Capitals vs Royals, 19th Match at Paarl, SA20, Jan 10 2026 - Ball by Ball Commentary

RESULT
19th Match, Paarl, January 10, 2026, SA20
(20 ov, T:139) 117/6

Capitals won by 21 runs

sherfane-rutherford
Player Of The Match
42* (35)
sherfane-rutherford
Cricinfo's MVP
61.67 ptsImpact List
New
Over20
8 runs, 1 wicket
PR 117/6CRR: 5.85
Delano Potgieter 9 (12b 1x4)Hardus Viljoen 1 (1b)
Lizaad Williams1/21 (3)

With today's win, PC are now on 15 points, the same as PR. But there's a big difference when it comes to the net run rate: 0.016 vs -1.075. As a result, PC are third while PR are fourth. Meanwhile, with the result done in Paarl, it's now time to switch over to JSK vs MICT in Joburg. We bid you goodnight from here, but the SA20 keeps rolling. See you until next time!

Sherfane Rutherford is the Player of the Match: "I think it was a tough pitch to bat on. Key for me was to take it deep. The best chance to play was taking it deep. One thing it teaches you is to spend time. It's important to give yourself the best chance; anything can happen in the back-end."

Keshav Maharaj: "Rutherford's been a stalwart of the batting unit. Coming in at the back end and giving us huge totals... long may his form continue. Ngidi set the tone. It was a proper team effort at the end of the day."

Time for the presentations

EVVN: "The sixes is what the difference here is: 7 vs 4"

David Miller: "The pitch was on the slower side, and got slower as the game went on. The guys bowled really well. The last four-five overs, I still thought it was a good bowling performance. It's a challenge [on such a pitch]... trying to limit the dot balls. Boundaries came, but they are few and far between. They bowled really well. We've done really well. It's tough losing. We'll learn from this one."

4.37pm Superb performance from PC, whose all-round display makes even 138 look more than enough. It was a slow pitch where the ball was always holding and gripping, and although PR's spinners restricted PC earlier in the day, PC's bowlers' combined efforts had the final say. Ngidi and Williams went for runs, but the others' efforts reads a stunning 13-0-60-4. Like Rutherford for PC, it was only Miller who stood apart for PR. But unlike Rutherford, Miller ends up on the wrong side.

19.6
1
Williams to Potgieter, 1 run

full and wide of off, and driven to long-off. PC win by 21 runs

19.5
2
Williams to Potgieter, 2 runs

juts short of the man at short third. A high-ish full toss just outside off, as Potgieter went pushing at it but got it off the outside edge. Replays confirm that the ball arrived just below his waist

19.4
Williams to Potgieter, no run

on a length, and wide of off. Slashed to the man at point

19.3
4
Williams to Potgieter, FOUR runs

a yorker wide of off... and it's four. Wow, that hardly looked like going that far. Williams bowled a slower ball, which Potgieter drove to deep cover

19.2
1
Williams to Viljoen, 1 run

short of a length, and just outside off. Pulled to deep midwicket

Viljoen.

19.1
W
Williams to Miller, OUT

gone first ball!! It's a low catch for Cox at long-off. Williams bowled a low full toss angling into off, and Miller got it off the bottom of the bat. The ball actually went further than I thought it would, and that wicket means all hopes of a miracle are now doused

David Miller c Cox b Williams 45 (36b 0x4 4x6 53m) SR: 125

How many would bet on Miller slamming five sixes in the final over?

Over19
5 runsNeed 30 runs from 6b
PR 109/5CRR: 5.73  RRR: 30.00
Delano Potgieter 2 (8b)David Miller 45 (35b 4x6)
Lungi Ngidi1/35 (4)
18.6
Ngidi to Potgieter, no run

nearly a yorker on off, and jammed back to Ngidi

18.5
1
Ngidi to Miller, 1 run

just a single. He makes room, and pulls this short ball on the stumps to fine leg

18.4
2
Ngidi to Miller, 2 runs

great execution. Ngidi nails a yorker on the stumps, and Miller drags it to long-on. A fumble there allows him a second

18.3
Ngidi to Miller, no run

full and angling in. It hits Miller's pad as he looks to heave to the leg side

18.2
1
Ngidi to Potgieter, 1 run

very full on the stumps, and heaved wide of long-on to PR's relief

18.1
1
Ngidi to Miller, 1 run

on the bounce to deep cover point... and Miller can't get a second. He slices it off a length outside off, and times it too well

Here's Ngidi.

All eyes on Miller. PR need 35 in 12 balls.

Over18
7 runsNeed 35 runs from 12b
PR 104/5CRR: 5.77  RRR: 17.50
Delano Potgieter 1 (6b)David Miller 41 (31b 4x6)
Lizaad Williams0/13 (2)
17.6
Williams to Potgieter, no run

full delivery around sixth stump. Heaved to long-on, and they don't run

17.5
Williams to Potgieter, no run

a yorker, and it's a slower ball too. Around sixth stump, and Potgieter goes for a swipe but misses

17.4
1
Williams to Miller, 1 run

short of a length, and outside off. Slapped aerially to deep cover point

17.3
6
Williams to Miller, SIX runs

another huge six for Miller!! This is on a length around off, and he clubs it into the DJ dugout wide of long-on

17.2
Williams to Miller, no run

yorker, and wide of off. Miller squeezes it out to Williams' right

17.1
Williams to Miller, no run

on a fullish length, and just outside off. He mistimes his slog to deep midwicket, as the ball goes off the inside half of the bat. And he doesn't take the single

Williams back. Around the stumps.

PR need a miracle from Miller.

Over17
2 runs, 1 wicketNeed 42 runs from 18b
PR 97/5CRR: 5.70  RRR: 14.00
Delano Potgieter 1 (4b)David Miller 34 (27b 3x6)
Keshav Maharaj2/14 (4)
16.6
Maharaj to Potgieter, no run

He makes room, and this time Maharaj goes short outside leg. Pulled hard to midwicket

16.5
1
Maharaj to Miller, 1 run

full and straight, and swept away to fine leg

Michael: "Whoopsie from Colin…"

Win Probability
PC 100%
PCPR
100%50%100%PC InningsPR Innings

Over 20 • PR 117/6

David Miller c Cox b Williams 45 (36b 0x4 4x6 53m) SR: 125
W
Capitals won by 21 runs
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