Pretoria Capitals keep their chances alive with bonus point win over Gauteng neighbours
On Tuesday night at their home ground in Centurion the Pretoria Capitals played their best game so far in this year's SA20 competition and bounced back into the race for the play-offs with a bonus-point victory against their neighbours, the Joburg Super Kings.
A rejuvenated Pretoria Capitals claimed the honours in the Jukskei Derby with a six-wicket bonus point victory over Joburg Super Kings at Centurion on Tuesday evening.
With this great performance the Capitals moved up to 14 points on the log – just one point behind the fourth-placed Super Kings on 15.
Capitals coach Jonathan Trott made wholesale changes with five new players brought into the starting XI.
The captain’s armband was also passed to Kyle Verreynne after Rilee Rossouw withdrew due to the birth of his child.
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Australian duo Ashton Turner and Tom Rogers along with local speedster Gideon Peters were all handed SA20 debuts, while Will Smeed returned to open the batting alongside new vice-captain Will Jacks.
Knowing that only a victory would keep their hopes of qualifying for the playoffs alive, the Capitals produced their most clinical performance of the season thus far.
Jacks set the tone with the ball, conceding just two runs from his two overs in the Powerplay, which was just the confidence booster the Capitals required.
The Super Kings were unable to set any form of a platform, especially after the in-form Devon Conway was forced to leave the field in the third over after being hit on the arm.
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Debutant Rogers had JSK skipper Du Plessis (14 off 13 balls) caught at short fine-leg before fellow newbie Peters launched his Betway SA20 career in dramatic fashion.
The 26-year-old fast bowler fired in a rasping bouncer to Conway upon his return. The New Zealand international was visibly rushed for pace and only managed a half-hearted pull which he feathered behind to Verreynne.
Showing off his entire skill set in his first six deliveries, Peters switched to a searing yorker that thudded into Moeen Ali’s pads and the new Pretoria Capitals express had two wickets in his first over.
He maintained his control and pace throughout his four-over spell to finish with 2/15.
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With left-arm spinner Senuran Muthusamy also chipping in with two wickets, it opened the JSK tail for Player of the Match Migael Pretorius to barge through the door with figures of 3/22 to restrict the Super Kings to 99/9.
The Capitals were never in any trouble in getting to the 100-run target despite Lutho Sipamla continuing to impress for the Super Kings with another three-wicket haul.
The Capitals return to SuperSport Park on Friday for the first of their two remaining league matches, both against Mumbai Indians Cape Town. If the Pretoria Capitals can manage to win both of these matches, they will be assured of finishing in the top 4 on the log and qualifying for the play-offs.
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