Catches win matches is a misconstrued statement because catches alone don’t win you matches. You have to bat and bowl well too. The Joburg Super Kings (JSK) learnt this bitter lesson at a fan-filled colourful Super Sport Park here on Wednesday as they went down by 32 runs to Sunrisers Eastern Cape (SEC) in the Betway SA20 Eliminator.

Opting to bowl after winning the toss, JSK were exemplary in the field, plucking two breath-taking catches. Skipper Faf du Plessis picked the first stunner when he ran across from mid-off and dived full stretch like a football goalkeeper to hold on to the ball to dismiss David Bedingham off veteran leggie Imran Tahir in the fifth over. Next up, Evan Jones took a scorcher off Hardus Viljoen. Ronan Hermann tried to hoist the SEC pacer in the ninth over but ended up watching Jones sprint in from the deep midwicket fence and throw himself forward to latch on to the ball.