Overview
- Sunrisers Eastern Cape were held to 139/9 at Newlands before MI Cape Town reached 140/7 with five balls remaining.
- Trent Boult (3-28) and Corbin Bosch (4-34) led with the ball, while Reeza Hendricks anchored the chase with 41 and George Linde added 31 off 18.
- Marco Jansen top-scored for Sunrisers with 42 off 23 and then struck early in the chase, as Senuran Muthusamy finished with 2-25.
- MI Cape Town moved to 14 points but missed a bonus point, with Pretoria Capitals joining Paarl Royals and Sunrisers as confirmed playoff teams.
- The teams meet again on Sunday in Gqeberha, where MI Cape Town must win and rely on Joburg Super Kings slipping in their remaining fixtures; Kieron Pollard has been added, while Rashid Khan is absent on international duty.