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Tight at the top: Rickelton, Breetzke intensify Proteas' T20 logjam

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Ryan Rickelton in action for MI Cape Town in the SA20. Durban's Super Giants' Quinton de Kock looks on.(Sportzpics/SA20)
Ryan Rickelton in action for MI Cape Town in the SA20. Durban's Super Giants' Quinton de Kock looks on.(Sportzpics/SA20)

A lofty 869 runs between them in the country's flagship SA20 tournament ... and there might be more to come yet from revelations Ryan Rickelton and Matthew Breetzke.

The pair, consistently stellar performers for MI Cape Town and Durban's Super Giants respectively, already boast some cursory appearances for South Africa ... and not without the teething issues so commonly associated with promotion to the highest level.

Even the greats can take a while to bed themselves in: remember, for example, a certain Jacques Kallis's 57 runs in his first seven turns at the Test crease and Hashim Amla's 62 in six?

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