Match Details

MICT vs PR 1st Match, SA20 League 2023

MICT

143-215.3

MI Cape Town won by 8 wickets 🏆

20.0142-7

Match info

Live

Scorecard

Player of the Match

Dewald Brevis

MI Cape Town

70(41)

MICT - 2nd Innings

Session	Open	PASS
6 Over	45	47
10 Over	78	83
15 Over	128	135

PR - 1st Innings

Session	Open	PASS
6 Over	47	41
10 Over	73	58
15 Over	99	104
20 Over	158	142

Commentary

That’s a wrap from our side as well. It was the Baby AB show today, hope you enjoyed our live coverage. MI Cape Town won the inaugural game of the season by 8 wickets. We appreciate your participation from all across the world. On behalf of my co-commentator AkshayaKrishna Polya and Scorer/Analyst Paras Yadav, I, Deepak Prakash, am signing off. Please join us for the other fixtures across the world. Until then, Ta-Ta, Bye-Bye.✌✌

Rashid Khan (MI Cape Town Captain): "Yeah, thank god for the good result tonight. As a captain, I am over the moon after my first win as a captain in this tournament. Happy with the way boys have played. Thanks to Jofra and Curran for the way they performed in the powerplay. Yeah, it's the bowlers who win you games. They are precious. It is absolutely delightful to watch Archer at work. He has done a great job getting ready after months off the field. He has been a great asset to any team. Obviously, it is good for me to watch him bowl; more like a teammate than an opposition, haha. Brevis is a young player, and he is full of confidence. Happy to see him bat the way he did. Thanks to the crowd for coming here. It's great to get them back. Hopefully, they come here again and again. Thanks for the support."

Dewald Brevis (Player of the Match): "I want to thank the crowd for their support. It's wonderful to play in front of the home crowd. I really loved hitting. I want to thank God as well because without him I wouldn't be alive. My bond with AB is quite precious. He has been essential to my growth and consistently provides me with sound counsel."

David Miller (Paarl Royals Captain): "It was a difficult night for us. Slight challenging surface when we batted. We couldn't get a good total on the board. They bowled really well. Though it(pitch) didn't change dramatically, it(pitch) did get easier in the second innings. We need to go back to the drawing room and ponder ourselves. We dropped a couple of catches. Obviously, it didn't help. Brevis is a superstar, isn't he? Obviously, Jofra is a world-class player. Eoin had a chat with me earlier and said that he will be back. It's a good comeback from him, and he will be a player to watch out for. We need to go back and discuss what happened in the game."

Post-match presentation ceremony now.

12:08 AM IST | Deepak: A swashbuckling inning of 70* off 41 balls from baby AB💥 (Dewald Brevis) has helped his side( MI Cape Town) to win the inaugural match of the inaugural season by 8 wickets and 27 balls to spare. Also, they will grab a bonus point.

Paarl Royals, who were invited to bat first, got off to a steady start but lost wickets at regular intervals, which prevented them from putting up a big total. Jos Buttler was the top scorer for them with a well-made 51 off 42 balls, but the rest of the Paarl batsmen struggled to make a meaningful contribution. Jofra Archer was the standout bowler for MI Cape Town, as he picked up 3 crucial wickets, giving away just 27 runs in his 4 overs. The Paarl Royals managed to post a total of 142 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in their 20 overs.

Chasing the 142-run target, MI Cape Town got off to a flying start, with openers Dewald Brevis and Ryan Rickelton taking the attack to the Paarl bowlers. The pair forged a partnership of 90 runs for the first wicket before Ryan Rickelton was dismissed for 42 off 33 balls by Ramon Simmonds. Sam Curran then joined Dewald Brevis in the middle and started striking the ball nicely, but he didn’t last for long and departed for 20 off 16 balls. Dewald Brevis, however, remained unfazed and kept on playing his natural game. He scored an unbeaten 70 off 41 balls and helped his side reach the target with 27 balls to spare.

Overall, the MI Cape Town played an excellent all-round game, with their bowlers restricting Paarl to a moderate total, and their batsmen chasing it down with relative ease. Codi Yusuf and Ramon Simmonds were the only bowlers to take one wicket each for the Paarl Royals.

With this win, MI Cape Town will be high on confidence going forward and will look to continue their winning streak in the tournament. On the other hand, Paarl Royals will have to go back to the drawing board and work on their weaknesses before their next match.

Stick around for the post-match presentations....

Bonus Point for MI Cape Town!

15.3 B Fortuin to D Brevis

1 That's it MI Cape Town thumped the Paarl Royals by 8 wickets with 27 balls to spare. Good length ball down the leg and Brevis tucks it to short mid-wicket for a single.

Just need one run now! Bonus point on the cards.

15.2 B Fortuin to R van

1 Tossed up on the middle and leg and Rassie pushes it to wide long-on region for a single.

15.1 B Fortuin to R van

6 SIX!!! Tosses it up on the off stump and Rassie advances down the track and gets underneath the line of the ball and lofts it over the cow corner as the ball sails over the rope for a massive six.

OVER 15

MI Cape Town

135/2

Dewald Brevis

69(40)

Rassie van der Dussen

1(1)

Codi Ethan Yusuf

1-33(3.0)

14.6 Yusuf to D Brevis

0 Length ball outside the off. Brevis gets beaten on the outside edge as he swings hard at it.

14.5 Yusuf to D Brevis

4 FOURR!! You are watching Baby AB at work! Short and around the off. Makes room as he goes down the leg side and Brevis slaps it hard over extra covers for a four. One bounce and over she goes.

14.4 Yusuf to D Brevis

4 FOURR!! Times the bones of it and gets a four! Fuller-length delivery angling into the pads. Brevis uses the angle to his advantage and flicks it to deep backward square leg for a boundary.

14.3 Yusuf to D Brevis

6 SIXX!! There it is! Brevis is on the charge! Slower one on a length outside the off. Brevis swings through the line and whacks it over the long-on fence for a biggie. Holds his pose after that delightful stroke.

14.2 Yusuf to R van

1 Fuller angling into the middle stump line. Rassie pushes it towards wide mid-on for a single to get off the mark.