Leading Edge With Scent Ep 15 - SA20 Breakdown: Team of the Tournament
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SA20 is done and Scent breaks it all down from worst to best, with straight takes on what worked, what didn’t, and what each franchise needs to fix next season.
We start with MI Cape Town’s slide back to the bottom, the reliance on their bowling group, and why two huge Ryan Rickelton hundreds still didn’t equal a consistent campaign. From there it’s Joburg Super Kings and a season shaped by injuries, plus a real question around how the Wanderers pitch is playing and what that means for squad balance.
DSG gets the spotlight for their stop-start batting combinations and why Scent thinks the team needs to be built around Aiden Markram, not dependent on Heinrich Klaasen’s form. Then it’s the top end of the table: Sunrisers Eastern Cape’s blueprint, how they handled changes, and why the coaching structure keeps them in finals year after year. Pretoria Capitals’ rebuild also gets credit, including how the auction strategy played out, the overseas core that delivered, and the calls Scent would (and wouldn’t) have made in the final.
To close, Scent reacts to the official Betway SA20 Team of the Tournament and compares it to his own XI, with key shoutouts to Brevis’ match-shaping innings, Rutherford’s impact, De Kock’s return in full flow, and the bowlers who set the tone.
Comment your SA20 Team of the Tournament and your Player of the Tournament.
Discussed in this episode:
Ranking the teams worst to best
MI Cape Town: what went wrong and what must change
JSK: injuries, squad balance, and the Wanderers “spin” factor
DSG: Markram’s value, Klaasen’s form, and the rebuild focus
Sunrisers EC: the blueprint, selection calls, and the finals streak
Pretoria Capitals: auction rebuild, Brevis, overseas impact, final tweaks
Betway SA20 Team of the Tournament vs Scent’s XI
Standout players + honourable mentions
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:19 SA20 wrap + champions
01:54 Ranking teams (worst to best)
02:15 MI Cape Town review
06:00 Joburg Super Kings review
09:12 DSG review
13:28 Sunrisers EC blueprint + finals streak
18:33 Pretoria Capitals rebuild + final thoughts
26:08 Official Team of the Tournament
27:08 Scent’s Team of the Tournament + key standouts
35:07 Honourable mentions + closing
We start with MI Cape Town’s slide back to the bottom, the reliance on their bowling group, and why two huge Ryan Rickelton hundreds still didn’t equal a consistent campaign. From there it’s Joburg Super Kings and a season shaped by injuries, plus a real question around how the Wanderers pitch is playing and what that means for squad balance.
DSG gets the spotlight for their stop-start batting combinations and why Scent thinks the team needs to be built around Aiden Markram, not dependent on Heinrich Klaasen’s form. Then it’s the top end of the table: Sunrisers Eastern Cape’s blueprint, how they handled changes, and why the coaching structure keeps them in finals year after year. Pretoria Capitals’ rebuild also gets credit, including how the auction strategy played out, the overseas core that delivered, and the calls Scent would (and wouldn’t) have made in the final.
To close, Scent reacts to the official Betway SA20 Team of the Tournament and compares it to his own XI, with key shoutouts to Brevis’ match-shaping innings, Rutherford’s impact, De Kock’s return in full flow, and the bowlers who set the tone.
Comment your SA20 Team of the Tournament and your Player of the Tournament.
Discussed in this episode:
Ranking the teams worst to best
MI Cape Town: what went wrong and what must change
JSK: injuries, squad balance, and the Wanderers “spin” factor
DSG: Markram’s value, Klaasen’s form, and the rebuild focus
Sunrisers EC: the blueprint, selection calls, and the finals streak
Pretoria Capitals: auction rebuild, Brevis, overseas impact, final tweaks
Betway SA20 Team of the Tournament vs Scent’s XI
Standout players + honourable mentions
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:19 SA20 wrap + champions
01:54 Ranking teams (worst to best)
02:15 MI Cape Town review
06:00 Joburg Super Kings review
09:12 DSG review
13:28 Sunrisers EC blueprint + finals streak
18:33 Pretoria Capitals rebuild + final thoughts
26:08 Official Team of the Tournament
27:08 Scent’s Team of the Tournament + key standouts
35:07 Honourable mentions + closing
Chapters
- 00:00 Intro
- 00:19 SA20 wrap + champions
- 01:54 Ranking teams (worst to best)
- 02:15 MI Cape Town review
- 06:00 Joburg Super Kings review
- 09:12 DSG review
- 13:28 Sunrisers EC blueprint + finals streak
- 18:33 Pretoria Capitals rebuild + final thoughts
- 26:08 Official Team of the Tournament
- 27:08 Scent’s Team of the Tournament + key standouts
- 35:07 Honourable mentions + closing
