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Quinton de Kock celebrating Fifty.
MI Cape Town, however, pushed the Super Giants to the last ball before Bretzke hit a six into the stands to take the visitors to 165/5.
Quinton de Kock led the way from the front with a half-century as Durban Supergiants revived their betway SA20 campaign with a five-wicket win at Kingsmead on Thursday evening.
De Kock showed great courage to fight through the pain of the injured finger. The captain capped his team’s successful chase with a 41-ball 63, before Mathieu Bretzke led the home side to victory with an unbeaten 48 off 39 balls.
MI Cape Town, however, pushed the Super Giants to the last ball before Bretzke hit a six into the stands to take the visitors to 165/5.
It was an exciting start to the resumption of the Betway SA20 after the international break.
Both teams were desperate for points leading into the game, with the Super Giants now going within a single point of fifth-placed MI Cape Town.
After de Kock’s dismissal, the visitors did not get off to a good start as they lost both openers Devald Brewis (13) and Grant Roelofsen (10) early.
Proteas batsman Rassie van der Dussen and Australian star and new recruit Tim David were forced to rebuild the MI Cape Town innings with solid contributions of 43 and 33 respectively.
Dwayne Pretorius was the most successful Super Giants bowler with figures of 2/38, but Delano Potgieter (32* off 17 balls) was in full flow at the end of the innings.
The home team’s run-chase began in slippery fashion when their new Australian recruit Ben McDermott fell early for 5.
The two left-handers de Kock and Bretzke, however, were in good form with a 65-run partnership that reset the run chase.
A quickfire partnership of 48 from just 29 balls between Breetz and Keemo Paul kept the momentum going and West Indies provided a game-changing 31 off just 18 balls.
A three-wicket haul from Proteas speedster Kagiso Rabada provided MI Cape Town with late hope but it ultimately went to no avail as the Super Giants registered their third win of the campaign.
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