- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR6.6 superb work on the fence, finally! Back of a length delivery on off stump that seems to hurry onto the batter. Mendis has a swipe at it but clogs it a touch. Rickelton judges the catch to perfection at deep mid wicket, takes it at the first go and then flicks it back to Linde as soon as he realises that he will step onto the boundary cushion! But has he managed to do so? The third umpire is having multiple looks at it before agreeing that the fielder has pulled it off successfully! 88/17.5 edged and taken! Back of a length delivery in the channel that might have nipped away ever so slightly. Jacks has a nibble at it without much foot movement and gets a feather through to the keeper. Smith is over the moon; Jacks is not very pleased with his stroke. Massive moment in the game! 94/28.4 Rashid gets Rossouw! Length delivery on middle and off stump that skids through. It looks like Rossouw has not picked it again and goes back to a ball he should have been forward to. He is nowhere close to the ball in the end as the ball smashes into the pads in front of middle and off stump. The umpire raises his finger, and Rossouw does not even bother with the review! That looked plumb! 94/317.2 picks out short fine leg to perfection! Another very full delivery outside off stump, and de Bruyn looks to repeat the stroke. This time, though, he cramps himself for room a touch and the fullness means he can't quite get under it. He arrows it straight to short fine leg, who makes no mistake! 157/69.5 what a ripper! And Archer brings out the Marcus Rashford (and Bukayo Saka from yesterday) celebration too! Length delivery angled into the batter on off stump. On pitching, though, this one snakes away and squares up the batter completely. Muthusamy dangles his bat out, more in hope than anything, and ends up feathering it through to the keeper! 100/414.1 500 T20 wickets for Rashid! Full and outside off stump. Fortuin, who has been feeling the pinch in the last few overs, has another wild hack at it. But he swings too hard and is nowhere close to the pitch of the ball either. He ends up dragging it onto his stumps. Take a bow, Rashid Khan! 132/517.5 Archer gets another! Slower delivery dug into the track on leg stump. Parnell looks to get inside the line and help it past short fine leg but ends up hitting it straight down the fielder's throat! MI Cape Town continue to chip away at the wickets! 159/719.4 Bosch bites the dust! Slower delivery on a back of a length outside off stump. Bosch continues swinging but he is again too early into the stroke. The ball skews up off the outside edge and swirls towards backward point. Rickelton calls early and completes the catch! 180/8Extras9 (b 1, lb 2, nb 1, w 5)TOTAL182/8 (20 Overs, RR: 9.1)Did not bat: A NortjeFall of wickets: 1-88 (Kusal Mendis, 6.6 ov), 2-94 (Will Jacks, 7.5 ov), 3-94 (Rilee Rossouw, 8.4 ov), 4-100 (Senuran Muthusamy, 9.5 ov), 5-132 (Clyde Fortuin, 14.1 ov), 6-157 (Theunis de Bruyn, 17.2 ov), 7-159 (Wayne Parnell, 17.5 ov), 8-180 (Eathan Bosch, 19.4 ov)
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSR12.4 Nortje breaks the game open, what a bowler! Nortje has been bowling thunderbolts all tournament but on this occasion, he brings out this canny leg-cutter that Brevis has no clue about. In fact, it is the last thing he is expecting and he is a week early into the stroke, eventually spooning it straight to extra cover. What a huge moment in this game! 101/32.4 soft dismissal! Back of a length delivery angled across outside off stump. Rickelton looks to work to leg but because the ball sticks in the surface, he ends up getting a tame leading edge that nestles into mid off's palms! Just the wicket the Capitals needed inside the powerplay! 18/17.2 knocks him over with an absolute peach! Given a bit of air on a length just outside off stump. Curran thinks he has enough width to work with and is shaping for the cut. The ball, though, pitches and spins back a mile, going past Curran's flailing bat and crashing into the stumps! Curran can't quite believe what has happened but he has to walk back! 54/216.1 huge appeal, and that looks very adjacent! Full delivery on middle and leg stump. van der Dussen walks across his stumps and then misses the ball altogether. The ball smashes into the pads and to the naked eye, it looks very out. van der Dussen, though, wants to have another look! . Nothing on Ultra Edge, and three reds on Ball Tracking! van der Dussen has to go! That pitched just in line but the Capitals will not care one bit! 124/614.3 skies it, and taken at long off! The Jacks gamble has worked! Given plenty of air on a length. Linde's eyes light up and he looks to go downtown. He is not to the pitch of the ball, though, and has to reach out for it, meaning that he slices it miles up into the air. Long off settles under it, and completes the catch! 116/415.3 taken at deep mid wicket! Flighted beautifully on middle and leg stump, and that length entices Roelofsen to have a go at it. Much like Linde, though, he is not close enough to the ball to generate the requisite power. In the end, he skies it towards deep mid wicket, where the fielder does the rest! 123/516.6 flattens off stump! Low full toss that hones in on off stump. Smith continues swinging like a rusty gate and much like the rest of his innings, he does not make any contact. The ball breezes past the bat and thunders into off stump! 127/717.1 Rashid bites the dust! Back of a length delivery outside off stump that hurries onto the batter. Rashid has an agricultural hack at it and is awfully late on the stroke. The ball spoons up off the leading edge and Bosch completes an easy catch at extra cover! 127/817.4 straight to mid off! Three for Nortje! Back of a length delivery outside off stump that rushes onto Archer. He tries to muscle it over mid off but because he can't complete his swing, he ends up hitting it straight down Parnell's throat! 129/918.1 that will be that! The Capitals win, and they pick up a bonus point! Full toss slanted into middle and off stump. It seems that Rabada is not expecting that length and is late on the stroke. The ball whistles past the bat and then leaves the stumps in an almighty mess! 130/10Extras11 (lb 3, w 8)TOTAL130 all out (18.1 Overs, RR: 7.15)Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Ryan Rickelton, 2.4 ov), 2-54 (Sam Curran, 7.2 ov), 3-101 (Dewald Brevis, 12.4 ov), 4-116 (George Linde, 14.3 ov), 5-123 (Grant Roelofsen, 15.3 ov), 6-124 (Rassie van der Dussen, 16.1 ov), 7-127 (Odean Smith, 16.6 ov), 8-127 (Rashid Khan, 17.1 ov), 9-129 (Jofra Archer, 17.4 ov), 10-130 (Kagiso Rabada, 18.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB E Bosch 4 0 34 1 8.50 10 4 1 1 0 WD Parnell 3.1 0 14 3 4.42 11 2 0 0 0 A Nortje 4 0 22 3 5.50 13 2 1 0 0 AU Rashid 4 0 37 2 9.25 11 2 3 2 0 JDS Neesham 2 0 11 0 5.50 4 0 0 1 0 WG Jacks 1 0 9 1 9.00 1 0 0 1 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
MI Cape Town , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
23 January 2023 - day/night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Pretoria Capitals 5, MI Cape Town 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 84 runs, 0 wicket)
- Pretoria Capitals: 50 runs in 3.6 overs (24 balls), Extras 1
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 24 balls (BKG Mendis 25, WG Jacks 27, Ex 1)
- WG Jacks: 50 off 19 balls (4 x 4, 5 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: Pretoria Capitals - 84/0 in 6.0 overs (BKG Mendis 27, WG Jacks 55)
- Relay Catch: Batter - Kusal Mendis, Catcher - George Linde, Relay Fielder - Ryan Rickleton
- Pretoria Capitals: 100 runs in 9.4 overs (58 balls), Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: Pretoria Capitals - 132/4 in 14.0 overs (TB de Bruyn 21, C Fortuin 11)
- Pretoria Capitals: 150 runs in 16.3 overs (100 balls), Extras 6
- Innings Break: Pretoria Capitals - 182/8 in 20.0 overs (JDS Neesham 22, AU Rashid 1)
- Over 3.6: Review by Pretoria Capitals (Bowling), Umpire - LB Gcuma, Batter - SM Curran (Struck down)
- MI Cape Town: 50 runs in 7.1 overs (43 balls), Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: MI Cape Town - 70/2 in 9.0 overs (D Brevis 30, HE van der Dussen 3)
- MI Cape Town: 100 runs in 12.1 overs (73 balls), Extras 5
- Strategic Timeout: MI Cape Town - 110/3 in 14.0 overs (HE van der Dussen 20, GF Linde 6)
- Over 16.1: Review by MI Cape Town (Batting), Umpire - A Paleker, Batter - HE van der Dussen (Struck down)
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