5pm That will be all from us for this game. But don't go too far. The Joburg Super Kings are getting ready to lock horns with MI Cape Town, and you can follow all the action here. Until next time, this is goodbye from Chandan and myself. Take care!

Joe Root, Player of the Match: (On if he is enjoying his time in South Africa) I am. It is a great tournament, great to be a part and great to play some T20 cricket. Great to get across the line in a chase like that. Our middle order is full of experience. You have seen what Lhuan-dre can do at the top and we have experience throughout. When you have someone like him (Miller), with more than 500 games, that can only be a good thing (for the team). At this ground, you feel like you can chase anything. It was about not panicking. One of us was going to have a dip (in the powerplay) and get close to the run-rate.

David Miller, Paarl Royals captain: It takes the wind out of you when you concede 24 off the last over. We concentrated on playing good cricket shots and taking it deep. Anything is possible here and we proved it today. (On Hermann) Nice when it works out, very happy for the young man. He has shown a lot of interest off the field and great for him to come in and do so well first up. He (Root) is a solid performer. One of the best ever and I have formed a good relationship with him playing at Yorkshire. A calm head and steadies the ship really well. Nice to have him.

Rilee Rossouw, Pretoria Capitals captain: We knew it was going to be a decent wicket and credit has to go them. they batted so well and never gave us a chance. When there was a wicket, there was a partnership. Two experienced guys who know what to do and credit to the way they finished it. (On who he turns to for advice) Luckily, we have a lot of experience. Neesham, Jacks and Verreynne, who reads the game from behind the stumps. There are guys with cricket brains who I can always turn to. We were not probably up to our standard (in the field) and something we can look at and address. They played superbly well.

Our stats guy Namooh Shah tells me this is the second-highest aggregate in an SA20 fixture, only behind the 462 the Pretoria Capitals and MI Cape Town managed in 2024. The common thread? SuperSport Park.

4:42pm Wow. What a run-chase. At the half-way stage, it seemed the Royals had a mountain to climb. In fact, no team had ever scored these many to win a game of cricket in the SA20. Across 19.4 overs, though, the Royals smirked at that record and to be fair to them, they barely seemed to break into a sweat. Most of which was down to Root, who batted like a dream, with everything seemingly coming off the middle of his bat. Hermann, on debut, was just as impressive and carted the bowling to all parts, which laid the foundation for Miller to do what he does best.

The Capitals will feel they have let one go here. They had history on their side and they had plenty of runs on the board. But they just could not pick up wickets at the right junctures, especially after dismissing Lhuan-dre Pretorius off the first ball of the innings. Jacks was the only bowler to go at under nine runs per over, with Neesham, Muthusamy and van Vuuren, in particular, very expensive and lacking the sort of penetration that would have made the Royals feel the scoreboard pressure.

3 off 4. Would be fitting if Root hits the winning runs. Or is there a twist left in this tale? Around the wicket to Root too

Everyone in the ring is behind square (on both sides of the wicket)

So, it has come down to the last over. Just eight needed. Neesham to bowl. Miller on strike. Around the wicket. Proper box-office ending.

Verreynne is receiving treatment from the physio. Looks like he rolled his ankle over while trying to collect the throw, which caused the fumble and the subsequent over-throw

17 off 12. van Vuuren to bowl the 19th. The Royals might want to do a chunk of the damage this over

27 off 18. The Capitals need to break this partnership to make the rest of the chase nervy. Can Pretorius provide that breakthrough?

Chris: "If this past month has taught us anything its that there's still a place in t20 cricket for elite players like Joe Root and Steve Smith. "

40 off 24. Ten runs per over needed with eight wickets in hand and with two set batters at the crease. Royals' game to lose from here. Van Vuuren now. Over the wicket