ANOTHER impressive half century from Heinrich Klaasen was not enough for Durban’s Super Giants as they fell to a 10-run defeat at the hands of the Paarl Royals in the Betway SA20 on Tuesday.
Klaasen made 56 not out from 39 balls as he tried to pull his team over the line at Boland Park, however four wickets from seamer Evan Jones helped the hosts avenge their defeat at the hands of the Super Giants on Sunday.
The home side were put into bat on their own wicket and a half century from Wihan Lubbe (57) and supporting acts from Jos Buttler (35) and David Miller (28) helped the Royals post a 169/7 in their 20 overs.
Super Giants all-rounder, Dwaine Pretorius was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 2/35 from his four overs.
Despite a solid innings from Wiaan Mulder and a half century from Klaasen, the Super Giants struggled as they attempted to score 19 runs off the final over but fell 10 runs short.
Dwaine Pretorius believes losing three wickets in the powerplay was one of the factors in their loss.
“In a tight game like that you can pick a lot of points where things might not have gone your way but losing three wickets in the powerplay is not a great start. Klaasie (Heinrich Klaasen) showed his class again today and we bat really deep so we managed to get close and one or two sixes here or there and we would have finished smiling.
“Unfortunately, it didn’t go our way today but it’s still early in the competition, we’re only at match four, so hopefully we can bounce back strongly.”
Final Scores:
Paarl Royals: 169/6 (20)
Durban’s Super Giants: 159/8 (20)
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