Complete
SA20, 2024, 14th Match, Paarl, Jan 21st, 2024

Paarl Royals

(19.6 ov) 162/3

MI Cape Town

(18.2 ov) 103/10

Complete Paarl Royals won by 59 runs

Player of Match: Bjorn Fortuin

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Bjorn Fortuin | Player of the Match: It's good to get back on track, especially after the last defeat, quite a big defeat at the hands of these guys. I'm not too happy actually, would have liked a few more sticks individually but happy for the team. We were surprised that they bowled first, in the past it aids slow bowlers and today was no exception. There have been a few opinions floating on social media, I'm not the one to confront but it's a way of letting them know. [on if he checks reactions on social media] We would like to say no, but we do. It's nice to play in front of the home crowd and get the win.
David Miller | Paarl Royals captain: Just got a little sock on it, we will have to see how it goes tomorrow. It's the calf. Very happy, great performance all around. We got off to a flier and it was great to see J Roy scoring some runs, back to his best, and then the bowlers finished it off. Being a day game we wanted to bat first and squeeze in a total on the board. T20 is difficult to be consistent all the way through, you get one or two losses. Today two guys contributed and in previous games we all contributed, the bowlers have done well throughout. Emphasising things that we are doing well and we have got a few plans that we have worked on and keep ironing out the strengths we have got.
Kieron Pollard | MICT captain: Restricting them to 160-odd on that pitch was a good total, we will take that any day. I thought the guys bowled decently, a couple of overs in the middle had we limited them, we can look back in hindsight now but I thought the bowlers bowled well. You look at the stats and the data, your strengths and the opposition's strengths and make a call. You get a lot of questions when it doesn't go your way. In life you stand by your decisions and if I had to make a call like that again I will. We have a game in 48 hours, these things happen. The collapses happen and hopefully this is just one of them. You can't dwell too much or over analyze stuff, that's not the way to go.
19:01 Local Time, 17:01 GMT, 22:31 IST: The biggest win for Paarl in SA20 history.
18.2
Ngidi to Rabada, out Bowled!! Ngidi ends things. A slower ball off-cutter on the stumps will do, Rabada slogs and misses, the stumps are lighted up. Paarl with a convincing win. Rabada b Ngidi 6(6) [4s-1]
Ngidi to Rabada, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!
18.1
Ngidi to Rabada, no run
17.6
Obed McCoy to N Thushara, no run
17.5
Obed McCoy to N Thushara, no run, short of length and across N Thushara outside off, who lets it go
Nuwan Thushara, right handed bat, comes to the crease
17.4
Obed McCoy to Thomas Kaber, out Caught by Wihan Lubbe!! Thomas Kaber c Wihan Lubbe b Obed McCoy 14(12) [4s-1 6s-1]
Obed McCoy to Thomas Kaber, THATS OUT!! Caught!!
17.3
Obed McCoy to Rabada, 1 run, slower ball cutter outside off, Rabada drags to mid-wicket and takes a quick single
17.2
Obed McCoy to Rabada, FOUR, seam-up short of length delivery outside off, Rabada pulls to deep mid-wicket with a swagger
17.1
Obed McCoy to Rabada, no run, slower ball full outside off, Rabada is totally deceived and does not get bat on ball
Obed McCoy [2.0-1-13-1] is back into the attack
16.6
Ngidi to Thomas Kaber, SIX, Thomas Kaber now showing his skills with bat. A slower ball full outside off, Kaber shuffles across and lofts cleanly way over long-on
16.5
Ngidi to Rabada, 1 run, to long-off
16.5
Ngidi to Rabada, wide