Breetzke, de Kock seal Sunrisers Eastern Cape's top-two finish and knock MI Cape Town out
SEC needed 40 off their last four overs in the 149-run chase and got home on the penultimate ball
SEC needed 40 off their last four overs in the 149-run chase and got home on the penultimate ball
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.
Everyone up bar midwicket
Tristan Stubbs has top-two qualification in his hands
MP Breetzke c Pollard b Bosch 66 (80m 55b 8x4 0x6) SR: 120
Joe: "This six of Rabada was pretty much the game. Any super over drama coming?" I sincerely doubt it!
Crucial delivery coming up
SEC needed 40 off their last four overs in the 149-run chase and got home on the penultimate ball