TOSS: Sunrisers Eastern Cape chose to field.
“Sunrisers Eastern Cape won by 5 wickets”
Paarl Royals (20 overs maximum)
BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |
Jason Roy | b Markram | 6 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
Jos Buttler † | c Carse b Magala | 12 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 133.33 |
Corbin Bosch | c Jansen b van der Merwe | 20 | 29 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 68.96 |
Wihan Lubbe | b Carse | 28 | 21 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 133.33 |
Eoin Morgan | c Jansen b Carse | 2 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 |
David Miller (c) | c Cox b van der Merwe | 10 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 111.11 |
Evan Jones | c Cox b Markram | 11 | 11 | 14 | 100.00 | ||
Bjorn Fortuin | not out | 14 | 17 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 82.35 |
Codi Yusuf | not out | 12 | 13 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 92.30 |
TOTAL: 20 Ov (RR: 6.35) 127/7
Did not bat: Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Jos Buttler, 1.6 ov), 2-18 (Jason Roy, 2.3 ov), 3-58 (Wihan Lubbe, 7.4 ov), 4-62 (Eoin Morgan, 9.2 ov), 5-81 (David Miller, 12.2 ov), 6-92 (Corbin Bosch, 14.4 ov), 7-96 (Evan Jones, 15.5 ov)
BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
Ayabulela Gqamane | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12.00 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sisanda Magala | 4 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 3.75 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Aiden Markram | 4 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 5.25 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Marco Jansen | 3 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 6.33 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Roelof van der Merwe | 4 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 5.25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Brydon Carse | 4 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 7.25 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Paarl Royals innings
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 – 6.0 (Mandatory – 44 runs, 2 wickets)
- Over 1.4: Review by Paarl Royals (Batting), Umpire – BM White, Batter – JJ Roy (Upheld)
- Paarl Royals: 50 runs in 6.6 overs (42 balls), Extras 4
- Strategic Timeout: Paarl Royals – 62/3 in 9.0 overs (C Bosch 9, EJG Morgan 2)
- Strategic Timeout: Paarl Royals – 86/5 in 13.0 overs (C Bosch 19, E Jones 4)
- Paarl Royals: 100 runs in 16.4 overs (100 balls), Extras 5
- Over 18.1: Review by Sunrisers Eastern Cape (Bowling), Umpire – A Steenkamp, Batter – Codi Yusuf (Struck down)
- Innings Break: Paarl Royals – 127/7 in 20.0 overs (BC Fortuin 14, Codi Yusuf 12)
Sunrisers Eastern Cape (T: 128 runs from 20 overs)
BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |
Adam Rossington † | b Ngidi | 20 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 166.66 |
Jordan Hermann | c Shamsi b Fortuin | 43 | 39 | 61 | 3 | 2 | 110.25 |
Sarel Erwee | b Ngidi | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Aiden Markram (c) | b Fortuin | 23 | 23 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 100.00 |
Tristan Stubbs | not out | 18 | 12 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 150.00 |
Jordan Cox | b Fortuin | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
Marco Jansen | not out | 21 | 22 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 95.45 |
TOTAL: 18.2 Ov (RR: 7.14) 131/5
Did not bat: Ayabulela Gqamane, Roelof van der Merwe, Brydon Carse, Sisanda Magala
Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Adam Rossington, 3.4 ov), 2-35 (Sarel Erwee, 3.5 ov), 3-92 (Aiden Markram, 12.1 ov), 4-93 (Jordan Hermann, 12.4 ov), 5-93 (Jordan Cox, 12.5 ov)
BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
Bjorn Fortuin | 4 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 5.00 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lungi Ngidi | 4 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 7.75 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Codi Yusuf | 3.2 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 7.20 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tabraiz Shamsi | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 5.50 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Evan Jones | 3 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 10.66 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Sunrisers Eastern Cape innings
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 – 6.0 (Mandatory – 52 runs, 2 wickets)
- Sunrisers Eastern Cape: 50 runs in 5.4 overs (34 balls), Extras 2
- Strategic Timeout: Sunrisers Eastern Cape – 74/2 in 9.0 overs (J Hermann 33, AK Markram 17)
- Over 10.1: Review by Paarl Royals (Bowling), Umpire – A Steenkamp, Batter – AK Markram (Struck down – Umpires Call)
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 44 balls (J Hermann 24, AK Markram 22, Ex 4)
- Over 12.6: Review by Sunrisers Eastern Cape (Batting), Umpire – A Steenkamp, Batter – M Jansen (Upheld)
- Sunrisers Eastern Cape: 100 runs in 15.5 overs (95 balls), Extras 6
- Strategic Timeout: Sunrisers Eastern Cape – 102/5 in 16.0 overs (T Stubbs 5, M Jansen 5)
Presentation:
Player of the Match: Aiden Markram (c)(SEC) It lacked conviction. At the end of the day, it makes for entertaining watching. Happy to have won nonetheless. On these wickets, you need to give yourself some time. We’ll learn from this and take care to avoid making the same errors twice. It’s encouraging to see how much character the bowlers are displaying. I’m hoping they’ll keep going. I’m just trying to cram in a few overs here and there, and I hope everything works out. It’s wonderful to have those players on the team (Jansen and Stubbs), as they helped us cross the finish line tonight. You want such difficult situations.
David Miller(Paarl Royals): At the end of the day, it’s all about mentality since we didn’t score enough runs. But during the middle overs, we fought well. When you lose wickets in T20 matches, it is difficult. Although I believe the boys did a decent job, we didn’t do well enough today. Although the pitch sped up a little in the afternoon, it was slower in the morning. On Saturday, we need to have a better attitude. a significant weekend for us.
“Sunrisers Eastern Cape succeeds in crossing the finish line by five wickets. The Sunrisers made the proper choice in choosing to bowl first, and their bowlers made sure to make that choice matter. They never let the opposing batsman get comfortable at the crease and kept taking wickets at regular intervals. The Paarl Royals could only able to register a middling total of 127/7 thanks to their cunning bowling. Although Sunrisers lost 3 for 1 in Bjorn Fortuin’s first over, they eventually finished with 10 balls to spare to secure a rather convincing victory. Even though Fortuin and Lungi Ngidi both scored two goals in a row and the former was denied a hat-trick by the DRS, Jordan Hermann gave the chase a strong foundation, and Paarl Royals were always going to find it difficult to defend a score of 127″.