Jozi Stars players celebrate a wicket during the 2018 MSL T20 game between Paarl Rocks and Jozi Stars at Boland Park, Paarl on 20 November 2018 © Ryan Wilkisky/BackpagePix
MSL T20: Jozi Stars vs Paarl Rocks – Starting time, teams, TV and live stream
It’s playoff time in the Mzansi Super League, with Jozi Stars hosting Paarl Rocks at The Wanderers on Friday.
Jozi Stars players celebrate a wicket during the 2018 MSL T20 game between Paarl Rocks and Jozi Stars at Boland Park, Paarl on 20 November 2018 © Ryan Wilkisky/BackpagePix
Date: Friday, 5 December 2018
Starting time: 14:00
Venue: The Wanderers, Johannesburg
TV and live stream: SABC 3
Mzansi Super League eliminator: Jozi Stars vs Paarl Rocks
It’s playoff time in the Mzansi Super League, with Jozi Stars hosting Paarl Rocks at The Wanderers on Friday.
The two sides will be slugging it out for a place in Sunday’s final against Cape Town Blitz in the final after the side from the Mother City secured direct route to the last two through finishing the round robin stage at the summit of the table.
Both teams competing on Friday will be looking to build on their emphatic performances in their last outings, where they both claimed bonus-point wins.
The Jozi Stars cemented their playoff spot, setting records tumbling on Tuesday as they put together the highest first-innings total so far in the competition, en route to its biggest winning run margin of 101 runs over neighbours, Tshwane Spartans.
This was thanks to Rassie van der Dussen’s 96 off just 44 balls, alongside a swashbuckling half-century off just 18 balls, the fastest in the tournament, before Nono Pongolo grabbed the first five-for to finish with career-best figures of 6/20.
Paarl Rocks, on the other hand, needed a bonus-point win over Nelson Mandela Bay Giants to progress without nett run-rate factoring in, and they did just that, chasing down a target of 130 inside 16 overs to grab maximum points.
Squads
Jozi Stars
Squad: Dane Vilas (captain), Chris Gayle, Kagiso Rabada, Rassie van der Dussen, Dan Christian, Beuran Hendricks, Reeza Hendricks, Dwaine Pretorius, Eddie Leie, Pite van Biljon, Duanne Olivier, Ryan Rickelton, Sinethemba Qeshile, Simon Harmer, Calvin Savage, Alfred Mothoa, Nono Pongolo.
Coach: Enoch Nkwe
Paarl Rocks
Squad: Faf du Plessis (captain), Tabraiz Shamsi, Aiden Markram, Dwayne Bravo, Dane Paterson, Mangaliso Mosehle, Bjorn Fortuin, Vaughn van Jaarsveld, Grant Thomson, Paul Stirling, Tshepo Moreki, Henry Davids, Cameron Delport, Eathan Bosch, Patrick Kruger, Kerwin Mungroo.
Coach: Adrian Birrell.
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