- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.6 Fuller in length and gyrates across off, doesn't give him much pace to work with, he tries to lift it up and over mid-off and drives it straight to Stubbs. Massive wicket, he doesn't like to be bogged down and always looking to play his shots, Sunrisers are absolutely delighted by this wicket, fiery celebration from Stubbs 5/14.4 Top-edge balloons up and taken at deep fine! Firmly rooted back in crease and attempts to clip it behind square, tough to negotiate with the searing pace, ball held in the surface, Sipamla does an incredible job, settling under the skier and reverse-cupping it well, Royals off to a shaky start 26/25.2 Royals in a bit of bother! Lose their third! Springs down the track and attempts to flick him away towards midwicket but ends up getting a thick leading edge that spoons to the man at short cover, Breetzke makes no mistake, Coles is elated, everything working perfectly so far for Sunrisers! Huge breakthrough, captain departs and Royals need massive rebuilding work, it's not a 200 pitch 31/36.6 Crikey! That spun away viciously and he was stretching forward to drive, big stride out and clearly trying to neutralize the turn, top-class glove work from the maestro Quinton de Kock, another massive wicket. Royals in deep trouble! 34/414.3 gone! Skedaddles down the track to whack it disdainfully over midwicket, beaten in the flight, was quick too, spun away sharply and wert pas the bat, de Kock gets rid of the bails quickly. Big blow to Royals and a timely scalp for Sunrisers, very quick stumping 73/514.6 Did it carry to the slip? Looks like it did and Powell is taking the slow walk back to the pavilion. Muthusamy tosses it up fuller and gets it to turn significantly across off, draws him forward and a tiny edge carries to Jansen at first slip, everything working to the plan 75/619.2 Back of a length and a little bit of tail into the batter at fourth stump, backs away a touch again and slashed in the air, looks an absolute worldie, covers a lot of ground and throws his body forward to take an absolute blinder! Hermann was the fielder, eyes locked on the ball and timed the jump to perfection 108/7Extras5 (b 1, lb 2, w 2)TOTAL114/7 (20 Overs, RR: 5.7)Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Lhuan-dre Pretorius, 1.6 ov), 2-26 (Rubin Hermann, 4.4 ov), 3-31 (Dan Lawrence, 5.2 ov), 4-34 (Asa Tribe, 6.6 ov), 5-73 (Sikandar Raza, 14.3 ov), 6-75 (Rovman Powell, 14.6 ov), 7-108 (Bjorn Fortuin, 19.2 ov)
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR2.2 some respite for Royals, they have got the big fish! de Kock tries to hit along his merry way and didn't want to stymie his momentum, loads up for a big hoik into the leg-side and was deceived in the flight, ball rattles through the stumps and a subdued celebration from Fortuin follows. Ball straightened a wee bit 30/12.6 Traps him lbw! Looped up and it skids on, drifts in a touch and he plays down the wrong line, another massive scalp 31/25.5 Neither too short, nor too full, tight and irksome off-stump line, skidding off the surface, and he tries to mow it downtown, hits him high on the bat and caught by Lawrence around mid-off, run-rate is good but got to be a little bit careful with the wickets column 50/3Extras6 (w 6)TOTAL117/3 (11.4 Overs, RR: 10.02)Fall of wickets: 1-30 (Quinton de Kock, 2.2 ov), 2-31 (Jonny Bairstow, 2.6 ov), 3-50 (Jordan Hermann, 5.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB BC Fortuin 4 0 26 2 6.5 12 4 0 1 0 GC Viljoen 1 0 16 0 16 3 1 2 0 0 Sikandar Raza 2 0 18 0 9 6 4 0 0 0 OEG Baartman 1 0 11 1 11 3 1 1 0 0 AM Tribe 2 0 14 0 7 2 1 0 0 0 DW Lawrence 1 0 21 0 21 1 2 1 1 0 LG Pretorius 0.4 0 11 0 16.5 1 1 1 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Paarl Royals , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Sunrisers Eastern Cape 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
23 January 2026 - day/night match (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 31 runs, 3 wickets)
- Strategic Timeout: Paarl Royals - 38/4 in 9.0 overs (K Verreynne 15, Sikandar Raza 1)
- Over 9.6: Review by Sunrisers Eastern Cape (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - BP Jele, Batter - Sikandar Raza (Struck down)
- Paarl Royals: 50 runs in 12.5 overs (77 balls), Extras 2
- Strategic Timeout: Paarl Royals - 56/4 in 13.0 overs (K Verreynne 26, Sikandar Raza 8)
- Paarl Royals: 100 runs in 18.2 overs (110 balls), Extras 3
- K Verreynne: 50 off 41 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
- Innings Break: Paarl Royals - 114/7 in 20.0 overs (K Verreynne 52, GC Viljoen 4)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 6.0 (Mandatory - 56 runs, 3 wickets)
- Sunrisers Eastern Cape: 50 runs in 5.3 overs (33 balls), Extras 1
- Strategic Timeout: Sunrisers Eastern Cape - 50/3 in 5.5 overs (MP Breetzke 2)
- Sunrisers Eastern Cape: 100 runs in 10.1 overs (61 balls), Extras 6
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 26 balls (MP Breetzke 14, JM Coles 32, Ex 5)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsAll-round Coles, Muthusamy put Sunrisers Eastern Cape in fourth SA20 final
SEC's spinners took combined figures of 10-1-47-4 to set up the win against Paarl Royals in Qualifier 2


