Opportunity knocks for Faf’s Rocks
Captain Faf du Plessis wants the Paarl Rocks to capitalise on momentum after Sunday’s victory over the Cape Town Blitz.
Captain Faf du Plessis wants the Paarl Rocks to capitalise on momentum after Sunday’s victory over the Cape Town Blitz.
Captain Albie Morkel’s participation in the Durban Heat’s Mzansi Super League fixture against the Paarl Rocks at Kingsmead on Wednesday remains in the balance.
Batsman Theunis de Bruyn is predictably confident the Tshwane Spartans can get on track, despite a rocky start to their Mzansi Super League campaign.
The opening four fixtures of the Mzansi Super League attracted a live television audience in excess of 3.4-million viewers.
The second-placed Nelson Mandela Bay Giants host the first-placed Cape Town Blitz in the Mzansi Super League at St George’s Park in Port Elizabeth on Tuesday.
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants batsman Marco Marais is enjoying the challenge of the step up from provincial competition to the Mzansi Super League.
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants head coach Eric Simons is understandably eager to remain unbeaten at St George’s Park in Port Elizabeth, come Tuesday’s Mzansi Super League clash against the Cape Town Blitz.
Bjorn Fortuin’s 4-15 and Faf du Plessis’ half-century helped the Paarl Rocks clinch a five-wicket win against the Cape Town Blitz, writes KHALID MOHIDIN from Boland Park.
Boland Park hosts the Mzansi Super League’s Western Cape derby on Sunday, where the six-team standings bottom-feeders will be up against the log leaders.
The team second from the bottom in the Mzansi Super League standings take on the side second from the top at SuperSport Park in Centurion.
Wicketkeeper-batsman Quinton de Kock clinched the Man of the Match award as the Cape Town Blitz beat the Jozi Stars by 62 runs in Saturday’s key Mzansi Super League fixture at the Wanderers.
Captain Albie Morkel’s participation in the remainder of the Durban Heat’s Mzansi Super League campaign is in doubt.
Fast bowler Junior Dala relished the Man of the Match award as the Nelson Mandela Bay Giants defeated the Durban Heat by nine wickets in Friday’s one-sided Mzansi Super League clash in Port Elizabeth.
The Nelson Mandela Bay Giants subjected the Durban Heat to a relatively one-sided nine-wicket defeat in Friday’s key Mzansi Super League fixture at St George’s Park in Port Elizabeth.
The talented Janneman Malan will look to draw inspiration from fellow Mzansi Super League star Ryan Rickelton when the Jozi Stars and Cape Town Blitz meet at the Wanderers on Saturday.