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In a thrilling encounter at St George’s Park, the 5th match of the SA20 2024 tournament saw the clash between Sunrisers Eastern Cape and Durban Super Giants. The contest went down to the wire where Durban Super Giants emerged victorious by 35 runs.
JJ Smuts, Nicholas Pooran sizzle with attacking batting
Opting to bat first after winning the toss, Durban Super Giants posted a formidable total of 225/3 in their 20 overs. Their innings was highlighted by explosive performances from their key batters. JJ Smuts played a spectaculౠar innings, smashin🐻g 75 runs off just 38 deliveries, including 4 fours and an impressive 7 sixes.
West Indies superstar Nicholas Pooran also made a significant contribution, scoring 60 runs off 31 balls, featuring 5 fours and 4 sixes. Despite some resistance from the Sunrisers Eastern Cape bowlers, with Daniel Worrall and Marco Jansen picking up crucial wickets, the Super Giants managed to🔥 set a challenging target for their opponents.
Smuts exhibits his all-round abilities
In response, the Sunrisers Eastern Cape fought hard but fell short of the target, finishing their innings at 190/9 in 20 overs. Tom Abell was the standout performer with a blistering knock of 65 runs off 36 balls, which included 7 fours and 2 sixes. Tristan Stubbs also pla🃏yed a valiant innings, scoring 55 runs off 26 deliveries.
The Durban Super Giants’ bowling attack put up a commendable performance, with Reece Topley and Richard Gleeson picking up crucial wickets. Smuts continued his all-round brilliance, cont෴ributing not only wit😼h the bat but also with the ball, claiming 2 wickets for 36 runs in his 3 overs.
In the end, Durban Super Giants emer💙ged victorious, winning the match by 35 runs. The Player of the Match hono𓆏r went to Smuts for his exceptional all-round performance, making a significant impact with both bat and ball in the crucial moments of the game.
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Here is how Twitter reacted:
D♊SG goes coast🐷 to coast with back-to-back wins.
— Betway SA20 (@SA20_League)
Not the start we wanted 💔
— Sunrisers Eastern Cape (@SunrisersEC)
Fun fact : SEC traded JJ Smuts to DSG for Harmer
And today JJ smuts scored 24 runs in Harmer's over— cric_mawa (@cric_mawa_twts)
JJ Smuts in SA20 2023 :
Played for the SEC. He scored 202 runs in 8 matches with an average of 28.85. He also scored🥂 2 fifties in ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚthat season for SEC ✨He wa🐽s trad🅠ed to Durban Super Giants ahead of this season 👀
His first match 🅰in SA20 2024 𝔉: against his previous franchise…
— TCTV Cricket (@tctv1offl)
Bat-Ball. Jon-Jon. Win-Win 😌
— Durban's Super Giants (@DurbansSG)
Half C♌entu🦩ry on debut!!! What a knock it has been from JJ Smuts
— Shivani Shukla (@iShivani_Shukla)
JJ Smuts 🉐coming back𒊎 to bite SEC. Proper all round performance.
— The Divine Beard (@Gerrardicted)
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Nna, I've always been a fan of JJ Smuts.
— Chorky (@Chorky_Seane)
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