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SA20Playoffs · Qualifier 2 · T20

Sunrisers Eastern Cape beat Paarl Royals by 8 wickets in qualifier 2

SuperSport Park, Centurion, . Paarl Royals won the toss and chose to bat.

Paarl Royals175/420 ov
Sunrisers Eastern Cape177/219.2 ov
Sunrisers Eastern Cape won by 8 wickets
MI Cape Town won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

Paarl Royals won the toss and chose to bat. Paarl Royals made 175 for 4 in 20 overs, Rubin Hermann 81 not out from 53 balls and LG Pretorius 59 from 41 balls.

Sunrisers Eastern Cape reached 177 for 2 in 19.2 overs, Tony de Zorzi 78 from 49 balls and Jordan Hermann 69 not out from 48 balls.

Sunrisers Eastern Cape won by 8 wickets.

Key performers

Paarl Royals innings

175/4(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
LG Pretoriusc †T Stubbs b C Overtonc †T Stubbs b C Overton594181143.90
Mitchell Owenc C Overton b M Jansenc C Overton b M Jansen03000.00
Rubin Hermannnot outnot out81*5383152.83
David Millerlbw b AK Markramlbw b AK Markram691066.67
Dinesh Karthik †lbw b OEG Baartmanlbw b OEG Baartman230066.67
Andile Phehlukwayonot outnot out22*1112200.00
Extras(b 1, lb 1, w 3)(b 1, lb 1, w 3)5
Total20 Ov (RR 8.75)20 Ov (RR 8.75)175/4
Fall of wickets: 6-1 (MJ Owen, 1.4 ov), 105-2 (LG Pretorius, 12.2 ov), 121-3 (DA Miller, 15 ov), 126-4 (KD Karthik, 16 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Craig Overton402416.00134010
Marco Jansen4043110.7568000
Ottniel Baartman3.303319.4354100
Aiden Markram402416.0070100
Richard Gleeson4041010.2572310
Liam Dawson0.308016.0010110
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stLG Pretorius 6(7) & MJ Owen 0(3)610
2ndRA Herman 44(30) & LG Pretorius 53(34)9964
3rdDA Miller 6(9) & RA Herman 9(7)1616
4thRA Herman 3(3) & KD Karthik 2(3)56
5thRA Herman 25(13) & AL Phehlukwayo 22(11)49*24

Sunrisers Eastern Cape innings

177/2(19.2 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Tony de Zorzic sub (M Van Buuren) b DN Wellalagec sub (M Van Buuren) b DN Wellalage7849112159.18
David Bedinghamc †KD Karthik b KT Maphakac †KD Karthik b KT Maphaka9810112.50
Jordan Hermannnot outnot out69*4844143.75
Aiden Markramnot outnot out11*121091.67
Extras(lb 2, w 7, nb 1)(lb 2, w 7, nb 1)10
Total19.2 Ov (RR 9.16)19.2 Ov (RR 9.16) · Target 176 from 20 ov177/2
Fall of wickets: 27-1 (DG Bedingham, 3.1 ov), 138-2 (T de Zorzi, 14.2 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Bjorn Fortuin403508.7544000
Kwena Maphaka3.202918.70113120
Dayyaan Galiem201809.0053010
Mujeeb Ur Rahman403909.7572300
Mitchell Owen10808.0030100
Andile Phehlukwayo2020010.0053001
Dunith Wellalage302618.6752100
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stT de Zorzi 17(11) & DG Bedingham 9(8)2719
2ndJ Hermann 42(30) & T de Zorzi 61(38)11167
3rdAK Markram 11(12) & J Hermann 27(18)39*30

Commentary

End of innings: SEC 177/2 (19.2 ov)
19.24
KT Maphaka to AK Markram, FOUR
19.10
KT Maphaka to AK Markram, no run
End of over 199 runsSEC 173/2106002
J Hermann 69(48)AK Markram 7(10)Mujeeb Ur Rahman 4-0-39-0
18.62
Mujeeb Ur Rahman to J Hermann, 2 runs
18.50
Mujeeb Ur Rahman to J Hermann, no run
18.40
Mujeeb Ur Rahman to J Hermann, no run
18.36
Mujeeb Ur Rahman to J Hermann, SIX
18.20
Mujeeb Ur Rahman to J Hermann, no run
18.11
Mujeeb Ur Rahman to AK Markram, 1 run
End of over 187 runsSEC 164/2122101
AK Markram 6(9)J Hermann 61(43)BC Fortuin 4-0-35-0
17.61
BC Fortuin to AK Markram, 1 run
17.50
BC Fortuin to AK Markram, no run
17.41
BC Fortuin to J Hermann, 1 run
17.32
BC Fortuin to J Hermann, 2 runs
17.22
BC Fortuin to J Hermann, 2 runs
17.11
BC Fortuin to AK Markram, 1 run
End of over 1713 runsSEC 157/210641Lb1
AK Markram 4(6)J Hermann 56(40)DN Wellalage 3-0-26-1
16.61
DN Wellalage to AK Markram, 1 run
16.51Lb
DN Wellalage to J Hermann, 1 leg bye
16.44
DN Wellalage to J Hermann, FOUR
16.36
DN Wellalage to J Hermann, SIX
FIFTY for J Hermann (52 off 38)
16.20
DN Wellalage to J Hermann, no run
16.11
DN Wellalage to AK Markram, 1 run
End of over 164 runsSEC 144/2001120
J Hermann 46(36)AK Markram 2(4)BC Fortuin 3-0-28-0
15.60
BC Fortuin to J Hermann, no run
15.52
BC Fortuin to J Hermann, 2 runs
15.41
BC Fortuin to AK Markram, 1 run
15.31
BC Fortuin to J Hermann, 1 run
15.20
BC Fortuin to J Hermann, no run