SA20Match 8 · T20

Pretoria Capitals beat MI Cape Town by 85 runs

Newlands, Cape Town, 31 Dec 2025. Pretoria Capitals won the toss and chose to bat.

Pretoria Capitals won by 85 runs

Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

Pretoria Capitals won the toss and chose to bat. Pretoria Capitals made 220 for 5 in 20 overs, Wihan Lubbe 60 from 36 balls and Sherfane Rutherford 47 not out from 15 balls. Kagiso Rabada took 2 for 48.

MI Cape Town were bowled out for 135, Ryan Rickelton 33 from 17 balls and Rassie van der Dussen 28 from 20 balls. Sherfane Rutherford took 4 for 24.

Pretoria Capitals won by 85 runs.

Key performers

WL60Wihan LubbePretoria Capitals. 36 balls, 7 fours, 2 sixes SR4/24Sherfane RutherfordPretoria Capitals. 3 oversPlayer of the match

33Ryan RickeltonMI Cape Town. 17 balls, 4 fours, 2 sixes

2/48Kagiso RabadaMI Cape Town. 4 overs

Pretoria Capitals innings

220/5(20 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Will Smeedc Rashid Khan b GF Linde	c Rashid Khan b GF Linde	22	19	2	1	115.79
Bryce Parsonsc RD Rickelton b K Rabada	c RD Rickelton b K Rabada	0	2	0	0	0.00
Shai Hope †c D Pretorius b TA Boult	c D Pretorius b TA Boult	45	30	3	2	150.00
Connor Esterhuizenc HE van der Dussen b C Bosch	c HE van der Dussen b C Bosch	0	5	0	0	0.00
Wihan Lubbec RR Hendricks b K Rabada	c RR Hendricks b K Rabada	60	36	7	2	166.67
Dewald Brevisnot out	not out	36*	13	1	4	276.92
Sherfane Rutherfordnot out	not out	47*	15	0	6	313.33
Extras(lb 3, w 7)	(lb 3, w 7)	10
Total20 Ov (RR 11.00)	20 Ov (RR 11.00)	220/5

Did not bat: Keshav Maharaj, Lizaad Williams, Tymal Mills, Lungi Ngidi

Fall of wickets: 4-1 (B Parsons, 1.2 ov), 37-2 (WCF Smeed, 4.3 ov), 38-3 (C Esterhuizen, 5.3 ov), 126-4 (SD Hope, 14.4 ov), 134-5 (WJ Lubbe, 15.3 ov)

Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD
Trent Boult	4	43	1	10.75	7	5	2	0
Kagiso Rabada	4	48	2	12.00	7	2	3	3
George Linde	3	22	1	7.33	6	1	1	0
Corbin Bosch	3	38	1	12.67	6	3	3	2
Rashid Khan	4	30	0	7.50	7	1	2	0
Dwaine Pretorius	2	36	0	18.00	1	1	4	1

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	WCF Smeed 4(6) & B Parsons 0(2)	4	8
2nd	SD Hope 14(6) & WCF Smeed 18(13)	33	19
3rd	C Esterhuizen 0(5) & SD Hope 1(1)	1	6
4th	WJ Lubbe 53(32) & SD Hope 30(23)	88	55
5th	D Brevis 1(1) & WJ Lubbe 7(4)	8	5
6th	SE Rutherford 47(15) & D Brevis 35(12)	86*	27

MI Cape Town innings

135(14.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Rassie van der Dussenc D Brevis b B Parsons	c D Brevis b B Parsons	28	20	2	2	140.00
Ryan Rickeltonc B Parsons b LB Williams	c B Parsons b LB Williams	33	17	4	2	194.12
Reeza Hendricksc B Parsons b SE Rutherford	c B Parsons b SE Rutherford	18	13	2	0	138.46
Nicolas Pooran †c WCF Smeed b KA Maharaj	c WCF Smeed b KA Maharaj	25	6	0	4	416.67
George Lindec WJ Lubbe b SE Rutherford	c WJ Lubbe b SE Rutherford	2	5	0	0	40.00
Jason Smithb KA Maharaj	b KA Maharaj	1	2	0	0	50.00
Dwaine Pretoriusc WCF Smeed b SE Rutherford	c WCF Smeed b SE Rutherford	8	8	1	0	100.00
Corbin Boschnot out	not out	10*	8	1	0	125.00
Rashid Khanst †SD Hope b KA Maharaj	st †SD Hope b KA Maharaj	0	1	0	0	0.00
Kagiso Rabadac WCF Smeed b SE Rutherford	c WCF Smeed b SE Rutherford	4	4	1	0	100.00
Trent Boultc C Esterhuizen b TS Mills	c C Esterhuizen b TS Mills	0	3	0	0	0.00
Extras(w 5, nb 1)	(w 5, nb 1)	6
Total14.2 Ov (RR 9.42)	14.2 Ov (RR 9.42) · Target 221 from 20 ov	135

Fall of wickets: 60-1 (RD Rickelton, 5.2 ov), 73-2 (HE van der Dussen, 7.3 ov), 100-3 (N Pooran, 8.3 ov), 112-4 (RR Hendricks, 9.4 ov), 113-5 (JF Smith, 10.1 ov), 117-6 (GF Linde, 11.2 ov), 124-7 (D Pretorius, 12 ov), 125-8 (Rashid Khan, 12.4 ov), 134-9 (K Rabada, 13.4 ov), 135-10 (TA Boult, 14.2 ov)

Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Tymal Mills	2.2	27	1	11.57	4	2	2	1	0
Lungi Ngidi	2	18	0	9.00	7	2	1	1	0
Lizaad Williams	2	19	1	9.50	4	2	1	0	0
Keshav Maharaj	4	28	3	7.00	11	1	2	1	0
Bryce Parsons	1	19	1	19.00	1	1	2	1	0
Sherfane Rutherford	3	24	4	8.00	8	3	0	1	1

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	HE van der Dussen 25(15) & RD Rickelton 33(17)	60	32
2nd	RR Hendricks 10(8) & HE van der Dussen 3(5)	13	13
3rd	N Pooran 25(6) & RR Hendricks 0(0)	27	6
4th	GF Linde 2(3) & RR Hendricks 8(5)	12	7
5th	JF Smith 1(2) & GF Linde 0(1)	1	3
6th	D Pretorius 4(6) & GF Linde 0(1)	4	7
7th	C Bosch 3(2) & D Pretorius 4(2)	7	4
8th	C Bosch 1(3) & Rashid Khan 0(1)	1	4
9th	K Rabada 4(4) & C Bosch 5(2)	9	6
10th	TA Boult 0(3) & C Bosch 1(1)	1	4

Commentary

14.2W

TS Mills to TA Boult, OUT

TA Boult c C Esterhuizen b TS Mills 0(3) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 135/10 (14.2 ov)

14.11

TS Mills to C Bosch, 1 run

End of over 145 runs, 1 wktMCT 134/9410W00

TA Boult 0(2)C Bosch 9(7)SE Rutherford 3-0-24-4

13.60

SE Rutherford to TA Boult, no run

13.50

SE Rutherford to TA Boult, no run

13.4W

SE Rutherford to K Rabada, OUT

K Rabada c WCF Smeed b SE Rutherford 4(4) [4s-1 6s-0] · FoW 134/9 (13.4 ov)

13.30

SE Rutherford to K Rabada, no run

13.21

SE Rutherford to C Bosch, 1 run

13.14

SE Rutherford to C Bosch, FOUR

End of over 135 runs, 1 wktMCT 129/8001W40

K Rabada 4(2)C Bosch 4(5)KA Maharaj 4-0-28-3

12.60

KA Maharaj to K Rabada, no run

12.54

KA Maharaj to K Rabada, FOUR

12.4W

KA Maharaj to Rashid Khan, OUT

Rashid Khan st †SD Hope b KA Maharaj 0(1) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 125/8 (12.4 ov)

12.31

KA Maharaj to C Bosch, 1 run

12.20

KA Maharaj to C Bosch, no run

12.10

KA Maharaj to C Bosch, no run

End of over 128 runs, 2 wktsMCT 124/71W214W

C Bosch 3(2)SE Rutherford 2-0-19-3

11.6W

SE Rutherford to D Pretorius, OUT

D Pretorius c WCF Smeed b SE Rutherford 8(8) [4s-1 6s-0] · FoW 124/7 (12 ov)

11.54

SE Rutherford to D Pretorius, FOUR

11.41

SE Rutherford to C Bosch, 1 run

11.32

SE Rutherford to C Bosch, 2 runs

11.2W

SE Rutherford to GF Linde, OUT

GF Linde c WJ Lubbe b SE Rutherford 2(5) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 117/6 (11.2 ov)

11.11

SE Rutherford to D Pretorius, 1 run

End of over 113 runs, 1 wktMCT 116/5W00201

D Pretorius 3(5)GF Linde 2(4)KA Maharaj 3-0-23-2

10.61

KA Maharaj to D Pretorius, 1 run

10.50

KA Maharaj to D Pretorius, no run

10.42

KA Maharaj to D Pretorius, 2 runs

10.30

KA Maharaj to D Pretorius, no run

10.20

KA Maharaj to D Pretorius, no run