Durban Super Giants will kick off their SA20 2024 campaign against MI Cape Town on January 11. The Keshav Maharaj-led side will play their 5 home games at Kigsmead Durban. Let’s analyze the conditions at the venue ahead of the match, such as the Kingsmead Durban pitch report and the last T20 match scorecard.
Kingsmead, located in Durban, South Africa, has been a historic cricket venue hosting international matches since 1939. The Durban Super Giants (DSG) are one of the tenants of this venue. In the last season, DSG played five matches here, winning two, losing two, while one match was abandoned due to rain.
Kingsmead Durban T20 Records (SA20 Stats)
Kingsmead Surban hosted 5 games during SA20 2023 and the average score at the venue remained 163. Spinners played a crucial role here.
- Matches Played: 5
- Won by the team batting first: 2
- Won by the team batting second: 2
- No Result: 1
- Biggest score while batting first: Durban Super Giants – 216/4 (20) vs Paarl Royals
- Lowest score while batting first: Durban Super Giants – 80/10 (18.1) vs Pretoria Capitals
- Biggest total chased: Durban Super Giants chased 165 vs MI Cape Town
- Lowest Score Defended: Joburg Super Kings defended 190 vs Durban Super Giants
- Durban Cricket Stadium average 1st innings score in men’s SA20: 163
- Durban Cricket Stadium average 2nd innings score in men’s SA20: 154
- Best figures for a Pacer: Kagiso Rabada (MI Cape Town) – 3/22 vs DSG
- Best figures for a Spinner: Senuran Muthusamy (Pretoria Capitals) – 3/12 vs DSG
- Highest score by a Batter: Donovan Ferreira (JSK) – 82*(40) vs DSG
Kingsmead Durban Pitch Report SA20 2024
Last SA20 season at Kingsmead Durban, the pitch conditions at the venue proved favorable for batting in the previous year’s four matches. In three of these games, teams batting first comfortably exceeded the 160-run mark, achieving the highest score of 216. Recently, India and South Africa were scheduled to play one T20I game here but the match was washed by rain. Spinners’ role will also be crucial here.
Kingsmead Durban Last T20 Match Scorecard
Last match at the venue featured Durban Super Giants taking MI Cape Town. It was a mid-scoring match won by the home side by 5 wickets.
| MI Cape Town: 165-5 (20) | Durban Super Giants: 169-5 (19.5) |
| Rassie van der Dussen: 43(32) | Quinton de Kock: 63(41) |
| Tim David: 33(26) | Matthew Breetzke: 48*(39) |
| Delano Potgieter: 32(17) | Keemo Paul: 31(18) |
| Dwaine Pretorius: 4 – 0 – 38 – 2 | Kagiso Rabada: 4 – 0 – 22 – 3 |
| Keshav Maharaj: 3 – 01 – 20 – 1 | Duan Jansen: 3.5 – 0 – 28 – 1 |
| David Willey: 3 – 0 – 26 – 1 | Tim David: 2 – 0 – 15 – 1 |
| Match Result: Durban Super Giants won by 5 wickets |