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SA20Match 30 · T20

Sunrisers Eastern Cape beat Paarl Royals by 5 wickets

St George's Park, Gqeberha, . Paarl Royals won the toss and chose to bat.

Paarl Royals159/720 ov
Sunrisers Eastern Cape165/519.5 ov
Sunrisers Eastern Cape won by 5 wickets
Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

Paarl Royals won the toss and chose to bat. Paarl Royals made 159 for 7 in 20 overs, Jos Buttler 38 from 22 balls and Dane Vilas 34 from 25 balls. Ottniel Baartman took 2 for 33.

Sunrisers Eastern Cape reached 165 for 5 in 19.5 overs, Aiden Markram 37 from 27 balls and Temba Bavuma 33 from 30 balls. Andile Phehlukwayo took 3 for 33.

Sunrisers Eastern Cape won by 5 wickets.

Key performers

Paarl Royals innings

159/7(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Jason Royc PE Kruger b OEG Baartmanc PE Kruger b OEG Baartman8111072.73
Jos Buttler †c PE Kruger b LA Dawsonc PE Kruger b LA Dawson382242172.73
Mitchell Van Buurenrun out (B Swanepoel)run out (B Swanepoel)141420100.00
David Millerc LA Dawson b SR Harmerc LA Dawson b SR Harmer111101100.00
Dane Vilasc DJ Malan b DJ Worrallc DJ Malan b DJ Worrall342540136.00
Wihan Lubbec †T Stubbs b OEG Baartmanc †T Stubbs b OEG Baartman272021135.00
Andile Phehlukwayonot outnot out16*1311123.08
Bjorn Fortuinc AK Markram b B Swanepoelc AK Markram b B Swanepoel230066.67
Codi Yusufnot outnot out5*210250.00
Extras(lb 1, w 2, nb 1)(lb 1, w 2, nb 1)4
Total20 Ov (RR 7.95)20 Ov (RR 7.95)159/7
Did not bat: Nqaba Peter, John Turner
Fall of wickets: 17-1 (JJ Roy, 2.4 ov), 57-2 (JC Buttler, 6.5 ov), 65-3 (M Van Buuren, 9 ov), 76-4 (DA Miller, 10 ov), 125-5 (WJ Lubbe, 16.2 ov), 141-6 (DJ Vilas, 17.5 ov), 144-7 (BC Fortuin, 18.3 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Liam Dawson402917.2581110
Daniel Worrall4041110.2576100
Ottniel Baartman403328.25133201
Beyers Swanepoel403017.5074010
Simon Harmer402516.2591100
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stJJ Roy 8(11) & JC Buttler 8(5)1716
2ndM Van Buuren 8(8) & JC Buttler 30(17)4025
3rdDA Miller 2(7) & M Van Buuren 6(6)813
4thDJ Vilas 2(2) & DA Miller 9(4)116
5thDJ Vilas 22(18) & WJ Lubbe 27(20)4938
6thAL Phehlukwayo 6(4) & DJ Vilas 10(5)169
7thBC Fortuin 2(3) & AL Phehlukwayo 1(1)34
8thCodi Yusuf 5(2) & AL Phehlukwayo 9(8)15*9

Sunrisers Eastern Cape innings

165/5(19.5 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Jordan Hermannb Codi Yusufb Codi Yusuf21224095.45
Dawid Malanc †JC Buttler b AL Phehlukwayoc †JC Buttler b AL Phehlukwayo19201195.00
Temba Bavumac DJ Vilas b N Peterc DJ Vilas b N Peter333011110.00
Aiden Markramc JJ Roy b AL Phehlukwayoc JJ Roy b AL Phehlukwayo372712137.04
Tristan Stubbs †c †JC Buttler b AL Phehlukwayoc †JC Buttler b AL Phehlukwayo191221158.33
Patrick Krugernot outnot out26*713371.43
Liam Dawsonnot outnot out1*100100.00
Extras(lb 4, w 5)(lb 4, w 5)9
Total19.5 Ov (RR 8.32)19.5 Ov (RR 8.32) · Target 160 from 20 ov165/5
Fall of wickets: 33-1 (J Hermann, 5.2 ov), 49-2 (DJ Malan, 7.4 ov), 112-3 (AK Markram, 15.1 ov), 138-4 (T Stubbs, 18.2 ov), 152-5 (T Bavuma, 19.1 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Wihan Lubbe201105.5072000
John Turner403007.5084020
Codi Yusuf402917.2591210
Bjorn Fortuin403107.7550210
Andile Phehlukwayo403338.2581210
Nqaba Peter1.5027114.7312200
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stJ Hermann 21(22) & DJ Malan 8(10)3332
2ndT Bavuma 4(4) & DJ Malan 11(10)1614
3rdAK Markram 37(27) & T Bavuma 24(18)6345
4thT Stubbs 19(12) & T Bavuma 5(7)2619
5thPE Kruger 14(4) & T Bavuma 0(1)145
6thLA Dawson 1(1) & PE Kruger 12(3)13*4

Commentary

End of innings: SEC 165/5 (19.5 ov)
19.56
N Peter to PE Kruger, SIX
19.44
N Peter to PE Kruger, FOUR
19.32
N Peter to PE Kruger, 2 runs
19.21
N Peter to LA Dawson, 1 run
19.1W
N Peter to T Bavuma, OUT
T Bavuma c DJ Vilas b N Peter 33(30) [4s-1 6s-1] · FoW 152/5 (19.1 ov)
End of over 1914 runs, 1 wktSEC 152/40W6026
PE Kruger 14(4)T Bavuma 33(29)AL Phehlukwayo 4-0-33-3
18.66
AL Phehlukwayo to PE Kruger, SIX
18.52
AL Phehlukwayo to PE Kruger, 2 runs
18.40
AL Phehlukwayo to PE Kruger, no run
18.36
AL Phehlukwayo to PE Kruger, SIX
18.2W
AL Phehlukwayo to T Stubbs, OUT
T Stubbs c †JC Buttler b AL Phehlukwayo 19(12) [4s-2 6s-1] · FoW 138/4 (18.2 ov)
18.10
AL Phehlukwayo to T Stubbs, no run
End of over 188 runsSEC 138/31Lb40111
T Stubbs 19(10)T Bavuma 33(29)JA Turner 4-0-30-0
17.61
JA Turner to T Stubbs, 1 run
17.51
JA Turner to T Bavuma, 1 run
17.41
JA Turner to T Stubbs, 1 run
17.30
JA Turner to T Stubbs, no run
17.24
JA Turner to T Stubbs, FOUR
17.11Lb
JA Turner to T Bavuma, 1 leg bye
End of over 1710 runsSEC 130/31Wd01016
T Stubbs 13(6)T Bavuma 32(27)Codi Yusuf 4-0-29-1
16.66
Codi Yusuf to T Stubbs, SIX
16.51
Codi Yusuf to T Bavuma, 1 run
16.40
Codi Yusuf to T Bavuma, no run
16.31
Codi Yusuf to T Stubbs, 1 run
16.20
Codi Yusuf to T Stubbs, no run
16.2Wd
Codi Yusuf to T Stubbs, wide
16.11
Codi Yusuf to T Bavuma, 1 run
End of over 168 runs, 1 wktSEC 120/3W41111
T Bavuma 30(24)T Stubbs 6(3)AL Phehlukwayo 3-0-19-2
15.61
AL Phehlukwayo to T Bavuma, 1 run