That will be that! Looking for the yorker, missed the blockhole by a whisker but Rickelton doesn't miss the opportunity to pick up a four and he drills it down the ground to long off boundary. It's an emphatic 10-wicket win!
Eastern Cape vs MI Cape Town, 25th Match at Cape Town, SA20, Jan 29 2025 - Ball by Ball Commentary
(11/20 ov, T:108) 110/0
MI Cape Town won by 10 wickets (with 54 balls remaining)
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end of over 1112 runs
MICT: 110/0CRR: 10.00
Ryan Rickelton59 (36b 8x4 1x6)
Rassie van der Dussen48 (30b 4x4 2x6)
Andile Simelane 1-0-12-0
Liam Dawson 2-0-13-0
Right then that brings us to the end of our coverage for this lop-sided contest. Hope you enjoyed it and we'll look forward to your company tomorrow. Until next time, this is me, Rvel Zahid, signing off on behalf of the team at ESPNcricinfo. Goodbye!
Corbin Bosch, Player of the Match: I'll be honest I didn't see it for very long (on his caught and bowled), just one of those days when everything went according to plan, super grateful. The crowd has been absolutely incredible; heard it's been four sold out games. They really watch their cricket and I am glad I could put a performance out for them. Today was one of those days when everything went my way
Aiden Markram, SEC Captain: Another one unfortunately, again you got to give credit to MI (Cape Town). They played really well, put us under pressure initially and we struggled to get away from that. A day we wanna forget and address it and move on from it quite quickly. You never wanna have any excuses as a team (on pitch and conditions). We (should) be able to put pressure on bowlers in better ways so those will be the discussions. Wicket was a little two paced but wasn't as bad as the score we got...so definitely massive room for improvement and our last game on home will be an opportunity for us to get things right. Always nice to play there and hopefully we can put up a good show
Rashid Khan, MI Cape Town Captain: (Fielding) is very important especially in this format. Today, before the game, we had the discussion to keep the continuity. I feel like the effort you put in fielding is very important. Fielding put us ahead in the game. (applauds the fielders Brevis and Reeza). Ground fielding was amazing, and I think it plays a huge role. It was important to finish with the bonus point and in top two. The way they have been batting together for last five six games (on openers), I feel it's so good for the team and I hope they continue, and we keep things simple and have fun. We had a very tough couple of years as a team. We just talked about to let's just have fun, have the basics right, put effort in field and forget about the last two years and I feel the way everyone stood up, took responsibility (has been the difference). The crowd came in numbers and that gives us extra energy in the field. Thanks to everyone who came up to (support us)
MICT have chased this down at the speed of light in the most clinical fashion. Van der Dussen and Rickelton attacked from the word go and killed the game in the powerplay. SEC knew they had little to no chance after a batting collapse of epic proportions and their task gradually became more onerous. Earlier, Rashid Khan and George Linde spun a web in the first six overs and the innings came to an abrupt halt. Whenever SEC tried to break the shackles, they ended up losing their wickets and that remained the theme for the entire innings.
Namooh Shah from our stats team shares that it's only the second 10 wicket win in SA20
Coincidentally both have come on the same date
29th Jan 2025: MICT beat SEC by 10 wickets
29th Jan 2024: JSK beat MICT by 10 wickets
Another stats nugget from Namooh
Biggest margin of victory in SA20 (By Balls Remaining)
SEC won by 9 wickets BR: 79 vs PC, Gqeberha 2024
PC won by 8 wickets BR: 74 vs DSG, Durban 2023
PR won by 7 wickets BR: 57 vs JSK, Paarl 2023
MICT won by 10 wickets BR: 55 vs SEC, Cape Town 2025
SEC won by 9 wickets BR: 54 vs JSK, Johannesburg 2024
md: "One of the best games MICT has ever played this season. Fantastic all round performance. Great game and need to continue playing."
Menny: "@Neville Smeda. Ricks instead of Bavuma for sure!!"
10.6
4
Simelane to Rickelton, FOUR runs
10.5
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Simelane to Rickelton, no run
Pitched up and gets some inswing at middle, was in the air for a while and straight back towards Simelane
10.4
1
Simelane to van der Dussen, 1 run
Pace-off back of a length ball angling it into off, swivel through the hips to hit towards long leg region
10.3
1
Simelane to Rickelton, 1 run
Pace-off full length and just outside off, eases it along the grass to long-on
10.2
6
Simelane to Rickelton, SIX runs
Goes big! Touch short on middle and slackens the pace, he picks it early and sends it many a mile over deep midwicket for a six. Landed a touch too short and he punishes it, plonking it with gusto! Nearly over the line
10.1
•
Simelane to Rickelton, no run
Over the wicket, good length and veers into the pads, nudged to short midwicket
end of over 106 runs
MICT: 98/0CRR: 9.80 • RRR: 1.00 • Need 10 runs from 60b
Ryan Rickelton48 (31b 7x4)
Rassie van der Dussen47 (29b 4x4 2x6)
Liam Dawson 2-0-13-0
Simon Harmer 2-0-14-0
9.6
1
Dawson to Rickelton, 1 run
Good length and turning in at leg, shimmies down leg and belts it into the covers
9.5
1
Dawson to van der Dussen, 1 run
Good length and slides across off, makes room and thwacks a cut to deep point
9.4
1
Dawson to Rickelton, 1 run
Around and it's a yorker fired at the stumps, shoveled to long-on
9.3
1
Dawson to van der Dussen, 1 run
Slowed up on a fuller length at middle, waits in his crease and then maneuvers it little uppishly to long-on
9.2
1
Dawson to Rickelton, 1 run
Lobbed up full on middle, steps away to the on side and shanks it down to long-on
9.1
1
Dawson to van der Dussen, 1 run
Slip removed. Floated just outside off, nurdled to the right of third man
end of over 98 runs
MICT: 92/0CRR: 10.22 • RRR: 1.45 • Need 16 runs from 66b
Rassie van der Dussen44 (26b 4x4 2x6)
Ryan Rickelton45 (28b 7x4)
Simon Harmer 2-0-14-0
Liam Dawson 1-0-7-0
8.6
1
Harmer to van der Dussen, 1 run
Allows it to turn towards him onto his pads and he flicks it around the corner
8.5
1
Harmer to Rickelton, 1 run
Standing outside leg-stump, driven with minimal timing into the covers
8.4
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Harmer to Rickelton, no run
Around the wicket, flighted on middle, backing away and tapping to cover inside ring
8.3
1
Harmer to van der Dussen, 1 run
Drops it short and gets it to spin back from outside off, jammed away to long-off
8.2
1
Harmer to Rickelton, 1 run
Fuller again and trying to cramp him for room, worked to long-on region
8.1
4
Harmer to Rickelton, FOUR runs
Around the wicket, full and aiming at his toes, gives himself room by shimming down leg and gets to the pitch of the ball, bashes it downtown for a four past long-off
end of over 87 runs
MICT: 84/0CRR: 10.50 • RRR: 2.00 • Need 24 runs from 72b
Ryan Rickelton39 (24b 6x4)
Rassie van der Dussen42 (24b 4x4 2x6)
Liam Dawson 1-0-7-0
Simon Harmer 1-0-6-0
7.6
1
Dawson to Rickelton, 1 run
Backs away and exposes his stumps firmly clattering it along the carpet to extra cover
7.5
2
Dawson to Rickelton, 2 runs
Nabs two more. Landed on a length and targets the pads, he goes down on one knee and plays big yawning sweep
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