SA20 2025/26, Match 8

Pretoria Capitals v MI Cape Town

Pretoria Capitals 220/5 20 ov
MI Cape Town 135 14.2 ov

Pretoria Capitals won by 85 runs

Venue
Newlands, Cape Town
Date
Wed, 31 December 2025
Toss
Pretoria Capitals won the toss and chose to bat
Player of the match
Sherfane Rutherford

The match

Before a ball was bowled the model made MI Cape Town 56% favourites, from the two XIs that took the field. They lost.

Pretoria Capitals win

MI Cape Town win

Pretoria Capitals batMI Cape Town chase 221

Turning point +20 to Pretoria Capitals. 8.3, the chase: Keshav Maharaj to Nicholas Pooran, wicket, 100/3, needing 121. Pretoria Capitals went from 59% to 79%.

Moved it most Wihan Lubbe +25.4 · Sherfane Rutherford +22.2 · Dwaine Pretorius −18.5 · Keshav Maharaj +18.1

BattingRB4s6sSRWin
Will Smeedc Rashid Khan b GF Linde221921115.8−6.1
B Parsonsc RD Rickelton b K Rabada02000.0−6.8
Shai Hopec D Pretorius b TA Boult453032150.0+13.7
Connor Esterhuizenc HE van der Dussen b C Bosch05000.0−10.5
Wihan Lubbec RR Hendricks b K Rabada603672166.7+25.4
Dewald Brevisnot out36*1314276.9+9.4
Sherfane Rutherfordnot out47*1506313.3+13.7
Extras lb 3, w 710
Total 20 ov, 11.00 an over220/5

Did not bat Keshav Maharaj, Lizaad Williams, Tymal Mills, Lungi Ngidi

Fall of wickets 4-1 (Parsons, 1.2), 37-2 (Smeed, 4.3), 38-3 (Esterhuizen, 5.3), 126-4 (Hope, 14.4), 134-5 (Lubbe, 15.3)

BowlingOMRWEconDotsWdNbWin
Trent Boult4043110.75700−17.0
Kagiso Rabada4048212.00740+3.8
George Linde302217.33600+2.0
Corbin Bosch3038112.67620−10.1
Rashid Khan403007.50700−7.8
Dwaine Pretorius2036018.00110−12.5

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Ball by ball

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The balls that decided it