SA20 2024 Match 8: MI Cape Town fall short by 4 runs against Sunrisers Eastern Cape

MI Cape Town fell short by 4 runs against Sunrisers Eastern Cape, in Match 8 of SA20 2024, at Newlands Cape Town today, in front of their home fans.

Match Summary

MI Cape Town 198/5 (20 ov)

Sunrisers Eastern Cape 202/2 (20 ov)

Sunrisers Eastern Cape won by 4 runs.

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Match Analysis

In a thrilling match, Sunrisers Eastern Cape won by 4 runs against MI Cape Town. Batting first, Eastern Cape scored a total of 202 runs, with Jordan Hermann leading the innings with an impressive 106 runs.

Hermann also played a crucial role at the death, scoring 25 runs off 17 balls.

In the second innings, MI Cape Town's chase was led by Ryan Rickelton, who scored 58 runs. However, the efforts of Samuel Matthew Curran and Kieron Adrian Pollard, who put up 55 runs at the death, were not enough to secure a victory.

Ottniel Baartman was the standout bowler for Eastern Cape, taking 3 wickets for 35 runs.

Match Stats

Sunrisers Eastern Cape Fall of wickets: 1-138 (Dawid Malan - 13.1 ov), 2-165 (Aiden Markram - 15.6 ov)

MI Cape Fall of wickets: 1-108 (Ryan Rickelton - 9.5 ov), 2-118 (Rassie van der Dussen - 11.3 ov), 3-122 (Dewald Brevis - 12.1 ov), 4-124 (Liam Livingstone - 12.5 ov), 5-177 (Kieron Pollard - 18.1 ov)

 

Playing XI

MI Cape Town:

• Ryan Rickelton(WK)
• Rassie van der Dussen
• Dewald Brevis
• Liam Livingstone
• Kieron Pollard(C)
• Connor Esterhuizen
• Sam Curran
• George Linde
• Kagiso Rabada
• Beuran Hendricks
• Olly Stone

Sunrisers Eastern Cape:

• Jordan Hermann
• Dawid Malan
• Aiden Markram(C)
• Tristan Stubbs(WK)
• Tom Abell
• Liam Dawson
• Marco Jansen
• Simon Harmer
• Ottniel Baartman
• Daniel Worrall
• Patrick Kruger

 

Match Details

Date - 2024-01-16 15:30:00

Venue - Newlands, Cape Town

Toss - Sunrisers Eastern Cape elected to bat

Umpires - Marais Erasmus (South Africa), Thomas Mokorosi (South Africa), Abdoellah Steenkamp (South Africa TV)

Match Referee - Gerrie Pienaar (South Africa)

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