There are two matches South Africa’s Betway SA20 competition on Saturday, but the big news is that Pretoria Capitals and Durban’s Super Giants have been eliminated from semi-final contention.
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 MI Cape Town (30pts, 2.218 NRR), 2 Paarl Royals (28pts, 0.139 NRR), 3 Sunrisers Eastern Cape (19pts -0.526 NRR), 4 Joburg Super Kings (19pts, -0.150 NRR), 5 Pretoria Capitals 14pts, 0.044 NRR), 6 Durban’s Super Giants (8pts, -1481 NRR)
MOST RUNS
330 Rassie van der Dussen (MI Cape Town)
320 Lhuan-dre Pretorius (Paarl Royals)
279 Joe Root (Paarl Royals)
259 Ryan Rickelton (MI Cape Town)
253 Aiden Markram (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
253 Faf du Plessis (Joburg Super Kings)
225 Will Jacks (Pretoria Capitals)
221 Devon Conway (Joburg Super Kings)
215 Rubin Herman (Paarl Royals)
212 Reeza Hendricks (MI Cape Town)
211 Kane Williamson (Durban’s Super Giants)
200 Dewald Brevis (MI Cape Town)
195 Johnny Bairstow (Joburg Super Kings)
189 David Bedingham (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
183 David MIller (Paarl Royals)
MOST WICKETS
14 Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Paarl Royals)
12 Marco Jansen (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
11 Richard Gleeson (Sunrisers Eastern Cape), Lutho Sipamla (Joburg Suoer Kings)
10 Noor Ahmad (Durban’s Super Giants), Hardus Viljoen (Joburg Super Kings)
9 Liam Dawson (Sunrisers Eastern Cape), Senuran Muthusamy (Pretoria Capitals), Rashid Khan (MI Cape Town)
8 Ottneil Baartman (Sunrisers Eastern Cape), Bevin Fortuin (Paarl Royals), Keshav Maharaj (Durban’s Super Giants), Donovan Ferreira (Joburg Super Kings), Corbin Bosch (MI Cape Town)
7 Dayaan Galliem (Paarl Royals), Trent Boult (MI Cape Town)
MOST CATCHES
6 Simon Harmer (Sunrisers Eastern Cape), David Miller (Paarl Royals), Faf du Plessis (Joburg Super Kings), Reeza Hendricks (MI Cape Town)
5 Liam Dawson (Sunrisers Eastern Cape), Donovan Ferreira (Joburg Super Kings), Senuran Muthusamy (Pretoria Capitals)
4 Zac Crawley (Sunrisers Eastern Cape), Heinrich Klaasen (Durban’s Super Giants), Dewald Brewis (MI Cape Town), Leus du Plooy (Joburg Super Kings), Lhuan-dre Pretorius (Paarl Royals), Rashid Khan (MI Cape Town)
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)
87 Faf du Plessis (Joburg Super Kings)
83 Lhuan-dre Pretorius (Paarl Royals)
82 Aiden Markram (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
78no Joe Root (Paarl Royals)
77no Reeza Hendricks (MI Cape Town)
76no Devon Conway (Joburg Super Kings)
73no Dewald Brevis (MI Cape Town)
BEST BOWLING
5-10 Delano Potgieter (MI Cape Town)
4-13 Marco Jansen (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
4-19 Corbin Bosch (MI Cape Town)
4-24 Hardus Viljoen (Joburg Super Kings)
4-25 Noor Ahmad (Durban’s Super Giants)
3-13 Lutho Sipamla (Joburg Super Kings)
3-15 George Linde (MI Cape Town)
3-17 Liam Dawson (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
3-19 Lutho Sipamla (Joburg Super Kings)
3-21 Senuran Muthusamy (Pretoria Capitals)
3-22 Migael Pretorius (Pretoria Capitals)
3-24 Dayaan Galliem (Paarl Royals)
HIGHEST TEAM TOTALS
222-3 MI Cape Town (vs Pretoria Capitals)
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)
195-8 Pretoria Capitals (vs MI Cape Town)
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
188.67 Dewald Brewis (MI Cape Town)
177.39 Ryan Rickelton (MI Cape Town)
174.13 Delano Potgieter (MI Cape Town)
172.04 Lhuan-dre Pretorius (Paarl Royals)
155.00 Naveen-ul-Haq (Durban Super Giants)
150.00 George Linde (MI Cape Town)
148.00 Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Paarl Royals)
MOST SIXES
17 Rassie van der Dussen (MI Cape Town), Dewald Brewis (MI Cape Town)
14 Lhuan-dre Pretorius (Paarl Royals), Ryan Rickelton (MI Cape Town)
12 Faf du Plessis (Joburg Super Kings), Will Jacks (Pretoria Capitals)
10 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Pretoria Capitals), Johnny Bairstow (Joburg Super Kings)
9 Rubin Herman (Paarl Royals)
8 Aiden Markram (Sunrisers Eastern Cape), Reeza Hendricks (MI Cape Town)