5.30pm That brings to the end of the inaugural SA20. It has been a successful tournament with full houses and a lot of cheer. There is a Women's T20 World Cup in South Africa to switch to. Thanks for joining us. Have a good one.
5.10pm Time for the presentation.
"I don't think we were given a chance," says Aiden Markram, the winning captain of Sunrisers Eastern Cape. "There was a lot of hanging in there. You can't create it. It is all about individuals and how much they care about the team. Who better than Roelof to motivate the team. With the small totals, we have to break the back up front, and Rossington is the right guy to do that. I do enjoy captaincy. Prior to this tournament, I hadn't done it in a while. When you have a great group of guys, it makes your job easier. The guys were desperate to win. The fans have been credible. That crowd at St George's Park is something else. This one is for them."
"It has been such a great tournament," says Wayne Parnell, captain of the runners-up side Pretoria Capitals. "A special day in domestic cricket in South Africa. Even though we beat SEC twice, we aways said they are a special team. We were 20-25 runs short. If we had 155-160, it would have been a better game. In the end it looks close, but with 135 if someone has a great hit in the powerplay, it is difficult to putt it back. In hindsight, probably would have bowled Nortje and Rashid earlier, but we needed 20 runs more. We have always wanted to be brave. We had one blowout game, but that can happen with any team. Everyone left their egos at the door, and bought into what we were trying to achieve."
Aiden Markram is the Player of the Tournament. Jos Buttler is the Batter of the Tournament, and Roelof van der Merwe is the Bowler of the Tournament.
Eathan Bosch is the Rising Young Star, the best uncapped under-25 South African in the tournament.
Roelof van der Merwe is the Player of the Match. "Unbelievable day," he says. "Can't for anything more. My age you never know what will be your last game so I give everything into every ball. There was help in the wicket. So looking back at what Rossington did, that is what won us the game. Still buzzing. Will sink in once we have the debrief in the change room."
4.50pm "I am drained and exhausted," Roelof van der Merwe says. "Ross took us close, and after that we were confident."
"Bit stressful at the end," says Marco Jansen. "But happy to take the team over the line. The plan was to just get bat on ball. After that over from Anna, I just thought let's get bat on ball. And if it is there, go for it. We didn't have the best starts, but after that game at Cape Town, everything sort of cliked. I don't think I can feel it now, maybe tomorrow I will reflect on this win."
4.45pm Sunrisers Eastern Cape are the first champions of the SA20. They lost twice to Pretoria Capitals in the league stages, but have won the final. They won the crucial toss, and then their spinners bowled beautifully to keep PC down to 135. Had they got to 155, which they looked good for, this would have been a very difficult chase. Rossington then killed it in the powerplay. Nortje and Rashid simply didn't have enough to play with by the time they started to bowl.
Neesham to bowl now
