Heat overpower the Spartans in rain affected game
The Durban Heat pull off their first win of the Msanzi Super League T20 tournament.
IN a rain affected game at Kingsmead Cricket Stadium on Wednesday, the Durban Heat opened their Mzansi Super League account with a 10 run victory, via the DLS method, over the Tshwane Spartans. After winning the toss the Heat chose to field first.
Heat seamers Kyle Abbott (4/27) and Marchant de Lange (1/16) bowled well in tandem with the pair putting together combined figures of eight overs, five for 43 runs.
The Spartans ended on 139 for 9 with Gihahn Cloete top-scoring with 55.
In their chase the Heat looked in trouble at 83 for four at the end of the thirteenth over.
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However, Khaya Zondo (25 off 11 balls) and captain Albie Morkel (26 off 12 balls) then came together with the weather approaching and the pair repeated their heroics from match day one when they put on a match winning partnership of 40.
Morkel managed to hit Sikandar Raza’s second over for 19 which put the Heat ahead on the infamous DLS system before falling victim to Lutho Sipamla.
The Durban Heat travel to Nelson Mandela Bay to take on the Nelson Mandela Bay Giants in their third match of the Mzansi Super League starting at 7pm on Friday evening at St George’s Park.
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