From 49/4 to 50/7 in the space of just five deliveries — that’s how Delano Potgieter put an end to Sunrisers Eastern Cape‘s (SEC) run-chase in a devastating spell of bowling, which led to MI Cape Town (MICT) to a big 97-run in the season-opening match of SA20 in Gqeberha on Thursday.
Chasing a challenging 175 to win, after Dewald Brevis’s 29-ball 57 powered MICT to 174 for 7, defending champions SEC were bowled out for a mere 77 in 15 overs.
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Medium-pacer Potgieter followed up his cameo of 25 not out off 12 balls with a decisive spell of bowling, which saw him registering match-winning figures of 5 for 10.
It was in the 11th over of SEC run-chase that Potgieter inflicted the most damage, removing Beyers Swanepoel (1), David Bedingham (0) and Aiden Markram (19) off the first, third and fifth delivery, respectively.
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Earlier, SEC’s pursuit of the target faced immediate setbacks as Trent Boult dismissed opener Zak Crawley (12 off 14 balls) and No. 3 Tom Abell (0) off successive deliveries in the third over.
Wickets continued to tumble at both ends, as none of the SEC batters had answers to Potgieter’s bowling skills.
