MI Cape Town, however, missed out on the bonus point, which meant Pretoria Capitals (20 points) joined Sunrisers (24 points) and Paarl Royals (24 points) as the third team to advance to the playoffs.
Pretoria Capitals delivered an inspired all-round performance to send MI Cape Town crashing to a 53-run defeat at Centurion in the ongoing SA20 2025-26 tournament.
South Africa's top talent and a host of international stars headline the SA20 Season 4 Player Auction list announced today. Over 500 players will go under the gavel in Johannesburg on September 9, as the six franchises finalise their 19-player squads ahead of season 4 starting on December 26
With this win, NZ have ended the group stage of the series with three wins in as many matches and set a title clash with Proteas, who won two and lost two to finish second. The hosts, Zimbabwe, are out of the competition after losing all three matches.
SA20 exploded with an avalanche of runs in the contest between Pretoria Capitals and MI Cape Town at a sold out Centurion on Friday night. Despite lightning and some thundershowers interrupting MI Cape Town's innings, it did nothing to dim the excitement with the capacity crowd being treated
MI Cape Town returned to winning ways with a comprehensive 33-run victory over neighbours Paarl Royals in the first instalment of the SA20 Cape derby at Newlands, according to SA20.
His 117-run blitzkrieg from 63 deliveries lifted South Africa to its first T20I series win since August 2022 after the hosts raced to an unassailable 2-0 series lead following a 7-wicket win.
With his maiden T20I ton, Reeza Hendricks lifted South Africa to its first T20I bilateral series win since August 2022, as the Proteas celebrated a 7-wicket win in the second match against Pakistan at the SuperSport Park.