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SA20Match 9 · T20

Paarl Royals beat MI Cape Town by 6 wickets

Boland Park, Paarl, . Paarl Royals won the toss and chose to bowl.

MI Cape Town158/420 ov
Paarl Royals159/419 ov
Paarl Royals won by 6 wickets
MI Cape Town won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

Paarl Royals won the toss and chose to bowl. MI Cape Town made 158 for 4 in 20 overs, Rassie van der Dussen 91 not out from 64 balls and Reeza Hendricks 30 from 27 balls. Mujeeb Ur Rahman took 2 for 27.

Paarl Royals reached 159 for 4 in 19 overs, LG Pretorius 83 from 52 balls.

Paarl Royals won by 6 wickets.

Key performers

MI Cape Town innings

158/4(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Rassie van der Dussennot outnot out91*6455142.19
Azmatullah Omarzaic †KD Karthik b Dayyaan Galiemc †KD Karthik b Dayyaan Galiem131120118.18
Reeza Hendricksb Mujeeb Ur Rahmanb Mujeeb Ur Rahman302711111.11
George Lindeb JE Rootb JE Root101010100.00
Dewald Brevisb Mujeeb Ur Rahmanb Mujeeb Ur Rahman8401200.00
Delano Potgieternot outnot out2*50040.00
Extras(b 1, lb 2, nb 1)(b 1, lb 2, nb 1)4
Total20 Ov (RR 7.90)20 Ov (RR 7.90)158/4
Fall of wickets: 31-1 (Azmatullah Omarzai, 4.1 ov), 90-2 (RR Hendricks, 12.2 ov), 109-3 (GF Linde, 15.3 ov), 124-4 (D Brevis, 16.5 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Bjorn Fortuin403208.0073100
Kwena Maphaka3035011.6762300
Dayyaan Galiem2020110.0031101
Mujeeb Ur Rahman402726.7591100
Dunith Wellalage401704.2590000
Joe Root302418.0072100
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stHE van der Dussen 17(14) & Azmatullah Omarzai 13(11)3125
2ndRR Hendricks 30(27) & HE van der Dussen 28(23)5949
3rdGF Linde 10(10) & HE van der Dussen 8(9)1919
4thD Brevis 8(4) & HE van der Dussen 7(4)158
5thD Potgieter 2(5) & HE van der Dussen 31(14)34*19

Paarl Royals innings

159/4(19 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
LG Pretoriusrun out (Rashid Khan)run out (Rashid Khan)835283159.62
Joe Rootc CA Ingram b TA Boultc CA Ingram b TA Boult151520100.00
Mitchell Van Buurenc †C Esterhuizen b Rashid Khanc †C Esterhuizen b Rashid Khan222020110.00
David Millernot outnot out24*2030120.00
Dinesh Karthik †run out (†C Esterhuizen)run out (†C Esterhuizen)10610166.67
Andile Phehlukwayonot outnot out1*100100.00
Extras(b 2, w 2)(b 2, w 2)4
Total19 Ov (RR 8.37)19 Ov (RR 8.37) · Target 159 from 20 ov159/4
Fall of wickets: 50-1 (JE Root, 5.5 ov), 101-2 (M Van Buuren, 12.4 ov), 136-3 (LG Pretorius, 17 ov), 154-4 (KD Karthik, 18.4 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Azmatullah Omarzai3034011.3365110
Trent Boult402616.5093000
Kagiso Rabada403709.2555010
Rashid Khan402215.5091000
George Linde403809.5062200
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stLG Pretorius 33(20) & JE Root 15(15)5035
2ndM Van Buuren 22(20) & LG Pretorius 29(21)5141
3rdDA Miller 14(15) & LG Pretorius 21(11)3526
4thKD Karthik 10(6) & DA Miller 6(4)1810
5thAL Phehlukwayo 1(1) & DA Miller 4(1)5*2

Commentary

End of innings: PR 159/4 (19 ov)
End of over 1913 runs, 1 wktPR 159/42b41W14
DA Miller 24(20)AL Phehlukwayo 1(1)K Rabada 4-0-37-0
18.64
K Rabada to DA Miller, FOUR
18.51
K Rabada to AL Phehlukwayo, 1 run
18.4W
K Rabada to KD Karthik, OUT
KD Karthik run out (†C Esterhuizen) 10(6) [4s-1 6s-0] · FoW 154/4 (18.4 ov)
18.31
K Rabada to DA Miller, 1 run
18.24
K Rabada to DA Miller, FOUR
18.12b
K Rabada to DA Miller, 2 byes
End of over 1810 runsPR 146/3110242
KD Karthik 9(5)DA Miller 15(16)TA Boult 4-0-26-1
17.62
TA Boult to KD Karthik, 2 runs
17.54
TA Boult to KD Karthik, FOUR
17.42
TA Boult to KD Karthik, 2 runs
17.30
TA Boult to KD Karthik, no run
17.21
TA Boult to DA Miller, 1 run
17.11
TA Boult to KD Karthik, 1 run
End of over 179 runs, 1 wktPR 136/314012W
DA Miller 14(15)K Rabada 3-0-26-0
16.6W
K Rabada to DA Miller, OUT
LG Pretorius run out (Rashid Khan) 83(52) [4s-8 6s-3] · FoW 136/3 (17 ov)
16.52
K Rabada to DA Miller, 2 runs
16.41
K Rabada to LG Pretorius, 1 run
16.30
K Rabada to LG Pretorius, no run
16.24
K Rabada to LG Pretorius, FOUR
16.11
K Rabada to DA Miller, 1 run
End of over 1617 runsPR 127/2040166
LG Pretorius 78(49)DA Miller 10(12)GF Linde 4-0-38-0
15.66
GF Linde to LG Pretorius, SIX
15.56
GF Linde to LG Pretorius, SIX
15.41
GF Linde to DA Miller, 1 run
15.30
GF Linde to DA Miller, no run
15.24
GF Linde to DA Miller, FOUR
15.10
GF Linde to DA Miller, no run
End of over 154 runsPR 110/2111001
DA Miller 5(8)LG Pretorius 66(47)Rashid Khan 4-0-22-1