Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the match by 4 runs: Sunrisers Eastern Cape Vs MI Cape Town

Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the match by 4 runs in the Betway SA T-20. Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the toss and elected to bat first. Sunrisers Eastern Cape scored 175/6. Tom Abell scored 60 and Captain Aiden Markram scored 54 runs. Nuwan Thushara and Kagiso Rabada took 2 wickets each. MI Cape Town scored 171/7 in 20 overs and fell short by 4 runs.

Sam Curran and Captain Kieron Pollard both scored 30 runs. Ottiniel Baartman took two wickets for Sunrisers Eastern Cape. Sunrisers Easter cape stands in 3^rd position in the table with 19 points. MI Cape Town sits in 5^th place in a table with 9 points. MI Cape Town lost the last three matches in a row.

Paarl Royals Playing eleven

Jordan Hermann, Dawid Malan, Tom Abell, Aiden Markram (captain), Tristan Stubbs, Patrick Kruger, Marco Jansen, Liam Dawson, Ottiniel Baartman, Simon Harmer, Daniel Worrall.

MI Cape Town Playing eleven

Rassie Van der Dussen, Ryan Rickelton (WK), Dewald Brevis, Delano Potgieter, Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Kieron Pollard (captain), George Linde, Kagiso Rabada, Thomas Kaber, Nuwan Thushara.

Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the match by 4 runs

Sunrisers Eastern Cape won the toss and elected to bat first. Jordan Hermann and Dawid Malan came to open for bat. Nuwan Thushara came to bowl the first over. In the 2^nd over, Kagiso Rabada Bowled out Jordan Hermann, he scored 2 runs off 4 balls. Dawid Malan and Tom Abell built a partnership of 54 runs. In the 9^th over, Thomas Kaber bowls it short and wide outside off, Malan goes back and tries to play a cut shot the ball goes straight into the hand of Delano Potgieter.

Dawid Malan scored 18 runs off 22 balls. Tom Abell and Aiden Markram built a partnership of 63 runs. In the 15^th over, Kieron Pollard bowls a slower delivery, Tom Abell tries to hit a big shot but the ball does not connect well with the bat, and Dewald Brevis at the mid-wicket boundary takes a simple catch. Tom Abell scored 60 runs and 44 balls. Aiden Markram’s wicket was taken by Kagiso Rabada.

Aiden Markram scored 54 runs off 32 balls. In the 20^th over, Tristan Stubbs tried to flick-shot, but it took the leading edge of the bat and flew deep square leg region. Rassie Van Der Dussen took easy catch. Tristan Stubbs scored 23 runs off 13 balls. Patrick Kruger scored not out 3 runs off 3 balls and Marco Jansen Scored not out 1 run off 2 balls. Sunrisers Eastern Cape scored 175/6 in 20 overs.

MI CAPE TOWN Bowling Stats:

Rassie Van Der Dussen and Ryan Rickelton opens for MI Cape Town. Daniel Worrall came to attack with a ball. In the 2^nd over, Ryan Rickelton pushed the ball for a single, and the fielder Tom Abell collected the ball quickly through the ball at wicket-keeper’s ends Rassie Van der Dussen Dives, but he remained well short of the crease. Rassie Van Dussen Scored 2 runs off 3 balls. In the 6^th over, Ryan Rickelton tried to play a pull shot but ended up hitting the ball on mid-on and Liam Dawson took an easy catch.

Marco Jansen took his wicket. Ryan Rickelton scored 27 runs off 20 balls. In the 10^th over, Ottiniel Baartman bowls full toss delivery Liam Livingstone’s play shot ball went straight into the hand of Aiden Markram. Liam Livingstone scored 26 runs off 20 balls. In the 12^th over, Liam Dawson Bowls were Missed by Sam Curran When he tried to play down the crease.

Tristan Stubbs collects the ball and takes bails in a flash. Sam Curran Scored 30 runs off 24 balls. In the 17^th over, Ottiniel Baartman bowls fuller length delivery in leg stumps, David Brevis makes room for a shot but the ball takes an inside edge Tristan Stubbs took a catch behind the stumps.

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— Sunrisers Eastern Cape (@SunrisersEC) January 27, 2024

David Brevis scored 26 runs off 19 balls. In the last over MI Cape Town needed 18 runs off 6 balls to win this match. Daniel Worrall took a wicket of Delano Potgieter who scored 4 runs off 9 balls. In the second last ball, Kieron Pollard runs out at the score of 30 runs off 24 balls by Marco Jansen. MI Cape Town fell short of 4 runs they scored 171/7 in 20 overs. George Linde scored not out 11 runs off 3 balls. Thomas Kaber scored 1 run of 1 ball.

Balling stats of Sunrisers Eastern Cape

Tom Abell Won The Player of the Match Award. MI Cape Town will face Joburg Super Kings on 29^th January. Sunrisers Eastern Cape’ next match with Joburg Super Kings is on 31^st January.