• De Kock’s class secures Super Giants victory

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    Quinton de Kock laid the platform for Durban’s Super Giants’ five-wicket win against MI Cape Town at Kingsmead on Thursday.

    De Kock showed great courage to battle through the pain of an injured finger, which prevented him from keeping.

    The captain struck 63 off 41 balls to set up his team’s successful chase before Matthew Breetzke took them over the line with an undefeated 48 off 39 balls.

    MI Cape Town pushed the Super Giants to the penultimate ball before Breetzke pulled a six into the stands to surpass the visitors’ 165-5.

    The win takes the Super Giants to within one point of the fifth-placed MI Cape Town on the SA20 log. 

    The hosts’ run-chase began in slippery fashion when their new Australian recruit Ben McDermott fell early for five. But the two left-handers, De Kock and Breetzke, were in fine form with a 65-run partnership that reset the innings.

    A rapid 48-run partnership of just 29 balls between Breetze and Keemo Paul maintained the momentum with the West Indian providing the game-changing innings of 31 off just 18 deliveries.

    Proteas speedster Kagiso Rabada provided MI Cape Town with late hope due to a three-wicket burst, but ultimately it was to no avail as the Super Giants took their third victory of the campaign.

    The visitors did not have the best of starts after being inserted by De Kock as they lost both openers Dewald Brevis (13) and Grant Roelofsen (10) early on.

    Proteas batsman Rassie van der Dussen and Australian star and new recruit Tim David were forced to rebuild the MI Cape Town innings with solid contributions of 43 and 33 respectively.

    Dwaine Pretorius was the most successful Super Giants bowler with figures of 2-38, but suffered at the backend of the innings when Delano Potgieter (32* off 17 balls) was in full flow.

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