SA20 League 2025: Sunrisers Eastern Cape vs Joburg Super Kings Match Preview, SA20 League 2025

19th T20 • St George's Park • Port Elizabeth

Sunrisers Eastern Cape

165/4 (20)

Joburg Super Kings

151/8 (20)

SEC won by 14 runs

Info

Fantasy

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Scorecard

Stats

Playing XI

Table

Date & Time

24 Jan, 09:00 PM IST

Venue

St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Match

19th T20,

Umpires

Abdoellah Steenkamp (South Africa), Mazizi Gampu (South Africa), Allahuddien Paleker (South Africa, TV)

Referee

Laurence Matroos (South Africa)

Toss

Sunrisers Eastern Cape elected to bat

Pitch Report

There's a couple of bare patches, and a couple of greasy green patches. This surface might be a bit two-paced, the batters might enjoy some consistent bounce. This is a much better surface than the one used the previous game, we are going to see a score slightly higher tonight, reports Vernon Philander.

1st Innings

154Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

129.14Avg SR

2nd Innings

139Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

127.39Avg SR

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Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

SEC

2- 2

JSK

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Sunrisers Eastern Cape

Joburg Super Kings

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Aiden Markram

SEC . ALL

200 Runs

6 Matches

Jonny Bairstow

JSK . WK

143 Runs

5 Matches

Marco Jansen

SEC . ALL

131 Runs

6 Matches

Top Bowlers

Marco Jansen

SEC . ALL

10 Wkts

6 Matches

Richard Gleeson

SEC . BOWL

9 Wkts

6 Matches

Liam Dawson

SEC . ALL

8 Wkts

5 Matches

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Venue Details

St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

1st Innings

154Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

129.14Avg SR

2nd Innings

139Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

127.39Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

54%Bat First Bowl First46%

Team Batting First

49%Wins Losses51%

Recent Matches on venue

17th Match • Jan 22 • SA20

SEC 149/7 (20)

PC 97/10 (16.3)

SEC won by 52 runs

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14th Match • Jan 19 • SA20

SEC 117/4 (15.2)

DSG 115/8 (20)

SEC won by 6 wickets

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1st Match • Jan 9 • SA20

SEC 77/10 (15)

MICT 174/7 (20)

MICT won by 97 runs

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30th Match • Feb 4 • SA20

SEC 165/5 (19.5)

PR 159/7 (20)

SEC won by 5 wickets

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20th Match • Jan 27 • SA20

SEC 175/6 (20)

MICT 171/7 (20)

SEC won by 4 runs

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15th Match • Jan 22 • SA20

SEC 54/1 (6.5)

PC 52/10 (13.3)

SEC won by 9 wickets (DLS)

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5th Match • Jan 13 • SA20

SEC 190/9 (20)

DSG 225/3 (20)

DSG won by 35 runs

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21st Match • Jan 24 • SA20

SEC 130/7 (20)

PR 131/5 (18.5)

PR won by 5 wickets

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19th Match • Jan 22 • SA20

SEC 210/2 (20)

DSG 86/10 (14.4)

SEC won by 124 runs

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17th Match • Jan 21 • SA20

SEC 127/10 (18.4)

JSK 128/5 (19.4)

JSK won by 5 wickets

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Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Sunrisers Eastern Cape

Joburg Super Kings

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

SEC

2- 2

JSK

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

153

Average Score

140

208/4

Highest Score

209/3

77/10

Lowest Score

78/10

Player of the Match Marco Jansen

11(10)

2/19

Player of the Series Marco Jansen

SEC

JSK

Info

Sunrisers Eastern Cape

165/4 (20)

Batters

Zak Crawley

75.00

lbw b GC Viljoen

David Bedingham

108.82

lbw b L Sipamla

Tom Abell

115.00

c J Bairstow b E Jones

Aiden Markram

(C)

148.28

c F Plessis b E Jones

Tristan Stubbs

159.09

Not out

Marco Jansen

110.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 3, NB: 3, W: 4)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 8.25)

165/4

Did not Bat

Jordan Hermann, Liam Dawson, Simon Harmer, Ottniel Baartman, Richard Gleeson

Bowlers

EXT

7.25

9.00

7.75

7.00

9.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Zak Crawley

lbw b GC Viljoen

1-9

1.1

Tom Abell

c J Bairstow b E Jones

2-51

7.3

David Bedingham

lbw b L Sipamla

3-100

13.1

Aiden Markram

c F Plessis b E Jones

4-122

15.5

Joburg Super Kings

151/8 (20)

Batters

Devon Conway

107.50

c Z Crawley b L Dawson

Faf du Plessis

(C)

150.00

c SR Harmer b M Jansen

Leus du Plooy

118.75

c T Stubbs b A Markram

Jonny Bairstow

87.50

c TB Abell b M Jansen

Donovan Ferreira

109.09

c Z Crawley b RJ Gleeson

Wihan Lubbe

154.55

Not out

Evan Jones

0.00

c L Dawson b RJ Gleeson

Hardus Viljoen

50.00

c SR Harmer b OEG Baartman

Maheesh Theekshana

150.00

lbw b OEG Baartman

Imran Tahir *

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 7, NB: 0, W: 5)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.55)

151/8

Did not Bat

Lutho Sipamla

Bowlers

EXT

4.75

9.25

8.00

7.00

6.25

10.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Faf du Plessis

c SR Harmer b M Jansen

1-34

4.5

Leus du Plooy

c T Stubbs b A Markram

2-84

10.5

Devon Conway

c Z Crawley b L Dawson

3-105

14.3

Jonny Bairstow

c TB Abell b M Jansen

4-115

15.4

Donovan Ferreira

c Z Crawley b RJ Gleeson

5-122

17.2

Evan Jones

c L Dawson b RJ Gleeson

6-122

17.3

Hardus Viljoen

c SR Harmer b OEG Baartman

7-131

18.1

Maheesh Theekshana

lbw b OEG Baartman

8-141

18.5

Match Info

Date & Time

24 Jan, 09:00 PM IST

Venue

St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Match

19th T20,

Umpires

Abdoellah Steenkamp (South Africa), Mazizi Gampu (South Africa), Allahuddien Paleker (South Africa, TV)

Referee

Laurence Matroos (South Africa)

Toss

Sunrisers Eastern Cape elected to bat

0 2 2 1 1 1

Over 17

Runs: 7

0 W W 1wd 1 6 1wd 0

Over 18

Runs: 9

W 4lb 0 6 W 0

Over 19

Runs: 10

0 4 2 0 0 4

Over 20

Runs: 10

All Overs

Player of the Match Marco Jansen

11(10)

2/19

Player of the Series Marco Jansen

Commentary

That brings us to the end of our coverage for this match. We hope we made it worth your while. This is the duo of Darpan Tikiya and Rajarshi Das signing off. Totsiens!

With this win, the Sunrisers climb up the points table and are now placed second. The difference between them and table toppers is of merely one point. Though, Paarl Royals have played one game less. The Super Kings stay at number four but their net run rate worsens after this loss, which is not ideal given that the two teams below them are not far behind on points. Both squads will now catch a plane to Johannesburg where they will clash in a reverse fixture in less than 48 hours' time.

Aiden Markam (Sunrisers Eastern Cape captain): "The bowlers are pretty clear in their plans. The execution has been good. So, credit goes to the bowlers for assessing the conditions and executing the plans so well. It is a place where boundaries can be hard to score. Hence, we try to put emphasis on running between the wickets. Really happy to see the boys hustling. We are a competitive bunch. When you have a target on your back, you want to come out and play your best cricket. Lot of love to the fans. They have been with us through thick and thin."

Faf du Plessis (Joburg Super Kings captain): They are a strong batting line up. I thought that 165 was there or thereabouts for a par score. The new ball did a bit. We probably needed one more partnership. There was a time when Conway and du Plooy were dominating the game. Then, we thought it was time to accelerate. Losing a wicket at the wrong time did not help. The Sunrisers are playing some good cricket. Looking forward to their challenge at home in two days time.

Marco Jansen has been adjudged Player Of The Match! Here's what he has to say: There's no better crowd in the country, you definitely feel their presence while on the field. I didn't pull much of a trigger with the bat, just got the ones. Stubbo batted brilliantly, we decided to go for it with 3-4 overs remaining. Stubbo was fantastic. Gleese (Gleeson) has good pace, he swings the ball, which works nicely on this ground. We bowled nice lines and lengths and reaped the rewards. All plans depend on the wicket, today's wicket we felt that bowling hard length for as long as possible was working nicely. Some would skid on, some would stop, hard length was going to be difficult for the batters to play. Ideally we would like it like that but we'd take each game as they'd come.

Sunrisers Eastern Cape win by 14 runs.

Aiden Markram 43 (29) | Marco Jansen 2/19 (4)
Devon Conway 43 (40) | Evan Jones 2/38 (4)

The floodlights have been turned off. The fans in the stand bring out the flashlights of their phones and the singing continues as it has through the evening. The party is just getting started! In all fairness, the crowd has a big reason to celebrate. The start of the season for their team was rough. They suffered three hefty defeats. But now, having won four on a trot, all in comprehensive fashion, they must feel like they are on cloud nine.

Markram's decision to bat first and put runs on the board was validated by the vigorous collective effort from the Sunrisers batters. They did get some benefit of the errors committed by the Super Kings. For instance, Crawley was bowled on the first delivery of the match, but it turned out to be a no-ball. The wicket was two-paced and by no means a batter's friend. But Bedingham's grind, Markram's craft and Stubbs' street-smarts towards the end helped the hosts put a good score.

Then, the bowling unit exhibited why it is rated so highly. Jansen and Gleeson bowled probing spells with the new ball, the off-spinners — Harmer and Markram — bowled tight overs in the middle and Baartman came back towards the fag end to pick up a couple of wickets as well. The Super Kings seemed to be in with a shout until about half an hour ago. Skipper du Plessis played a few authoritative shots in the powerplay to set the tone. Conway played a gritty innings, du Plooy seemed to be in the mood too. But somehow, the SEC bowlers kept coming back. Following Conway's dismissal, JSK went from 105/2 to 141/8 in a little more than four overs. Post that, it was mere formalities.

overs

151 /8 score

runs

Wihan Lubbe *

17 (11)

Imran Tahir

0 (1)

Richard Gleeson

2 /37

19.6 Richard Gleeson to Wihan Lubbe, HEAVED AWAY, little matter! Full toss on off stump, Lubbe moves across and thumps this into the gap at deep square. He does find the boundary, but that is not nearly enough - Sunrisers Eastern Cape take the honours by 14 runs at Gqeberha tonight!

19.5 Richard Gleeson to Wihan Lubbe, full, angled across the batter. Lubbe tries the reverse scoop, is far from making contact

Can't win without any extras now. 19 runs required of two balls.

19.4 Richard Gleeson to Wihan Lubbe, pitched up on off, Lubbe advances, looks to muscle it over long on, can't get under it. Towards the man at long on, and they don't take the run

Three sixes from here will get us into a super over. 19 runs to win off 3 balls.

19.3 Richard Gleeson to Wihan Lubbe, full, wide of off again. Slashed to the right of sweeper cover, and the batters hustle back for two

Hope is still alive. 21 runs to win off 4 balls.

19.2 Richard Gleeson to Wihan Lubbe, CONNECTS WITH THE SCOOP! Full and wide of off, Lubbe moves a long way across his stumps, gets good bat with the attempted scoop and hits it into the gap behind square

19.1 Richard Gleeson to Wihan Lubbe, full and wide of off. Muscled towards the deep cover region. Lubbe does not take the run

Richard Gleeson [3-0-27-1] to bowl.

That leaves JSK with 25 runs to win off the final over. Can Wihan Lubbe do something special here and take them over the line?

overs

141 /8 score