Pretoria Capitals Vs Paarl Royals 12th Match 18 January 2025

12th T20 • SuperSport Park • Centurion

Pretoria Capitals

212/5 (20)

Paarl Royals

213/2 (19.4)

PR won by 8 wickets

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Date & Time

18 Jan, 04:30 PM IST

Venue

SuperSport Park, Centurion

Match

12th T20,

SA20

Umpires

James Middlebrook (England), Stephen Harris (South Africa), Bongani Jele (South Africa, TV)

Referee

Gerrie Pienaar (South Africa)

Toss

Pretoria Capitals elected to bat

Pitch Report

A lot drier surface. It has a bit of a mosaic effect and there is some grass. There is a tinge of green on it. Eight games have been won batting first, three of them batting second. The average score is 190 here batting first. No doubts, should bat first here with no rain today

1st Innings

167Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

143.67Avg SR

2nd Innings

146Avg Runs

5Avg Wkts

142.11Avg SR

Weather Update

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

2- 3

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Pretoria Capitals

Paarl Royals

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Lhuan-dre Pretorius

PR . WK

206 Runs

3 Matches

Will Jacks

PC . BAT

106 Runs

4 Matches

Joe Root

PR . BAT

103 Runs

3 Matches

Top Bowlers

Senuran Muthusamy

PC . ALL

5 Wkts

4 Matches

Mujeeb Ur Rahman

PR . BOWL

5 Wkts

3 Matches

Dayyaan Galiem

PR . ALL

4 Wkts

3 Matches

Player of the Match Joe Root

92(60)

0/10

Info

Pretoria Capitals

212/5 (20)

Batters

Will Jacks

112.50

c Maphaka b Malinga

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

144.83

b Rahman

Will Smeed

158.82

c Van Buuren b Galiem

Kyle Verreynne

195.65

lbw b Galiem

Rilee Rossouw

155.56

c Ngidi b Rahman

Jimmy Neesham

215.38

Not out

Marques Ackerman

120.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 8, NB: 1, W: 5)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 10.6)

212/5

Did not Bat

Senuran Muthusamy, Migael Pretorius, Eathan Bosch, Tiaan van Vuuren

Bowlers

EXT

Lungisani Ngidi

12.33

Kwena Maphaka

10.25

Eshan Malinga

11.75

Dayyaan Galiem

10.25

Mujeeb-ur-Rahman

7.00

Joe Root

10.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Will Jacks

c Maphaka b Malinga

1-18

2.1

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

b Rahman

2-94

9.6

Will Smeed

c Van Buuren b Galiem

3-133

13.2

Rilee Rossouw

c Ngidi b Rahman

4-164

16.3

Kyle Verreynne

lbw b Galiem

5-176

17.4

Paarl Royals

213/2 (19.4)

Batters

Lhuan dre Pretorius

0.00

c & b Jacks

Joe Root

153.33

Not out

Rubin Hermann

169.70

c Ackerman b Neesham

David Miller

200.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 7, NB: 0, W: 10)

TOTAL

(19.4 Ov, RR: 10.83)

213/2

Did not Bat

Mitchell Van Buuren, Dinesh Karthik, Dayyaan Galiem, Mujeeb-ur-Rahman, Eshan Malinga, Kwena Maphaka, Lungisani Ngidi

Bowlers

EXT

Will Jacks

8.25

Eathan Bosch

9.00

Migael Pretorius

9.67

Tiaan van Vuuren

12.75

Senuran Muthusamy

13.00

Jimmy Neesham

3.4

10.91

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Lhuan dre Pretorius

c & b Jacks

1-0

0.1

Rubin Hermann

c Ackerman b Neesham

2-125

11.4

Match Info

Date & Time

18 Jan, 04:30 PM IST

Venue

SuperSport Park, Centurion

Match

12th T20,

SA20

Umpires

James Middlebrook (England), Stephen Harris (South Africa), Bongani Jele (South Africa, TV)

Referee

Gerrie Pienaar (South Africa)

Toss

Pretoria Capitals elected to bat

1 4 1 4 2 1

Over 17

Runs: 13

2 1 2 4 1 0

Over 18

Runs: 10

3 0 2 0 4 0

Over 19

Runs: 9

4 1 1 2

Over 20

Runs: 8

All Overs

Player of the Match Joe Root

92(60)

0/10

Commentary

And that'll be it! The Paarl Royals go up to the top of the table but their stay there might be short-lived as we have our second match of the day coming up. Switch tabs to catch all the live action from MI Cape Town vs Joburg Super Kings! Until then, this is Maanas and Lavil signing off.

David Miller (Paarl Royals captain): I thought it was a really good wicket. The last over was really unlucky for us but it takes the wind out of you if you take 24 runs off the last over. We wanted to take it as deep as possible and here anything is possible. Tactical changes and nice when it works out.

Rilee Rossouw (Pretoria Capitals captain): We knew it would be a decent wicket. Credit to the Royals, they never gave us the chance. Two experienced players - they finished it. In our team we have a lot of experience. These guys have the cricket brains that I can always turn to. We weren't up to the standards and it's something we can definitely address. They played superbly well. That is cricket.

Joe Root is the Player of the Match for his unbeaten knock of 92 runs!

Here's what he had to say:

It's a great tournament, it's great to have the opportunity to play here. (On batting with Miller) Our middle order is full of experience. We can bounce off each other. He's gone on and won games so many times from those positions. I just got down with the mindset that we can chase. It was not about panicking. Build in the powerplay and get ahead on the run-rate and try and stay in control of the chase. You can chase anything here.

Paarl Royals 213/2 (19.4) beat Pretoria Capitals 212/5 (20) by 8 wickets (2 balls to spare)

Will Smeed 54(34) | Kyle Verreynne 45 (23) | Mujeeb ur Rahman 2-28(4)

Joe Root 92*(60) | Rubin Hermann 56(33) | David Miller 48*(24)

The Paarl Royals get over the line in the end, quite a dramatic finish but they have paced the chase pretty well. They will not be taking the bonus point from this match but will certainly be content with the four points that they will take away from this match, and the record of the BIGGEST CHASE IN SA20 HISTORY!

It didn't start in the best of manners for the Royals, with their hard-hitting opener Lhuan-dre Pretorius chipping one back to Jacks right off the first delivery of the innings. However, from then on it was the Royals all along.

Joe Root notched up a sensational half-century and anchored the innings, while Rubin Hermann's quick-fire fifty gave them a boost in the middle overs when the field got spread out.

Desperate for a wicket, the Capitals' skipper tossed the ball to Jimmy Neesham, who broke the 125-run partnership, using his variations to good effect. However, it was the Royals' skipper David Miller who came to the crease and started firing right from the get-go.

The Capitals' bowlers had a poor outing today and apart from perhaps Will Jacks, the others didn't have anything to write home about. Tiaan van Vuuren bowled a terrific penultimate over and kept the Capitals in the game but there were just not enough to defend. The Capitals will be disappointed with this performance today while the Royals make their way to the top of the table with this win!

19.4 Jimmy Neesham to David Miller, DROPPED! BUT MILLER WINS IT FOR THE ROYALS! Joy and celebration for Miller, agony for Ackerman. Length delivery outside the off stump, Miller hadn't timed that one nicely and "catch" was the wall when it was high in the air. Marques Ackerman was under that one but he shells it and that allows the pair to take a brace and end the game. Paarl Royals beat Pretoria Capitals by 8 wickets.

19.3 Jimmy Neesham to Joe Root, full and on the off stump. Root pushes it down to mid-off for a single

Around the wicket now

19.2 Jimmy Neesham to David Miller, full and on the middle stump. Miller knocks it towards short fine leg and the pair take a quick single

19.1 Jimmy Neesham to David Miller, FOUR! MILLER EASES THE PRESSURE! Length delivery outside off, it keeps low and Miller hits it towards deep backward square leg fence for a boundary. Shaves half of what was needed to win, 4 needed now

Right then, 8 runs, 6 balls reads the equation! This has been a surprisingly good over from van Vuuren and it has given the Capitals something to bowl at in the last over! Who will shoulder the responsibility of bowling it though? It'll be Jimmy Neesham (3-0-32-1) who's back into the attack

overs

205 /2 score

runs

Joe Root *

91 (59)

David Miller

41 (21)

Tiaan van Vuuren

0 /51

18.6 Tiaan van Vuuren to Joe Root, pace off and outside the off stump. Root hits it back to the bowler. Game on at Centurion, Royals need 8 to win off 6

18.5 Tiaan van Vuuren to Joe Root, FOUR! Yorker outside the off stump, Root opens the face of the bat and guides it past short third inside the circle to the fence for a boundary

18.4 Tiaan van Vuuren to Joe Root, full and wide outside the off stump. Pace off and Root has a play and a miss, no run

18.3 Tiaan van Vuuren to Joe Root, length delivery outside the off stump. Root hits it towards mid-off on the bounce. The pair run the first one hard and an overthrow allows them a second

18.2 Tiaan van Vuuren to Joe Root, low full toss outside the off stump. Root knocks it down to mid-off, no run

Whoops! Verreynne has gone skidding away while trying to collect the throw. The physio tends to him and it seems pretty bad. A bit of a hold up in play

18.1 Tiaan van Vuuren to David Miller, full and down the legside. Miller hits it towards deep square leg and the pair run hard between the sticks for a brace. Verreynne slips on his ankle and misses the ball, enabling the pair to take a third run

Two overs to go and the Capitals' fans shoulders have dropped in the stands, pretty similar to the situation on the ground of the players that they are cheering on.

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