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| Event | 2025 SA20 | ||||||
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| MI Cape Town won by 76 runs | |||||||
| Date | 8 February 2023 | ||||||
| Venue | Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | ||||||
| Player of the match | Trent Boult (MICT) | ||||||
| Umpires | Lubabalo Gcuma (SA) Allahudien Paleker (SA) | ||||||
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The 2025 SA20 final was was a Twenty20 (T20) cricket match played at the Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, on 8 February 2025 to determine the winner of the 2025 SA20.
After winning the toss, MI Cape Town elected to bat, and scored 181/8 in 20 overs against Sunrisers Eastern Cape.[1] The MI Cape Town' ultimately win by huge margin of 76 runs, securing their first SA20 title. MICT player Trent Boult was named player of the match.[2]
Background
[edit]On 2 September 2024, the CSA announced the schedule for the 2025 season of the SA20.[3][4] 6 venues were scheduled to host the group stage. St George's Park Cricket Ground was chosen to host qualifier 1 and Centurion Park in Centurion were chosen to host eliminator and qualifier 2 whereas the Wanderers Stadium was chosen to host Grand finale.[5][6] MI Cape Town and Sunrisers Eastern Cape played the final on 8 February 2025. The MI Cape Town won the match by 76 runs.[7]
Road to the final
[edit]Source: ESPNcricinfo[8]
Match
[edit]Match officials
[edit]- On-field umpires: Allahudien Paleker (SA) and Lubabalo Gcuma (SA)
- Third umpire: Marais Erasmus (SA)
- Reserve umpire: Stephen Harris (SA)
- Match referee: Gerrie Pienaar (SA)
- Toss: MI Cape Town won the toss and elected to bat.
Summary
[edit]MI Cape Town
181/8 (20 overs) |
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Sunrisers Eastern Cape
105 (18.4 overs) |
- MI Cape Town won the toss and elected to bat.
MI Cape Town innings
[edit]MI Cape Town (MICT) won the toss and elected to BAT. They had early good start. Both opening batters, Rassie van der Dussen and Ryan Rickelton smashed bolwer till first 5 overs. Ryan Rickelton was the first to fall, dismissed by English spin bowler Liam Dawson for 33 runs off 15 balls in the fifth over. As, Reeza Hendricks joined Rassie van der Dussen in the middle he was dismissed on duck by Richard Gleeson on the very second delivery. Later, Connor Esterhuizen and van der Dussen tried to stabilize the innings but van der Dussen was dismissed by Craig Overton on 23. This brought George Linde to the crease, alongside Esterhuizen but Linde's innings was cut short when he got dismissed by Dawson on 20 leaving them on 93 off 4. Dewald Brevis and Connor Esterhuizen quickly spearheaded the innings and made 38 and 39 respectively but were dismissed early by Marco Jansen and skipper Aiden Markram respectively. Delano Potgieter came to the crease and tried to took the innings forward, but back to back 2 wickets fell down, as skipper Rashid Khan and South African cricketer Corbin Bosch got out on golden duck to Gleeson and Jansen respectively. Delano Potgieter and Kagiso Rabada contributed 13 runs off 12 balls and 8 runs off 5 balls remaining not out respectively and thus, taking the total score tally to 181 off 9. [9][10]
Marco Jansen, Richard Gleeson and Liam Dawson got 2 wickets each while Craig Overton and Aiden Markram got 1 wicket each for 31 runs and 35 runs respectively. Andile Simelane unabled to picke up a wicket, conceding 14 runs. MICT's innings included 7 extras, with their overall run rate of 9.05 at the end.[9][11]
Sunrisers Eastern Cape innings
[edit]Sunrisers Eastern Cape (SEC) didn't had a good start to the chase. Among the two of the openers, David Bedingham got dismissed by Kagiso Rabada on last ball of second over for 5 runs only. South African batter Jordan Hermann joined the crease and soon followed after, dismissed for just 1 run off pacer Trent Boult's bowling. English batter Tom Abell and South African cricketer Tony de Zorzi stabilizes the innings and made 30 and 26 respectively before being dismissed by Linde and Rashid Khan respectively. As skipper Aiden Markram joined the crease along with middle order batsman Tristan Stubbs but Markram's innings was cut short when he got dismissed cheaply by Linde. Stubbs followed soon after, dismissed for 15 runs off Boult bowling. Later Liam Dawson and Craig Overton were also dismissed cheaply by Rabada and Bosch respectively. At last Andile Simelane and Richard Gleeson tried to stay on crease but Rabada took Gleeson wicket and Simelane remains not out and the total team tally of 105 off 10.[9][10]
MICT's bowling attack was led by Kagiso Rabada, who claimed 4 wickets for 25 runs. Both Trent Boult and George Linde took 2 wickets for 9 runs and 20 runs respectively. Rashid Khan took 1 wicket for just 19 runs, while Corbin Bosch matched Markram with 1 wickets for 27 runs. [9][11]
MICT ended with a decisive victory by 76 runs securing their first SA20 title.[12][9][11]
Scorecard
[edit]Source: ESPNcricinfo[13]
- 1st innings
| MI Cape Town innings | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Rassie van der Dussen | st †Stubbs b Dawson | 23 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 92.00 | |
| Ryan Rickelton | c Dawson b Overton | 33 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 220.00 | |
| Reeza Hendricks | c Simelane b Gleeson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Connor Esterhuizen | c Jansen b Markram | 39 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 150.00 | |
| George Linde | c Overton b Dawson | 20 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 142.85 | |
| Dewald Brevis | c Markram b Jansen | 38 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 211.11 | |
| Delano Potgieter | not out | 13 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 108.33 | |
| Rashid Khan | c Abell b Gleeson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Corbin Bosch | c †Stubbs b Jansen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Kagiso Rabada | not out | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 160.00 | |
| Trent Boult | not out | ||||||
| Extras 7 (nb 1, w 6) Total 181/8 (20 overs) |
8 | 15 | 9.05 RR | ||||
Fall of wickets: 51-1 (Ryan Rickelton, 4.6 ov), 52-2 (Reeza Hendricks, 5.5 ov), 67-3 (Rassie van der Dussen, 8.1 ov), 93-4 (George Linde, 10.6 ov), 143-5 (Dewald Brevis, 15.5 ov), 161-6 (Connor Esterhuizen, 16.5 ov), 167-7 (Rashid Khan, 17.5 ov), 168-8 (Corbin Bosch, 18.2 ov)
| Sunrisers Eastern Cape bowling | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | Wides | NBs |
| Craig Overton | 4 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 7.75 | 0 | 0 |
| Marco Jansen | 4 | 0 | 39 | 2 | 9.75 | 0 | 0 |
| Richard Gleeson | 4 | 0 | 22 | 2 | 5.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Liam Dawson | 4 | 0 | 40 | 2 | 10.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Aiden Markram | 3 | 0 | 35 | 1 | 11.66 | 2 | 0 |
| Andile Simelane | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14.00 | 0 | 1 |
- 2nd innings
| Sunrisers Eastern Cape innings | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| David Bedingham | c Linde b Rabada | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 62.50 | |
| Tony de Zorzi | lbw b Rashid Khan | 26 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 113.04 | |
| Jordan Hermann | c †Rickelton b Boult | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| Tom Abell | st †Rickelton b Linde | 30 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 120.00 | |
| Aiden Markram | c Rabada b Linde | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 120.00 | |
| Tristan Stubbs | c Rashid Khan b Boult | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Marco Jansen | c Rashid Khan b Rabada | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 45.45 | |
| Andile Simelane | not out | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Liam Dawson | c Esterhuizen b Rabada | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 200.00 | |
| Craig Overton | c Rashid Khan b Bosch | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Richard Gleeson | c Rashid Khan b Bosch | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | |
| Extras 6 (lb 5, w 1) Total 105/10 (18.4 overs) |
9 | 2 | 5.62 RR | ||||
Fall of wickets: 7-1 (David Bedingham, 1.5 ov), 8-2 (Jordan Hermann, 2.4 ov), 65-3 (Tom Abell, 9.4 ov), 68-4 (Tony de Zorzi, 10.3 ov), 74-5 (Aiden Markram, 11.2 ov), 92-6 (Tristan Stubbs, 14.5 ov), 97-7 (Marco Jansen, 16.3 ov), 101-8 (Liam Dawson, 16.5 ov), 102-9 (Craig Overton, 17.1 ov), 105-10 (Richard Gleeson, 18.4 ov)
| MI Cape Town bowling | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | Wides | NBs |
| Trent Boult | 4 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Kagiso Rabada | 3.4 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 6.81 | 0 | 0 |
| Corbin Bosch | 3 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 9.00 | 0 | 1 |
| Rashid Khan | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 4.75 | 0 | 0 |
| George Linde | 4 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 5.00 | 1 | 0 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Rabada stars as MI Cape Town win SA20 title". BBC. 8 February 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ^ "SA20 2025 Final: List of Award Winners, Records & Stats After MI Cape Town Clinch Their Maiden Title". mykhel.com. 9 February 2025. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
- ^ "SA20 Final Returns to Wanderers; Season 3 Opener and Qualifier 1 at St George's Park". Supersport. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ "SA20: Sunrisers begin title defence at home; Wanderers to host final". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ "SA20 season 3 schedule announced, final to be played at Wanderers". Sportstar. 2 September 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ "SA20 Season 3: Full Schedule, Fixtures, Venues, Format". Mykhel. 2 September 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
- ^ "MI Cape Town thump two-time winners Sunrisers Eastern Cape for maiden SA20 title". India TV. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
- ^ "SA20 2025 Schedule | SA20 Fixtures & Results". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2025-01-09.
- ^ a b c d e "MICT vs SEC Cricket Scorecard, Final at Johannesburg, February 8, 2025". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2025-02-08.
- ^ a b "MI Cape Town vs Sunrisers Eastern Cape, Final". Cricbuzz. 8 February 2025. Retrieved 2025-02-08.
- ^ a b c "MICT vs SEC Highlights, SA20 2025 Final: IMPRESSIVE BOWLING UNIT LEADS MI CAPE TOWN TO MAIDEN BETWAY SA20 TITLE". SA20. 2024-12-21. Retrieved 2025-02-09.
- ^ "MI Cape Town won the SA20 title". The Times of India. 2025-02-12. Retrieved 2025-02-12.
- ^ "MICT beat SEC, MICT won by 76 runs". ESPNcricinfo. 2024-12-21. Retrieved 2025-02-08.
External links
[edit]- Match Centre at SA20.co.za
- Series home at ESPNcricinfo
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