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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 playe🌄d a spectacular innings, smashing 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 tar💜get for theiꦕr 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 als🔥o playe꧒d 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 𒉰crucial wickets. Smuts continued his all-round brilliance, contributing not only with the bat but also with the ball, claiming 2 wickets for 36 runs in his 3 overs.
In the end, Durban Super Giants emerged victorious, winning the match by 35 runs. The Player of the Match honor went to Smuts for his exceptional all-round performance, making a significant impact with both bat and ball in the crucial mom�🧔�ents of the game.
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Here is how Twitter reacted:
DSG 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 sco🤪red 202 runs in 8 matches with an average of 28.8🔥5. He also scored 2 fifties in that season for SEC ✨He was traded to Durban Super Giants ahead of tಞhis ℱseason 👀
His first m🧸atch in SA2ꦜ0 2024 : against his previous franchise…
— TCTV Cricket (@tctv1offl)
Bat-Ball. Jon-Jon. Win-Win 😌
— Durban's Super Giants (@DurbansSG)
Half Century on debut!!! What a knock it ha༺s been from JJ S🌳muts
— Shivani Shukla (@iShivani_Shukla)
JJ Smuts com♊ing back to bite SEC. Proper all round performance.
— The Divine Beard (@Gerrardicted)
Revenge Arc For JJ Smuts ! 🔥🔥🔥🔥
— Driplawd (@UchihaI72785912)
Nna, I've always been a fan of JJ Smuts.
— Chorky (@Chorky_Seane)
15.5 : Six by JJ smuts was Jacque kallisque
— Pratheep (@208off149)
