Capitals vs Royals, 30th Match at Centurion, Feb 07 2023, SA20

RESULT
30th Match (D/N), Centurion, February 07, 2023, SA20
(20 ov, T:227) 167/9

Capitals won by 59 runs

Player Of The Match
80 (41)
kusal-mendis
Cricinfo's MVP
90.49 ptsImpact List
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Scores: Binoy George | Comms: Andrew Miller
Scorecard summary
Pretoria Capitals 226/5(20 overs)
Paarl Royals 167/9(20 overs)
70 (45)
3/28 (2)
24 (12)
2/18 (3)
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PLAYERTeam
TI
Runs
I. Runs
B. Impact
Bowl
I. Wkts
Bo. Impact
PC90.4980(41)89.0590.49--0
PC52.7339(21)46.9952.73--0
PR47.372(3)21.332/392.2146.03
PR46.1370(45)68.2446.13--0
PC36.7441(21)42.2938.760/21-- 2.02
end of over 209 runs • 1 wicket
PR: 167/9CRR: 8.35 
Lungi Ngidi2 (3b)
Codi Yusuf2 (2b)
Adil Rashid 3-0-18-2
James Neesham 2-0-28-3

Time for the presentations.

David Miller: "We wanted to go out and win the game but got into a sticky situation so reassessed. They batted really well but there are areas we have to chat about... not a great game for us in all departments but we're in the semi-finals. We've got matchwinners all the way through, Jos showed class and maturity, but we have to come together and put a big performance in tomorrow. It'll be different conditions, a new game, we'll be up for it."

Kusal Mendis is Player of the Match. "Good start in the first six overs... I was happy with my innings, everyone looked to make runs, chasing 200 easily... the team is very together, we know how to play, got on really well in the last two games.

Theunis de Bruyn "Nice to win, to be honest we would have liked to keep them out and face the team that gave us a hiding the other day... but we play to win, and same opposition in different conditions. Will assess tomorrow. We've played as a unit throughout the competition and we play to win."

So on that, it's a wrap. We're into the final four. Capitals vs Royals, and JSK versus Sunrisers, for a place in the inaugural SA20 final. See you tomorrow, same time, different place!

9.07pm So... that was a bit tense! As 59-run wins go, that was a cliffhanger... and the upshot is that these two go again in the first semi-final tomorrow night, as Durban's faint hopes were raised from the dead only to be dashed again.

A thumping display from Pretoria, powered by some stunning hitting from Mendis, Salt, Neesham and Ingram, who seemed to be playing on a different surface. In reply, Jos Buttler's innings looked imposing in the final analysis, but his 70 from 45 was an unusually sketchy affair by his standards, and he lacked any meaningful support in the tense latter stages of the chase.

Sumer mehta: "The most victorious hammering I've ever seen"

Bhargav : "Based on the capitals mindset. I think Paarl Royals are going to make the final tomorrow. Capitals will regret this stupidity "

19.6
Rashid to Ngidi, no run

a big wipe at the legbreak, misses out... and that's the end of that

Vijay : "Why Rashid ? Why not Pretorius? " Legspin to the tail.. it makes sense

19.5
2
Rashid to Ngidi, 2 runs

hoisted to backward square with a free-wheeling swing of the bat. The jeopardy is gone

19.4
2lb
Rashid to Ngidi, 2 leg byes

down the leg side, and flicks off the pads, away through fine leg. That'll do away with any doubts

They'd better hope they haven't done a Boucher and misread their D/L equivalent!... a single might be opportune here

19.3
W
Rashid to Fortuin, OUT

attempts the reverse sweep with nothing riding on the stroke, and back goes the stumps

Bjorn Fortuin b Rashid 8 (8b 1x4 0x6 20m) SR: 100
19.2
4b
Rashid to Fortuin, 4 byes

byes for the win! Extra bounce, turn down the leg side as Fortuin flings the bat at thin air, the keeper is baffled... the qualification is secure!

Mid-off, mid-on, cover and square leg are all back

19.1
1
Rashid to Codi Yusuf, 1 run

tight line from the leggie, tapped into the covers for the smartly judged single. Well played

Five to qualify and Rashid has the ball

end of over 1919 runs • 1 wicket
PR: 158/8CRR: 8.31 RRR: 69.00 • Need 69 from 6b
Bjorn Fortuin8 (6b 1x4)
Codi Yusuf1 (1b)
James Neesham 2-0-28-3
Anrich Nortje 4-0-14-1
18.6
4
Neesham to Fortuin, FOUR runs

very full, and that's a gutsy stroke! Presents the full face of the blade through the ball, angled upwards to impart some oomph with mid-off in the ring, and long-off can't cut it off. Vital boundary that buys the tail some wriggle room in a tense final over...

18.5
1
Neesham to Codi Yusuf, 1 run

on the back foot, flicked off the legs for the single... midwicket is too deep to intercept

18.4
W
Neesham to Buttler, OUT

pulled, top-edged, gone! Is it too little too late, if not for Capitals, then for Durban? Buttler goes for broke as Neesham bangs it in, outside off and fails to get over his stroke as short backward square back-pedals. Still, a magnificent innings in adversity... scratchy at first but authoritative when it needed to be

Jos Buttler c Rossouw b Neesham 70 (45b 4x4 5x6 81m) SR: 155.55

Ten to qualify from eight balls... It's looking healthier now...

18.3
4
Neesham to Buttler, FOUR runs

short, swivels through his pull, a touch top-edged, but the shorter boundary comes to his aid. Short midwicket can't get close, and nor can the sweepers

18.2
4
Neesham to Buttler, FOUR runs

Pushed across the right-hander again, and out come those spring-loaded wrists, unleashing up and over wide long-off again!

18.1
6
Neesham to Buttler, SIX runs

inside-out and pounded over extra cover! That's magnificent, round the wicket, pushing the ball across the right-hander, challenging him to hit to the long boundary, and he smokes it!

Neesham will bowl his third

end of over 184 runs
PR: 139/7CRR: 7.72 RRR: 44.00 • Need 88 from 12b
Bjorn Fortuin4 (5b)
Jos Buttler56 (41b 2x4 4x6)
Anrich Nortje 4-0-14-1
Colin Ingram 2-0-21-0

J Pearce: "@Neville - Jos didn't open today though - came in the 4th over!" This is also true

17.6
Nortje to Fortuin, no run

slower bouncer, loops over the thrashing bat as Buttler misses his pull

17.5
1
Nortje to Buttler, 1 run

very full, outside off, flashed into the covers

Two more balls for Nortje to make a decisive impact

17.4
1
Nortje to Fortuin, 1 run

flashed off the back foot to deep point

17.3
Nortje to Fortuin, no run

squared up on the back foot, and pushed into the off side

17.2
1
Nortje to Buttler, 1 run

cracked urgently off the back foot, into the covers. Decent stop that, the ball was travelling

17.1
1
Nortje to Fortuin, 1 run

pressed into the covers, and they burgle the single to get Buttler back on strike. Bonus

end of over 1718 runs
PR: 135/7CRR: 7.94 RRR: 30.66 • Need 92 from 18b
Jos Buttler54 (39b 2x4 4x6)
Bjorn Fortuin2 (1b)
Colin Ingram 2-0-21-0
James Neesham 1-0-9-2

Odd decision to bowl Ingram, and not just in hindsight. Maybe the Capitals management reckon Durban aren't the team they want to keep alive after all!

16.6
6
Ingram to Buttler, SIX runs

yee-har, the Bos is back in town! Swings gleefully through a tossed-up leggie, dipping on a good length, and clobbered onto the grass at midwicket, that's a 36-ball fifty, for a guy who hasn't been in form today

16.5
2
Ingram to Buttler, 2 runs

down the track again, but can't connect properly, under-edged to the leg-side, and hurtles the first, desperate to keep the strike

Best performances - batters
Spike Graph
Wagon Zone
BKG Mendis
80 runs (41)
8 fours4 sixes
Productive shot
pull
19 runs
2 fours1 six
Control
78%
JC Buttler
70 runs (45)
4 fours5 sixes
Productive shot
cover drive
14 runs
1 four1 six
Control
67%
Best performances - bowlers
JDS Neesham
O
2
M
0
R
28
W
3
ECO
14
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
2W
LEGOFF
LHB
1W
AU Rashid
O
3
M
0
R
18
W
2
ECO
6
FTYFGSGS
OFFLEG
RHB
1W
LEGOFF
LHB
1W
Match details
SuperSport Park, Centurion
TossPaarl Royals, elected to field first
Series
Season2022/23
Player Of The Match
Match days7 February 2023 - daynight (20-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpire
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
PointsPretoria Capitals 5, Paarl Royals 0
Language
English
Win Probability
PC 100%
PCPR
100%50%100%PC InningsPR Innings

Over 20 • PR 167/9

Bjorn Fortuin b Rashid 8 (8b 1x4 0x6 20m) SR: 100
W
Capitals won by 59 runs
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SA20
TEAMMWLPTNRR
PC1073320.927
JSK106327-0.111
SEC1045190.316
PR104519-0.293
DSG104519-0.319
MICT103713-0.500