- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.4 Clipped the off stump! Hard length ball on the off stump channel angling in, plays inside-out away from the body, misses the line and length of the ball, and crashes onto the side of the off stump! 48/110.5 Massive appeal and the umpire shakes his head! Ferreira sends it upstairs straightaway. A generously flighted good length ball pitched on middle-leg and turning in, plays inside the line of the ball off the front foot and misses the ball, thudding the inner thigh pad in front of the stumps. Ultra Edge is coming up; no bat is involved. All three reds, and hitting the top of the middle stump. Huge wicket! 90/45.3 Straight up in the air, and Mulder pouches it! Slower through the air ball outside the off stump line and turning away, Breetzke moves away from the wicket to create room, plays the lofted stroke over the covers too early and skies it high to the cover area. Mulder tracks back a few steps and holds on to it outside the ring area. 51/210.3 Ferreira finds the breakthrough! Flighted length ball outside the off stump line, gets underneath the line of the ball and plays the slog sweep. He does not quite get hold of it and toe-ends the ball high in the air towards the shortest side of the field and against the wind, not having enough elevation to fly over the deep midwicket fielder. 89/319.6 Slices it to deep backward point! A brilliant innings finally comes to an end. Widish fuller length ball, stands tall inside the crease and places the full face of the bat inside the line of the ball, hits it flat and hard to the deep backward point fielder near the ropes. It was the longer side of the boundary, and Vince gobbles it up comfortably. 178/5Extras6 (lb 2, w 4)TOTAL178/5 (20 Overs, RR: 8.9)Fall of wickets: 1-48 (Jonny Bairstow, 4.4 ov), 2-51 (Matthew Breetzke, 5.3 ov), 3-89 (Jordan Hermann, 10.3 ov), 4-90 (Quinton de Kock, 10.5 ov), 5-178 (James Coles, 19.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB D Ferreira 4 0 25 2 6.25 8 1 1 1 0 RJ Gleeson 4 0 47 0 11.75 3 8 0 0 0 N Burger 4 0 37 1 9.25 7 4 1 1 0 AJ Hosein 4 0 23 1 5.75 9 2 0 0 0 Imran Tahir 3 0 33 0 11 2 3 1 0 0 PWA Mulder 1 0 11 1 11 3 2 0 2 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR7.1 Bye-bye for Vince tonight! Arm ball flighted around off, dances down the track and misses the wild hoick, strides outside the crease a few yards and connects with thin air, QDK gathers the ball and calmly clips the bails off, taking his time behind the crease. 46/23.3 Caught at deep midwicket! Floated delivery and gets down on one knee, plays the slog sweep and mistimed it to the deep midwicket sweeper fielder 31/112.3 More trouble for the Super Kings! Slower through the air ball on the stumps, premeditates the reverse sweep and throws his bat at it, misses the ball and hits the pad. The ball turned away slightly and Pepper got beaten by the spin. Ultra Edge confirms no involvement of the bat, a clear gap between bat and ball. Ball tracking is coming up. Pitching in line, impact is in line and hitting the off stump. Pepper's misery with the bat comes to an end. 87/68.3 Stubbs takes a brilliant catch! Length ball around the off stump line, long levers from Forrester and miscues the slog stroke high in the air towards widish mid-on area. Stubbs sprints in and dives forward, stumbling slightly as he lands, yet he remarkably maintains his grip on the ball. The Eastern Cape skipper is absolutely fired up after pulling off that catch! 59/310.4 fuller length ball swept away firmly to deep backward square leg, goes for the second run and de Villiers had to dive in fully stretched; that looks close as QDK uprooted the stumps! Coles rushed in and fired a bullet throw toward the stumps; Quinton de Kock collected it cleanly, spun around, and whipped off the bails in one fluid motion. De Villiers lunged with a full stretch dive, but his bat jammed into the turf and remained agonisingly in the air at the critical moment. The batter looks absolutely livid with himself as he trudges off. 78/412.1 Mulder departs! Arm ball on a length around off, backs away and plays the square cut, plays it late and tries to hit it fine of short third, misses the length and the ball srikes the top of the off stump. That marks Mulder's sixth dismissal against spin in just seven innings! 86/516.1 That should be the game. Shortish length ball, pace off delivery, angling away outside off, the batter stands tall and plays the pull shot, skying it high to square leg. Two fielders converge, Jansen and Muthusamy; the latter one calls for it and dives in to gobble it up. 108/815.2 hard length ball and Hosein tries to go downtown again, connects the leading edge and mishits towards the short third area. QDK runs to his left side and settles underneath, covers his ground and holds on to it under the night sky. 106/717.3 length ball angling in from around the wicket, moves away from the wicket and plays the drive shot, thickish outside edge and the backward point fielder takes a sharp low catch diving forward to his right side 116/918.1 Edged and through to the keeper! Good length ball on the off stump line, plays across the line off the front foot away from the body, nicks the ball and QDK completes the catch behind the stumps. Sunrisers Eastern Cape have reclaimed the top spot on the table with another bonus point victory and officially booked their ticket to the playoffs! 117/10Extras2 (b 1, w 1)TOTAL117 all out (18.1 Overs, RR: 6.44)Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Rivaldo Moonsamy, 3.3 ov), 2-46 (James Vince, 7.1 ov), 3-59 (Dian Forrester, 8.3 ov), 4-78 (Matthew de Villiers, 10.4 ov), 5-86 (Wiaan Mulder, 12.1 ov), 6-87 (Michael Pepper, 12.3 ov), 7-106 (Akeal Hosein, 15.2 ov), 8-108 (Donovan Ferreira, 16.1 ov), 9-116 (Nandre Burger, 17.3 ov), 10-117 (Richard Gleeson, 18.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB M Jansen 3.1 0 33 2 10.42 7 4 1 0 0 AF Milne 3 0 10 1 3.33 10 0 0 1 0 JM Coles 4 0 34 2 8.5 8 2 2 0 0 A Nortje 4 0 13 1 3.25 14 0 0 0 0 S Muthusamy 4 0 26 3 6.5 5 2 0 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Joburg Super Kings , elected to field 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
14 January 2026 - day/night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Sunrisers Eastern Cape 5, Joburg Super Kings 0
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 55 runs, 2 wickets)
- Sunrisers Eastern Cape: 50 runs in 5.2 overs (32 balls), Extras 0
- Strategic Timeout: Sunrisers Eastern Cape - 80/2 in 9.0 overs (Q de Kock 46, J Hermann 12)
- Q de Kock: 50 off 33 balls (5 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Over 10.5: Review by Joburg Super Kings (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - SD Harris, Batter - Q de Kock (Upheld)
- Sunrisers Eastern Cape: 100 runs in 12.1 overs (73 balls), Extras 2
- Strategic Timeout: Sunrisers Eastern Cape - 129/4 in 16.0 overs (T Stubbs 15, JM Coles 24)
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 36 balls (T Stubbs 15, JM Coles 34, Ex 1)
- Sunrisers Eastern Cape: 150 runs in 17.4 overs (106 balls), Extras 3
- JM Coles: 50 off 29 balls (8 x 4)
- Innings Break: Sunrisers Eastern Cape - 178/5 in 20.0 overs (T Stubbs 23)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 39 runs, 1 wicket)
- Joburg Super Kings: 50 runs in 7.6 overs (48 balls), Extras 1
- Strategic Timeout: Joburg Super Kings - 59/3 in 8.3 overs (MS Pepper 7)
- Over 12.3: Review by Joburg Super Kings (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - A Jacobs, Batter - MS Pepper (Struck down)
- Joburg Super Kings: 100 runs in 14.6 overs (90 balls), Extras 2
- Strategic Timeout: Joburg Super Kings - 106/7 in 15.2 overs (D Ferreira 10)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsColes shines with bat and ball to secure Sunrisers' playoff qualification
De Kock, Muthusamy and the seamers also contributed to their victory over JSK


