DURBAN: Heinrich Klaasen’s scintillating knock was followed by Reece Topley’s brilliant bowling performance to propel Durban’s Super Giants to victory over Joburg Super Kings in the seventh SA20 match at Kingsmead on Monday.
The Super Giants captain Keshav Maharaj opted to bat first when the coin flipped in his favour, however, the decision backfired as they slipped to 34-4 in 6.1 overs.
Keemo Paul and Klaasen knitted an anchoring 39-run stand for the fifth wicket before the former was dismissed courtesy of a combined catching effort by Leus du Plooy and David Weise.
Klaasen, who was playing at 21 off 14, took the game on its head with some belligerent hitting, scoring his second half-century of the season.
He stood tall against the bowlers of Super Kings, who kept picking wickets from the other end and finally managed to dismiss Klaasen on the penultimate ball of the innings.
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Lizaad Williams got the prized wicket of Klaasen, who scored 64 off 41, laced with seven boundaries and two sixes.
Durban’s Super Giants scored 145/8 in their accumulative 20 overs.
Williams led the bowling for the Super Kings with the figures of 4-26, while, Nandre Burger, Nandre Burger, Romario Shepherd and Imran Tahir got one wicket each.
In response, Joburg Super Kings had a slow start with a 33-run opening stand, which conceded 34 balls.
Reeza Hendricks scored the bulk of the runs, while captain Faf du Plessis scored seven runs from 17 balls before Keshav Maharaj castled him.
Hendricks on the other hand scored an anchoring 38 runs from 32 balls amidst falling wickets before getting out in the 13th over at 61-4.
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Joburg Super Kings soon slipped to 71-6 before a brief 36-run stand between Moeen Ali and David Weise, dominated by the former.
Ali was the only batter other than Hendricks to reach double figures as he scored 36 off 26, featuring one four and three sixes.
The Super Kings required 55 runs from the last two overs, which turned into 39 off the final over.
With the match seemingly over, Topley bowled a three-wicket last over, restricting the Super Kings innings to 108/9.
Topley returned with bowling figures of 3-19, while Maharaj and Gleeson picked two wickets each.
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