- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.5 Tremendous riposte, rattles the off-stump! irksome off-stump line rising from a length, spins away a little and beats his slog-sweep, huge wicket, goes without saying. Chase is roaring in celebration. 31/112.1 Around the wicket, quicker and fires it in on middle, attempts a sweep and is late through the shot, appeal for an lbw and given and Bairstow wants another look. Hits him high on the thigh on his back-leg. Ultra-edge shows no deflection. Pitching outside off and hitting wickets with impact on umpire's call so he has to go. Breaks an ominous partnership 112/214.6 that's a soft dismissal, misses a straighter one, tossed up fuller right on middle, Hermann steps leg-side in a bid to chomp it downtown and wasn't behind the line, yorked himself and this is another vital scalp for Capitals! 128/315.6 Excellent forward diving catch! The pressure of dots prompts a big shot but he has miscued this straight into the hands of Esterhuizen! Planted his front leg and attempted to slog sweep, not much power behind it. 131/416.4 Lobbed up on a length wide of off, tries to slam a cut and it bites and grips late, turning across him, he tried to thump it down the ground and misses it, looks like his backfoot is not grounded and the bails were dislodged with his foot still in the air, wickets continue to tumble as Sunrisers struggle to take off 134/518.6 Such a smart operator, so unpredictable and very hard to pick, one of the finest spells of this season! Pure magic and befuddles Breetzke with a pearler, lands it full and it skids on at middle, wasn't anticipating at all because that's been his template today, mixing it up with his pace, line and length. It's been a staggering spell. Breetzke was caught up in two minds, playing a nothing shot as he attempted a sweep 150/619.5 Rolling his fingers, lands it short around the line off, drags it across the line between long-on and deep midwicket, Coles put in a full-length dive at striker's end, looks like he is short of his crease, Coles has to leave as he almost made it to the striker's end and Stubbs left for the journey very late. 168/7Extras10 (lb 4, nb 1, w 5)TOTAL170/7 (20 Overs, RR: 8.5)Fall of wickets: 1-31 (Quinton de Kock, 3.5 ov), 2-112 (Jonny Bairstow, 12.1 ov), 3-128 (Jordan Hermann, 14.6 ov), 4-131 (Marco Jansen, 15.6 ov), 5-134 (Chris Green, 16.4 ov), 6-150 (Matthew Breetzke, 18.6 ov), 7-168 (James Coles, 19.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB L Ngidi 2 0 11 0 5.5 4 1 0 0 0 RL Chase 4 0 39 1 9.75 9 4 2 0 0 GG Peters 2 0 27 0 13.5 3 3 1 3 0 KA Maharaj 4 0 24 2 6 9 2 0 1 0 LB Williams 4 0 46 0 11.5 3 3 2 0 1 SE Rutherford 1 0 9 0 9 0 0 0 1 0 B Parsons 3 0 10 3 3.33 8 0 0 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.6 First breakthrough! Lands it short on middle and leg, swivel pull into the leg-side, ball ballooned up and hit him near the handle, de Kock sprints forward and takes a sprawling tumbling catch, keeping his eyes locked on the ball 15/117.5 Done his job, gives a glimmer of hope to Sunrisers. Got too far across his stumps in a bid to ramp it away, You Miss, I hit! Clatters leg-stump and the zingers are lit up! Nevertheless, a stupendous outing, tried a risky shot but that's the way he plays: high-risk, high reward 152/37.5 That will tilt the balance. Over the wicket, fires it quick and he misses the flick, the change of pace gobsmacked him, totally took him by surprise, carom ball does the trick. He had to accelerate and the the pressure of asking rate can often bring about errors 61/2Extras4 (lb 2, w 2)TOTAL172/3 (18.3 Overs, RR: 9.29)Fall of wickets: 1-15 (Shai Hope, 1.6 ov), 2-61 (Connor Esterhuizen, 7.5 ov), 3-152 (Bryce Parsons, 17.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB M Jansen 4 0 33 0 8.25 9 4 1 0 0 L Gregory 3.3 0 42 1 12 7 1 4 1 0 A Nortje 4 0 33 1 8.25 10 4 1 1 0 CJ Green 3 0 31 1 10.33 6 1 3 0 0 S Muthusamy 4 0 31 0 7.75 4 1 1 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Sunrisers Eastern Cape , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Pretoria Capitals advanced
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
21 January 2026 - day/night match (20-over match)
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 49 runs, 1 wicket)
- Strategic Timeout: Sunrisers Eastern Cape - 49/1 in 6.0 overs (JM Bairstow 14, J Hermann 14)
- Sunrisers Eastern Cape: 50 runs in 6.2 overs (38 balls), Extras 2
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 38 balls (JM Bairstow 23, J Hermann 22, Ex 8)
- Sunrisers Eastern Cape: 100 runs in 10.6 overs (67 balls), Extras 9
- JM Bairstow: 50 off 35 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Over 12.1: Review by Sunrisers Eastern Cape (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - A Jacobs, Batter - JM Bairstow (Struck down - Umpires Call)
- Strategic Timeout: Sunrisers Eastern Cape - 125/2 in 14.0 overs (J Hermann 40, T Stubbs 6)
- Over 17.3: Review by Pretoria Capitals (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - A Paleker, Batter - T Stubbs (Struck down)
- Sunrisers Eastern Cape: 150 runs in 18.2 overs (111 balls), Extras 10
- Innings Break: Sunrisers Eastern Cape - 170/7 in 20.0 overs (T Stubbs 26, L Gregory 2)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 46 runs, 1 wicket)
- Pretoria Capitals: 50 runs in 6.4 overs (40 balls), Extras 0
- Strategic Timeout: Pretoria Capitals - 66/2 in 9.0 overs (B Parsons 31, D Brevis 2)
- Pretoria Capitals: 100 runs in 12.2 overs (74 balls), Extras 0
- 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 34 balls (B Parsons 14, D Brevis 37, Ex 0)
- B Parsons: 50 off 40 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Strategic Timeout: Pretoria Capitals - 136/2 in 16.0 overs (B Parsons 59, D Brevis 44)
- D Brevis: 50 off 30 balls (3 x 4, 4 x 6)
- Pretoria Capitals: 150 runs in 17.1 overs (103 balls), Extras 2
Match Coverage
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