- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.5 knocks him over! Excellent yorker just outside off. Roy sits deep in his crease, trying to carve it through extra cover. The ball, though, is too full and all he does is chop it back onto his stumps. Vital wicket, given how Roy had begun, and it is the captain who has provided the breakthrough! 42/15.5 Buttler perishes too! Dug into the track on middle and off, and this gets awfully big on Buttler. He is cramped for room as well and cannot keep his stroke down. Splices it and Ingram does brilliantly to swoop forward and snare the chance at mid wicket! 44/28.2 six and out! Another shortish delivery outside off, and this seems to keep just a smidgen low. Lubbe tries to repeat the stroke but the lack of bounce means that it clinks off the toe-end. Regulation catch for Muthusamy and he makes no mistake this time! 56/317.6 cleans him up with a corker! Sizzling yorker on middle and off, and Miller has no riposte ready. Tries to jam it out but by the time his bat comes down, the ball is past him. Hears the death rattle soon after, and that is a massive, massive moment in the game! 137/615.4 goes a mile up, and taken at deep mid wicket! Follows up the sharp bouncer with a slower ball, and it has the beating of van Buuren. He thinks he can tonk this into tomorrow but is way too early into the stroke. Drags it and Muthusamy gobbles up the chance, well inside the fence! 117/416.3 gone this time! Banged in short again, and the short-ball ploy does the trick. Hurries onto Allen and he is just about half-way into his swing when the ball thuds into the bat and loops up tamely to Neesham at extra cover. Allen is livid with himself, but he has been done in by Dupavillon's extra pace here! 125/519.4 Fortuin departs; Phehlukwayo remains off strike! Juicy full toss outside off that ought to have been smashed over extra cover. Fortuin had a swish at it but the bat face opened upon contact, spooning an easy catch to Neesham at extra cover! 155/7Extras8 (lb 3, nb 1, w 4)TOTAL160/7 (20 Overs, RR: 8)Fall of wickets: 1-42 (Jason Roy, 4.5 ov), 2-44 (Jos Buttler, 5.5 ov), 3-56 (Wihan Lubbe, 8.2 ov), 4-117 (Mitchell Van Buuren, 15.4 ov), 5-125 (Fabian Allen, 16.3 ov), 6-137 (David Miller, 17.6 ov), 7-155 (Bjorn Fortuin, 19.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB E Bosch 3 0 27 1 9.00 6 3 1 1 0 DM Dupavillon 4 0 29 2 7.25 13 3 1 2 1 C Bosch 4 0 35 2 8.75 9 6 0 0 0 JDS Neesham 2 0 14 1 7.00 5 1 0 1 0 WG Jacks 3 0 19 1 6.33 6 0 1 0 0 AU Rashid 4 0 33 0 8.25 6 2 1 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR10.5 another appeal, and this time it is given! Catch Shamsi if you can! Fizzed through full on leg stump, and this one skids along. Salt plants his front foot and then just plays all over it, getting pinned on the pads. Shamsi does his best celebrappeal impression and does not even wait for the umpire to raise his finger before embarking on his celebratory run. There appears to be no bat, and the ball has hit Salt flush on the back leg, right in front of leg stump. Three reds on Ball Tracking, and Salt is out of here! Enormous moment in the game! 84/41.3 Ngidi has his man! Hard length on middle and leg. Nips back again and hurries onto Jacks too. He tries to flick it away but ends up getting a faint inside edge that loops up off his thigh pad. Ngidi has his wits about him and snaffles it up on his follow-through! 18/14.2 edged and taken! Shortish outside off. de Bruyn, like he did in the last over, has a flat-footed waft at it. The ball moves away just enough to kiss the outside edge and nestle into Buttler's gloves. Loose stroke, and the Capitals are two down now! 39/29.2 smashed straight to deep backward square leg! Half-tracker outside off. Rossouw gives the bowler the charge and smacks the living daylights out of this one. The only problem, though, is that he hits it in the general vicinity of van Buuren, who times his jump and sends Rossouw back on his way! 78/314.1 a wild hack across the line, and that will be that for Ingram! Gives it plenty of air on a length outside off. Ingram fetches it from way outside the line and hacks at it. The ball skews up off the top edge. Lubbe calls early and completes the catch in the mid wicket region. The pressure finally got to Ingram, and the Royals are well on top now! 96/613.1 oh dear, Bosch has run himself out! Fabulous fielding by Fortuin! Hard length just outside off. Sticks in the surface and rolls off the splice towards cover. Bosch sets off immediately but he is always struggling to get there. Fortuin swoops to his right, picks it up one-handed and throws down the stumps at the bowler's end, catching Bosch just short of his ground! The Capitals lose another, and their run-chase is now flagging! 93/519.6 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! 133/7Extras5 (lb 2, nb 1, w 2)TOTAL133/7 (20 Overs, RR: 6.65)Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Will Jacks, 1.3 ov), 2-39 (Theunis de Bruyn, 4.2 ov), 3-78 (Rilee Rossouw, 9.2 ov), 4-84 (Phil Salt, 10.5 ov), 5-93 (Corbin Bosch, 13.1 ov), 6-96 (Colin Ingram, 14.1 ov), 7-133 (James Neesham, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB BC Fortuin 3 0 25 0 8.33 6 3 0 0 0 L Ngidi 4 0 23 1 5.75 15 1 2 0 0 OC McCoy 4 0 26 1 6.50 11 2 1 0 0 T Shamsi 4 0 22 1 5.50 11 0 1 1 1 AL Phehlukwayo 4 0 29 2 7.25 9 4 0 1 0 WJ Lubbe 1 0 6 1 6.00 2 0 0 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Pretoria Capitals , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Season
Match days
12 January 2024 - day/night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Paarl Royals 4, Pretoria Capitals 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 44 runs, 2 wickets)
- Paarl Royals: 50 runs in 7.6 overs (49 balls), Extras 5
- Strategic Timeout: Paarl Royals - 56/3 in 8.2 overs (DA Miller 3)
- Paarl Royals: 100 runs in 13.1 overs (80 balls), Extras 5
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 36 balls (DA Miller 24, M Van Buuren 27, Ex 0)
- Strategic Timeout: Paarl Royals - 117/4 in 15.4 overs (DA Miller 36)
- Paarl Royals: 150 runs in 18.5 overs (114 balls), Extras 7
- Innings Break: Paarl Royals - 160/7 in 20.0 overs (AL Phehlukwayo 28, L Ngidi 1)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 54 runs, 2 wickets)
- Over 1.4: Review by Paarl Royals (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - BM White, Batter - TB de Bruyn (Struck down)
- Pretoria Capitals: 50 runs in 5.4 overs (34 balls), Extras 1
- Strategic Timeout: Pretoria Capitals - 54/2 in 6.0 overs (PD Salt 31, RR Rossouw 12)
- Over 10.5: Review by Pretoria Capitals (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - BM White, Batter - PD Salt (Struck down)
- Pretoria Capitals: 100 runs in 14.5 overs (90 balls), Extras 4
- Strategic Timeout: Pretoria Capitals - 104/6 in 16.0 overs (JDS Neesham 3, E Bosch 6)
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