MI Cape Town beat Paarl Royals by 39 runs in their Betway SA20 payoff match, which means that they are through to the final. The Paarl Royals will get another chance to qualify, when they take on the winners of Wednesday’s eliminator between Joburg Super Kings and Sunrisers Eastern Cape in the other semi-final.
Cricket’s T20 format is being introduced to the Olympic programme for the 2028 LA Games.
The latest key stats relating to the competition heading into the last three matches are:
FINAL STANDINGS
1 MI Cape Town (35pts, 2.446 NRR), 2 Paarl Royals (28pts, -0.125 NRR), 3 Sunrisers Eastern Cape (24pts -0.206 NRR), 4 Joburg Super Kings (19pts, -0.208 NRR), 5 Pretoria Capitals 14pts, -0.585 NRR), 6 Durban’s Super Giants (12pts, -1256 NRR)
MOST RUNS
370 Rassie van der Dussen (MI Cape Town)
338 Lhuan-dre Pretorius (Paarl Royals)
303 Ryan Rickelton (MI Cape Town)
279 Joe Root (Paarl Royals)
267 Faf du Plessis (Joburg Super Kings)
261 Aiden Markram (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
253 Dewald Brevis (MI Cape Town)
252 Rubin Herman (Paarl Royals)
242 Devon Conway (Joburg Super Kings)
233 Kane Williamson (Durban’s Super Giants)
228 David Miller (Paarl Royals)
225 Will Jacks (Pretoria Capitals)
212 Reeza Hendricks (MI Cape Town)
200 David Bedingham (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
MOST WICKETS
15 Marco Jansen (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
14 Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Paarl Royals)
13 Noor Ahmad (Durban’s Super Giants)
12 Hardus Viljoen (Joburg Super Kings), Richard Gleeson (Sunrisers Eastern Cape), Lutho Sipamla (Joburg Suoer Kings)
11 Bevin Fortuin (Paarl Royals), Rashid Khan (MI Cape Town)
10 Liam Dawson (Sunrisers Eastern Cape), Corbin Bosch (MI Cape Town)
9 Senuran Muthusamy (Pretoria Capitals), Trent Boult (MI Cape Town), George Linde (MI Cape Town)
MOST CATCHES
7 Reeza Hendricks (MI Cape Town), David Miller (Paarl Royals)
6 Simon Harmer (Sunrisers Eastern Cape), Faf du Plessis (Joburg Super Kings), Donovan Ferreira (Joburg Super Kings), Senuran Muthusamy (Pretoria Capitals), Dewald Brewis (MI Cape Town)
5 Liam Dawson (Sunrisers Eastern Cape), Tom Abell (Sunrisers Eastern Cape), Rashid Khan (MI Cape Town)
4 Zac Crawley (Sunrisers Eastern Cape), Heinrich Klaasen (Durban’s Super Giants), Leus du Plooy (Joburg Super Kings), Lhuan-dre Pretorius (Paarl Royals), Rubin Herman (Paarl Royals)
HIGHEST SCORES
97 Lhuan-dre Pretorius (Paarl Royals)
92no Joe Root (Paarl Royals)
91no Rassie van der Dussen (MI Cape Town)
89 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Pretoria Capitals)
89 Ryan Rickelton (MI Cape Town)
87 Faf du Plessis (Joburg Super Kings)
83 Lhuan-dre Pretorius (Paarl Royals)
82 Aiden Markram (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
78no Joe Root (Paarl Royals)
77no Reeza Hendricks (MI Cape Town)
76no Devon Conway (Joburg Super Kings)
76no Heinrich Klaasen (Durban’s Super Giants)
74 Sediquillah Atal (MI Cape Town)
73no Dewald Brevis (MI Cape Town)
BEST BOWLING
5-10 Delano Potgieter (MI Cape Town)
4-13 Marco Jansen (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
4-19 Corbin Bosch (MI Cape Town)
4-24 Hardus Viljoen (Joburg Super Kings)
4-25 Noor Ahmad (Durban’s Super Giants)
3-13 Lutho Sipamla (Joburg Super Kings)
3-15 George Linde (MI Cape Town)
3-15 Craig Overton (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
3-17 Liam Dawson (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
3-19 Lutho Sipamla (Joburg Super Kings)
3-21 Senuran Muthusamy (Pretoria Capitals)
3-22 Migael Pretorius (Pretoria Capitals)
3-22 Marco Jansen (Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
HIGHEST TEAM TOTALS
222-3 MI Cape Town (vs Pretoria Capitals)
213-2 Paarl Royals (vs Pretoria Capitals)
212-5 Pretoria Capitals (vs Paarl Royals)
209-4 Durban’s Super Giants (vs Pretoria Capitals)
207-6 Pretoria Capitals (vs Durban’s Super Giants)
201-6 MI Cape Town (vs Pretoria Capitals)
199-4 MI Cape Town (vs Paarl Royals)
195-8 Pretoria Capitals (vs MI Cape Town)
176-1 Paarl Royals (vs Sunrisers Eastern Cape)
HIGHEST BATTING STRIKE RATES
180.71 Dewald Brewis (MI Cape Town)
176.66 Delano Potgieter (MI Cape Town)
175.14 Ryan Rickelton (MI Cape Town)
171.57 Lhuan-dre Pretorius (Paarl Royals)
155.23 Donovan Ferreira (Joburg Super Kings)
155.00 Naveen-ul-Haq (Durban Super Giants)
MOST SIXES
21 Dewald Brewis (MI Cape Town)
19 Rassie van der Dussen (MI Cape Town)
16 Ryan Rickelton (MI Cape Town)
15 Lhuan-dre Pretorius (Paarl Royals)
13 Faf du Plessis (Joburg Super Kings)
12 Will Jacks (Pretoria Capitals), Heinrich Klassen (Durban’s Super Giants)
11 Donovan Ferreira (Joburg Super Kings)
10 Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Pretoria Capitals), Johnny Bairstow (Joburg Super Kings), Rubin Herman (Paarl Royals), George Linde (MI Cape Towb)