top-edged and taken! MICT win by 95 runs! Behrendorff finally runs up the white flag for Pretoria Capitals, hoicking across the line to be caught at backward point. Linde plunges forward to hold on, and that's yer lot
MI Cape Town vs Capitals, 30th Match at Cape Town, SA20, Feb 02 2025 - Ball by Ball Commentary
6.35pm: Well, this was a no-contest. Perhaps to be expected, when first in the table takes on fifth - but MICT had made seven changes for this, the final game of the group stage. The understudies all played their part, Dane Piedt and Thomas Kaber each taking three-fors after the home side had rumbled past 200 on the back of a century opening stand. Capitals were already out, and MICT already qualified in top spot... but we had some fun, didn't we? That's a wrap from Newlands. And it wasn't the biggest mismatch of the day, either. Thanks for your comments, we'll be back for the playoffs, MICT in action again for the Qualifier on Tuesday. See you again for that. Bye!
wrong'un, going across the right-hander. Swing and a miss
flat stock ball, 86kph on off. Swept without timing to deep square leg
Last man Gideon Peters walks out
dragged out and stumped! Kaber gets another as Boast's happy-slap outing comes to an end. Lunges out to swing the bat but then can't get the back foot over the line as Benjamin whips off the bails
wide line, spinning away sharply, beats Boast's swing
tossed up outside off, steered into the covers
Kaber again
slows his pace down to 74kph, turns away from Boast's swing through to Benjamin
Brings up the Capitals 100 in style. Never mind the match situation
donked into the crowd! Tossed up and Boast clears the front dog to muscle a slogged six high over long-on
spins away outside off
carrom ball on the pads, worked through the leg side... and some shoddy work in the deep allows them to come back for two
floated up wide of the stumps, 81kph. Punched out to the cover sweeper
Jason Behrendorff is in at No. 10
superbly held on the deep midwicket rope! Neesham crunches a slog-sweep into the Cape Town sky, but Potts is under it, takes the ball one-handed over his head and then lobs it back up as he steps over the rope before calmly completing the catch. Third of the night for Piedt, and a thumping defeat looms for Capitals
Piedt for his fourth
worked with the spin through midwicket
pushed through, 91kph and chopped into the leg side
tossed up outside off, punched through extra cover for one
another googly but sliding well down the leg side
wrong'un, 87kph and takes the leading edge into the off side
slugged for four first ball! Short delivery and he rolls his wrists on a beefy pull through midwicket
Matthew Boast, on debut, walks in
dragged down... and slapped to deep midwicket! Brevis is cock-a-hoop as he strikes with his first ball. Muthusamy hauled the ball into the leg side but picks out the fielder. Capitals making an undignified exit from the competition here
Hello. Dewald Brevis is going to bowl. Perhaps this is what he's in the side for?
slows his pace down, chipped through mid-on for one more