smashed on to the grass banks at cow corner, 97m six to finish! Sunrisers win by five wickets, and go second on the SA20 table - having been bottom yesterday morning!
Royals vs Eastern Cape, 14th Match at Paarl, SA20, Jan 19 2023 - Match Result
Eastern Cape won by 5 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)
8.55pm: It wasn't without a few nerves, as Sunrisers lost 3 for 1 inside a single over from Bjorn Fortuin, but in the end they get home for a pretty comprehensive win with 10 balls to spare. Jordan Hermann gave the chase a solid base and Paarl Royals were always going to struggle to defend a score of 127, despite Fortuin and Lungi Ngidi both picking up two in two - the former only denied a hat-trick by the DRS. Anyway, that's a wrap from Boland Park tonight, but there's still some live action in today's round-the-clock T20 schedule, SA Women looking to chase 148 against India over in East London. We'll be back for more, more, more tomorrow. Bye!
slapped through mid-off! Jansen moves the front leg out of the way and batters it back past the man in the circle for his first boundary
Yusuf to bowl out, seven runs needed
short ball, up around the ribs but Stubbs rides it, swats two wide of fine leg
length angling in on leg stump, Jansen tucks it through square for one more
length on the stumps, worked through square leg
Stubbs is off his feet, clattered over long-on! Roy was a long way in off the rope, but Stubbs mashed a baseball slog flat and hard all the way regardless! That'll settle nerves in the orange dugout
slower ball, dipping on leg stump and tickled into the leg side. They push hard and easily get back for two
pitched up wide of off, Jansen bludgeons one towards long-on
Jones for his final over, the requirement is 20 off 18. Forecaster still thinks it's a done deal, 92% for Sunrisers
full on leg stump, skimmed off the inside half of the bat straight to short fine. Just a single to finish
pitched up straight, heaved away leg side and into the gap for a couple
bouncer, looping through as the Sunrisers' hightower allrounder ducks it
fired in straight, worked through midwicket
flung full in the channel, Jansen stretches out those go-go Gadget arms and drives to cover, they steal one more
pitched up on middle and leg, dinked back through mid-on
Sunrisers need 26 from 24 balls, Yusuf to bowl
Another strategy break... oh, the tension!
length ball, clubbed into the gap between deep midwicket and long-on. They'll get back for two
banged in back of a length outside off, Stubbs chops one out to deep point
Sky: "Early days, but Fortuin is turning out to be the find of the tournament. Done some amazing bowling in previous games, then 3 wickets and an almost hattrick in one over here, and then he bowls a maiden while two of the opposition's most explosive batters are at the crease. Absolutely wild!" He's been around the SA T20 team, but is certainly enjoying this new comp
into the pitch, flicked away through square leg for a single
back of a length, Jansen prods nervously to the on side where Jones fields again off his own bowling
pace off again, comes out as a low full toss. Worked into the leg side
pitched up, slower delivery and Stubbs pokes it back. Fielded athletically in his follow through by Jones for another dot
For the first time since the first over or two, the RRR is above a run a ball. Evan Jones to bowl
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1W | 1W | |||
Boland Park, Paarl | |
Toss | Sunrisers Eastern Cape, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2022/23 |
Player Of The Match | |
Match days | 19 January 2023 - daynight (20-over match) |
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TV Umpire | |
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Match Referee | |
Points | Sunrisers Eastern Cape 4, Paarl Royals 0 |
Over 19 • SEC 131/5
Eastern Cape won by 5 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)