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SA20Match 1 · T20

MI Cape Town beat Paarl Royals by 8 wickets

Newlands, Cape Town, . MI Cape Town won the toss and chose to bowl.

Paarl Royals142/720 ov
MI Cape Town143/215.3 ov
MI Cape Town won by 8 wickets
Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

MI Cape Town won the toss and chose to bowl. Paarl Royals made 142 for 7 in 20 overs, Jos Buttler 51 from 42 balls and David Miller 42 from 31 balls. Jofra Archer took 3 for 27.

MI Cape Town reached 143 for 2 in 15.3 overs, Dewald Brevis 70 not out from 41 balls and Ryan Rickelton 42 from 33 balls.

MI Cape Town won by 8 wickets.

Key performers

Paarl Royals innings

142/7(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Wihan Lubbec GF Linde b JC Archerc GF Linde b JC Archer380037.50
Jos Buttler †b OP Stoneb OP Stone514261121.43
Jason Royc Rashid Khan b D Jansenc Rashid Khan b D Jansen13142092.86
Dane Vilasb OP Stoneb OP Stone671085.71
David Millerc GF Linde b JC Archerc GF Linde b JC Archer423141135.48
Eoin Morganrun out (SM Curran/G Roelofsen)run out (SM Curran/G Roelofsen)191511126.67
Ferisco Adamsc †RD Rickelton b JC Archerc †RD Rickelton b JC Archer01000.00
Bjorn Fortuinnot outnot out1*30033.33
Extras(w 6, nb 1)(w 6, nb 1)7
Total20 Ov (RR 7.10)20 Ov (RR 7.10)142/7
Fall of wickets: 9-1 (WJ Lubbe, 2.3 ov), 45-2 (JJ Roy, 7 ov), 56-3 (DJ Vilas, 9.2 ov), 104-4 (JC Buttler, 15.1 ov), 133-5 (DA Miller, 18.3 ov), 133-6 (FD Adams, 18.4 ov), 142-7 (EJG Morgan, 20 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
George Linde201708.5053010
Sam Curran302307.6760200
Jofra Archer412736.75122101
Rashid Khan402807.0073000
Duan Jansen301615.3381020
Oli Stone403127.75125030
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stWJ Lubbe 3(8) & JC Buttler 5(7)915
2ndJJ Roy 13(14) & JC Buttler 21(13)3627
3rdJC Buttler 5(7) & DJ Vilas 6(7)1114
4thDA Miller 25(21) & JC Buttler 20(15)4835
5thEJG Morgan 11(10) & DA Miller 17(10)2920
6thFD Adams 0(1) & EJG Morgan 0(0)01
7thBC Fortuin 1(3) & EJG Morgan 8(5)98

MI Cape Town innings

143/2(15.3 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Dewald Brevisnot outnot out70*4145170.73
Ryan Rickelton †b RR Simmondsb RR Simmonds423351127.27
Sam Curranc DA Miller b Codi Yusufc DA Miller b Codi Yusuf201612125.00
Rassie van der Dussennot outnot out8*301266.67
Extras(b 1, lb 1, w 1)(b 1, lb 1, w 1)3
Total15.3 Ov (RR 9.23)15.3 Ov (RR 9.23) · Target 143 from 20 ov143/2
Fall of wickets: 90-1 (RD Rickelton, 10.4 ov), 120-2 (SM Curran, 14.1 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Codi Yusuf3033111.0074200
Bjorn Fortuin3.302306.5761100
Ramon Simmonds3032110.6784200
Ferisco Adams302207.3370200
Tabraiz Shamsi3031010.3321210
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stD Brevis 45(31) & RD Rickelton 42(33)9064
2ndSM Curran 20(16) & D Brevis 10(5)3021
3rdHE van der Dussen 8(3) & D Brevis 15(5)23*8

Commentary

End of innings: MCT 143/2 (15.3 ov)
15.31
BC Fortuin to D Brevis, 1 run
15.21
BC Fortuin to HE van der Dussen, 1 run
15.16
BC Fortuin to HE van der Dussen, SIX
End of over 1515 runs, 1 wktMCT 135/2W16440
D Brevis 69(40)HE van der Dussen 1(1)Codi Yusuf 3-0-33-1
14.60
Codi Yusuf to D Brevis, no run
14.54
Codi Yusuf to D Brevis, FOUR
14.44
Codi Yusuf to D Brevis, FOUR
14.36
Codi Yusuf to D Brevis, SIX
14.21
Codi Yusuf to HE van der Dussen, 1 run
14.1W
Codi Yusuf to SM Curran, OUT
SM Curran c DA Miller b Codi Yusuf 20(16) [4s-1 6s-2] · FoW 120/2 (14.1 ov)
End of over 1412 runsMCT 120/1104061
SM Curran 20(15)D Brevis 55(36)RR Simmonds 3-0-32-1
13.61
RR Simmonds to SM Curran, 1 run
13.56
RR Simmonds to SM Curran, SIX
13.40
RR Simmonds to SM Curran, no run
13.34
RR Simmonds to SM Curran, FOUR
13.20
RR Simmonds to SM Curran, no run
13.11
RR Simmonds to D Brevis, 1 run
End of over 1310 runsMCT 108/1110611
D Brevis 54(35)SM Curran 9(10)T Shamsi 3-0-31-0
12.61
T Shamsi to D Brevis, 1 run
12.51
T Shamsi to SM Curran, 1 run
12.46
T Shamsi to SM Curran, SIX
12.30
T Shamsi to SM Curran, no run
12.21
T Shamsi to D Brevis, 1 run
12.11
T Shamsi to SM Curran, 1 run
End of over 128 runsMCT 98/1610001
SM Curran 1(6)D Brevis 52(33)FD Adams 3-0-22-0
11.61
FD Adams to SM Curran, 1 run
11.50
FD Adams to SM Curran, no run
11.40
FD Adams to SM Curran, no run
11.30
FD Adams to SM Curran, no run