Overview
- Pretoria Capitals surged from 137 for 5 to 220 for 5 with an unbeaten sixth-wicket stand of 86 off 27 balls by Dewald Brevis and Sherfane Rutherford.
- Brevis and Rutherford struck six consecutive sixes across two overs, with Brevis finishing 36 not out off 13 and Rutherford 47 not out off 15 including six sixes.
- MI Cape Town were dismissed for 135 in 14.2 overs, handing the Capitals their first win of the season and leaving MICT with a third straight defeat.
- Rutherford completed a decisive all-round performance with figures of 4 for 24 from three overs, supported by Keshav Maharaj’s 3 for 28.
- Wisden reported that Rutherford set SA20 and wider T20 benchmarks, including hitting five sixes without a four in the league and achieving a 45-plus score at a 300-plus strike rate alongside a four-wicket haul.