The ITEC Knights claimed their second win in the CSA T20 Challenge by beating the Eastern Cape Iinyathi by 31-runs in East London.

The Knights had a bat first and scored 229/4 in their allotted 20 overs with Garnett Tarr scoring 72, Dian Forrester scored 57 and the captain Aubrey Swanepoel chipped in with 49.

Tarr hit 7 fours and 5 sixes in his innings which lasted just 34 balls.

Jason Niemand was the pick of the Iinyathi bowlers with 2/42 in his 4 overs, while Phaphama Fojela was the most economical with 1/27 in his 3 overs.

In reply, Marco Marais scored 70 of 39 and Niemand scored 54-runs at the Iinyathi were restricted to 198/5 in their 20 overs.

Jade de Klerk also had a handy knock of 26-runs towards the backend of the innings.

Sithembile Langa was the pick of the Knights bowlers with 1/35 in his 4 overs. Swanepoel had a tidy spell of 1/28 in 3 overs, but it was his second over which swung the game in favour of the Knights.

On Sunday the Knights will face the Limpopo Impalas at the Mangaung Oval in Bloemfontein. The Impalas are two from two thus far and on Sunday they proved just how dangerous they can be after clawing their way back to beat the Northern Cape Heat by 13-runs in Polokwane.

Sunday’s game gets underway at 13:00.

Morgan Piek OFM Sport