Overview
- Lhuan-dre Pretorius carried his bat for 98 not out off 65 balls, striking 10 fours and two sixes as Paarl Royals posted 181/3.
- Pretorius and Asa Tribe put on a 100-run opening stand, with Tribe contributing 51 off 34 to set the platform at Boland Park.
- MI Cape Town began the chase with a 77-run stand as Rassie van der Dussen made 59 and Ryan Rickelton added 36 before the innings lost momentum.
- Sikandar Raza turned the middle overs with figures of 3-27, removing Rickelton, Nicholas Pooran, and Tom Moores.
- Ottniel Baartman finished with 4-51 and defended 15 in the final over, sealing the one-run result that lifts the Royals up the table and leaves MI Cape Town winless through four ahead of the Newlands return fixture on January 4.