Paarl Royals (PR) confronted Sunrisers Eastern Cape (SEC) in match no. 14 of SA20 2023 at Boland Park in Paarl on Thursday (January 19).
Put in to bat first, the Royals had a shaky begin as they misplaced each their openers with simply 18 runs on board. Wihan Lubbe (28) and Corbin Bosch (20) powered PR to a combating complete of 127 for the lack of seven wickets. Meanwhile, Sunriser’s skipper Aiden Markram and pacer Brydon Carse grabbed two wickets every for his or her staff.
In reply, SEC simply chased down the set goal in 18.2 overs and gained the competition by 5 wickets. Jordan Hermann (43) and captain Markram (23) shined for the Sunrisers in their victory. For his all-round efficiency, Markram was adjudged ‘Player of the Match.
Bjorn Frotuin (3 wickets) and Lungi Ngidi (2 wickets) bowled well for PR, but their efforts went in vain as they ended up on the losing side. The two wickets Ngidi picked up came off two consecutive deliveries.
On the fourth ball of the 3rd over, Ngidi gave Royals their first breakthrough and dismissed dangerous-looking Adam Rossington, who was batting at 20 off just 11 deliveries. The 26-year-old pacer bowled a length ball around off-side, which Rossington tried to smack over the leg side but ended up getting an inside edge and got cleaned up.
Next, Ngidi bowled a slower and straighter delivery to the newly arrived Sarwel Erwee, which the left-handed batter failed to defend, and the ball went past the outside edge to knock over the off stump. Ngidi was seen pumped up after picking up two in two. However, he couldn’t seize a hat trick.
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After the win, the SEC moved as much as the second spot in the factors desk, whereas PR slipped to the fourth spot in the tally.