The bonus point is theirs, and Sunrisers will finish in the top two! Fortuin looks to slog sweep this, but gets it really high, but on the bounce to deep backward square leg
Eastern Cape vs Royals, 27th Match at Paarl, SA20, Feb 02 2024 - Ball by Ball Commentary
9:22pm: Sunrisers Eastern Cape win by 44 runs. They've been excellent tonight. The decision to promote Jansen to 4 worked wonders. Then they bounced back superbly with the ball after Roy and Buttler threatened to take the game away from them in the powerplay. Dawson and Harmer bowled well in the middle overs, Worrall and Swanepoel chipped in too, with great variations. Jansen picked up two wickets as well, on what will eventually be remembered as his night. The Royals will have to go back to the drawing board now, after a third straight loss. They're heading into the playoffs with minimal momentum.
Harmer needs to concede 3 or less off the last ball for Sunrisers to win the bonux point
really full length on leg stump, turned to deep backward square
Looks to repeat the trick, but Harmer is clever and fires in a wide yorker
Ngidi is threatening to take the bonus point away from Markram's men. Length ball on middle and leg again, Ngidi smashes that flat over long-on, where Dawson jumps but the ball just evades him
Big six first ball from Ngidi! Length ball on middle and leg, Ngidi gets in position and absolutely nails it over midwicket
short and wide, cut away nicely to deep point
Harmer will bowl the final over. He's defending 18 off 6 here, for the bonus point. Ngidi walks in for the Royals
A stunning night for Jansen finishes with a wicket! No pace on it from Jansen, Lubbe looks to ramp, because there's no pace he can only lob it straight to Malan at short fine leg
length ball on off stump, dragged out to midwicket
short of a length from Jansen, Lubbe walks at the bowler and looks to pull it twoards midwicket, cue-ends it to Worrall at extra cover
perfect yorker, dug out to extra cover
full and wide, Fortuin gets right across his stumps and ramps it over short fine
slower ball, length ball on off stump, bunted out to long-on
The last rites left to be performed, as we head into the last two overs of this SA20 season at Boland Park
length ball on middle and leg, pushed away between long and deep midwicket
slower ball, back of a length on off stump, bunted back to the bowler
back of a length and angling into the pads hits Lubbe on the thigh pad
Super effort from Hermann, full and straight from Worrall, Lubbe looks to whip this over midwicket, Herman runs in from the boundary and dives forward, it nearly carries to him as well, but he does well to get his hands to it and stop the boundary
slower ball, yorker length and just outside off, Fortuin blocks it into the offside and sets off for a quick run
Fortuin comes in with his side in a hopeless position, needed 72 off 17
Soft dismissal! Slower, short and wide from Worrall, Vilas just guides it straight to Harmer's hands at short third
Worrall now to bowl his last. Sunrisers need to restrict the Royals to 166 or less for the bonus point
full and straight from Swanepoel, nicely smashed down the ground by Lubbe, Jansen moves nciely at long-on and dives to his right to pull that one in
slower ball, back of a length on off stump, bunted to long-on
Over 20 • PR 164/7
Eastern Cape won by 44 runs