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- Only four teams remain in the CSA T20 Challenge with the semi-finals scheduled to get under way from Friday in Gqeberha.
- Warriors batter Tristan Stubbs is currently the highest run-scorer in the competition, but his side did not progress through to the playoffs.
- Meanwhile, Junaid Dawood of Western Province and Lions bowler Malusi Siboto are the joint highest wicket-takers of the tournament.
The CSA T20 Challenge is at the business end of its season at St.George's Park in Gqeberha with the semi-finals scheduled from Friday.
With the T20 World Cup set for October in Australia, the T20 Challenge was the perfect opportunity for several players to put up their hand ahead of the global showpiece.
Top of the table leaders, the Titans will take on the Dolphins in the first semi-final on Friday (10:00) with a Western Cape-derby set for 14:30 as WP battle Boland Rocks later in the day.
The final is set for Sunday at 13:00 with 1 500 vaccinated fans allowed to witness the action live.
There has been nothing short of entertainment this season so far and with the group stages down and dusted, Sport24 looks at the top performers thus far:
Most runs
293 runs in 7 matches - Tristan Stubbs (Warriors)
Stubbs made his debut for the Warriors at last year's T20 Knockout Cup and has come into his own as a professional cricketer.
The 21-year-old currently tops the run charts with 293 runs from his seven games, recording three half-centuries with a high score of 80 not out from 35 balls against the Dolphins.
Stubbs, who attended Grey High School in Gqeberha, smashed 23 sixes in the tournament - 12 sixes more than Proteas hard-hitting batter David Miller - as the Warriors middle-order batter has a strike rate of 183.12.
The Warriors did not advance through to the semi-finals, but Stubbs' performance definitely raised some eyebrows.
240 runs in 7 matches with three half-centuries - Pieter Malan (Rocks)
231 runs in 7 matches with two half-centuries - Wihan Lubbe (Warriors)
226 runs in 7 matches with two half-centuries - Heinrich Klaasen (Titans)
208 runs in 7 matches with one half-century - Jacques Snyman (Knights)
Most wickets
11 wickets in 6 matches - Junaid Dawood (Western Province)
Dawood is the joint highest wicket-taker alongside Lions bowler Malusi Siboto.
With the Lions out of the semi-finals, Dawood will look to capture more runs and take the Cape Town-franchise to their first final in years.
The Western Province spinner has taken 11 wickets in his six matches thus far, sitting with a decent average of 12.18.
Despite only missing one game due to injury, Dawood has formed part of a star-studded WP bowling attack, including Proteas stars Beuran Hendricks and skipper Wayne Parnell.
11 wickets in 7 matches at an average of 15.09 - Malusi Siboto (Lions)
10 wickets in 7 matches at an average of 9.90 - Senuran Muthusamy (North West Dragons)
10 wickets in 7 matches at an average of 20.30 - Beuran Hendricks (Western Province)
9 wickets in 7 matches at an average of 11.00 - Shaun von Berg (Rocks)
Highest run-scores:
90 - Jacques Snyman (Knights) against Warriors
80* - Tristan Stubbs (Warriors) against Dolphins
78 - Heino Kuhn (North West Dragons) against Warriors
74* - Dwaine Pretorius (North West Dragons) against Rocks
72 - Quinton de Kock (Titans) against Rocks
Most economical bowler:
4.30 - Senuran Muthusamy (North West Dragons)
5.18 - Jon-Jon Smuts (Warriors)
5.20 - Eathan Bosch (Dolphins)
Most sixes
23 - Tristan Stubbs (Warriors)
11 - David Miller (Dolphins)
9 - Heinrich Klaasen (Titans)
9 - Dwaine Pretorius (North West Dragons)
Best bowling figures
5/34 - Ziyaad Abrahams (Boland Rocks) against Knights
4/20 - Senuran Muthusamy (North West Dragons) against WP
4/20 - Beuran Hendricks (Western Province) against Dragons
