Watch: In a SA20 match at Newlands, Adil Rashid of Pretoria Capitals clear bowled Sam Curran of MI Cape City, with a lovely leg-break.
Each Rashid and Curran performed key roles in England’s triumphant marketing campaign on the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia. Whereas Curran was named Participant of the Match within the last in addition to Participant of the Event, Rashid’s spells within the center overs, significantly within the England’s semi-final and the ultimate, had been key to England’s success.
Now on the inaugural season of the SA20, they had been up towards one another in Cape City – Rashid for Pretoria, Curran for the house aspect.
Cape City restricted Pretoria to 182-8 after opting to bowl. Will Jacks slammed a 27-ball 62 on the prime of the order, whereas Theunis de Bruyn made 36 in 26 balls. Jacks was ultimately bowled by Odean Smith who took 2-27, whereas Jofra Archer continued his spectacular return to the cricketing highlight with figures of 3-37. Curran’s solely over went for 15.
Dewald Brevis and Ryan Rickelton opened batting for Cape City of their pursuit of the whole, and Curran strode out after Eathan Bosch snared Rickelton for 11.
Cape City had been 49-1 after seven overs when Rashid got here on to bowl towards his countryman. Curran pulled the primary ball of the over via mid-wicket, earlier than Rashid altered his line for his second supply however ended up conceding a large outdoors off-stump.
Rashid’s subsequent ball, whereas slower, was flat – but it turned at an absurd angle. It grew on Curran, who had already dedicated to a reduce shot (or an analogous off-side stroke), and got here too near him to have the ability to get the ball away. It additionally stored a bit low, ruling out any likelihood of a fortunate edge down to 3rd man, and crashed on to the center stump. Curran walked again for an 18-ball 22.
Cape City’s chase ran out of steam as soon as Anrich Nortje (3-22) snared Brevis for a 30-ball 46. Rassie van der Dussen, the one different batter to succeed in double figures, took 25 balls for his 24. With Wayne Parnell (3-14) and Rashid (2-37) additionally within the wickets, Cape City crumpled to 130 all-out.
Watch Adil Rashid bowl Sam Curran right here:
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