MI Cape Town vs Paarl Royals Highlights – SA20 League Highlights: Watch as Jofra Archer, Dewald Brevis star in MI’s 8 wicket victory overy Paarl Royals: Check SA20 League HIGHLIGHTS: Dewald Brevis stole the show as MI Cape Town comfortably eased past Paarl Royals by eight wickets in the SA20 opener at a sold out Newlands on Tuesday night. Jofra Archer was the other star performer for MI as he took three wickets for 27 runs: Watch SA20 League HIGHLIGHTS with InsideSport.IN
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SA20 League HIGHLIGHTS: The Newlands crowd were in high spirits before the toss after being entertained to a spectacular show from Sho Madjozi and Master KG. The entertainment continued once the game started as the home side drew first blood when MI Cape Town’s Jofra Archer dismissed Wihan Lubbe with the help of a brilliant diving catch from George Linde.
The Boland side settled down after the initial setback through English duo Jos Buttler and Jason Roy as the pair put on 36 runs for the second wicket before Roy (13) was dismissed by Duan Jansen. Buttler, though, continued to keep the Royals innings ticking over as he produced a sparkling half-century before being dismissed for 51(42), while captain David Miller knocked 42 off 31 balls as the Royals closed on 142/7.
MI CAPE TOWN’S DEWALD BREVIS LIGHTS UP SA20 OPENER: Archer was the standout MI Cape Town bowler with figures of 3/27, while Ollie Stone claimed 2/37. MI Cape Town opening batters Brevis and Ryan Rickelton did not waste time in the run chase as they hit the ground running immediately.
The pair reached the end of the Powerplay in a comfortable position with MI Cape Town moving to 88/0.However, the Royals managed the breakthrough they were looking for after breaking the 90-run partnership as Rickelton departed for 42 (33 balls).
It was a mere blip for the Royals as Brevis entertained the Newlands with sweet strikes down the ground as he finished unbeaten on 70 off just 41 balls (4×4, 6×5) as MI Cape Town opened their SA20 account in emphatic fashion.
Jofra Archer SUPER-COMEBACK: It took three deliveries for Jofra Archer to remind the world of his wicket-taking abilities. England’s injury-plagued fast bowler returned to competitive cricket after an absence of 541 days in the opening game of South Africa’s new domestic Twenty20 competition, the SA20.
Archer took three wickets for 27 runs in his four overs as part of a three-pronged English bowling attack for MI Cape Town as they won by eight wickets against a Paarl Royals side that included Jos Buttler, Jason Roy and Eoin Morgan.
“It’s super hard after having that long, long gap and then coming back, and that kind of comeback was absolutely delightful to watch,” the MICT captain, Rashid Khan, said. “We saw him in practice and the way he was bowling it was like: ‘He’s ready to go.’ It was super great to watch him – he is fully ready and it’s great that he’s back.”
MI Cape Town Scorecard
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dewald Brevis | 70 | 41 | 4 | 5 | 170.73 | |
| Ryan Rickelton | 42 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 127.27 | |
| Sam Curran | 20 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 125.00 | |
| Rassie van der Dussen | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 266.67 | |
| Extra | 3 (b 1, w 1, nb 0, lb 1) | |||||
| Total | 143/2 (15.3) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | G Roelofsen, D Potgieter, GF Linde, Rashid Khan, D Jansen, OP Stone, Jofra Archer | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Codi Yusuf | 3 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 11.00 |
| Bjorn Fortuin | 3.3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 6.57 |
| Ramon Simmonds | 2 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 10.00 |
| Ferisco Adams | 4 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 8.50 |
| Tabraiz Shamsi | 3 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 10.33 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| RD Rickelton | 1-90 | 10.4 |
| Sam Curran | 2-120 | 14.1 |
Paarl Royals Scorecard
| Batsmen | R | B | 4S | 6S | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wihan Lubbe | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 37.50 | |
| Jos Buttler (WK) | 51 | 42 | 6 | 1 | 121.43 | |
| Jason Roy | 13 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 92.86 | |
| Dane Vilas | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 85.71 | |
| David Miller (C) | 42 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 135.48 | |
| Eoin Morgan | 19 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 126.67 | |
| Ferisco Adams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Bjorn Fortuin | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| Extra | 7 (b 0, w 6, nb 1, lb 0) | |||||
| Total | 142/7 (20) | |||||
| Yet To Bat | Ramon Simmonds, Codi Yusuf, Tabraiz Shamsi | |||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Linde | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 8.50 |
| Sam Curran | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 7.67 |
| Jofra Archer | 4 | 1 | 27 | 3 | 6.75 |
| Rashid Khan | 4 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 7.00 |
| Duan Jansen | 3 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 5.33 |
| Olly Stone | 4 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 7.75 |
| Fall Of Wickets | FOW | Over |
|---|---|---|
| WJ Lubbe | 1-9 | 2.3 |
| Jason Roy | 2-45 | 6.6 |
| DJ Vilas | 3-56 | 9.2 |
| Jos Buttler | 4-104 | 15.1 |
| David Miller | 5-133 | 18.3 |
| FD Adams | 6-133 | 18.4 |
| Eoin Morgan | 7-142 | 19.6 |
Paarl Royals (Playing XI): Jason Roy, Jos Buttler(w), Wihan Lubbe, Eoin Morgan, David Miller(c), Dane Vilas, Ferisco Adams, Bjorn Fortuin, Ramon Simmonds, Codi Yusuf, Tabraiz Shamsi
MI Cape Town (Playing XI): Rassie van der Dussen, Grant Roelofsen(w), Dewald Brevis, Ryan Rickelton, Delano Potgieter, George Linde, Sam Curran, Rashid Khan(c), Duan Jansen, Olly Stone, Jofra Archer
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