SA20 2023: Marco Jansen blitz helps Sunrisers Eastern Cape stun MI Cape Town

The
visitors
were
staring
down
the
barrel
at
5
for
91
in
13
overs
prior
to
Jansen
launching
an
assault
that
will
be
remembered
for
a
very
long
time.

The
22-year-old
smashed
66
runs
off
just
27
balls,
with
28
runs
coming
off
a
single
Rashid
Khan
over
–
to
swing
the
momentum
in
favour
of
the
Sunrisers.

The
MI
Cape
Town
captain
Rashid
was
stunningly
dispatched
for
four
sixes
and
a
boundary
in
the
16th
over
by
Jansen,
scoring
28
runs
from
the
over
that
proved
to
be
crucial
in
the
end.

Some
clean
hitting
by
Marco
Jansen
as
he
smashes
2⃣8⃣
runs
off
the
Rashid
over
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—
Betway
SA20
(@SA20_League)

January
18,
2023

“At
that
stage,
we
had
to
make
a
plan,
we
had
to
pick
one
bowler.
After
the
first
ball
went
for
six,
I
just
decided
to
see
what
happens
and
try
and
go
with
it,”
Jansen
said
post-match.

Sunrisers
captain
Aiden
Markram
had
opted
to
put
the
home
side
in
to
bat
after
winning
the
toss
and
his
decision
paid
off
when
Sisanda
Magala
removed
Dewald
Brevis
early
on.

Grant
Roelofsen
(56
off
36)
and
Ryan
Rickelton
(46
off
36),
however,
rebuilt
the
MI
Cape
Town
innings
before
Ottniel
Baartman
(2/21)
dismissed
the
pair
in
the
space
of
three
deliveries.

Roelof
van
der
Merwe
(2/21)
followed
suit
when
George
Linde
and
Sam
Curran
fell
in
consecutive
balls
but
the
home
team
rallied
back
to
post
171/6
at
the
break.

The
Sunrisers’ chase
went
off
track
from
the
outset
as
they
lost
four
quick
wickets
before
the
big-hitting
Tristan
Stubbs
began
the
recovery
with
28
off
21
balls.

The
Proteas
T20
International
was,
however,
run
out
by
Sam
Curran
to
put
MI
Cape
Town
back
in
charge.
But
that
was
before
the
Jansen
blitz
and
the
Sunrisers
can
now
momentarily
celebrate
getting
off
the
basement
of
the
log.