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SA20Match 14 · T20

Paarl Royals beat MI Cape Town by 59 runs

Boland Park, Paarl, . MI Cape Town won the toss and chose to bowl.

Paarl Royals162/320 ov
MI Cape Town10318.2 ov
Paarl Royals won by 59 runs
Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

MI Cape Town won the toss and chose to bowl. Paarl Royals made 162 for 3 in 20 overs, Jason Roy 68 from 46 balls and Jos Buttler 54 from 42 balls. Nuwan Thushara took 2 for 27.

MI Cape Town were bowled out for 103, Connor Esterhuizen 32 from 36 balls. Bjorn Fortuin took 3 for 15.

Paarl Royals won by 59 runs.

Key performers

Paarl Royals innings

162/3(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Jason Royc N Thushara b TP Kaberc N Thushara b TP Kaber684681147.83
Jos Buttler †b N Thusharab N Thushara544251128.57
David Millerretired hurtretired hurt24*2020120.00
Fabian Allenlbw b N Thusharalbw b N Thushara01000.00
Mitchell Van Buurennot outnot out8*90088.89
Andile Phehlukwayonot outnot out2*200100.00
Extras(b 1, lb 1, w 4)(b 1, lb 1, w 4)6
Total20 Ov (RR 8.10)20 Ov (RR 8.10)162/3
Fall of wickets: 116-1 (JJ Roy, 13.1 ov), 140-2 (JC Buttler, 17.1 ov), 140-3 (FA Allen, 17.2 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Nuwan Thushara402726.75103000
George Linde402606.5093010
Kagiso Rabada403809.5063110
Sam Curran3030010.0053110
Thomas Kaber402416.0051000
Kieron Pollard1015015.0002000
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stJJ Roy 68(46) & JC Buttler 45(33)11679
2ndDA Miller 14(15) & JC Buttler 9(9)2424
3rdFA Allen 0(1) & DA Miller 0(0)01
4thM Van Buuren 5(4) & DA Miller 10(5)159
4thM Van Buuren 3(5) & AL Phehlukwayo 2(2)7*7

MI Cape Town innings

103(18.2 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Ryan Rickelton †c AL Phehlukwayo b OC McCoyc AL Phehlukwayo b OC McCoy560083.33
Rassie van der Dussenc †JC Buttler b BC Fortuinc †JC Buttler b BC Fortuin02000.00
Dewald Brevisb BC Fortuinb BC Fortuin01000.00
Connor Esterhuizenc WJ Lubbe b AL Phehlukwayoc WJ Lubbe b AL Phehlukwayo32363088.89
Sam Curranc FA Allen b T Shamsic FA Allen b T Shamsi18271066.67
Liam Livingstonec sub (DJ Vilas) b L Ngidic sub (DJ Vilas) b L Ngidi221621137.50
Kieron Pollardlbw b T Shamsilbw b T Shamsi02000.00
George Lindeb BC Fortuinb BC Fortuin01000.00
Thomas Kaberc WJ Lubbe b OC McCoyc WJ Lubbe b OC McCoy141211116.67
Kagiso Rabadab L Ngidib L Ngidi6610100.00
Nuwan Thusharanot outnot out0*2000.00
Extras(lb 2, w 3, nb 1)(lb 2, w 3, nb 1)6
Total18.2 Ov (RR 5.62)18.2 Ov (RR 5.62) · Target 163 from 20 ov103
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (HE van der Dussen, 0.3 ov), 1-2 (D Brevis, 0.4 ov), 13-3 (RD Rickelton, 3.2 ov), 52-4 (C Esterhuizen, 10.3 ov), 78-5 (SM Curran, 13.4 ov), 78-6 (KA Pollard, 14 ov), 79-7 (GF Linde, 14.2 ov), 90-8 (LS Livingstone, 16.4 ov), 103-9 (TP Kaber, 17.4 ov), 103-10 (K Rabada, 18.2 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Bjorn Fortuin401533.75110000
Lungi Ngidi3.202627.80103110
Obed McCoy311826.00113010
Tabraiz Shamsi411122.75130000
Andile Phehlukwayo302819.3342111
Fabian Allen10303.0030000
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stRD Rickelton 1(1) & HE van der Dussen 0(2)13
2ndD Brevis 0(1) & RD Rickelton 0(0)01
3rdC Esterhuizen 8(11) & RD Rickelton 4(5)1216
4thSM Curran 14(18) & C Esterhuizen 24(25)3943
5thLS Livingstone 19(11) & SM Curran 4(9)2619
6thKA Pollard 0(2) & LS Livingstone 0(0)02
7thLS Livingstone 1(1) & GF Linde 0(1)12
8thTP Kaber 8(10) & LS Livingstone 2(4)1114
9thK Rabada 6(4) & TP Kaber 6(2)136
10thN Thushara 0(2) & K Rabada 0(2)04

Commentary

End of innings: MCT 103 (18.2 ov)
18.2W
L Ngidi to K Rabada, OUT
K Rabada b L Ngidi 6(6) [4s-1 6s-0] · FoW 103/10 (18.2 ov)
18.10
L Ngidi to K Rabada, no run
End of over 185 runs, 1 wktMCT 103/9041W00
N Thushara 0(2)K Rabada 6(4)OC McCoy 3-1-18-2
17.60
OC McCoy to N Thushara, no run
17.50
OC McCoy to N Thushara, no run
17.4W
OC McCoy to TP Kaber, OUT
TP Kaber c WJ Lubbe b OC McCoy 14(12) [4s-1 6s-1] · FoW 103/9 (17.4 ov)
17.31
OC McCoy to K Rabada, 1 run
17.24
OC McCoy to K Rabada, FOUR
17.10
OC McCoy to K Rabada, no run
End of over 1713 runs, 1 wktMCT 98/8401WWd16
TP Kaber 14(11)K Rabada 1(1)L Ngidi 3-0-26-1
16.66
L Ngidi to TP Kaber, SIX
16.51
L Ngidi to K Rabada, 1 run
16.5Wd
L Ngidi to K Rabada, wide
16.4W
L Ngidi to LS Livingstone, OUT
LS Livingstone c sub (DJ Vilas) b L Ngidi 22(16) [4s-2 6s-1] · FoW 90/8 (16.4 ov)
16.31
L Ngidi to TP Kaber, 1 run
16.20
L Ngidi to TP Kaber, no run
16.14
L Ngidi to TP Kaber, FOUR
End of over 163 runsMCT 85/7010101
TP Kaber 3(7)LS Livingstone 22(15)FA Allen 1-0-3-0
15.61
FA Allen to TP Kaber, 1 run
15.50
FA Allen to TP Kaber, no run
15.41
FA Allen to LS Livingstone, 1 run
15.30
FA Allen to LS Livingstone, no run
15.21
FA Allen to TP Kaber, 1 run
15.10
FA Allen to TP Kaber, no run
End of over 154 runs, 1 wktMCT 82/71W01Lb11
TP Kaber 1(3)LS Livingstone 21(13)BC Fortuin 4-0-15-3
14.61
BC Fortuin to TP Kaber, 1 run
14.51
BC Fortuin to LS Livingstone, 1 run
14.41Lb
BC Fortuin to TP Kaber, 1 leg bye
14.30
BC Fortuin to TP Kaber, no run