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Best performances - Batsmen

DA Miller
DA Miller
41(33) 4x4 - 0x6
Control %87%
  • Productive Shot
  • flick
  • 17 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
3 1 6 3 12 8 3 5
PD Salt
PD Salt
39(31) 3x4 - 2x6
Control %61%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 11 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
13 0 3 7 12 1 0 3

Best performances - Bowlers

DM Dupavillon
O4
M0
R29
W2
Eco7.25
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
AL Phehlukwayo
AL Phehlukwayo
O4
M0
R29
W2
Eco7.25
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
2W

Commentator: Shashwat Kumar

END OF OVER:
20 | 15 Runs 1 Wkt | PC: 133/7 (28 runs required, RR: 6.65)

  • Eathan Bosch16 (19b)
  • Andile Phehlukwayo4-0-29-2
  • Lungi Ngidi4-0-23-1

9:25pm Right. That is it from us for this game. Thank you for tuning in, and do join us tomorrow too. A double-header is in store, with MI Cape Town taking on Joburg Super Kings in the afternoon before the Sunrisers Eastern Cape clash with Durban's Super Giants. Until then, this is goodbye from me (Shashwat) and Chandan. Take care!

David Miller, Paarl Royals captain: It was a bit tight after the powerplay we had. The guys bowled really well nonetheless. A couple of edgy shots put us under pressure. The guys executed beautifully and it was a great finish. Really pleasing. (On their bowling unit) We have bolstered our bowling this year and we have a really good attack, confident of defending most scores. It is difficult to come in here and score from ball one, until it is in the powerplay. Anything 150-160 is a good score (here). This competition has grown from strength to strength, and it is nice to feel the buzz and the energy from the crowd. We always really enjoy that and appreciate it.

James Neesham, Pretoria Capitals captain: (On the pitch) Not an ideal surface but you cannot have belters every game. We did well to restrict them, thought it was a par score. They bowled brilliantly, especially in the middle and it was tough for new batters to get going. (On the Royals' attack) They picked a team that suits their home ground, so you expect them to bowl well. Lungi and the other guys bowled extremely well. (On the learnings from this game) You don't take too much out of a game like this. The surface will be different and we have a line-up that is suited to our surface. We have experience and it is a case of dusting ourselves off and getting ready for the next one. (On the preparation before today's game) We came out here yesterday, and the practice wickets were very similar. No excuses (as far as preparation is concerned). Nothing new coming up on a surface like this. Don't think it was a terrible surface. We are professionals and it is about adapting to each surface.

Andile Phehlukwayo is the Player of the Match, here is what he has to say: It was good, being out in the park, having not played in a while. Being out there was a bit emotional for me. The wicket was quite tough in the beginning. The partnership between David and Mitch was very important. When you are starting to get momentum and then a niggle happens, it is quite difficult. I have tried to work hard on my game, improve every single day and lucky enough to put up this performance for the team.

9:06pm A fairly comfortable win in the end for the Royals. They bowled clinically and even when they went for a few in the powerplay, they held their nerve. Phehlukwayo broke the Salt-Rossouw partnership, and that triggered a slide, with Salt perishing to Shamsi soon after. The Capitals just could not recover thereafter, and even though Neesham found the fence thrice in the final over, it was too late by then.

Speaking of Neesham, he will not be too best pleased with the way he or the rest of the batters batted. They were strangled by the spinners and by the pacers' change of pace, which undid the rollicking start they got. The Capitals will have to figure out a mechanism to tackle such conditions, given teams might now look to target them with spin.

19.6
W
Phehlukwayo to Neesham, OUT, taken at deep mid wicket, and the Paarl Royals win by 27 runs! Slower ball on a shortish length outside off. Neesham thinks he can reduce the margin of defeat further and has a swipe across the line. Gets decent contact but not enough to clear the fielder. A clinical bowling display, and the Royals have their first win of the season!

JDS Neesham c Allen b Phehlukwayo 21 (31m 18b 3x4 0x6) SR: 116.66

19.5
1
Phehlukwayo to E Bosch, 1 run, full outside off again. Bosch lays back in his crease and mows it towards long on
19.5
1w
Phehlukwayo to E Bosch, 1 wide, full and wide outside off. Too wide, in fact. Beyond the tramlines and some exercise for the umpire
19.4
1
Phehlukwayo to Neesham, 1 run, back of a length just outside off. Neesham goes deep into his crease and works it towards deep mid wicket
19.3
4
Phehlukwayo to Neesham, FOUR, three fours in a row! In the slot outside off. Neesham holds his shape nicely and pumps it over the bowler's head for another boundary!
19.2
4
Phehlukwayo to Neesham, FOUR, four more! Another slower ball on a back of a length outside off. Neesham lines it up and thrashes it to long off's left!

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Capitals 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st18PD SaltWG Jacks
2nd21TB de BruynPD Salt
3rd39RR RossouwPD Salt
4th6CA IngramPD Salt
5th9CA IngramC Bosch
6th3CA IngramJDS Neesham
7th37JDS NeeshamE Bosch