Dwayne Bravo of the Paarl Rocks during the Mzansi Super League match between Paarl Rocks and Tshwane Spartans at Eurolux Boland Park in Paarl, November 18 2018. Picture: ASHLEY VLOTMAN/GALLO IMAGES
But not all the news from the first 10 matches of the Mzansi Super League has been good. It has taken that many games‚ three of them washed out‚ to finally get more than 5,000 people in the ground. There they were‚ in all their purple glory‚ for the Paarl Rocks’ home game against the Tshwane Spartans on Sunday.
Sunday’s match was the sort of tight contest the competition needs if it is to earn the attention of more eyeballs‚ whether at the ground or on SABC screens. The Spartans chased down the Rocks’ 185/6 with eight wickets standing but only five balls to spare and with Dean Elgar’s unbeaten 84 taking them home.
That has not been the case often enough. In Paarl last Sunday, the home side dismissed the Cape Town Blitz for 84 to win by 86 runs‚ and it does not help that the most uncompetitive side are also the defending champions. It is a similarly sad story for another of the Stars’ non-stars‚ the self-proclaimed “universe boss”. Chris Gayle has looked like nothing more than the 40-year-old he is‚ playing the 20-year-old’s game that is T20 cricket for his return of 46 runs from four innings. In all, 19 players have scored more runs than him — 10 of them in fewer trips to the crease — and 39 efforts have been higher than his best of 18.
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