Despite Klaasen And De Kock, Durban Batters Failed To Fire In Sa20

From coaching staff to internationally acclaimed stars, Durbans Super Giants SA20 roster was jam-packed with talent this season, but the boys in blue folded out of the tournament with a dismal 12 points in 10 matches.

While head coach Lance Klusener may have shuffled the deck a bit in terms of an inconsistent batting order throughout the tournament, the DSG batters lacked the fire-power found in the Paarl Royals and MI Cape Town line-ups this season.

Klusener said last month that he was worried that the team werent building momentum toward the latter part of the tournament, as he has seen in his experience as a T20 coach in franchise and international cricket.

Durban started off with a bang in their first match, putting 209 runs on the board against Pretoria Capitals on January 10. The next time they scored higher than 150 was in their last match against Joburg Super Kings on Saturday.

Normally you pick up speed at some stage, but we havent so, thats been a disappointment. I thought we were a little bit off and left a little bit too much to do for the next guy coming in, but it goes like that sometimes... thats sport, Klusener said after their loss to Cape Town.