- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR10.2 full around off. Rickelton backs away and looks to hit it over extra cover. Instead he ends up hitting it towards long-on where Owen leaps and takes it with both hands 93/29.2 short of length, a slower one. Van der Dussen backs away and looks to go flat-bat. But the ball hits high on the blade and lobs towards mid-off where Miller takes an easy catch 87/110.4 full on the stumps. Atal goes for a reverse sweep but misses. An appeal for lbw but denied. Karthik caught the ball and appealed for the catch. Denied again. But Royals have reviewed it. And the replay shows there was an under edge onto the right shoe and the ball lobbed up straight. And it was an easy chance for Karthik 93/314.6 a soft dismissal. A length ball around off. Linde was looking to go down the ground but ends up chipping back to the bowler. Think it came slower off the wicket 125/4Extras13 (lb 1, nb 2, w 10)TOTAL199/4 (20 Overs, RR: 9.95)Fall of wickets: 1-87 (Rassie van der Dussen, 9.2 ov), 2-93 (Ryan Rickelton, 10.2 ov), 3-93 (Sediqullah Atal, 10.4 ov), 4-125 (George Linde, 14.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB BC Fortuin 4 0 44 1 11 8 1 5 0 0 KT Maphaka 4 0 49 0 12.25 7 4 1 2 0 Mujeeb Ur Rahman 4 0 25 0 6.25 11 2 1 0 0 DN Wellalage 4 0 23 2 5.75 11 0 1 0 0 MJ Owen 1.5 0 29 0 15.81 2 3 2 0 0 AD Galiem 2.1 0 28 1 12.92 3 1 2 0 2
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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.1 and he strikes straight away. Not a great ball but it was wide outside off from around the wicket. Pretorius went after it, got a thick outside edge that flew to Rickelton's right. He dived across and pouched it with both hands 21/12.1 short ball, an offcutter. Owen goes for the pull but doesn't get the required distance and ends up hitting it into the hands of deep midwicket 23/24.2 hard length from around the wicket. Hermann goes for the pull but gets a top edge and Boult at mid-on pouches a straightforward catch, fingers pointing upwards. Royals 33 for 3 33/36.4 a length ball outside off. Cuts it through point. Bosch dives to his right to make the stop and then fires in a throw to the keeper. Not the most accurate of the throws but think Galiem was a bit casual and is run out by quite some distance 48/49.6 bowled 'im! And with that, Rashid has the most wickets in T20s. Was a length ball that turned in to cramp Wellalage and shatter his stumps 81/513.6 full and wide outside off. Miller looks to go big again. Goes for the slog sweep but doesn't middle it. A regulation catch for Brevis at deep midwicket 116/616.2 short of length. Karthik goes for the pull but the extra bounce means it hit him high on the bat. Deep midwicket runs in to take the catch. Guess that's the end of Royals' hopes. By the way, it was a 23-yarder from Rashid 138/718.2 full around off. Phehlukwayo goes aerial but ends up hitting it straight up, miles into the air. Rickelton settles under it and pouches 151/917.2 a length ball around off. Mujeeb looks to go big but ends up slicing it towards extra cover, where substitute Ingram runs forward and completes the catch with a slide 147/819.4 a slower one, full around off. Fortuin goes aerial but it doesn't have enough legs on it. Rashid pedals back from mid-off and takes the catch 160/10Extras11 (lb 3, nb 3, w 5)TOTAL160 all out (19.4 Overs, RR: 8.13)Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Lhuan-dre Pretorius, 1.1 ov), 2-23 (Mitchell Owen, 2.1 ov), 3-33 (Rubin Hermann, 4.2 ov), 4-48 (Dayyaan Galiem, 6.4 ov), 5-81 (Dunith Wellalage, 9.6 ov), 6-116 (David Miller, 13.6 ov), 7-138 (Dinesh Karthik, 16.2 ov), 8-147 (Mujeeb Ur Rahman, 17.2 ov), 9-151 (Andile Phehlukwayo, 18.2 ov), 10-160 (Bjorn Fortuin, 19.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB TA Boult 4 0 38 2 9.5 10 4 2 0 0 K Rabada 4 0 18 2 4.5 14 1 0 2 2 C Bosch 3.4 0 34 2 9.27 10 6 0 3 0 GF Linde 4 0 34 1 8.5 10 2 2 0 1 Rashid Khan 4 0 33 2 8.25 11 5 1 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Paarl Royals , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Series result
MI Cape Town advanced
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
4 February 2025 - day/night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 66 runs, 0 wicket)
- MI Cape Town: 50 runs in 4.4 overs (28 balls), Extras 5
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 28 balls (RD Rickelton 25, HE van der Dussen 20, Ex 5)
- Strategic Timeout: MI Cape Town - 66/0 in 6.0 overs (RD Rickelton 30, HE van der Dussen 31)
- Over 10.4: Review by Paarl Royals (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - A Paleker, Batter - Sediqullah Atal (Upheld)
- MI Cape Town: 100 runs in 12.3 overs (75 balls), Extras 6
- Strategic Timeout: MI Cape Town - 111/3 in 14.0 overs (D Brevis 8, GF Linde 13)
- MI Cape Town: 150 runs in 17.3 overs (106 balls), Extras 7
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 24 balls (D Brevis 26, D Potgieter 22, Ex 2)
- Innings Break: MI Cape Town - 199/4 in 20.0 overs (D Brevis 44, D Potgieter 32)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 45 runs, 3 wickets)
- Paarl Royals: 50 runs in 6.6 overs (42 balls), Extras 3
- Strategic Timeout: Paarl Royals - 74/4 in 9.0 overs (DN Wellalage 15, DA Miller 19)
- Over 10.5: Review by MI Cape Town (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - BP Jele, Batter - KD Karthik (Struck down)
- Paarl Royals: 100 runs in 12.5 overs (79 balls), Extras 8
- Over 12.5: Review by MI Cape Town (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - BP Jele, Batter - KD Karthik (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Strategic Timeout: Paarl Royals - 116/6 in 14.0 overs (KD Karthik 11)
- Strategic Timeout: Paarl Royals - 137/6 in 16.0 overs (KD Karthik 31, AL Phehlukwayo 1)
- Paarl Royals: 150 runs in 17.6 overs (111 balls), Extras 10
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