There are two matches in South Africa’s Betway SA20 programme on Saturday, with Pretoria Capitals taking on Paarl Royals in Centurion at 1pm. The later game, at 5.30pm, sees MI Cape Town hosting Joburg Super Kings in a top-of-the-table encounter.
On Friday, the Sunrisers Eastern Cape secured their first win when they beat Durban’s Super Giants by 58 runs..
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 Joburg Super Kings (10pts, +1.079 NRR), 2 MI Cape Town 9pts (+1.630 NRR), 3 Pretoria Capitals (9pts, +0.894 NRR), 4 Paarl Royals (8pts, -0.197 NRR), 5 Durban’s Super Giants (6pts, -1.400 NRR), 6 Sunrisers Eastern Cape 5pts (-1.036 NRR)
MOST RUNS
206 Lhuan-dre Pretorius (Paarl Royals)
154 Rassie van der Dussen (MI Cape Town)
106 Will Jacks (Pretoria Capitals)
105 Marco Jansen (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
103 Joe Root (Paarl Royals)
101 Aiden Markram (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
100 Delano Potgieter (MI Cape Town)
96 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Pretoria Capitals)
93 Reeza Hendricks(MI Cape Town)
93 Dewald Brewis (MI Cape Town)
MOST WICKETS
6 Noor Ahmad (Durban’s Super Giants), Richard Gleeson (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
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), Dayaan Galliem (Paarl Royals), Trent Boult (MI Cape Town), Donovan Ferreira (Joburg Super Kings), Marco Jansen (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
3 Kwena Maphaka (Paarl Royals). Tabraiz Shamsi (Joburg Super Kings), Keshav Maharaj (Durban’s Super Giants), Daryn Dupavillon (Pretoria Capitals),Rashid Khan (MI Cape Town), David Wiese (Joburg Super Kings), Ottneil Baartman (Sunrisers Eastern Cape), Sam Dawson (Sunrisers Eastern Cape), Naveen ul-Haq (Durban’s Super Giants)
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). Mooen Ali (Joburg Super Kings), Imran Tahir (Joburg Super Kings), Donovan Ferreira (Joburg Super Kings), Aiden Markram (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
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)
4-25 Noor Ahmad (Durban’s Super Giants)
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)
2-17 Donovan Ferreira (Joburg Super Kings)
2-18 Ethan Bosch (Pretoria Capitals)
2-18 Tabraiz Shamsi (Joburg Super Kings)
2-18 Liam Dawson (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
HIGHEST TEAM TOTALS
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)
172-7 MI Cape Town (vs Paarl Royals)
HIGHEST BATTING STRIKE RATES
181.13 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
161.90 Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Paarl Royals)
161.70 Wiaan Mulder (Durban’s Super Giants)
141.29 Will Jacks (Pretoria Capitals)
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)
7 Will Jacks (Pretoria Capitals)
6 Delano Potgieter (MI Cape Town)