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Best performances - Batsmen

HE van der Dussen
HE van der Dussen
91(64) 5x4 - 5x6
Control %75%
  • Productive Shot
  • slog shot
  • 22 runs
  • 2x4 - 2x6
9 6 6 0 12 4 23 31
LG Pretorius
83(52) 8x4 - 3x6
Control %61%
  • Productive Shot
  • square drive
  • 14 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
7 16 5 3 12 24 11 5

Best performances - Bowlers

Mujeeb Ur Rahman
Mujeeb Ur Rahman
O4
M0
R27
W2
Eco6.75
RHB
OFFLEG
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
AD Galiem
O2
M0
R20
W1
Eco10
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH

Scorer: Chandan Duorah | Commentator: Matt Roller

END OF OVER:
19 | 13 Runs 1 Wkt | PR: 159/4 | RR: 8.36

  • David Miller24 (20b)
  • Andile Phehlukwayo1 (1b)
  • Kagiso Rabada4-0-37-0
  • Trent Boult4-0-26-1

9.10pm: That's your lot from us. Thanks as ever for tuning into our live ball-by-ball commentary, and we'll back for more SA20 action tomorrow.

David Miller: "Great performance from the team. To keep them to 158 was a great effort. The spinners did a stirling job. Wellalage did a great job coming in. [Pretorius?] Just the way he plays his shots. He's very free, and his hands are unbelievable. He's an extremely talented young man. Great to have him on our team. [Mujeeb?] Found his lengths really well, and bowling into the wind which helped the batters. Great to have a match-winner like him in our team. [Root at the death?] He's our death bowler now! I gave him the one over and it worked really well. I just felt it was the right call to bowl him all the way through. T20 changes a lot. We've seen in this tournament, you've got to finish the game. It's just about staying in the game as much as possible. It was a big game for us and we knew it. 2 out of 2 at home. Thanks to the supporters out here, we love playing in front of them."

Rashid Khan: "It was pretty close. A few catches dropped early which didn't let us back into the game. We were right there, but just short. I felt the way Rassie batted until the end was brilliant to see, but we were 10-15 short. When Rooty was bowling, we could have taken some chances. 170-175 was a good total to defend... I feel we had some chances in the field we let down which cost us. [Direct hit?] Something which I enjoy the most is fielding. I try to give 100% where I can."

9.03pm: Time for the presentation. Lhuan-dre Pretorius is the player of the match. "[Run-out?] Bat got stuck in the ground. It is what it is. Would have been nice to finish the game off, but we got over the line so I'm happy about that. [Changing room?] Buzzing inside, having a couple of drinks. Keen to join them! [Conditions?] A bit different, under lights this time around. At night it was skidding on a little bit which was nice for me. I think I adapted quite well. [Scrutiny after debut innings?] I'm just speaking to coach Sid about having clarity in my game."

Azfer: "Catches win matches, Pretorius dropped twice in the first over and he goes on to score 83 runs, what would have happened had they taken even just one of those catches?"

8.52pm: Clinical from Paarl Royals on their home ground. They loaded up on spin to restrict MI Cape Town to 158, which looked like a decent total on a tricky pitch. But Lhuan-dre Pretorius made them pay for two early drops before he had scored, clubbing 83 to set up a six-wicket win. They go third in the nascent points table, with their second home win out of two.

18.6
4
Rabada to Miller, FOUR, banged in short, pulled hard over square leg, and Royals win with an over to spare!
18.5
1
Rabada to Phehlukwayo, 1 run, full and straight, worked down to long-on

Phehlukwayo at No. 6.

18.4
W
Rabada to Karthik, 1 run, OUT, 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...

KD Karthik run out 10 (9m 6b 1x4 0x6) SR: 166.66

18.3
1
Rabada to Miller, 1 run, punched down to long-off... Paarl are a hit away

Single figures now.

18.2
4
Rabada to Miller, FOUR, strays onto the pads, swung away behind square leg! Angling in from around the wicket, but down the leg side, and Miller just helps it on its way
18.1
2b
Rabada to Miller, 2 byes, slower ball, cuts Miller in half but Esterhuizen fumbles! Not picked, very close to trimming leg stump, and a misfield by the keeper allows two free runs

13 off 12 is the equation... it should be a cruise from here.

Royals 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st50JE RootLG Pretorius
2nd51M Van BuurenLG Pretorius
3rd35DA MillerLG Pretorius
4th18KD KarthikDA Miller
5th5DA MillerAL Phehlukwayo