• Subrayen, Rossouw keep JSK unbeaten

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    Prenelan Subrayen returned to haunt his former team Durban’s Super Giants as the Joburg Super Kings claimed a six-wicket win at Kingsmead on Tuesday.

    The visitors needed just 12.2 overs to cruise past DSG’s dismal 86 all out to earn a bonus point and move into second place on the SA20 log behind the Sunrisers Eastern Cape.

    Captain Faf du Plessis’ decision to open the bowling with Subrayen (3-16) paid off with the off-spinner ripping through the much-vaunted DSG top order.

    First to depart was the in-form Devon Conway in Subrayen’s opening over before Kane Williamson and Jos Buttler followed within the powerplay to leave the Super Giants reeling at 21-3.

    Du Plessis had a further ace up his sleeve when he replaced wicketkeeper Donovan Ferreira behind the stumps with Matthew de Villiers. Ferreira was thrown the ball and the part-time off-spinner made an immediate impact when he had the dangerous Heinrich Klaasen caught at short mid-wicket.

    The Super Giants’ innings faltered away from thereon with captain Aiden Markram (22 off 27 balls) not able to resuscitate his team’s innings on his own as JSK seamer Richard Gleeson ran through the tail with superb figures of 3-2.

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    The Kingsmead crowd’s mood was lifted when JSK lost both their openers Du Plessis and De Villiers with only 19 runs on the board, and were filled with even more belief that the Super Giants could deliver a miracle when the visitors slumped to 24-3 after Wiaan Mulder was caught in the deep.

    But unfortunately for DSG, their catching let them down at critical moments in the game with Rilee Rossouw afforded two lives on eight and 16 when he was dropped by Williamson and Evan Jones respectively.

    The left-hander made the most of his charmed life by hitting five fours and a six in his 43 off 32 balls to take JSK to the brink of victory before Ferreira (12* off four balls) delivered the coup de grace.

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    Simon Borchardt