Player of the Match
Player of the Match

Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

RR Hendricks
RR Hendricks
59(37) 8x4 - 1x6
Control %78%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 28 runs
  • 3x4 - 1x6
1 14 3 17 2 4 2 16
HE van der Dussen
HE van der Dussen
43(33) 3x4 - 2x6
Control %66%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 16 runs
  • 2x4 - 1x6
5 4 5 0 3 5 3 18

Best performances - Bowlers

GF Linde
GF Linde
O4
M0
R15
W3
Eco3.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
AD Galiem
O4
M0
R24
W3
Eco6
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Scorer: Chandan Duorah | Commentator: Alan Gardner

END OF OVER:
20 | 13 Runs | PR: 139/9 (34 runs required, RR: 6.95)

  • Kwena Maphaka22 (19b)
  • Lungi Ngidi4 (5b)
  • Delano Potgieter1-0-13-0
  • Azmatullah Omarzai3-0-32-1

9.18pm: Let's hear from the players at the presentation, starting with Player of the Match Kagiso Rabada: "Joe Root's a fantastic player but I'm claiming that as a nick-off down leg. Every game I play I try my best, hopefully more often than not it comes off. [Mentoring younger bowlers?] I try to instill them with positivity and get them to back themselves. You want youngsters to be free and take pressure off them. I try to do that in whatever way."

Royals captain David Miller: "Very disappointed, the way the guys batted at the end was encouraging, the opening pair gave us a start but in the middle, it wasn't our greatest night. We'll have chat, it comes down to execution. The guys know what to do, we need to take risks at some stage but not our best night. We thought it was a par score and we could have chased it down. Needed someone to hang in there and make the right calls."

MICT's Rashid Khan: "Brilliant win, we haven't had many at home. So a special night. After the powerplay, the way they batted, it was brilliant from the bowlers. Something I love about this team is the hunger. That gives you something special as a captain. [Hendricks] So happy with the way he played, those are the expectations we have, a classical player setting it up for the big hitters. [Leaky opening over?] There were a few bad deliveries, but I found my area and tried my best to keep it there and keep the pressure on."

And that's a wrap from Newlands for tonight. Tomorrow is a double-header day, with Centurion and Durban hosting matches. Be sure to join us for those... Bye!

9.10pm: So that is a second win from three for MICT, and their first in front of the home crowd at Newlands. They go top of the early standings. Reeza Hendricks helped set the foundation with 59 off 37, before Kagiso Rabada's two wicket maidens in the powerplay derailed Royals after a fast start. George Linde claimed his best SA20 figures as the chase fell apart, although Mujeeb Ur Rahman and Kwena Maphaka did at least show enough moxy down the order to deny MICT the bonus point that was theirs for the taking

19.6
0
Potgieter to Maphaka, no run, length ball, goes for the reverse hit! Misses, and it's all over. MICT win by 33 runs!
19.5
1
Potgieter to Ngidi, 1 run, full and straight, clipped through mid-on
19.4
1
Potgieter to Maphaka, 1 run, pitched up and pushed through mid-off, easy does it. So MICT won't quite take all the spoils on offer tonight

MICT need three dots or a wicket now

19.3
4
Potgieter to Maphaka, FOUR, full, wide and slammed! Four more to Kwena the Wonder! Brings Royals level with the magic 137 mark
19.2
6
Potgieter to Maphaka, SIX, kaboomed over long-on! Maphaka brings Royals within a hit of denying MICT the bonus! Rashid was there himself going for the catch but couldn't hold it in his fingertips as he slid into the rope
19.1
1
Potgieter to Ngidi, 1 run, fullish outside off, chopped for a single

Delano Potgieter is to bowl the final over

Royals 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st38JE RootLG Pretorius
2nd15SR HainLG Pretorius
3rd7SR HainM Van Buuren
4th4DA MillerSR Hain
5th5AD GaliemSR Hain
6th9KD KarthikSR Hain
7th0KD KarthikBC Fortuin
8th3BC FortuinMujeeb Ur Rahman
9th42Mujeeb Ur RahmanKT Maphaka
10th16L NgidiKT Maphaka