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Paarl Royals Crush MI Cape Town at Newlands to Go Second in SA20

Sikandar Raza's 4 for 13 triggered an 88 all out at Newlands to extend the champions' winless start to five games.

Overview

  • Paarl Royals won by seven wickets, cantering to 90 for 3 with seven overs to spare after skittling MI Cape Town for 88.
  • MI Cape Town collapsed from 61 for 4, losing their last six wickets for 27 runs and their final five for just eight.
  • Raza was Player of the Match with 4 for 13, backed by Ottneil Baartman’s 2 for 8 and Nqobani Mokoena’s 2 for 10 in a suffocating bowling display.
  • The victory lifted Paarl Royals to second with three wins in four, while MI Cape Town remained bottom and the league’s only winless side after five matches.
  • The result followed Friday’s one‑run derby in Paarl, where teenager Lhuan‑dre Pretorius hit 98 not out and Baartman closed out a last‑over thriller.