Venue : Supersport Park, Centurion
Pitch Report : A bit on the slower side with a hint of grass all along the pitch. The pacers will not get too much assisstance from the pitch although there is something in it for the spinners.
In their second outing of the tournament, the Highveld Lions could not repeat their first game's performance and lost to the South Australia Redbacks by just 11 runs.
Chasing a stiff total of 179, the Lions had a rocky start as their previous game's hero, Jonathan Vandiar, dragged one back onto his stumps in the very first over of the game giving Tait his first scalp in the match.
Despite a poor start, captain Alviro Peterson kept his cool and played a good innings, keeping the runrate at around the required one and hence, keeping the hopes of a second victory alive.
Sadly for him, he couldn't get much support at the other end as wickets kept tumbling at regular intervals. At the score of 109 in the 13th over, Peterson was trapped leg before by an inswinger from Daniel Christian after scoring a good 56 off 35 balls.
Needing 58 from the next six overs, the batsmen began to throw their bat around and in the process the wickets continued to tumble. The gap between the runs required and the balls remaining and the pressure kept mounting on the Lions. A shimmer of hope came about in the 19th over, when Frylinck tonked Tait for two big sixes in the first five balls but Tait made a comeback with a wicket shattering yorker to leave the Lions needing 19 off the last over, which eventually went for just 8 runs.
Earlier, put into bat, captain Michael Klinger led from the front with a blistering knock of 78 off just 48 balls that included six boundaries and five sixes. Coming in at number four, Callum Ferguson consolidated on the brilliant start and scored a quickfire 47 off just 27 balls to take his team to a total of 178.
Turning Point : If the Lions' ever looked to be in the chase, then it was thanks to their captain Alviro Peterson. His wicket in the 13th over was crucial as it gave the Redbacks a chance to get a firm hold of the game which they managed to do.
The Hero: The winning team captain, Michael Klinger for setting the tone of the Redbacks' innings by scoring 78 off just 48 balls.
Scorecard: South Australia Redbacks 178 for 7 (Klinger 78, Ferguson 47) beat Lions 167 for 8 (Petersen 56, Tait 3-36) by 11 runs.
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