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JOBURG SUPER KINGS TRIO DRIVE TITANS' LATE PUSH FOR CSA T20 SEMI-FINAL SPOT

15 Apr 20243 mins

The race for the fourth and final playoff spot in the Cricket South Africa (CSA) T20 Challenge has heated up heading into the final week of fixtures.

After languishing in mid-table for the majority of the competition, the Titans have breathed fresh life into their campaign over the weekend.

The defending champions’ revitalisation has been led by Joburg Super Kings trio David Wiese, Dayyaan Galiem and Sibonelo Makhanya.

Joburg Super Kings' David Wiese, Dayyaan Galiem and Sibonelo Makhanya are driving Titans push for a semi-final spot in the domestic T20 tournament.

The latter has been in sparkling form throughout the competition with the dashing right-hander striking three half-centuries, including an undefeated 50 against the Boland Rocks last Friday evening.

He followed it up with a quickfire 21 not out against the Tuskers on Sunday to lift the Titans above Western Province into the all-important fourth place.

Wiese, meanwhile, is leading the Titans attack with 15 wickets in just five matches, which included hauls of 2/9 and 3/21 over the weekend.

Galiem, who attracted a R1.6 million bid from the Super Kings in last season’s mini-auction, is showing off his prowess in the shortest format again with figures of 3/24 against the Tuskers.

Paarl Royals’ seamer Lungi Ngidi’s road to recovery after a lengthy injury also seems to be back on track after he claimed 2/12, while Pretoria Capitals all-rounder Corbin Bosch nabbed 2/20.

It was a great Sunday out in the Cape Town autumn sunshine at Newlands for Sunrisers Eastern Cape rookie Andile Simelane.

The former SA U19 star may not have been called upon in Betway SA20 Season 2, but just being part of the championship-winning squad is paying off as the youngster claimed 3/12 for the Dolphins against Western Province.

He was ably supported by Durban’s Super Giants off-spinner Prenelan Subrayen, who enjoying taking centre stage while Keshav Maharaj is on Indian Premier League duty, with 3/18.

There were further encouraging performances from a number of SA20 Season 2 Rookies with Nqaba Peter (Paarl Royals) continuing his upward momentum with figures of 3/22 before Connor Esterhuizen (MI Cape Town) finished off a 10-wicket victory for the Lions with an enterprising 41 not out off just 28 balls.

Durban’s Super Giants impressive opener Matthew Breetzke continued his rich-vein of form for the Warriors with sparkling innings of 71 (41 balls) against the Tuskers before following it up with another 48 (34 balls) against the Rocks.

THE REMAINING CSA T20 CHALLENGE FIXTURES

Wedneday, 17 April 2024

Boland Rocks v KwaZulu-Natal Inland Tuskers - Boland Park, 1pm

Warriors v Lions - St George’s Park, 6pm

Friday, 19 April 2024

Boland Rocks v Western Province - Boland Park, 6pm

Dolphins v KwaZulu-Natal Inland Tuskers - Kingsmead, 6pm

Titans v Lions - Centurion, 6pm

North West Dragons v Warriors - JB Marks Oval, 6pm

Sunday, 21 April 2024

KwaZulu-Natal Inland Tuskers v Lions - Wanderers, 1pm

Boland Rocks v North West Tuskers - Boland Park, 2pm