SEC vs PR Today's Match Expert Fantasy Tips & Player Stats, SA20 League 2025

28th T20 • St George's Park • Port Elizabeth

Sunrisers Eastern Cape

148/8 (20)

Paarl Royals

100 (18.2)

SEC won by 48 runs

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Date & Time

01 Feb, 04:30 PM IST

Venue

St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Match

28th T20,

Umpires

Allahuddien Paleker (South Africa), Lubabalo Gcuma (South Africa), Abongile Sodumo (South Africa, TV)

Referee

Gerrie Pienaar (South Africa)

Toss

Sunrisers Eastern Cape elected to bat

Pitch Report

PitchFlat Track Pitch

Pace BowlingPace & Bounce

Batting ConditionAverage

Spin BowlingSlow Spin

1st Innings

154Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

129.24Avg SR

2nd Innings

139Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

127.37Avg SR

Weather Update

Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

SEC

3- 2

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Sunrisers Eastern Cape

Paarl Royals

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Lhuan-dre Pretorius

PR . BAT

320 Runs

9 Matches

Joe Root

PR . ALL

279 Runs

8 Matches

Aiden Markram

SEC . ALL

253 Runs

9 Matches

Top Bowlers

Mujeeb Ur Rahman

PR . BOWL

14 Wkts

9 Matches

Marco Jansen

SEC . ALL

12 Wkts

9 Matches

Richard Gleeson

SEC . BOWL

11 Wkts

9 Matches

Player of the Match Jordan Hermann

53(38)

Player of the Series Marco Jansen

SEC

Info

Sunrisers Eastern Cape

148/8 (20)

Batters

Tony de Zorzi

100.00

c Phehlukwayo b Fortuin

David Bedingham

100.00

c Herman b Fortuin

Jordan Hermann

139.47

c Phehlukwayo b Malinga

Tom Abell

81.82

c Malinga b Wellalage

Aiden Markram

80.00

c Ld Pretorius b Owen

Tristan Stubbs

159.26

c Phehlukwayo b Owen

Marco Jansen

41.67

b Malinga

Liam Dawson

100.00

Not out

Craig Overton

0.00

runout (Owen / Ld Pretorius)

Extras

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

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.4)

148/8

Did not Bat

Ottniel Baartman, Richard Gleeson

Bowlers

EXT

Bjorn Fortuin

5.00

Lungisani Ngidi

11.00

Mujeeb-ur-Rahman

6.00

Dunith Wellalage

8.00

Mitchell Owen

12.00

Eshan Malinga

5.25

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Tony de Zorzi

c Phehlukwayo b Fortuin

1-14

2.2

David Bedingham

c Herman b Fortuin

2-37

4.3

Tom Abell

c Malinga b Wellalage

3-74

8.6

Jordan Hermann

c Phehlukwayo b Malinga

4-94

12.2

Aiden Markram

c Ld Pretorius b Owen

5-107

14.3

Marco Jansen

b Malinga

6-121

18.2

Tristan Stubbs

c Phehlukwayo b Owen

7-147

19.5

Craig Overton

runout (Owen / Ld Pretorius)

8-148

19.6

Paarl Royals

100/10 (18.2)

Batters

Lhuan dre Pretorius

60.00

c Jansen b Overton

Mitchell Owen

140.00

c Abell b Jansen

Rubin Hermann

89.74

c Overton b Dawson

Mitchell Van Buuren

50.00

b Overton

Dewan Marais

66.67

c Stubbs b Overton

Dunith Wellalage

200.00

c de Zorzi b Jansen

Andile Phehlukwayo

91.67

lbw b Markram

Bjorn Fortuin

0.00

c Overton b Markram

Mujeeb-ur-Rahman

64.71

Not out

Eshan Malinga

200.00

c Overton b Jansen

Lungisani Ngidi

50.00

c Abell b Gleeson

Extras

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

TOTAL

(18.2 Ov, RR: 5.45)

100/10

Bowlers

EXT

Craig Overton

3.75

Marco Jansen

5.50

Ottniel Baartman

7.33

Richard Gleeson

2.2

8.14

Aiden Markram

5.00

Liam Dawson

3.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Lhuan dre Pretorius

c Jansen b Overton

1-4

0.6

Mitchell Owen

c Abell b Jansen

2-10

1.4

Mitchell Van Buuren

b Overton

3-11

2.1

Dewan Marais

c Stubbs b Overton

4-13

2.4

Dunith Wellalage

c de Zorzi b Jansen

5-22

3.5

Andile Phehlukwayo

lbw b Markram

6-71

12.2

Bjorn Fortuin

c Overton b Markram

7-71

12.3

Rubin Hermann

c Overton b Dawson

8-81

15.2

Eshan Malinga

c Overton b Jansen

9-94

16.4

Lungisani Ngidi

c Abell b Gleeson

10-100

18.2

Match Info

Date & Time

01 Feb, 04:30 PM IST

Venue

St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

Match

28th T20,

Umpires

Allahuddien Paleker (South Africa), Lubabalo Gcuma (South Africa), Abongile Sodumo (South Africa, TV)

Referee

Gerrie Pienaar (South Africa)

Toss

Sunrisers Eastern Cape elected to bat

0 W 1 4 0 0

Over 16

Runs: 5

1 1 6 W 0 1

Over 17

Runs: 9

0 1 1 1 0 1

Over 18

Runs: 4

1 W

Over 19

Runs: 1

All Overs

Player of the Match Jordan Hermann

53(38)

Player of the Series Marco Jansen

Commentary

4:40 pm local time (8:10 pm IST): So the Sunrisers win their final game at home with a bonus point and head into the Eliminator with much needed momentum. The Royals will stay here and play their qualifier game on Wednesday at St. George's Park, hoping to win it and seal a final berth. But for now, the action heads to the Wanderers as the Super Kings take on the Super Giants. The first ball will be bowled at 5:30 pm local time (9:00 pm IST). You can catch the action of that game right here! This is the pair of Karthik Raj and Bidipto taking your leave. Keep following Sportskeeda!

Aiden Markram (Sunrisers Eastern Cape captain): We've played well today! Our batting hasn't clicked well. We wanted to try out Jordan Hermann today, because we did not want to miss out on the chance of a proper batter batting. He came up trumps. The bowling unit is finding ways to take wickets, we will let them keep doing their thing and as batters, pull up our socks! As for this magnificent home crowd, I hope we will go on to win this time round again, and come back to you next year as defending champions!

Bjorn Fortuin (Paarl Royals captain): We just thought that it would be fair to give the other guys some opportunity. Also, we know that there is a possibility of playing two games before the final, so, we wanted to rest some players. Regardless of whether the game matters or not, we need to improve the standards. Not the best game we wanted to play, but hopefully, we get it right come Tuesday here. David Miller is expected to join our camp tomorrow.

Jordan Hermann (Player of the Match): "(On his poor form leading up to this game) Yeah, it was a pretty dark space early on. Glad to contribute to the team again. I was batting well in the nets and coming into the season in domestic cricket. There were lots of changes in the team, so always felt if I get an opportunity, I can take it. It is the best crowd in the country if not the world. Hopefully, we can give something back later on in the competition."

Jordan Hermann has been named as the 'Player of the Match'

Time for the Post-match Presentation!

4:22 pm local time (7:52 pm IST): Sunrisers Eastern Cape win by 48 runs with 10 balls to spare!

Jordan Hermann 53 (38) | Craig Overton - 3/15 (4)
Rubin Hermann 35 (39) | Bjorn Fortuin - 2/20 (4)

If you thought that 149 would be an easy target to reach, you will surely be in for a shock! Because Sunrisers Eastern Cape managed to defend it in some style, bowling Paarl Royals out for just three figures with balls left!

It all started up front, with a new-look Royals batting line-up crumbling against the new-ball attack of Craig Overton and Marco Jansen. Inside 4 overs, the visitors were reduced to 22/5!

After that, a 49-ball partnership between Rubin Hermann and Andile Phehlukwayo tried resurrecting things for the men in pink. But the home side's skipper Aiden Markram stalled its progress, trapping Phehlukwayo in front. Since then, another recovery never happened!

The moment of the match came when Overton took an absolute stunner of a catch at long-on, leaping in the air and catching the ball near the rope with his right hand! Rubin Hermann thought that he had done enough to clear him, but that was not to be!

Jansen has now become the highest wicket-taker of the season with 13 scalps and the home crowd have been treated to yet another spectacular performance with the ball and in the field by their beloved Sunrisers, heading into the Eliminator.

But the men in orange will play their knockout game in Centurion while the Royals will play here again in the first qualifier. So both sides had something to take away from this one!

18.2 Richard Gleeson to Lungi Ngidi, SEC WRAP IT UP! A SUPERB WIN TO SEAL THEIR FINAL LEAGUE GAME! Length delivery angling in, Ngidi tries to lift it over extra-cover but he mis-times it. Tom Abell back-tracks and takes a simple catch as SEC wrap up a 48-run victory!

Lungi Ngidi c Tom Abell b Richard Gleeson 3 (6b, 0x4, 0x6)

That is a superb piece of athleticism from Markram!

18.1 Richard Gleeson to Mujeeb Ur Rahman, GREAT EFFORT FROM AIDEN MARKRAM! Length delivery angling in, Mujeeb clears his front-leg and swipes it well in front of long-on where Aiden Markram runs in and dives valiantly. Single taken.

Richard Gleeson [2.0-0-18-0] comes back into the attack.

The Sunrisers' bowling attack is a strong one. On any surface here in the SA20. It will be interesting to see if their batters can score more and give the bowlers plenty to defend, should they bat first in the Eliminator.

overs

99 /9 score

runs

Mujeeb Ur Rahman *

10 (16)

Lungi Ngidi

3 (5)

Ottniel Baartman

0 /22

Final delivery of the over, can Baartman finish with a wicket?

17.6 Ottniel Baartman to Mujeeb Ur Rahman, full outside-off, Mujeeb drives it to long-off for a single.

17.5 Ottniel Baartman to Mujeeb Ur Rahman, full outside-off, Mujeeb makes room and tries to thrash it over extra-cover but he misses it completely.

17.4 Ottniel Baartman to Lungi Ngidi, full and angling into the stumps, Ngidi guides it to deep backward point for a single.

17.3 Ottniel Baartman to Mujeeb Ur Rahman, very full on the stumps, Mujeeb drives it to long-off for a single.

17.2 Ottniel Baartman to Lungi Ngidi, length delivery angling in, Ngidi clips it to deep mid-wicket for a single.

17.1 Ottniel Baartman to Lungi Ngidi, full on the stumps, Ngidi comes forward and pushes it to short extra-cover. No run.

Ottniel Baartman [2.0-0-18-0] comes back into the attack.

So we have another over! Now, the big question is, can the Royals bat out the full 20 overs? Doesn't matter if they can, because the Sunrisers have stolen the show, big time!

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