Paarl Royals Vs Pretoria Capitals 18th Match 22 January 2023

18th T20 • Boland Park • Paarl

Pretoria Capitals

158/6 (20)

Paarl Royals

162/4 (19.4)

PR won by 6 wickets

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Pretoria Capitals

158/6 (20)

Batters

Kusal Mendis

142.31

c D Miller b T Shamsi

Will Jacks

133.33

lbw b BC Fortuin

Theunis de Bruyn

112.77

c W Lubbe b FD Adams

Rilee Rossouw

146.15

b FD Adams

Shane Dadswell

40.00

c D Miller b E Jones

Jimmy Neesham

123.53

Not out

Eathan Bosch

62.50

c J Buttler b L Ngidi

Wayne Parnell

250.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 2, NB: 1, W: 9)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.9)

158/6

Did not Bat

Senuran Muthusamy, Adil Rashid, Anrich Nortje

Bowlers

EXT

8.00

4.75

8.33

7.25

9.50

13.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Will Jacks

lbw b BC Fortuin

1-5

0.6

Kusal Mendis

c D Miller b T Shamsi

2-57

7.2

Rilee Rossouw

b FD Adams

3-85

10.5

Shane Dadswell

c D Miller b E Jones

4-91

12.1

Theunis de Bruyn

c W Lubbe b FD Adams

5-135

17.1

Eathan Bosch

c J Buttler b L Ngidi

6-145

18.6

Paarl Royals

162/4 (19.4)

Batters

Jason Roy

131.25

b E Bosch

Wihan Lubbe

131.82

c K Mendis b A Rashid

Jos Buttler

132.14

b WG Jacks

Dane Vilas

92.31

c J Neesham b WG Jacks

David Miller

200.00

Not out

Mitchell Van Buuren *

91.67

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 6, NB: 0, W: 7)

TOTAL

(19.4 Ov, RR: 8.24)

162/4

Did not Bat

Evan Jones, Ferisco Adams, Bjorn Fortuin, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi

Bowlers

EXT

Anrich Nortje

3.4

9.00

6.50

7.67

8.50

7.00

8.00

8.67

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Jason Roy

b E Bosch

1-48

5.5

Wihan Lubbe

c K Mendis b A Rashid

2-54

6.6

Dane Vilas

c J Neesham b WG Jacks

3-119

15.1

Jos Buttler

b WG Jacks

4-120

15.3

Match Info

Date & Time

22 Jan, 05:00 PM IST

Venue

Boland Park, Paarl

Match

18th T20,

SA20

Umpires

Bongani Jele (South Africa), Stephen Harris (South Africa), Lubabalo Gcuma (South Africa, TV)

Referee

Barry Lambson (South Africa)

Toss

Pretoria Capitals elected to bat

Commentary

That's all from us then! We hope you enjoyed our coverage of this SA 20 game between Paarl Royals and the Pretoria Capitals. This is Soumarya Dutta, signing off on behalf of my co-commentator Srivathsa. See you soon.

Pretoria Capitals 162/4 in 19.2 overs
Jos Buttler 37(28) | Will Jacks 2/7
David Miller 29* (14) | Adil Rashid 1/26

We've had yet another thriller at the Boland Park here and the home team have clinched it with 2 balls to spare! Skipper David Miller held his nerve in the end and got the Royals over the line to give them a much needed win. The chase began well for Paarl as Jason Roy and Wihan Lubbe made use of the powerplay and got the runs early on. However the Pretoria Capitals came back well to get the wicket of Roy and Lubbe and build up the pressure on the batting side.

Jos Buttler and the veteran Dane Vilas took things into their own hands from there and stitched together a really important partnership. As long as those two were there the chase was looking quite easy for the Royals but Will Jacks bowled an incredible over to get both Vilas and Buttler and the pressure was back on the batting side. In the end, David Miller used all his experience and used his explosive hitting to see Paarl through.

The Pretoria bowlers failed to capitalize on the key moments and just didn't get the wickets at the right times! Their premier fast bowlers Anrich Nortje and skipper Wayne Parnell weren't too impressive and it was all down to the spinners. Rashid was miserly as ever and Will Jacks proved to be an inspired bowling change. However they didn't really get their game plan to David Miller right towards the end and didn't use the slower balls as they should have.

In the end it turned out to be yet another last over thriller and the Paarl Royals prevailed over the Capitals much to the joy of the home crowd. The Royals will get some much needed boost with this win and it will help them to get back into the top 4. They will be moving onto faster wickets from here on and it should suit their game.

Paarl Royals win by 6 wickets!

20.0

19.4 Anrich Nortje to Mitchell van Buuren, FOUR! Paarl win. A low full-toss on the stumps, driven wide of backward point and it races away, Nortje missed the yorker and van Buuren put it away

19.3 Anrich Nortje to David Miller, yorker outside off, carved to sweeper cover and the scores level now

Back to back fours for Miller and the crowd have gone berserk here! They can sense that the victory is just a formality from here now.

19.2 Anrich Nortje to David Miller, FOUR! That should be the game. Very full on the stumps, Miller gets a fat inside-edge, wide of short fine-leg and runs away. Just 2 needed off 4 now

19.1 Anrich Nortje to David Miller, FOUR! What a shot that is, Nortje misses the yorker, full just outside off, Miller stays back and thwacks it over extra-cover, races away

Right then! Miller refused the single of the last ball of the penultimate over there and we're going into the final over. 10 runs are needed for the Royals now and it's going to be Nortje vs Miller!

overs

150 /4 score

runs

Mitchell Van Buuren *

8 (11)

David Miller

20 (11)

Wayne Parnell

0 /26

18.6 Wayne Parnell to Mitchell van Buuren, flicked to fine-leg and Miller asks van Buuren to go back. He wants the strike

18.5 Wayne Parnell to David Miller, Parnell follows Miller outside leg, he flicks and misses, takes a legbye

18.4 Wayne Parnell to David Miller, low full-toss on the pads, flicked to deep mid-wicket and again van Buuren comes back for a quick second

18.3 Wayne Parnell to David Miller, short on the stumps, Miller inside-edges the pull to fine-leg and comes back for a couple

Miller has broken the shackles here with a much needed boundary and that will release the pressure on the Royals now! The crowd are getting behind the home team now.

18.2 Wayne Parnell to David Miller, good length on the stumps, Miller makes room and drives between extra-cover and mid-off, crucial FOUR!

18.1 Wayne Parnell to Mitchell van Buuren, what a yorker that is, just misses off-stump as it takes the bottom-edge of van Buuren

Wayne Parnell [2.0-0-14-0] back into the attack.

Nortje was exceptional under pressure in that over! He attacked the youngster Van Buuren and didn't allow him to rotate the strike. The game is back in balance now.

overs

139 /4 score

2lb

1lb

runs

Mitchell Van Buuren *

6 (9)

David Miller

11 (7)

Anrich Nortje

0 /20