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SA20Match 8 · T20

Sunrisers Eastern Cape beat MI Cape Town by 4 runs

Newlands, Cape Town, . Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the toss and chose to bat.

MI Cape Town198/520 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 202 for 2 in 20 overs, Jordan Hermann 106 not out from 62 balls and Dawid Malan 53 from 37 balls. Kieron Pollard took 2 for 22.

MI Cape Town made 198 for 5 in 20 overs, Ryan Rickelton 58 from 33 balls and Rassie van der Dussen 41 from 28 balls. Ottniel Baartman took 3 for 35.

Sunrisers Eastern Cape won by 4 runs.

Key performers

Sunrisers Eastern Cape innings

202/2(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Jordan Hermannnot outnot out106*6286170.97
Dawid Malanc & b KA Pollardc & b KA Pollard533743143.24
Aiden Markramc GF Linde b KA Pollardc GF Linde b KA Pollard191311146.15
Tristan Stubbs †not outnot out11*910122.22
Extras(lb 1, w 11, nb 1)(lb 1, w 11, nb 1)13
Total20 Ov (RR 10.10)20 Ov (RR 10.10)202/2
Fall of wickets: 138-1 (DJ Malan, 13.1 ov), 165-2 (AK Markram, 16 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Kagiso Rabada402907.25124040
Beuran Hendricks2020010.0052101
Liam Livingstone3040013.3373400
Sam Curran403809.5041210
George Linde2023011.5021140
Oli Stone2029014.5022210
Kieron Pollard302227.3341000
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stJ Hermann 75(43) & DJ Malan 53(37)13879
2ndAK Markram 19(13) & J Hermann 7(4)2717
3rdJ Hermann 24(15) & T Stubbs 11(9)37*24

MI Cape Town innings

198/5(20 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Rassie van der Dussenc PE Kruger b LA Dawsonc PE Kruger b LA Dawson412832146.43
Ryan Rickelton †c AK Markram b OEG Baartmanc AK Markram b OEG Baartman583325175.76
Dewald Brevisc M Jansen b OEG Baartmanc M Jansen b OEG Baartman891088.89
Sam Currannot outnot out37*2223168.18
Liam Livingstoneb OEG Baartmanb OEG Baartman240050.00
Kieron Pollardc M Jansen b DJ Worrallc M Jansen b DJ Worrall241912126.32
Connor Esterhuizennot outnot out11*601183.33
Extras(b 4, lb 1, w 11, nb 1)(b 4, lb 1, w 11, nb 1)17
Total20 Ov (RR 9.90)20 Ov (RR 9.90) · Target 203 from 20 ov198/5
Fall of wickets: 108-1 (RD Rickelton, 9.5 ov), 118-2 (HE van der Dussen, 11.3 ov), 122-3 (D Brevis, 12.1 ov), 124-4 (LS Livingstone, 12.5 ov), 177-5 (KA Pollard, 18.1 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Aiden Markram201407.0031010
Daniel Worrall4049112.2552410
Marco Jansen4043010.75102411
Liam Dawson403318.25112120
Simon Harmer201909.5021100
Ottniel Baartman403538.75101310
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stHE van der Dussen 40(26) & RD Rickelton 58(33)10859
2ndD Brevis 8(8) & HE van der Dussen 1(2)1010
3rdSM Curran 4(3) & D Brevis 0(1)44
4thLS Livingstone 2(4) & SM Curran 0(0)24
5thKA Pollard 24(19) & SM Curran 25(14)5332
6thC Esterhuizen 11(6) & SM Curran 8(5)21*11

Commentary

End of innings: MCT 198/5 (20 ov)
End of over 2010 runsMCT 198/5601Wd1Lb10
SM Curran 37(22)C Esterhuizen 11(6)OEG Baartman 4-0-35-3
19.60
OEG Baartman to SM Curran, no run
19.51
OEG Baartman to C Esterhuizen, 1 run
19.41Lb
OEG Baartman to SM Curran, 1 leg bye
19.4Wd
OEG Baartman to SM Curran, wide
19.31
OEG Baartman to C Esterhuizen, 1 run
19.20
OEG Baartman to C Esterhuizen, no run
19.16
OEG Baartman to C Esterhuizen, SIX
End of over 1911 runs, 1 wktMCT 188/5W21206
SM Curran 37(20)C Esterhuizen 3(2)DJ Worrall 4-0-49-1
18.66
DJ Worrall to SM Curran, SIX
18.50
DJ Worrall to SM Curran, no run
18.42
DJ Worrall to SM Curran, 2 runs
18.31
DJ Worrall to C Esterhuizen, 1 run
18.22
DJ Worrall to C Esterhuizen, 2 runs
18.1W
DJ Worrall to KA Pollard, OUT
KA Pollard c M Jansen b DJ Worrall 24(19) [4s-1 6s-2] · FoW 177/5 (18.1 ov)
End of over 1812 runsMCT 177/4006141
KA Pollard 24(18)SM Curran 29(17)M Jansen 4-0-43-0
17.61
M Jansen to KA Pollard, 1 run
17.54
M Jansen to KA Pollard, FOUR
17.41
M Jansen to SM Curran, 1 run
17.36
M Jansen to SM Curran, SIX
17.20
M Jansen to SM Curran, no run
17.10
M Jansen to SM Curran, no run
End of over 1714 runsMCT 165/4614111
SM Curran 22(13)KA Pollard 19(16)OEG Baartman 3-0-26-3
16.61
OEG Baartman to SM Curran, 1 run
16.51
OEG Baartman to KA Pollard, 1 run
16.41
OEG Baartman to SM Curran, 1 run
16.34
OEG Baartman to SM Curran, FOUR
16.21
OEG Baartman to KA Pollard, 1 run
16.16
OEG Baartman to KA Pollard, SIX