Match Centre

Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

RR Hendricks
RR Hendricks
70(44) 8x4 - 1x6
Control %71%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull
  • 19 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
3 11 5 0 13 12 3 23
MP Breetzke
66(55) 8x4 - 0x6
Control %76%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 24 runs
  • 4x4 - 0x6
4 7 6 16 20 5 3 5

Best performances - Bowlers

CJ Green
O4
M0
R29
W3
Eco7.25
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
2W
C Bosch
O2.5
M0
R29
W2
Eco10.23
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Scorer: Chetan Kumar | Commentator: Andrew Miller

7.30pm So, that's a wrap from St George's Park. Congratulations to Sunrisers Eastern Cape, who are into the top two, and are assured of two shots at play-off glory! From Miller and Chetan, good night!

Time for the presentations

Tristan Stubbs: "A really good performance, a lot of momentum into the play-offs. The boys were up for today, we were thrown a bit of adversity with Milne... the guys came together for us to chase it down. Thank goodness it spun! We came up with a plan, backed up the bowlers. We wanted four points, no discussion about bonus point. Quinny and Breeto batted superbly. Once you're in it's easier. We've got a nice thing with the senior players, winning helps!"

The Player of the Match is Matthew Breetzke: "Very happy, very relieved, special occasion in front of family and home crowd. We saw in their innings about how quickly you can score in the back end. Got to build your innings. 160 is par here, knew that going in, wouldn't be easy, but gave myself time to catch up and have some fun. That is my role in the team and Quinny is nice and relaxed, awesome to bat with."

Nicholas Pooran: "A tough day for us. We lost our way in the middle, in the most important phase of the game. Guys fought hard in last two games but a disappointing season for us, we haven't taken responsibility as batsmen. We won last year, but we can't win every year. It didn't happen for us, taking responsibility is most important for us. Especially myself, I know I haven't performed. We'll try to dig deep, reflect, look for answers and learn from this. But we got it right last year and we can get it right again."

7.04pm Game, set and match! A target of 149 never looked sufficient, even on a surface offering plenty for the spinners, and a brace of hard-worked half-centuries from de Kock and Breetzke did the needful. A more convincing win than the one-ball margin implies. Linde and Piedt kept the chase honest for the first half, but MICT suffered for their lack of breakthroughs. They will finish rock-bottom after a campaign to forget. For SEC, attention turns to Paarl versus JSK tomorrow, but they are already assured of a top-two finish, and two bites of the cherry in the knock-outs.

19.5
1
Bosch to Hermann, 1 run, full toss, thrashed away off the hips, SEC seal their crucial victory!

Everyone up bar midwicket

19.4
1
Bosch to Stubbs, 1 run, back of a length, hauled to deep midwicket, to bring the scores level

Tristan Stubbs has top-two qualification in his hands

19.3
W
Bosch to Breetzke, OUT, huge top-edge, straight up the chimney! Pollard settles at midwicket, pockets the chance, and... well, is there a pulse? A dot-ball to the new man will be interesting. A fine knock all the same from Breetzke. He's all but sealed this contest

MP Breetzke c Pollard b Bosch 66 (80m 55b 8x4 0x6) SR: 120

19.2
2
Bosch to Breetzke, 2 runs, winds into a wild slap! Top-edged into acres of space at midwicket, so much space that they can get back for the second

Joe: "This six of Rabada was pretty much the game. Any super over drama coming?" I sincerely doubt it!

19.1
1
Bosch to Hermann, 1 run, round the wicket, low full toss, slapped back past the bowler for a single

END OF OVER:
19 | 12 Runs | SEC: 144/2 (5 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 7.57, RRR: 5.00)

  • Matthew Breetzke64 (53b)
  • Jordan Hermann10 (6b)
  • Kagiso Rabada4-0-31-1
  • Corbin Bosch2-0-24-1
18.6
4
Rabada to Breetzke, FOUR, wide line, greeted with a glorious uppercut! Breetzke leans back, opens the face with perfect timing. That's the third boundary they were looking for, away through deep third... and now SEC are closing in on top spot.

Crucial delivery coming up

Sunrisers 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st15JM BairstowQ de Kock
2nd109Q de KockMP Breetzke
3rd23MP BreetzkeJ Hermann
4th2T StubbsJ Hermann