Joburg Super Kings pacers spark bonus point win over Sunrisers at the Bullring

Joburg Super Kings fast bolwers Lutho Sipamla and Hardus Vijoen ripped through the Sunrises Eastern Cape to drive their team to a comprehensive ninewicket bonus point victory on a glorious sunlit Sunday afternoon at the WanderersAfter all the rain the Highveld has experienced the past weeks the Super Kings fans streamed through the turnstiles at the Wanderers to take in the perfect summerrsquos day to support their teamThe yellow whistles bristling around the Bullring had an immediate effect with Sipamla 313 gaining the ultimate redemptionAfter the young fast bowler overstepped at St Georgersquos Park on Friday evening when he clean bowled Zak Crawley with the first ball of the innings Sipamla followed it up on Sunday by having the England Test batter caught at slip this timeAlso ReadT20Is Jos Buttler sets new record for mostIt was the perfect start for both Sipamla and the Super Kings With his confidence restored the fast bowler charged in and claimed a second wicket when Tom Abell chopped on to his stumps to leave the Sunrisers reeling at 02 after the first overFrom there on the Sunrisers only slipped further into the quagmire with Jordan Hermann and Aiden Markram also following shortly to leave the defending champions at 174David Bedingham 48 and Tristan Stubbs 37 attempted a rebuild with a 57run partnership but the Super Kings were not going to release the pressure with Hardus Viljoen 424 closing out the innings with a superb death over spell that saw the Sunrisers skittled for 118The Super Kingsrsquo performance in the field was also exceptional with Donovan Ferreira highlighting it with an exceptional onehanded grab whilst running on the boundary to send Beyers Swanepoel back to the dugoutThe Super Kingsrsquo run chase was near perfect with Devon Conway 76 not out off 56 balls and Wihan Lubbe 25 not out off 17 balls easing their team home with six overs remainingIt was the perfect way for the Super Kings to celebrate their captain Faf du Plessisrsquo 400th T20 appearance ldquoT20 is a strange game You feel on top of the world after a win like that As a team we needed itrdquo Du Plessis saidldquoTwo in the first over makes a huge difference It really breaks a team when you can take wickets in the powerplayldquoFrom a bowling perspective we were not far off in the previous game as well Today was nice to get a few rewards especially glad for the bowling attackThe League also celebrated its 1 millionth ticket holder at the match which is testament to the unwavering support of the fans who have flocked to stadiums in record numbers to be part of South Africarsquos premier domestic competitionThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever