Sunrisers Cabo Oriental 184 for 6 (Markram 62*, Tahir 2-21) Beat Joburg Super Kings 152 for 7 (Bairstow 37, Overton 2-20) for 32 races
Sunrisers Eastern Cape remains ongoing for the SA20 Tres-Toat after beating Joburg Super Kings in the eliminator in Centurion, having recovered spectacularly from three losses in his first three games. They will play Paarl Royals in the second qualifier in less than 24 hours to determine who will face my Cape Town in Saturday’s final.
Even before the game, he was already the main bearer of Wickt for this season, and in the history of SA20, and what we could call the only genuine Allrounder in this tournament. None of the other bowling players who have taken 10 WICKETS or more have approached even 100 races: Womenb Ur Rahman is closer to 55, and, naturally, none of the hitters who have scored 100 races have taken 10 WICKETS.
Jansen was in the 17th, when Tristan Stubbs was beaten by Imran Tahir, and Sec was 131 for 5, with an objective of less than 170 still within JSK’s reach. They scored 15 races of the next 11 balls and were 146 for 5 with two overs for the end. It could be said that JSK made a tactical error by bringing back to Lutho Sipamla, whose first three overs had cost 44 races, but in the absence of many other options, they chose to support a player who has been good for them during the tournament.
Jansen made sure he had an end to forget. He picked up his most slow ball and sent Sipamla’s first ball for six and then took 16 races more than four balls he faced, including finishing with another six. In total, 21 of Jansen’s 23 races left the five faced by Sipamla and his contribution pushed SEC more than 180.
Markram said at the press conference after the game that he was “waiting for more than 195”, but in the end 184 he proved to be enough, although JSK had a good start. Conway and Faf du Plessis put 40 within five overs before Janen fired Conway to open JSK and establish SEC in the course for victory. According to his teammates, that is ultimately what Jansen does better.
Markram echoed the idea that contributing to the team is the most important thing for Jansen. “He is a very fast apprentice and hates absolutely losing. They simply excite him every time he plays and marries that energy with better intelligence,” Markram said.
There is also more than Jansen before each game that can actually be the secret of his success. “Eat a triple pizza pizza before each game on the bus,” Markram said. “And a coca -Cola. That is not a joke.”
Leaving Jansen’s dietary habits aside, if there is an individual who has played the most important role in the success of the SEC, it is him, which means that he is playing the game exactly as he wants. JSK can only observe in envy, especially after his bowling resources were “decimated”, as expressed by coach Stephen Fleming.
Nandre Burger and Lizaad Williams were discarded before the tournament began, Gerald Coetzee could only play a game and David Wiese Four, while Beuran Hendricks retired after the tournament began and was replaced by Sipamla, who ended up as his biggest wicket -Tomador. On the eve of the Qualifier, they also lost turning stops, Donovan Ferreira, for a lateral tension and du plessis joked saying that he was struggling to find 11 players in Fit for the field. He did it, but just just.
Maintaining a tournament that lasts 13 games for four weeks with so many missing players cannot be easy, but for JSK, it will not be an excuse.
“I hate looking for excuses, but the rotation was high,” Fleming said. “If you look at our team, when we first put it for the first time, it was very strong with South African bowls and batting abroad, but it is not the only reason. You have to adapt. It is part of the franchise cricket. But only we just don’t I was able to establish enough.
Fredid Mounda is the spancricinfo correspondent for South Africa and the Women’s cricket
