Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Best performances - Batsmen

JC Buttler
JC Buttler
68(58) 9x4 - 0x6
Control %77%
  • Productive Shot
  • cover drive
  • 22 runs
  • 5x4 - 0x6
5 4 6 14 26 2 3 8
HE van der Dussen
HE van der Dussen
49(42) 4x4 - 1x6
Control %76%
  • Productive Shot
  • off drive
  • 8 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
0 0 11 9 7 8 5 9

Best performances - Bowlers

BC Fortuin
BC Fortuin
O4
M0
R22
W2
Eco5.50
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
GF Linde
GF Linde
O4
M0
R23
W2
Eco5.75
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Scorer: Ranjith P | Commentator: Hemant Brar

END OF OVER:
20 | 5 Runs | PR: 129/6 (14 runs required, RR: 6.45)

  • Evan Jones13 (12b)
  • Ferisco Adams6 (6b)
  • Odean Smith2-0-16-0
  • Jofra Archer4-0-31-1

That's all from our side for this game. Let's head to Eastern Cape vs Super Kings.

Rashid Khan: We had a couple of losses. We lost the momentum in the last few overs. We tried to keep the things simple. We had a bad start but 140 was a good total here. And then a brilliant all-round effort by the bowlers. [On van der Dussen] He kept the innings till the end, it's good for us that he got runs under his belt. [On Linde] He has done an amazing job for us. You can send him up the batting order, can bowl him anywhere. Makes my job a lot easier. I felt whatever total we put up, the bowling unit we have, we can defend any total. Today we have shown that. It was a crucial win for us.

Jos Buttler: Very disappointed. We are in a position where we thought we were really in the game. Facing Jofra is always a big challenge. It's great for the England team to have him back. It's not the easiest to hit boundaries here but that's the challenge of playing at different surfaces. We had a discussion that we could chase 40-45 in the last four overs but then Davey got out. We both are disappointed with the result.

Jos Buttler is the Player of the Match, some consolation for him.

David Miller: I think 142 was a competitive total on this wicket. But I thought they were still below par but losing a couple of wickets in the powerplay didn't help. It was difficult to score boundaries at will. Buttler and I kept ourselves in but then I got out. A bit disappointed. But it's not all doom and gloom. We would like to string a few more partnerships. A quick turnaround tomorrow and hopefully we can pull it with the bat.

Time for the presentation ceremony.

5.00pm A superb defence from MI Cape Town; they pick up 4 points from the game to go No. 2 on the points table for the moment. Rashid Khan led from the front, going only for 16 - all singles - from his four overs. But before him, it was Linde who picked up two early wickets to rock Royals. Buttler and Miller anchored the chase. Miller fell for 26 but Buttler took them close. When Archer dropped him off Rabada, it seemed he might pull it off for Royals but Archer made amends by having him caught behind in the penultimate over to all but seal the win. Royals couldn't hit a single six in their innings.

19.6
0
Smith to Jones, no run, a slower one outside off, goes for the big one but misses
19.5
1
Smith to Adams, 1 run, length ball at the stumps, pulled towards wide long-on. Only a single
19.4
1
Smith to Jones, 1 run, length ball, wide outside off. Hits it towards extra cover
19.3
0
Smith to Jones, no run, a slower length ball around off, backs away but ends up hitting it into the ground. The ball dribbles towards the leg side. Smith fields it in his follow-through

Peter: "Archer made up for his drop big time! "

19.2
1
Smith to Adams, 1 run, a length ball around off, miscues the pull towards extra cover
19.1
2
Smith to Adams, 2 runs, a slower one. Full around off. Hits it towards the bowler. The ball hits Smith's foot and ricochets towards wide mid-on

19 needed from the final over. Sam Curran Odean Smith to bowl

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Royals 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st9JJ RoyJC Buttler
2nd0JC ButtlerWJ Lubbe
3rd18DJ VilasJC Buttler
4th3JC ButtlerM Van Buuren
5th59JC ButtlerDA Miller
6th32JC ButtlerE Jones
7th8FD AdamsE Jones