
93 Dewald Brewis (MI Cape Town)
91 Will Jacks (Pretoria Capitals)
MOST WICKETS
5 Delano Potgieter (MI Cape Town), Senuran Muthusamy (Pretoria Capitals), Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Paarl Royals)
4 George Linde (MI Cape Town), Kagiso Rabada (MI Cape Town), Chris Woakes (Durban’s Super Giants), Richard Gleeson (Sunrisers Eastern Cape), Dayaan Galliem (Paarl Royals), Trent Boult (MI Cape Town)
3 Kwena Maphaka (Paarl Royals). Tabraiz Shamsi (Joburg Super Kings), Keshav Maharaj (Durban’s Super Giants), Daryn Dupavillon (Pretoria Capitals), Marco Jansen (Sunrisers Eastern Cape), Rashid Khan (MI Cape Town)
MOST CATCHES
3 Beyers Swanepoel (Sunrisers Eastern Cape), Senuran Muthusamy (Pretoria Capitals), Rilee Rossouw (Pretoria Capitals)
2 Corbin Bosch (MI Cape Town), Wihan Lubbe (Joburg Super Kings), Sam Hain (Paarl Royals), Lhuan-dre Pretorius (Paarl Royals), Dewald Brewis (MI Cape Town), Heinrich Klaasen (Durban’s Super Giants), David Wiese (Joburg Super Kings), Chris Woakes (Durban’s Super Kings), Colin Ingram (MI Cape Town)
HIGHEST SCORES
97 Lhuan-dre Pretorius (Paarl Royals)
91no Rassie van der Dussen (MI Cape Town)
89 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Pretoria Capitals)
83 Lhuan-dre Pretorius (Paarl Royals)
82 Aiden Markram (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
64 Will Jacks (Pretoria Capitals)
62no Joe Root (Paarl Royals)
60no Kane Williamson (Durban Super Giants)
BEST BOWLING
5-10 Delano Potgieter (MI Cape Town)
3-15 George Linde (MI Cape Town)
3-21 Senuran Muthusamy (Pretoria Capitals)
3-24 Dayaan Galliem (Paarl Royals)
3-32 Daryn Dupavillon (Pretoria Capitals)
2-10 Kagiso Rabada (MI Cape Town)
2-11 Jimmy Neesham (Pretoria Capitals)
2-15 Donovan Ferreira (Joburg Super Kings)
2-16 Trent Boult (MI Cape Town)
2-18 Ethan Bosch (Pretoria Capitals)
2-18 Tabraiz Shamsi (Joburg Super Kings)
HIGHEST TEAM TOTALS
209-4 Durban 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)
172-7 MI Cape Town (vs Paarl Royals)
HIGHEST BATTING STRIKE RATES
192.85 Wiaan Mulder (Durban’s Super Giants)
184.61 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Pretoria Capitals)
179.13 Lhuan-dre Pretorius (Paarl Royals)
175.43 Delano Potgieter (MI Cape Town)
169.09 Dewald Brewis (MI Cape Town)
167.85 Bryce Parsons (Durban’s Super Giants)
166.66 Matthew Breetzke (Durban’s Super Giants)
MOST SIXES
10 Lhuan-dre Pretorius (Paarl Royals)
9 Dewald Brewis (MI Cape Town)
8 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Pretoria Capitals)
8 Rassie van der Dussen (MI Cape Town)
6 Delano Potgieter (MI Cape Town)
6 Will Jacks (Pretoria Capitals)