SA20: Quinton de Kock and Adam Milne set up 48-run win for Sunrisers Eastern Cape | Cricket News
Quinton de Kock produced a batting masterclass to lead Sunrisers Eastern Cape to a commanding 48-run bonus-point win over Pretoria Capitals at a rousing St George’s Park on Monday evening.The victory lifted Sunrisers to the top of the SA20 table, with Adam Milne’s four-wicket haul sealing a dominant all-round display.
Gqeberha turned up in their thousands for the first home game of Season 4, transforming South Africa’s oldest Test venue into a sea of orange, with the iconic brass band setting the tone for another festive SA20 night.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SUBSCRIBE NOW!De Kock gave the crowd plenty to cheer about, blazing 77 off 47 balls (5×4, 6×6). He struck cleanly from the outset, mixing rasping lofted cover drives with powerful pull shots.Matthew Breetzke (52 off 33 balls; 7×4, 1×6) complemented De Kock perfectly after the early dismissal of Jonny Bairstow, the pair adding a blistering 116-run stand off just 70 balls. Jordan Hermann’s late cameo (37 off 20; 5×4, 1×6), featuring a flurry of conventional and reverse sweeps, pushed Sunrisers to a strong 188/6.
Pretoria Capitals’ Lungi Ngidi celebrates a wicket against Sunrisers Eastern Cape (Photo credit: SA20)
De Kock topped the fan vote for Player of the Match with 69.3%, ahead of Breetzke, Shai Hope and Adam Milne.The total proved well beyond Pretoria’s reach as Sunrisers’ pace trio — Marco Jansen, Adam Milne and Anrich Nortje — tore through the Capitals’ batting. Jansen struck early, removing Bryce Parsons, before Milne (4/25) halted Shai Hope’s promising innings.
Sunrisers Eastern Cape (SEC) celebrate a 48-run victory over Pretoria Capitals (PC) during Match 5 of the SA20 Season 4. (Photo Credit: SA20)
Lewis Gregory provided the key breakthrough by inducing Dewald Brevis to target the longest boundary, where Breetzke completed a safe catch. From there, the Capitals collapsed, with Milne running through the tail and Senuran Muthusamy producing the ball of the night to clean bowl a well-set Will Smeed.
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Brief Scores Sunrisers Eastern Cape: 188 for 6 after 20 overs (Quinton de Kock 77, Matthew Breetzke 52; Tymal Mills 2/31, Lungi Ngidi 1/35)Pretoria Capitals: 140 all out in 18 overs (Shai Hope 36, Will Smeed 35; Adam Milne 4/25, Tharindu Rathnayake 2/15)
