Overview
- Paarl Royals claimed their first win of the season by chasing 150 at St George’s Park, with captain David Miller unbeaten on 71 off 38 and Keagan Lion-Cachet adding 45 in a 114-run fifth‑wicket stand.
- Teenager Nqobani Mokoena took a career-best 4/34 and Ottneil Baartman bagged 3/36 as the Royals bowled out Sunrisers Eastern Cape for 149, though the leaders stayed top despite the five-wicket defeat.
- Pretoria Capitals crushed MI Cape Town by 85 runs at Newlands, surging to 220/5 after a late 86 off 27 balls from Sherfane Rutherford (47* off 15) and Dewald Brevis (36* off 13) that featured six successive sixes across two overs.
- Rutherford then returned 4/24 with the ball, securing a bonus-point first victory for the Capitals and lifting them up the standings, while MI Cape Town slid to the foot of the table.
- Joburg Super Kings moved into second after a bonus-point win at Kingsmead, where Prenelan Subrayen’s new‑ball spell of 3/16 dismantled Durban’s Super Giants before Rilee Rossouw’s 43 closed out the chase.