Summer without Anrich Nortje is like summer without mangoes, litchis and pineapples. Most recently Nortje has been turning out for the Sunrisers Eastern Cape in the SA20, helping them to top the log after the round-robin matches are over. On Wednesday, Nortje’s Sunrisers take on the second-placed Pretoria Capitals at Kingsmead, with the winner progressing directly into Sunday’s final at Newlands.
In Thursday’s eliminator at Centurion, the Paarl Royals take on the Joburg Super Kings in a repeat of Monday night’s match, which was won by the Kings, in Paarl. The losers of the eliminator drop out, while the winners play the losers of the Sunrisers versus Capitals match at the Wanderers on Friday night. Nortje and his team, you rather feel, will be there or thereabout at the end of the week.
He’s not only part of what looks to be the best-balanced attack in the SA20, he’s been bowling at the speed of a blue beemer on the M1 highway at midnight. In last week’s match against the Joburg Super Kings, Nortje bowled the 14th over to the Kings’ left-hander, Akeal Hosein. Getting into his rhythm as the over progressed, Nortje’s last ball was such a ripsnorter that Hosein was lucky he didn’t leave St George’s Park in a body bag.
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You rather fancied that Hosein knew it, too, because as he backed away to leg after the wicked delivery had passed over his head, he could only giggle. He giggled some more as he backed further away, after that, he giggled again because he knew how close he was to getting decapitated.
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