New Year’s Day 2026 produced a very first Super Over SA20 history with Joburg Super Kings and Durban’s Super Giants delivering a spine-tingling thriller at Wanderers.
Joburg Super Kings wicketkeeper Donovan Ferreira sent the arena into a state of delirium as he threw down the stumps to get Eathan Bosch off the last delivery, leveling the match with both teams finishing on 205.
Richard Gleeson took responsibility for bowling the Super Over for JSK, and should have long had Evan Jones caught on the first delivery, but retained his composure for the rest of the five deliveries to restrict DSG to just five runs, with Jones running out on the last ball.
JSK had no trouble beating the target, with Rilee Rossouw hitting two boundaries off Noor Ahmad to send the hosts to the top of the SA20 table after three straight wins.
Super Kings are now also the only undefeated team left in the competition.
During the regulation match, Shubham Ranjane’s maiden SA20 half-century set up JSK’s 205/4.
The US international scored an unbeaten 50 off 31 balls, including four boundaries and two sixes. Ranjane shared an unbroken partnership of 49 runs off just 16 balls with Ferreira, who also flexed his muscles with 33 not out off 10 balls with one boundary and four sixes.
It followed a solid 64-run partnership between Ranjane and Wiaan Mulder, who regained momentum for JSK after DSG applied the brakes in the middle period through spin pair Noor Ahmad and Simon Harmer.
Afghanistan star Noor Ahmad was excellent on the night, collecting figures of 3/12 from his four overs, while Harmer finished with 1/22. The DSG spin pair delivered their eight overs for a total of 4/33.
But unfortunately for the Super Giants, the seaming trio of David Wiese (0/53 from 3 overs), Eathan Bosch (0/56 from 4 overs) and Kwena Maphaka (0/50 from 4 overs) leaked a combined 159 from their 11 overs.
They were under pressure from the start as JSK captain Faf du Plessis (47 off 30 balls) and partner Matthew de Villiers (38 off 26 balls) turned up the heat with an opening stand of 89 in 8.4 overs.
The four Player of the Match candidates were Noor Ahmad, Donovan Ferreira, Simon Harmer and Shubham Ranjane, with ‘The Don’ winning 55.6% of the fans’ votes.
The entire Durban Super Giants top six all got into the chase but the visitors were unable to forge any meaningful partnerships until captain Aiden Markram and Evan Jones put together a 60-run stand from just 24 balls to put the visitors in the hunt.
But Markram held on to leave Gleeson (3/41) to set in motion the chaos that unfolded at the death.
Jones kept DSG alive with a 17-ball 43, but his untimely run-out on the first ball of the penultimate over and Gleeson clean bowling David Wiese from the next ball turned the momentum back towards JSK.
However, the drama was only just beginning to unfold as DSG needed 15 runs after Wiaan Mulder’s last over.
The Wanderers crowd were on the edge of their seats as Bosch hit the second delivery for six, putting pressure on Mulder, who delivered two wide shots, before Harmer hit the penultimate ball for a boundary to level the match before Player of the Match Ferreira claimed a spectacular run on a truly memorable SA20 New Year’s Eve.
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