The crème of T20 cricket is quickly surging to the top of the SA20 hitting and bowling statistics – and you can see it all LIVE on ICC.tv. South Africa’s T20 league is yet to see a side break away from the competition, with all six teams winning and losing at least once in the opening week of the SA20. The crème of T20 cricket is quickly surging to the top of the SA20 hitting and bowling statistics – and you can see it all LIVE on ICC.tv.
South Africa’s T20 league is yet to see a side break away from the competition, with all six teams winning and losing at least once in the opening week of the SA20. However, some of the biggest names in T20s have made an early statement by piling up boundaries with the bat or limiting the flow of runs with the ball.
We take a look at the top batsmen and bowlers in the SA20 league thus far:
Leading batters
Most runs
- Heinrich Klaasen (Durban’s Super Giants): 162
- Quinton de Kock (Durban’s Super Giants): 146
- Dewald Brevis (MI Cape Town): 127
- Kyle Mayers (Durban’s Super Giants): 124
- Jos Buttler (Paarl Royals): 117
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The Super Giants of Durban lead the top run-scorers list in the inaugural SA20 league, with teenage star Dewald Brevis and England’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup-winning captain Jos Buttler not far behind after four matches. England imports Will Jacks (114), Phil Salt (107), and Sunrisers Eastern Cape duo JJ Smuts (102) might all get into the top five for runs when the Pretoria Capitals play their fourth T20 (101).
Highest strike rates (min 30 balls)
- 181.13 George Linde (MI Cape Town)
- 180.95 Will Jacks (Pretoria Capitals)
- 167.18 for Phil Salt (Pretoria Capitals).
- Tristan Stubbs (Eastern Cape Sunrisers): 166.66
- Heinrich Klaasen (Super Giants of Durban): 160.39
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South African all-rounder George Linde produced an impressive strike rate of 225 with an unbeaten 63 from 28 balls against Sunrisers Eastern Cape, which featured five sixes and four boundaries. Will Jacks and Phil Salt of the Pretoria Capitals are close behind and have struck at a similar rate to their early England heroics, while journeyman James Fuller (Sunrises Eastern Cape) tops all-comers with a strike rate of 200 but from just 23 balls faced.
Bowling champions
- Kagiso Rabada (MI Cape Town): 4.75
- Bjorn Fortuin (Paarl Royals): 6.38
- Eathan Bosch (Pretoria Capitals): 6.4
- Lungi Ngidi (Paarl Royals): 6.58
- Anrich Nortje (Pretoria Capitals): 6.75
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Three regular South African pacers are among the top run-restrictors, despite the fact that Kagiso Rabada has only played two SA20 matches and Lungi Ngidi and Anrich Nortje have ran out in three. Reeza Hendricks of the Johannesburg Super Kings has the lowest economy rate of 3.2, while Kyle Mayers of the Durban Super Giants bowls at 3.4 runs per over, although both have only bowled five overs in four matches.
Most wickets
- Evan Jones (Paarl Royals): 9
- Ottniel Baartman (Sunrisers Eastern Cape): 7
- Prenelan Subrayen (Durban’s Super Giants): 6
- Olly Stone (MI Cape Town): 6
- Bjorn Fortuin (Paarl Royals): 6
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Evan Jones, an all-rounder, has made an early impression in the SA20, taking nine wickets in three matches, including a 4/32 against Durban’s Super Giants. After taking 4/28 against the same side, Olly Stone has the best bowling stats in the competition thus far. England’s left-arm seamer Reece Topley (Durban Super Giants) and South Africa veteran Aaron Phangiso (Joburg Super Kings) have both taken six wickets, but on a somewhat lower average.