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SA20Match 20 · T20

Sunrisers Eastern Cape beat MI Cape Town by 4 runs

St George's Park, Gqeberha, . Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the toss and chose to bat.

MI Cape Town171/720 ov
Sunrisers Eastern Cape won by 4 runs
Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the title

Match report

From the scorecard

Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the toss and chose to bat. Sunrisers Eastern Cape made 175 for 6 in 20 overs, Tom Abell 60 from 44 balls and Aiden Markram 54 from 32 balls. Kagiso Rabada took 2 for 26.

MI Cape Town made 171 for 7 in 20 overs, Sam Curran 30 from 21 balls and Kieron Pollard 30 from 24 balls. Ottniel Baartman took 2 for 24.

Sunrisers Eastern Cape won by 4 runs.

Key performers

Sunrisers Eastern Cape innings

175/6(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Jordan Hermannb K Rabadab K Rabada240050.00
Dawid Malanc D Potgieter b TP Kaberc D Potgieter b TP Kaber18222081.82
Tom Abellc D Brevis b KA Pollardc D Brevis b KA Pollard604481136.36
Aiden Markramc KA Pollard b K Rabadac KA Pollard b K Rabada543222168.75
Tristan Stubbs †c HE van der Dussen b N Thusharac HE van der Dussen b N Thushara231311176.92
Patrick Krugernot outnot out3*300100.00
Marco Jansenc SM Curran b N Thusharac SM Curran b N Thushara120050.00
Extras(lb 3, w 11)(lb 3, w 11)14
Total20 Ov (RR 8.75)20 Ov (RR 8.75)175/6
Fall of wickets: 10-1 (J Hermann, 1.2 ov), 64-2 (DJ Malan, 8.5 ov), 127-3 (TB Abell, 14.4 ov), 169-4 (AK Markram, 18.5 ov), 173-5 (T Stubbs, 19.2 ov), 175-6 (M Jansen, 20 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Nuwan Thushara403228.0083030
Kagiso Rabada302628.6772100
George Linde402305.75113000
Kieron Pollard302618.6740120
Thomas Kaber3030110.0052200
Liam Livingstone201608.0031000
Sam Curran1019019.0002010
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stJ Hermann 2(4) & DJ Malan 5(4)108
2ndTB Abell 39(27) & DJ Malan 13(18)5445
3rdAK Markram 36(18) & TB Abell 21(17)6335
4thT Stubbs 21(11) & AK Markram 18(14)4225
5thPE Kruger 2(1) & T Stubbs 2(2)43
6thM Jansen 1(2) & PE Kruger 1(2)24

MI Cape Town innings

171/7(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Rassie van der Dussenrun out (TB Abell)run out (TB Abell)230066.67
Ryan Rickelton †c LA Dawson b M Jansenc LA Dawson b M Jansen272041135.00
Liam Livingstonec AK Markram b OEG Baartmanc AK Markram b OEG Baartman262212118.18
Sam Curranst †T Stubbs b LA Dawsonst †T Stubbs b LA Dawson302131142.86
Kieron Pollardrun out (†T Stubbs/M Jansen)run out (†T Stubbs/M Jansen)302430125.00
Dewald Brevisc †T Stubbs b OEG Baartmanc †T Stubbs b OEG Baartman261903136.84
Delano Potgieterc PE Kruger b DJ Worrallc PE Kruger b DJ Worrall490044.44
George Lindenot outnot out11*311366.67
Thomas Kabernot outnot out1*100100.00
Extras(b 1, lb 5, w 6, nb 2)(b 1, lb 5, w 6, nb 2)14
Total20 Ov (RR 8.55)20 Ov (RR 8.55) · Target 176 from 20 ov171/7
Fall of wickets: 10-1 (HE van der Dussen, 2 ov), 43-2 (RD Rickelton, 5.3 ov), 79-3 (LS Livingstone, 10 ov), 96-4 (SM Curran, 12 ov), 138-5 (D Brevis, 16.4 ov), 158-6 (D Potgieter, 19.1 ov), 170-7 (KA Pollard, 19.5 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Daniel Worrall403218.0092210
Aiden Markram10909.0032000
Marco Jansen403719.2593200
Ottniel Baartman402426.00101101
Liam Dawson402917.2592120
Simon Harmer2021010.5042110
Patrick Kruger1013013.0020111
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stHE van der Dussen 2(3) & RD Rickelton 8(9)1012
2ndRD Rickelton 19(11) & LS Livingstone 14(10)3321
3rdSM Curran 22(15) & LS Livingstone 12(12)3627
4thSM Curran 8(6) & KA Pollard 3(6)1712
5thD Brevis 26(19) & KA Pollard 12(10)4228
6thD Potgieter 4(9) & KA Pollard 14(7)2015
7thGF Linde 11(3) & KA Pollard 1(1)124
8thTP Kaber 1(1) & GF Linde 0(0)1*1

Commentary

End of innings: MCT 171/7 (20 ov)
End of over 2013 runs, 2 wktsMCT 171/7W641W1
TP Kaber 1(1)GF Linde 11(3)DJ Worrall 4-0-32-1
19.61
DJ Worrall to TP Kaber, 1 run
19.5W
DJ Worrall to KA Pollard, OUT
KA Pollard run out (†T Stubbs/M Jansen) 30(24) [4s-3 6s-0] · FoW 170/7 (19.5 ov)
19.41
DJ Worrall to GF Linde, 1 run
19.34
DJ Worrall to GF Linde, FOUR
19.26
DJ Worrall to GF Linde, SIX
19.1W
DJ Worrall to D Potgieter, OUT
D Potgieter c PE Kruger b DJ Worrall 4(9) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 158/6 (19.1 ov)
End of over 198 runsMCT 158/502Nb11112
KA Pollard 29(23)D Potgieter 4(8)OEG Baartman 4-0-24-2
18.62
OEG Baartman to KA Pollard, 2 runs
18.51
OEG Baartman to D Potgieter, 1 run
18.41
OEG Baartman to KA Pollard, 1 run
18.31
OEG Baartman to D Potgieter, 1 run
18.21
OEG Baartman to KA Pollard, 1 runFree hit
18.22Nb
OEG Baartman to D Potgieter, no ball, 1 bye
18.10
OEG Baartman to D Potgieter, no run
End of over 1811 runsMCT 150/5014420
KA Pollard 25(20)D Potgieter 2(4)M Jansen 4-0-37-1
17.60
M Jansen to KA Pollard, no run
17.52
M Jansen to KA Pollard, 2 runs
17.44
M Jansen to KA Pollard, FOUR
17.34
M Jansen to KA Pollard, FOUR
17.21
M Jansen to D Potgieter, 1 run
17.10
M Jansen to D Potgieter, no run
End of over 178 runs, 1 wktMCT 139/51Lb06W01
D Potgieter 1(2)KA Pollard 15(16)OEG Baartman 3-0-17-2
16.61
OEG Baartman to D Potgieter, 1 run
16.50
OEG Baartman to D Potgieter, no run
16.4W
OEG Baartman to D Brevis, OUT
D Brevis c †T Stubbs b OEG Baartman 26(19) [4s-0 6s-3] · FoW 138/5 (16.4 ov)
16.36
OEG Baartman to D Brevis, SIX
16.20
OEG Baartman to D Brevis, no run
16.11Lb
OEG Baartman to KA Pollard, 1 leg bye