Pretorius, Baartman star as Paarl survive late scare to keep MICT winless
Linde and Rashid added 51 off 27 balls for the seventh wicket, but Paarl held on to take the thriller by one run
02/01Result
10th Match (D/N), SA20 at Paarl, Jan 2 2026
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![Paarl Royals]( "Paarl Royals")
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![MI Cape Town]( "MI Cape Town")
180/8 (20 ov)
Player of the Match
02/01Result
10th Match (D/N), SA20 at Paarl, Jan 2 2026
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![Paarl Royals]( "Paarl Royals")
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![MI Cape Town]( "MI Cape Town")
180/8 (20 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Statistics
Best performances - Batsmen
HE van der Dussen
59(42) 2x4 - 5x6
Control %76%
- Productive Shot
- pull
- 13 runs
- 0x4 - 2x6
Match Details
Series
Toss
Paarl Royals , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
17.30 start, First Session 17.30-19.00, Interval 19.00-19.20, Second Session 19.20-20.50
Match days
2 January 2026 - day/night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Paarl Royals 4, MI Cape Town 0
Scorecard Summary
PAARL ROYALS 181/3 (20 OVERS)
- Asa Tribe51 (34)
- Lhuan-dre Pretorius*98 (65)
- Trent Boult1/33 (4)
- Rashid Khan2/31 (4)
MI CAPE TOWN 180/8 (20 OVERS)
- Rassie van der Dussen59 (42)
- Ryan Rickelton36 (20)
- Sikandar Raza3/27 (4)
- Ottneil Baartman4/51 (4)
Scorer: Thilak R | Commentator: Ekanth
END OF OVER:20 | 13 Runs 2 Wkts | MICT: 180/8 (2 runs required, RR: 9.00)
- George Linde20 (16b)
- Trent Boult1 (1b)
- Ottneil Baartman4-0-51-4
- Mujeeb Ur Rahman4-0-34-0
A nervy thriller after a nervy thriller, SA20 may finally have cracked the code. Chances are there could be a couple more tomorrow. Join us for those, thanks for tagging along this evening. Take care, goodnight.
Lhuan dre Pretorius, POTM: It's just a mindset thing. I was just positive and took the game deep. I sometimes take on boundaries I shouldn't be taking on, gotta be clear. Davey was there to stay calm and rein me in, they said I could make up, which helped. Enjoying it this season. Been a tough couple of months, hope to now carry it on for the team.
David Miller, Paarl Royals captain: It was a terrible start, we trained really hard. We were honest. We have x-factor players and even young ones. I thought we got a great score, great to Lhu in good flow. We got over the line, which we wanted. We're moving nicely together. We've done locally at the auction. Moving away from home, we haven't done well. Good to play in front of passionate fans.
Rashid Khan, MICT captain It was a 170-180 wicket. We didn't close out the powerplay great. We restricted them well in the back ten. We lost too many wickets in the middle overs with the bat. The idea was to go on and play your natural game. We want to give batters freedom. We got stuck after 10th over and went till the 14th. We have three more games in the next four days, we're all matured, we've to take good decisions. Happy to contribute with bat, haven't been hitting them well of late. Would've been happier had we won.
jigar: "Couple of singles denied by Rashin in Mujeeb over and MI lost by 1 run" Not exactly, him farming the strike was more important. That's what got them the two sixes. He could've been out first ball too, that's the gamble.
9pm That could've gone either way. During the powerplay of the chase, MICT were clear favourites thanks to Rickelton and van der Dussen's stand, then in the middle overs Raza and Baartman's multi-wicket overs made Royals clear favourites, then Rashid came on and nearly took MICT home. The final over
19.6
4
Baartman to Linde, FOUR, Is it a six? No, but it was almost there! Short boundary at deep point, the Royals dugout was behind and were hoping the ball fell short and it did by a few metres. Miller and Baartman grimaced and almost couldn't look. Linde goes on his haunches. Was a full ball wide outside off, Linde leant across and square drove, a bit like Dinesh Karthik did a few years back. It was nearly enough today
Six off one ball. No extras please, from a Royals' pov. Linde hasn;t faced a ball in a while
19.5
1
Baartman to Boult, 1 run, Full and slowish on leg. Boult slogged neatly, got an inside edge and ball trickled to the leg side. They take one
Boult now on. 7 off 2. Will he take a single? Miller has a long chat with Baartman meanwhile. Here we go. One more slower ball?
19.4
W
Baartman to Rabada, OUT, Rabada falls looking to repeat the shot. Cleared the front leg, got low and had a rotational heave. The length ball went off upper-half of the bat and was taken at long-on
K Rabada c Pretorius b Baartman 6 (2m 2b 0x4 1x6) SR: 300
19.3
6
Baartman to Rabada, SIX, Long-off in play.... No, it sails over! Rabada's back leg lowers, he bends and slaps the cutter over long-off
Rabada. Will he play for a single?
19.2
W
Baartman to Rashid Khan, OUT, This should be out. Yeah, easy catch at long-off. Cutter released from wide of the crease hit a length and angled away outside off, Rashid stood still after opening his stance and looked to go over midwicket. Clean swing but went high off the bat, That might be the game
Rashid Khan c Herman b Baartman 35 (23m 18b 2x4 3x6) SR: 194.44
19.1
2
Baartman to Rashid Khan, 2 runs, Yorker on middle and off, smears it along the ground wide of long-on
Baartman has 15 to defend. Will Rashid farm strike again? Around
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Pretorius, Baartman star as Paarl survive late scare to keep MICT winless
Linde and Rashid added 51 off 27 balls for the seventh wicket, but Paarl held on to take the thriller by one run
