Marco Jansen fireworks give Sunrisers Eastern Cape back-to-back victories over MI Cape Town

Jansen followed up a disciplined bowling display with a ballistic cameo in the chase - clattering seven sixes in his 27-ball 66 - to take Sunrisers to what, with six overs remaining in the second innings, seemed an unlikely victory

Cape Town: MI Cape Town 171-6, Sunrisers Eastern Cape 172-8 - Sunrisers Eastern Cape won by two wickets

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Marco Jansen delivered a standout performance with bat and ball to help Sunrisers Eastern Cape to their second win over MI Cape Town in three days.

Jansen followed up a disciplined bowling display with a ballistic cameo in the chase - clattering seven sixes in his 27-ball 66 - to take Sunrisers to what, with six overs remaining in the second innings, seemed an unlikely victory.

At that point, the visitors were six wickets down with 71 still needed and the top order all gone for little return.

^{Marco Jansen was the star of the show as Sunrisers Eastern Cape beat MI Cape Town (Sportzpics/CSA/SA20)}

^{Jansen smacked 66 from 27 balls at Newlands (Sportzpics/CSA/SA20)}

Enter Jansen. He shared in a seventh-wicket partnership worth 53 in four overs with Brydon Carse, of which Carse contributed 5.

Two of the world's best T20 allrounders - Rashid Khan and Tom Curran - bore the full brunt of the Jansen treatment.

Khan claimed the wicket of Aiden Markram with the first delivery of his spell but ended up seeing his four overs going for 53, while Curran bowled 3.3 overs for his 1 for 40. Jofra Archer was the pick of the Cape Town attack, with 1 for 18 in four overs, while Kagiso Rabada picked up three wickets.

Earlier, MI Cape Town seemed poised for a giant score as Grant Roelofsen (56) and Ryan Rickelton (46) tucked into the Eastern Cape attack.

^{MI Cape Town have lost to the same opposition twice in three days (Sportzpics/CSA/SA20)}

^{Roelof van der Merwe impressed with the ball for Sunrisers (Sportzpics/CSA/SA20)}

The pair put on 107 in 11.3 overs for the second wicket, but after Rickelton was dismissed by Ottmeil Baartman, the hosts could only manage 62 from the remaining 6.5 overs, with eight wickets to play with. 

Roelof van der Merwe was the architect of the stutter, claiming 2 for 21 in his four overs, including the prized scalps of Curran and the in-form George Linde. 

The result leaves all six teams in the SA20 separated by just one point. MI Cape Town are second, level on nine points with Pretoria Capitals, but having played a game fewer. Sunrisers are second from bottom but have momentum on their side.

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