Sikandar Raza strikes a last-ball six to lead Paarl Royals to a nailbiting victory over Durban's Super Giants in the SA20.
Sikandar Raza struck a last-ball six to lead Paarl Royals to a nailbiting victory over Durban's Super Giants in the SA20.
Needing two to win off the final ball, Raza struck David Wiese's full toss over mid-wicket for the winning runs to lift the Royals up to second in the table.
The platform was provided by a 106-run stand between England's Dan Lawrence (63) and Rubin Hermann (65 not out) for the third wicket.
Lawrence and David Miller (2) fell in quick succession to leave 42 still needed off the last 27 balls, but Hermann found a capable partner in Zimbabwe's Raza, who struck an unbeaten 27 off 13 balls.
Super Giants captain Aiden Markam hit 66 from 44 balls having seen fellow top-order batters Sunil Narine and Jos Buttler dismissed for 22 and three respectively.
The opener put on 76 with David Bedingham (25), before the pair were dismissed in the space of 10 balls to leave Super Giants on 127-4 in the 17th over.
England's Liam Livingstone took over, hitting 32 from 10 deliveries and adding a swift 52-ball partnership with fellow big hitter Heinrich Klaasen.
Nqobani Mokoena had Klaasen caught for 29 after being hit for a four and six successively, prior to Livingstone adding his fourth and final six to close the innings on 186-5.
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