RESULT
15th Match, Gqeberha, November 30, 2018, Mzansi Super League
(19.3/20 ov, T:169) 120

Giants won by 48 runs

Player Of The Match
54 (36) & 2 catches
heino-kuhn
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PR
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5:22pm And that is all from our coverage of the first game. Stick around for Jozi Stars v Durbah Heats. See you!

Faf: I did think it was chaseable. We thought the wicket was decent. But once you lose wickets early, you're always playing catch up and they have good spinners in their side. We tried to make sure we didn't give them a bonus point, the communication to the guys was to get to 135. But they squeezed us. Back to Paarl now, a pitch where we've trained. But it's a quick turnover. Time to learn the lessons quickly.

Smuts: I think the game was a little closer than what the result indicates. In this ground the more dot balls you can build, the better you'll do. The competition has been a very high standard, the most important thing is the home games.

Kuhn: Was eager to get out in the ground and express myself after sitting out. I tried to get singles initially and let the others bat around me. It's how I play, I'm not as strong as some of the other guys you'll talk to soon. Getting a little harder as I grow older, but that's how I score my runs. There's a great vibe in the team and hopefully we can keep going like that.

Heino Kuhn is the Man of the Match.

5:06pm That is the bonus point sealed for the Giants. A massive win this, by 48 runs. They started well, and had the pitch read perfectly when they picked the extra spinner in Phangiso. The batting fell away a bit in the middle of their innings, then it picked up with Kuhn's hurricane. But the Rocks did superbly to restrict them to 168. However, it was a rather simple defence for the Giants in the end, with Jon-Jon Smuts leading the way with the ball. Magala and Morris did some work too with crucial wickets - five between them. The Giants now have 19 points from six games, only a point behind toppers Cape Down Blitz.

19.3
W
Magala to Moreki, OUT

hits middle stump. Slower ball at a length. He walks a long way into the off side and ends up getting nowhere near the ball for the flick

Tshepo Moreki b Magala 2 (7b 0x4 0x6 7m) SR: 28.57
19.2
1
Magala to Shamsi, 1 run

short of a length outside off, stabs away from the body and gets an inside edge to the keeper's left

19.1
1
Magala to Moreki, 1 run

yorker at middle stump, backs away and jams it wide of mid-off

end of over 193 runs • 1 wicket
PR: 118/9CRR: 6.21 RRR: 51.00
Tshepo Moreki1 (5b)
Tabraiz Shamsi0 (0b)
Imran Tahir 4-0-29-1
Sisanda Magala 3-0-15-2
18.6
1
Tahir to Moreki, 1 run

length outside off, jabbed through cover on the up

18.5
Tahir to Moreki, no run

googly spins past the leg stump as he looks to play the slog sweep. Length and on leg stump

18.4
Tahir to Moreki, no run

length ball wide outside off, draws him forward and beats the edge. He has the back leg back in the crease just in time as the keeper stumps him

18.3
Tahir to Moreki, no run

length at middle stump, pushed down the pitch on the up

18.2
W
Tahir to Paterson, OUT

calls for it himself and just holds on. Length ball wide outside off, steps out and heaves at it as it turns away. Top edge hangs pitch side on the off side and he swivels and pouches this

Dane Paterson c & b Imran Tahir 3 (5b 0x4 0x6 8m) SR: 60
18.1
2
Tahir to Paterson, 2 runs

full on leg stump, steps out and drives it uppishly to long-on's left. Morris puts the throw in and Tahir lets it go, thinking that's headed for the non-striker's stumps. It misses

end of over 186 runs • 1 wicket
PR: 115/8CRR: 6.38 RRR: 27.00
Tshepo Moreki0 (1b)
Dane Paterson1 (3b)
Sisanda Magala 3-0-15-2
Chris Morris 3-0-25-2
17.6
Magala to Moreki, no run

yorker at leg stump. Looks to flick and gets it straight onto his toe

17.5
W
Magala to Mosehle, OUT

diving catch to the left at mid-off. Short ball rises up at the batsman as he looks to make room. Hurriedly slaps at it and it sails flat to the fielder's left as he goes full length and pouches this

Mangaliso Mosehle c Morris b Magala 15 (16b 1x4 0x6 23m) SR: 93.75
17.4
Magala to Mosehle, no run

length on middle stump, backs away and punches on the up to mid-off

17.3
1
Magala to Paterson, 1 run

length ball wide outside off, sliced to sweeper's left off the toe-end

17.2
1
Magala to Mosehle, 1 run

slower bouncer just outside off stump. Looks to hook, gets a leading edge to the keeper's right

17.1
4
Magala to Mosehle, FOUR runs

big swing and this flies to the cover boundary. Length ball wide outside off and a full-blooded swat at this from the batsman

end of over 173 runs • 1 wicket
PR: 109/7CRR: 6.41 RRR: 20.00
Dane Paterson0 (2b)
Mangaliso Mosehle10 (12b)
Chris Morris 3-0-25-2
Sisanda Magala 2-0-9-1
16.6
Morris to Paterson, no run

slower ball full at off stump. Opens the face and guides it straight to point

16.5
Morris to Paterson, no run

slower ball at a length outside off, slashes at this and is beaten on the under-edge

The broadcasters have just said that if the Giants can restrict Rocks to 134, they will pick up a bonus point

16.4
1
Morris to Mosehle, 1 run

yorker at leg stump, squeezed out to long-on

16.3
W
Morris to Fortuin, OUT

Kuhn takes another high catch at long-on. Seems like another slower ball from Morris. At a length outside off and the batsman gets well under this to try and pump it over long-on. Gets a lot of height and Kuhn is forced to adjust and move backwards after coming in a touch

Bjorn Fortuin c Kuhn b Morris 2 (3b 0x4 0x6 3m) SR: 66.66
16.2
1
Morris to Mosehle, 1 run

full at off stump, backs away to try and scythe through cover. Lobs it off the toe-end of the bat and it falls short of the diving mid-off fielder

16.1
1
Morris to Fortuin, 1 run

slower ball cuts in from a length outside off. Pokes at this with hard hands and gets an inside edge onto pad

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