- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.1 what a start! Angled approach, speared in at the pads, hits the seam and holds its line, Omarzai is committed to the leg-glance, the ball thuds into the closed face of his blade, deflects to the keeper, and DK rolls back the years with a full-stretch leap to his right! The ball actually bobbled out of his right glove, but nestled back in 31/112.2 ping, clean past the outside edge! Mujeeb's carrom-ball sticks in the pitch from over the wicket, grips and skids as Hendricks closes a bamboozled face, and he loses his off stump! 90/215.3 beaten for pace! Super bowling, faster, flatter, round-arm and fired in at the base of off, Linde looks to launch it over midwicket and hears the death rattle! 109/316.5 splats the stumps! Mujeeb's angle gets the better of Brevis' intentions, out of the front of the hand, grips just enough to straighten past the outside edge, and smash into middle and off 124/4Extras4 (b 1, lb 2, nb 1)TOTAL158/4 (20 Overs, RR: 7.9)Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Azmatullah Omarzai, 4.1 ov), 2-90 (Reeza Hendricks, 12.2 ov), 3-109 (George Linde, 15.3 ov), 4-124 (Dewald Brevis, 16.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB BC Fortuin 4 0 32 0 8 7 3 1 0 0 KT Maphaka 3 0 35 0 11.66 6 2 3 0 0 AD Galiem 2 0 20 1 10 3 1 1 0 1 Mujeeb Ur Rahman 4 0 27 2 6.75 9 1 1 0 0 DN Wellalage 4 0 17 0 4.25 9 0 0 0 0 JE Root 3 0 24 1 8 7 2 1 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR16.6 leading edge skews down to long-off as MIller looks to work leg side. Pretorius scampers back for two... but Rashid Khan's throw from the deep is a bullseye! Superb throw, and Pretorius is a long way short! The dive was a tired effort, with his bat in the wrong hand... but take nothing away from another superb innings from the 18-year-old 136/35.5 picks out short midwicket! Boult gets Root, and Ingram makes amends after his horror drop in the first over. Another knuckleball. Root loses his shape again looking to club leg-side, and it skews off the toe to present a simple catching chance. Vital wicket for MICT 50/112.4 nicks him off! Full legbreak, van Buuren pushes tentatively at it and can only snick it through to Esterhuzien. He takes an excellent catch after a significant deflection off the outside edge, and Rashid breaks the 51-run stand 101/218.4 another dead-eye run-out! Hard length, tucked off the hip into the leg side. Esterhuizen chases after it, slides on the edge of the ring as he takes his glove off, and throws down the stumps at the keeper's end with Karthik miles short of his ground on the dive! He's had a tough night with the gloves, but this is a brilliant moment without one of them... 154/4Extras4 (b 2, w 2)TOTAL159/4 (19 Overs, RR: 8.36)Fall of wickets: 1-50 (Joe Root, 5.5 ov), 2-101 (Mitchell Van Buuren, 12.4 ov), 3-136 (Lhuan-dre Pretorius, 16.6 ov), 4-154 (Dinesh Karthik, 18.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Azmatullah Omarzai 3 0 34 0 11.33 6 5 1 1 0 TA Boult 4 0 26 1 6.5 9 3 0 0 0 K Rabada 4 0 37 0 9.25 5 5 0 1 0 Rashid Khan 4 0 22 1 5.5 9 1 0 0 0 GF Linde 4 0 38 0 9.5 6 2 2 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Paarl Royals , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
17.30 start, First Session 17.30-19.00, Interval 19.00-19.20, Second Session 19.20-20.50
Match days
15 January 2025 - day/night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Paarl Royals 4, MI Cape Town 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 46 runs, 1 wicket)
- Over 3.4: Review by Paarl Royals (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - TC Mokorosi, Batter - HE van der Dussen (Struck down)
- Strategic Timeout: MI Cape Town - 46/1 in 6.0 overs (HE van der Dussen 26, RR Hendricks 5)
- MI Cape Town: 50 runs in 6.5 overs (42 balls), Extras 2
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 41 balls (HE van der Dussen 21, RR Hendricks 28, Ex 1)
- MI Cape Town: 100 runs in 14.2 overs (87 balls), Extras 2
- HE van der Dussen: 50 off 44 balls (3 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: MI Cape Town - 105/2 in 15.0 overs (HE van der Dussen 53, GF Linde 6)
- MI Cape Town: 150 runs in 18.6 overs (115 balls), Extras 4
- Innings Break: MI Cape Town - 158/4 in 20.0 overs (HE van der Dussen 91, D Potgieter 2)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 50 runs, 1 wicket)
- Paarl Royals: 50 runs in 5.4 overs (34 balls), Extras 2
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 34 balls (LG Pretorius 33, JE Root 15, Ex 2)
- Strategic Timeout: Paarl Royals - 56/1 in 7.0 overs (LG Pretorius 38, M Van Buuren 1)
- LG Pretorius: 50 off 34 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Paarl Royals: 100 runs in 12.1 overs (73 balls), Extras 2
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 38 balls (LG Pretorius 28, M Van Buuren 22, Ex 0)
- Over 12.2: Review by Paarl Royals (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - A Paleker, Batter - LG Pretorius (Upheld)
- Strategic Timeout: Paarl Royals - 106/2 in 14.0 overs (LG Pretorius 64, DA Miller 3)
- Paarl Royals: 150 runs in 18.2 overs (110 balls), Extras 4
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