SA20 2023: Sunrisers Eastern Cape beat Paarl Royals, soar into second place

After
a
slow
start
to
the
competition,
the
Eastern
Cape
side
have
gathered
momentum
to
move
into
second
position
on
the

SA20
2023
points
table.

The
Royals
may
pride
themselves
on
their
spin
bowling
prowess,
but
it
was
the
visitors
that
out
spun
the
home
side.
Captain
Aiden
Markram
(2/21),
Roelof
van
der
Merwe
(2/21)
and
Brydon
Carse
(2/29)
combined
to
claim
6/71
in
their
cumulative
12
overs
to
restrict
the
Royals
for
127/7.

The
Royals
were
in
trouble
from
the
outset
after
Sisanda
Magala,
who
was
recently
called
up
the
Proteas
ODI
squad
for
the
upcoming
series
against
England,
had
dangerman
Jos
Buttler
brilliantly
caught
by
a
diving
Carse
at
mid-on.

From
there
on
the
Sunrisers
spinners
dominated
proceedings
with
only
Wihan
Lubbe
(28)
and
Corbin
Bosch
(20)
managing
to
make
an
impact
on
the
scoreboard.

The
golden
arm
strikes
again
–
Aiden
Markram
gets
Jason
Roy
????#Betway
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#PRvSEC
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@Betway_India
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—
Betway
SA20
(@SA20_League)

January
19,
2023

The
Sunrisers
reply
started
in
positive
fashion
through
Adam
Rossington
and
Jordan
Hermann.
The
latter
was
making
his
Betway
SA20
bow
and
made
an
impact
with
43
off
39
balls,
while
Rossington
compiled
a
rapid
20
off
just
12
balls.

Lungi
Ngidi
provided
some
early
hope
for
the
Royals
with
an
impressive
new-ball
spell
when
he
struck
with
successive
deliveries
to
remove
Rossington
and
Sarel
Erwee.

Hermann
and
captain
Aiden
Markram
then
restored
parity
with
a
53-run
partnership
to
set
the
Sunrisers
on
course
for
victory.

However,
there
was
a
further
sting
in
the
tail
when
Bjorn
Fortuin
claimed
three
wickets
in
an
over
to
give
the
Royals
and
the
buoyant
Boland
Park
crowd
hope.

Fortuin
was
excellent
again
on
the
night
on
his
home
ground
to
finish
with
3/20,
but
he
could
not
prevent
Tristan
Stubbs
(18
not
out)
and
Marco
Jansen
(21
not
out)
taking
the
Sunrisers
home.

Source:
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