Overview
- At St George’s Park, Paarl Royals chased 150 to hand Sunrisers Eastern Cape their first loss, with David Miller unbeaten on 71 and Keagan Lion-Cachet adding 45 in a 114-run stand.
- Teenager Nqobani Mokoena returned career-best figures of 4/34 and Ottneil Baartman took 3/36 as the Sunrisers were dismissed for 149.
- Despite the defeat, the Sunrisers stayed top after two earlier bonus-point wins powered by a 116-run De Kock–Breetzke partnership and Adam Milne’s 4/25 against Pretoria Capitals.
- Joburg Super Kings climbed to second by routing Durban’s Super Giants for 86 and sealing a six-wicket, bonus-point win led by Prenelan Subrayen’s 3/16 and Rilee Rossouw’s 43.
- DSG coach Lance Klusener criticised the Kingsmead pitch as an “awful surface,” and Pretoria Capitals remained winless from two outings as they looked to regroup.