SA20 League 2025: Paarl Royals vs Pretoria Capitals Match Preview, SA20 League 2025

20th T20 • Boland Park • Paarl

Paarl Royals

140/4 (20)

Pretoria Capitals

129/7 (20)

PR won by 11 runs

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Playing XI

Table

Date & Time

25 Jan, 04:30 PM IST

Venue

Boland Park, Paarl

Match

20th T20,

Umpires

James Middlebrook (England), Marais Erasmus (South Africa), Abongile Sodumo (South Africa, TV)

Referee

Barry Lambson (South Africa)

Toss

Pretoria Capitals elected to bowl

Pitch Report

This is a new pitch. Not been used before in the tournament. The side boundary is 54 metre. Down wide mid on is no more than 60. 67 68 towards the square and 80 metre down the ground. The pitch is very dry and I will be astonished if it doesn't spin. The pacers will use the cutters a lot. The Paarl Royals have become very comfortable. The bulk of the crowd has gathered under the trees. All in all the surface looks fabulous but it is bound to turn. 160 could be a winning score..

1st Innings

152Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

127.39Avg SR

2nd Innings

141Avg Runs

5Avg Wkts

130.1Avg SR

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Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

4- 2

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Paarl Royals

Pretoria Capitals

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Lhuan-dre Pretorius

PR . BAT

258 Runs

6 Matches

Joe Root

PR . ALL

201 Runs

6 Matches

David Miller

PR . BAT

154 Runs

6 Matches

Top Bowlers

Mujeeb Ur Rahman

PR . BOWL

10 Wkts

6 Matches

Dayyaan Galiem

PR . ALL

7 Wkts

6 Matches

Senuran Muthusamy

PC . ALL

5 Wkts

6 Matches

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Venue Details

Boland Park, Paarl

1st Innings

152Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

127.39Avg SR

2nd Innings

141Avg Runs

5Avg Wkts

130.1Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

50%Bat First Bowl First50%

Team Batting First

38%Wins Losses62%

Recent Matches on venue

15th Match • Jan 20 • SA20

PR 150/4 (19.1)

JSK 146/6 (20)

PR won by 6 wickets

vs live score

9th Match • Jan 15 • SA20

PR 159/4 (19)

MICT 158/4 (20)

PR won by 6 wickets

vs live score

3rd Match • Jan 11 • SA20

PR 176/1 (18.4)

SEC 175/5 (20)

PR won by 9 wickets

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27th Match • Feb 2 • SA20

PR 164/7 (20)

SEC 208/4 (20)

SEC won by 44 runs

vs live score

19th Match • Jan 26 • SA20

PR 133/10 (19.3)

DSG 190/3 (20)

DSG won by 57 runs

vs live score

14th Match • Jan 21 • SA20

PR 162/3 (20)

MICT 103/10 (18.2)

PR won by 59 runs

vs live score

9th Match • Jan 17 • SA20

PR 135/3 (14.1)

JSK 134/10 (19.5)

PR won by 7 wickets

vs live score

3rd Match • Jan 12 • SA20

PR 160/7 (20)

PC 133/7 (20)

PR won by 27 runs

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18th Match • Jan 22 • SA20

PR 162/4 (19.4)

PC 158/6 (20)

PR won by 6 wickets

vs live score

16th Match • Jan 21 • SA20

PR 129/6 (20)

MICT 142/9 (20)

MICT won by 13 runs

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Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Paarl Royals

Pretoria Capitals

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

4- 2

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

152

Average Score

152

213/2

Highest Score

214/8

83/10

Lowest Score

52/10

Player of the Match Joe Root

78(56)

Info

Paarl Royals

140/4 (20)

Batters

Lhuan-dre Pretorius

0.00

c K Verreynne b WG Jacks

Joe Root

139.29

Not out

Rubin Hermann

64.29

c J Neesham b E Bosch

Mitchell Van Buuren

55.56

b KI Simmonds

Dunith Wellalage

75.00

c M Ackerman b S Muthusamy

David Miller

(C)

161.11

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 1, NB: 0, W: 3)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7)

140/4

Did not Bat

Dinesh Karthik, Dayyaan Galiem, Bjorn Fortuin, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Nqabayomzi Peter

Bowlers

EXT

7.25

9.25

8.67

3.75

4.67

9.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Lhuan-dre Pretorius

c K Verreynne b WG Jacks

1-0

0.3

Rubin Hermann

c J Neesham b E Bosch

2-19

3.6

Mitchell Van Buuren

b KI Simmonds

3-41

7.1

Dunith Wellalage

c M Ackerman b S Muthusamy

4-81

14.3

Pretoria Capitals

129/7 (20)

Batters

Will Jacks

105.66

c D Karthik b J Root

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

46.15

st D Karthik b BC Fortuin

Marques Ackerman

40.00

c D Wellalage b BC Fortuin

Rilee Rossouw

(C)

133.33

c RA Herman b D Wellalage

Kyle Verreynne

90.91

c D Miller b MU Rahman

Jimmy Neesham

25.00

st D Karthik b J Root

Kegan Lion Cachet

66.67

b MU Rahman

Senuran Muthusamy *

25.00

Not out

Kyle Simmonds

300.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 9, LB: 2, NB: 0, W: 10)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 6.45)

129/7

Did not Bat

Eathan Bosch, Jason Behrendorff

Bowlers

EXT

5.00

4.00

4.25

8.25

8.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Rahmanullah Gurbaz

st D Karthik b BC Fortuin

1-9

2.5

Marques Ackerman

c D Wellalage b BC Fortuin

2-14

4.5

Rilee Rossouw

c RA Herman b D Wellalage

3-23

5.5

Kyle Verreynne

c D Miller b MU Rahman

4-100

16.4

Jimmy Neesham

st D Karthik b J Root

5-108

17.3

Kegan Lion Cachet

b MU Rahman

6-111

18.1

Will Jacks

c D Karthik b J Root

7-123

19.4

Match Info

Date & Time

25 Jan, 04:30 PM IST

Venue

Boland Park, Paarl

Match

20th T20,

Umpires

James Middlebrook (England), Marais Erasmus (South Africa), Abongile Sodumo (South Africa, TV)

Referee

Barry Lambson (South Africa)

Toss

Pretoria Capitals elected to bowl

0 1 1 W 1 2wd 4b

Over 17

Runs: 9

1 0 W 1 1 1

Over 18

Runs: 4

W 0 1 1 0 0

Over 19

Runs: 2

2 6 2 W 0 6

Over 20

Runs: 16

All Overs

Player of the Match Joe Root

78(56)

Commentary

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David Miller (captain, Paarl Royals): Very satisfied getting the win ahead of our fans. The guys do not line playing on this surface. I was asking the stats guy to check how many times this has happened. We had Galiem as our back option as well. At this time, it is all about doing the boring stuff well. Every now and against you'll face challenges but you will have to stand up. It is about sticking to the process and continuing the same. It has been a grilling week, we play on Monday and then have three days off. The guys will rest up and come back on Monday. It is more just on the mental side and looking after the bowling

Rilee Rossouw (captain, Pretoria Capitals): We were very confident when bowling first. Our thought was that 140 was going to be tough to chase but we had the guys to do it. Everyone is not going to have a great day, if we are good at executing our plans then we will do well. He (Jacks) batted well, throughout the innings and we had a chance. It sits up very nicely in the Highveld and well have to put on a very good performance

Joe Root is the Player of the Match: Yeah it was pretty trying. It was about reading the surface and figure out roughly what a good score is. Was brave enough to take it deeper. Felt like we had enough runs at the halfway stage and the bowlers did a great job. Tried to use the lack of bounce as a bowler. I didn't think that will spin as much as it did. To get to that score felt like a good effort. That was a brilliant innings from Jacks and they were close to matching us. Certainly there might be some spin in India.

4:30 pm local time, 8:00 pm IST: Paarl Royals beat Pretoria Capitals by 11 runs

Pretoria Capitals: 129/7 after 20 overs

Will Jacks: 56(53b) | Mujeeb Ur Rehman: 2/17 (4 overs)
Kyle Verreynne: 30(33b) | Bjorn Fortuin: 2/20 (4 overs)

It was a trial by spin for Pretoria Capitals and they have looked all over the place looking to chase it down. This was a brave bowling effort from the Paarl Royals, who bowled 20 overs of spin and had the game firmly in their grasp. Good job in the chase from the Capitals have a crack but unfortunately, they have another loss to their name.

Pretoria Capitals had a poor start, losing three wickets inside the powerplay. Throughout the middle overs, Will Jacks and Kyle Verreynne managed to get some runs under their belt and played a few shots but with the required run rate soaring, it got difficult over by over, with Verreynne losing his wicket. Jacks took the chase till the end, braving against all odds, but couldn't do much as he lacked some batting support in the end.

20 overs of spin managed the Paarl Royals to register their sixth win of the tournament. Bjorn Fortuin picked up two early in the chase with Dunith Wellalage also chipping in with a wicket. Towards the end, it was Mujeeb Ur Rehman and Joe Root as they picked up two wickets and managed to keep a tight leash on the flow of runs. Nqabayomzi Peter played his second game of the season and while he didn't get a wicket, he will be happy to have kept the batters quiet when he was bowling.

Let's hear what the skippers and the Player of the Match have to say

overs

129 /7 score

runs

Kyle Simmonds *

6 (2)

Senuran Muthusamy

1 (4)

Joe Root

2 /32

19.6 Joe Root to Kyle Simmonds, SIX! That has been banged out of the ground but an inconsequential blow as the match was already pocketed by the Paarl Royals. Flightted on a good-length around middle, down on one knee goes Simmonds and sends it many a mile. Paarl Royals win by 11 runs.

19.5 Joe Root to Kyle Simmonds, much slower this time, on a fuller length a shade outside off, Simmonds shuffles across off and goes for the sweep. gets beaten.

Kyle Simmonds, LHB, walks out to the middle

19.4 Joe Root to Will Jacks, WICKET! That brings an end to the effort of the Capitals. Flatter round arm on a good-length a shade outside off, Jacks goes for the slog sweep, loses his shape completely and ends up getting a top edge, DK settles under it and makes that look pretty easy. What a terrific bowling performance this has been from the Paarl Royals spinners.

Will Jacks c Dinesh Karthik b Joe Root 56 (53b, 2x4, 2x6)

19.3 Joe Root to Will Jacks, slowish this time from Root, Jacks again comes down the track and swings across the line, ends up getting a top edge which falls in no man's land, a couple of runs taken.

19.2 Joe Root to Will Jacks, SIX! Jacks comes dancing down the track, stays leg side of that delivery and launches the slot delivery well over the deep midwicket fence, that was timed beautifully and reaches a fifty.

19.1 Joe Root to Will Jacks, Jacks makes some room and heaves away the flatter length delivery on the leg stump, down towards the deeo square leg region for a single.

A wicket and two runs in the over. We are surely going to see all overs bowled by spin are we? Joe Root has an over remaining and with Pretoria Capitals needing 28 runs in 6 balls, we could see anything happening

overs

113 /6 score

runs

Senuran Muthusamy *

1 (4)

Will Jacks

46 (49)

Mujeeb Ur Rahman

2 /17

18.6 Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Senuran Muthusamy, Muthusamy tucked for space, flatter trajectory arm ball tucking him for room and another dot ball to end the over.

18.5 Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Senuran Muthusamy, slowish on a fuller-loength a shade outside off, Muthumsamy goes for the reverse sweep, gets beaten.

18.4 Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Will Jacks, flatter on a good-length around middle, Jacks comes down the track and bunts it aerially down towards the long-on region, Jacks is furious with Muthusamy as he didn't go for the second.

18.3 Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Senuran Muthusamy, flatter on a good-length a shade outside off, cue ends the attempted reverse sweep towards the backward point region, a single taken.

18.2 Mujeeb Ur Rahman to Senuran Muthusamy, on a fuller-length a shade outside off, Muthusamy goes for the sweep and gets beaten on the under edge.

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