Rain ruins Durban Super Giants-MI Cape Town clash

Seasonal rain arrived just four overs into the SA20 match between Durban Super Giants and Mumbai Indians Cape Town with the home side well placed on 37-0 at Hollywoodbets Kingsmead on Sunday afternoon.

And that was that. The match was abandoned with no result denying MICT the chance at revenge after their 15-run defeat 48 hours earlier.

MI Cape Town captain Rashid Khan won the toss and chose to bowl first but only to see Black Caps opener Devon Conway hit New Zealand countryman Trent Boult for two sixes in the opening over.

Left-hander Conway was 24* from just 13 balls with the third New Zealander of the trio, Kane Williamson, unbeaten on 12 from 11 balls.

The fixture was a repeat of Friday’s opening game at Newlands in which DSG prevailed by 15 runs in a high-scoring encounter featuring 449 runs.

The home side named an unchanged XI while MICT handed a debut to Afghan seamer Karin Janat ahead of young South African paceman Tristan Luus.

DURBAN SUPER GIANTS: Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Jos Buttler, Aiden Markram (captain), Heinrich Klaasen (wkt), Evan Jones, David Wiese, Eathan Bosch, Simon Harmer, Kwena Maphaka, Noor Ahmad

MI CAPE TOWN: Rassie van der Dussen, Ryan Rickelton (wkt), Reeza Hendricks, Jason Smith, Nicholas Pooran, Dwaine Pretorius, George Linde, Rashid Khan (captain), Corbin Bosch, Karim Janat, Trent Boult