8.50pm Right then, that's all from us tonight. Two teams with two big wins. Join us again tomorrow for more action from the SA20, and the cricketing world in general. On behalf of Ranjith, this is Abhimanyu signing off.

8.46pm Dee: "Do hat-tricks carry over to the next match?" -- Unfortunately, no. Anyway, time for the presentation ceremony.

The player of the match is Anrich Nortje: "Good to be back, great to be part of the SA20 again. Rhythm wise I think it can be better but definitely the wind played a part. [On the no-ball for bouncers] No comment (laughs). [Jansen and Milne] are very skilled with the new ball and very happy to come in after that and chip away. They build a good platform and get early wickets too. There are a lot of compartments that have been covered. There are a lot of good players not getting an opportunity tonight. We cover different conditions and skills and the boys are going well. [Body okay?] All good, thank you so much."

Tristan Stubbs: "The boys were excellent. Like you said, I think that's the perfect start. I think that's what we asked for at the start, and the boys gave it their all out there. Executed excellently. [On the pace attack] I don't want to face our bowling attack. They are quite something. [On the openers] They batted beautifully. I think they took the right options. It looked like they were really calm out there in the middle. [On Hermann] He was excellent. We spoke about having someone in at the end and the way he took it on from ball 1, it was a great innings. [On dropping down the order] If we win like this, I'm happy not batting."

8.35pm A thunderous knock from Jordan Hermann followed by a fiery spell from Anrich Nortje have powered Sunrisers Eastern Cape to a 137-run victory, which will also fetch them a bonus point, and Tristan Stubbs will be a happy man to begin his captaincy stint with a win. Quinton de Kock spearheaded a strong start on a tricky surface before Breetzke and Hermann laid down the platform despite Royals' bowlers keeping things tight. Hermann kicked on to finish with a flourish before the fast bowlers ran the home team rugged. Nortje's extra pace made him near unplayable, and he even found himself on a hat-trick, only for Paarl to lose their last two wickets in the very next over. A word also for Marco Jansen and Adam Milne, who bowled very good spells with the new ball, leaving Paarl four down at the end of the powerplay, and effectively ending the contest in the first six.

Here is what David Miller had to say: "It wasn't a great game for us. But there's a long competition ahead. We let it slip a little towards the back end and the batters just didn't get off to starts. They bowled very well. It's our first game. A lot of younger guys in the team and they'll learn pretty quickly and we'll all learn together and I am looking forward to how we'll bounce back. It's not how you start, it's how you finish. So we're going to hold on to that. Absolutely gutted for tonight but there's a lot to look ahead of us so we'll take confidence from that."

11.5
W
Ratnayake to Mokoena, OUT, And that will be that! Ratnayake has wickets with each hand in an over and Sunrisers start the campaign with a statement win as Paarl Royals will go down for having the lowest total in SA20 history. Mokoena clears his front leg and has a mighty heave at this full ball around off but he plays all around it and Royals are bowled out for one run short of 50!

N Mokoena b Ratnayake 0 (4m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

11.4
1
Ratnayake to Baartman, 1 run, On a length around off, Baartman works it towards mid-on and gets a single. Looks for a second but is sent back
11.3
0
Ratnayake to Baartman, no run, Tossed up outside off, driven out to cover

Nortje is on a hat-trick but he may not get the chance to bowl the hat-trick delivery!

11.2
W
Ratnayake to Miller, OUT, And now Miller falls! Looks to pull away a delivery not quite a half-tracker and can't get the height or distance on that. Deep midwicket has to move a few steps to his left before grabbing a simple chance. That's Ratnayake's first SA20 wicket!

DA Miller c Hermann b Ratnayake 7 (27m 10b 0x4 0x6) SR: 70

11.1
0
Ratnayake to Miller, no run, Tossed up full and slow around leg, blocked back towards the bowler

Nqobani Mokoena is the new batter in, but he'll have to wait to get on strike

END OF OVER:
11 | 2 Runs 3 Wkts | PR: 48/8 (139 runs required from 54 balls, RR: 4.36, RRR: 15.44)

  • David Miller7 (8b)
  • Anrich Nortje3-0-13-4
  • Tharindu Ratnayake2-0-8-0
10.6
W
Nortje to Mujeeb Ur Rahman, OUT, And Nortje has another! A three-wicket over! Another brute of a short ball, so well directed, rocketing in on Mujeeb, who brings up his hands as he tries to get his head out of the way. It thuds his gloves en route to de Kock

Mujeeb Ur Rahman c †de Kock b Nortje 0 (1m 1b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0

Mujeeb Ur Rahman

10.5
W
Nortje to Fortuin, OUT, High in the night sky and Nortje picks up another in the over! Hurries him with a short ball and Fortuin top edges it. Goes up a long way, but de Kock settles under it and takes it without any drama. Nortje really bowling lighting and thunder out here today

BC Fortuin c †de Kock b Nortje 1 (3m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 33.33

10.4
0
Nortje to Fortuin, no run, Full outside off, 144kph, driven crisply to the cover fielder
10.3
1
Nortje to Miller, 1 run, On a length outside off, Miller rides the bounce and tucks it into the midwicket region
10.2
1
Nortje to Fortuin, 1 run, On a length outside off, punched out through cover point to the off side sweeper

Bjorn Fortuin. Also, SEC will get a bonus point if they restrict Royals to 148 or less!

10.1
W
Nortje to Potgieter, OUT, Castles him with a brute Pace on, full outside off and it shapes away just a touch and enough to beat Potgieter's attempted flick across the line and the stumps are in a mess

D Potgieter b Nortje 4 (12m 13b 0x4 0x6) SR: 30.76

END OF OVER:
10 | 4 Runs | PR: 46/5 (141 runs required from 60 balls, RR: 4.60, RRR: 14.10)

  • Delano Potgieter4 (12b)
  • David Miller6 (7b)
  • Tharindu Ratnayake2-0-8-0
  • Anrich Nortje2-0-11-1
9.6
1
Ratnayake to Potgieter, 1 run, On a length on middle and leg, tucked away to deep midwicket
9.5
0
Ratnayake to Potgieter, no run, Full around leg and following Potgieter, who looks to whip it away and misses
9.4
1
Ratnayake to Miller, 1 run, Driven out to deep point
9.3
1
Ratnayake to Potgieter, 1 run, Squeezed out through point
9.2
0
Ratnayake to Potgieter, no run, Looks to work it leg side but misses and is hit on the pad, but that was going on with the arm
9.1
1
Ratnayake to Miller, 1 run, On a length on leg, clipped through the leg side

END OF OVER:
9 | 5 Runs | PR: 42/5 (145 runs required from 11 overs, RR: 4.66, RRR: 13.18)

  • Delano Potgieter2 (8b)
  • David Miller4 (5b)
  • Anrich Nortje2-0-11-1
  • Senuran Muthusamy1-0-3-1
8.6
0
Nortje to Potgieter, no run, Nortje goes short again and Potgieter can't connect on the pull. They'll have another check now to see if this one was also a bouncer. It's been deemed legal so the over is closed. Fiery stuff from Nortje

Wait a second. That's one too many bouncers for the over and it's a no ball! Free hit coming up!

8.6
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Nortje to Potgieter, 1 no ball, Short outside off, 139kph, Potgieter backs away and looks to help it up and over, but is beaten
8.5
2
Nortje to Potgieter, 2 runs, Short outside off, he latches onto it with the pull and gets it over midwicket. Picks up a couple of runs
8.4
0
Nortje to Potgieter, no run, Full outside off, driven back to the bowler
8.3
0
Nortje to Potgieter, no run, Short outside off, Potgieter has a swipe across the line but finds nothing but air
8.2
0
Nortje to Potgieter, no run, Length ball outside off, 138kph, Potgieter rises and blocks it down

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Royals 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st2VS HalambageLG Pretorius
2nd5RA HermanVS Halambage
3rd3K VerreynneVS Halambage
4th20K VerreynneAM Tribe
5th7DA MillerK Verreynne
6th9DA MillerD Potgieter
7th2DA MillerBC Fortuin
8th0DA MillerMujeeb Ur Rahman
9th0DA MillerN Mokoena
10th1OEG BaartmanN Mokoena