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Rutherford’s All-Round Blitz Powers Pretoria Capitals to 85-Run Win at Newlands

A late 86 off 27 with six consecutive sixes lifted Pretoria to 220 for 5, setting up a rout.

Overview

  • Pretoria Capitals posted 220 for 5 and bowled out MI Cape Town for 135 in 14.2 overs to seal an 85-run victory.
  • An unbeaten sixth-wicket stand between Dewald Brevis and Sherfane Rutherford surged to 86 off 27 deliveries, including six consecutive sixes across two overs and 72 runs in the final three overs.
  • Rutherford smashed 47 not out off 15 with six sixes, then took 4 for 24 in three overs to derail the chase; Keshav Maharaj led MI Cape Town’s bowlers with 3 for 28.
  • Brevis finished 36 not out off 13 at a strike rate near 277, a sharp response after two low scores despite his record SA20 auction fee.
  • Wisden reports Rutherford as the first in T20s to combine a 45-plus score at a 300-plus strike rate with four wickets, and as SA20’s first to hit five sixes without a four in an innings.