At Newlands, MI Cape Town host Pretoria Capitals with their campaign on the line. A loss will end their campaign. Win, and an anxious evening awaits watching proceedings at Wanderers, where Joburg Super Kings will look to turn the form table upside down against Durban\u2019s Super Giants to sneak their way into the coveted fourth place.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
It will be a day of small margins as bonus points and net run rates will also come into play.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Looking at the first game, Kieron Pollard is under no illusion what needs to happen -\u2013 repeat Thursday\u2019s dominant performance over Capitals but with the finishing touch they couldn\u2019t manage after having them 42\/6 at Centurion.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cGetting the win [on Thursday] pleases me and obviously the way that we batted. I\u2019m not happy with the method of the win even if we got there in the end because we let the other two teams back into the competition when we could\u2019ve killed one off [Capitals] and then go into a home game looking to qualify. There\u2019s not much to say, we got the win after we were in a position to lose four on the trot and now it\u2019s about recuperating and travelling for a quick turnaround and a couple of us are struggling in the dressing room [with illness, including Pollard himself] so we\u2019ll see what happens,\u201d he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Capitals' captain, Wayne Parnell, is aware of how important their fightback in the second half of their innings could prove to be. Crucially, they head into Saturday\u2019s match just three points behind MICT (and JSK) rather than the four it looked like being at the end of the Powerplay \u2013 so an outright win takes them back above MICT.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cCredit goes to Kyle [Verreynne] \u2013- he\u2019s looked really good since coming into the team. We actually joked in the warm-ups\u2026 I tapped him on the shoulder and told him \u2018Get me a hundred today\u2019 so I\u2019m really chuffed for him and obviously to prevent them from getting the bonus point leaves everything to play for [at Newlands]. Hopefully, Kyle gets runs there as well.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
As it happens, the Capitals were able to do what Joburg Super Kings couldn\u2019t on Wednesday; recover from a poor start with the bat to prevent the opposition -\u2013 Sunrisers Eastern Cape in their case -\u2013 from getting a bonus point.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cI honestly felt like a game like today is almost like a blooper\u2026 you have to try and bury it as quickly as possible;\u201d said JSK captain Faf du Plessis after they were skittled for 78 all out on their own pitch. Sunrisers comfortably knocked off the required runs with a bonus point.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cWe have to look ahead, we have one game against a strong Durban\u2019s Super Giants team that is playing amazing cricket, but we also know that if we do our thing and play to our potential then we\u2019re a very dangerous team, but we\u2019ve been very inconsistent with that the whole season \u2013- especially from a batting point of view. I feel like today you just needed someone to hang around\u2026 that\u2019s probably the learning we take out of today. Obviously, because the next game is here [at Wanderers], we have to try to make sure we don\u2019t do that again.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Durban\u2019s Super Giants captain, Keshav Maharaj, is adamant that they will be \u2018up\u2019 for Saturday evening\u2019s match -\u2013 despite already knowing their playoff fate as the current log leaders. \u201cThe strive for excellence is always there, but I think for us it\u2019s about sticking true to our processes which, we\u2019ve been doing really well, and assessing conditions and adapting accordingly. We just want to keep building on that and hopefully, we can go all the way in this competition,\u201d said Maharaj.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The simplest equation for Du Plessis\u2019 men is for Pretoria Capitals to win at Newlands (moving them to 14 or 15 points and leaving MICT stranded on 13), and then an outright win for them will take them clear on 17 points and secure a return to Wanderers next Thursday for the Eliminator against a Paarl Royals team who\u2019ve lost three on the trot. If MICT win, bonus points, net run rates and matches against each other all come into the mix. An intriguing day of incredible cricket awaits.<\/p>\r\n\r\n", "image": "https:\/\/img.cricketnmore.com\/uploads\/2024\/02\/sa20-season-2-d-day-for-mi-cape-town-pretoria-capitals-joburg-super-kings.jpg", "alt_img": "SA20 Season 2: D-Day for MI Cape Town, Pretoria Capitals, Joburg Super Kings", "alt_title": "SA20: MI Cape Town announce player retentions ahead of upcoming auction", "image1": null, "video": null, "seo_title": "SA20 Season 2: D-Day For MI Cape Town, Pretoria Capitals, Joburg Super Kings On Cricketnmore", "seo_desc": "SA20 Season 2: D-Day For MI Cape Town, Pretoria Capitals, Joburg Super Kings, MI Cape Town: It all comes down to the final double-header of SA20 Season 2 on Sunday to decide who.", "seo_keywords": "SA20 Season, MI Cape Town, Pretoria Capitals, Joburg Super Kings, Super Giants, Sunrisers Eastern Cape, Paarl Royals, At Newlands, Kieron Pollard, Wayne Parnell, Keshav Maharaj, Du Plessis, If MICT", "tag": "", "tagging": "SA20 Season, MI Cape Town, Pretoria Capitals, Joburg Super Kings, Super Giants, Sunrisers Eastern Cape, Paarl Royals, At Newlands, Kieron Pollard, Wayne Parnell, Keshav Maharaj, Du Plessis, If MICT", "status": "1", "img_rpt": "0", "google": "1", "standout": "0", "edapps": "0", "pulse": "0", "no_index": "0", "feed": "0", "fixture": null, "slug": "sa20-season-2-d-day-for-mi-cape-town-pretoria-capitals-joburg-super-kings", "user_id": "0", "read_count": "0", "ians_date": null, "ians_time": null, "server_time": null, "trash": "0", "view_count": "800", "page_break": "0", "instant_articles": "1", "auto_link": "1", "created": "2024-02-03 23:08:03", "updated": "2024-02-03 23:08:03", "img_from": "Image Source: IANS", "img_source": null, "schedule_publish": null, "news_keywords": "SA20 Season, MI Cape Town, Pretoria Capitals, Joburg Super Kings, Super Giants, Sunrisers Eastern Cape, Paarl Royals, At Newlands, Kieron Pollard, Wayne Parnell, Keshav Maharaj, Du Plessis, If MICT", "livescore_text": null, "livescore_link": null, "btn_text": null, "resend_feed": "1", "google_feed": "1", "read_more": "0", "posted_by": "23", "jio_date": "2024-02-03 23:08:03", "scheduled": "0", "news_now": "1", "breaking_news": "1", "google_date": null, "featured": "0", "pred_match_id": null, "article_content_type": null, "link": "https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/cricket-news\/sa20-season-2-d-day-for-mi-cape-town-pretoria-capitals-joburg-super-kings-137483" }