Paarl Royals vs MI Cape Town Match Scorecard: SA20 2026 Full Breakdown (Match 10 and Match 13)

Paarl Royals beat MI Cape Town twice in SA20 2026 – once by 1 run in the most dramatic finish of the season, and once by 7 wickets in a complete team performance. If you are looking for the complete Paarl Royals vs MI Cape Town match scorecard with full innings details, bowling figures, and match analysis, this is the only resource you need.

Quick Match Summary

Match	Date	Venue	PR Score	MICT Score	Result
Match 10	Jan 2, 2026	Boland Park, Paarl	181/3 (20 ov)	180/8 (20 ov)	PR won by 1 run
Match 13	Jan 4, 2026	Newlands, Cape Town	90/3 (13 ov)	88 all out (18.4 ov)	PR won by 7 wkts

Match 10 Scorecard: January 2, 2026 – Boland Park, Paarl

Paarl Royals won the toss and chose to bat. The Western Cape derby at Boland Park delivered one of the closest finishes in SA20 history. The complete PR vs MICT scorecard from Match 10 is below.

Paarl Royals Innings: 181/3 (20 Overs)

Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Lhuan-dre Pretorius	Not Out	98	65	10	2	150.77
Asa Tribe	c Pooran b Rashid	51	34	5	1	150.00
David Miller	c Piedt b Boult	19	14	3	0	135.71
Sikandar Raza	lbw b Rashid	2	5	0	0	40.00
D. Potgieter	Not Out	2	3	0	0	66.67
Extras	3b, 2lb, 1nb, 3w	9
Total	3 wickets, 20 overs	181

Fall of Wickets: 1-100 (Tribe, 10.4 ov) | 2-130 (Miller, 14.6 ov) | 3-154 (Raza, 17.4 ov) 

MICT Bowling in Match 10

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Rashid Khan	4	0	31	2	7.75
Trent Boult	4	0	33	1	8.25
Dane Piedt	4	0	34	0	8.50
George Linde	2	0	16	0	8.00
Jacques Snyman	2	0	16	0	8.00
Kagiso Rabada	4	0	46	0	11.50

What this bowling card reveals: Rabada, one of the world’s premier fast bowlers, conceded 46 runs in 4 overs at an economy of 11.50 – his most expensive spell against Paarl Royals. Rashid was MICT’s only effective bowler in this innings.

MI Cape Town Innings: 180/8 (20 Overs)

Batter	Dismissal	R	B	SR
Rassie van der Dussen	–	59	42	140.47
Ryan Rickelton	–	36	–	–
Nicholas Pooran	–	–	–	–
George Linde	–	20	16	125.00
Trent Boult	–	1	1	100.00

Powerplay (Overs 1–6): 64 runs, 0 wickets. MICT reached 50 in just 5.2 overs (32 balls).

Bowler (PR)	O	M	R	W	Econ
Ottneil Baartman	4	0	51	4	12.75
Mujeeb Ur Rahman	4	0	34	0	8.50
Sikandar Raza	–	–	27	3	–

Baartman’s 4/51 and Raza’s 3/27 are the reasons Paarl Royals defended 181. Without those seven wickets between them, MICT’s firepower in their middle order would have ended this game in the 17th over.

Match 10 Turning Point: What Actually Decided This Game

Most readers focus on the last-ball drama of the Paarl Royals vs MI Cape Town match scorecard from Match 10. But the match was won and lost two-thirds earlier in the innings.

The 100-run opening partnership between Pretorius and Tribe changed everything. They put on 100 runs in 10.4 overs at better than a run a ball. By the time Tribe fell at 100/1, the asking rate for MICT was already climbing past 8 and over, with pressure building.

Phase-Wise Scoring Comparison – Match 10

Phase	Overs	PR Runs	MICT Runs	Advantage
Powerplay	1–6	~65 (est.)	64	Level
Middle Overs	7–15	~85 (est.)	~76 (est.)	PR
Death Overs	16–20	~31	~40	MICT

Most viewers believed MICT’s chase was on track. The reality is that their power play of 64/0, while impressive, created false confidence. Their middle-order batting then crumbled against Raza’s off-spin precisely when they needed acceleration. Raza’s 3/27 in the middle overs was the turning point, not the final over.

Match 13 Scorecard: January 4, 2026 – Newlands, Cape Town

This was the match that defined the SA20 2026 Western Cape rivalry. Paarl Royals made history at Newlands – their first-ever win at this ground against MI Cape Town. The complete PR vs MICT scorecard from Match 13 tells the story of an 88-run MICT collapse and a clinical Paarl Royals chase.

MI Cape Town Innings: 88 All Out (18.4 Overs)

Batter	Dismissal	R	B
Rassie van der Dussen	sl c sq leg b Raza	14	11
Ryan Rickelton	c mid-off b Mokoena	–	–
Nicholas Pooran	spectacularly CT Verreynne	–	–
Jason Smith	b Raza	4	–
George Linde	return catch b, Raza	–	–
Rashid Khan	mis-hit ct Miller b Raza	–	–
Reeza Hendricks	–	18	–

Extras: –
Total: 88 all out, 18.4 overs

Paarl Royals Bowling in Match 13

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
Sikandar Raza	–	–	13	4	–
Ottneil Baartman	2.4	0	8	2	3.00
Nqobani Mokoena	–	–	10	2	–
Bjorn Fortuin	–	–	–	–	–

88 all out at Newlands is MICT’s lowest ever score batting first in SA20 history. It is also the lowest total batting first at Newlands in four editions of the competition.

Paarl Royals Chase: 90/3 (13 Overs) – Bonus Point Win

Batter	R	B	Key Moment
Lhuan-dre Pretorius	0	1	Bowled by Boult, 3rd ball
Asa Tribe	34	28	6, 6, 4 off Boult to kill the chase
Rubin Hermann	18	24	Survived dropped catch, steadied innings
David Miller	19*	–	Sealed win with a six
K. Verreynne	2*	–	–

Bowler (MICT)	Key Figure
Trent Boult	1/22 in 3 overs
Kagiso Rabada	0/22 in 3 overs
Corbin Bosch	1/9 in 2 overs
Rashid Khan	1/28 in 4 overs
George Linde	0/6 in 1 over

PR chased 89 in 13 overs, earning a bonus point that proved critical for their points table position. David Miller sealed it with a six.

Match 13 Turning Point: Raza’s Hat-Trick Threat and MICT’s Collapse

Sikandar Raza was on a hat-trick – for the second consecutive match. He dismissed George Linde with a return catch, then removed Rashid Khan on the next ball. Both times in SA20 2026, he came within one delivery of a hat-trick. He did not complete it either time. But his 4/13 remains one of the most economical four-wicket hauls in SA20 2026.

The collapse was structural. MICT chose to bat first after struggling in chases. Their powerplay at Newlands produced just 33 runs with 2 wickets falling, which was their fourth-lowest powerplay score in SA20 history. By the halfway point, they were 53/2 – already in crisis.

What most people miss: The pitch at Newlands had been a high-scoring surface in all previous SA20 editions. MICT’s decision to bat first was logical. What undid them was not the pitch – it was Bjorn Fortuin’s opening spell with spin, which created doubt before Raza and Baartman delivered the knockout.

Key Player Performances Across Both Matches

Lhuan-dre Pretorius – The Innings That Defined Match 10

Pretorius’s 98 not out off 65 balls is his career-best T20 score. He hit 10 fours and 2 sixes at a strike rate of 150.77. Crucially, he did not fall away at the death. Most batters in the 80s and 90s protect their score. Pretorius accelerated between overs 15 and 20, which is why PR reached 181 instead of 168.

He was dismissed only by the end of the innings, not by the bowling attack. Facing Rashid, Boult, and Rabada – three bowlers with combined T20 international wickets in the hundreds – and finishing unbeaten at 98 is a performance that belongs in SA20 highlight reels for years.

In Match 13, he was bowled for a golden duck by a Trent Boult outswinger on the third ball of the chase. That moment showed the difference between a good batter and a great team – PR won by 7 wickets anyway.

Ottneil Baartman – Consistency Across Two Derbies

Match	Figures	Economy
Match 10	4/51	12.75
Match 13	2/8 (2.4 ov)	3.00

Four wickets in Match 10 and two wickets at an economy of 3.00 in Match 13. Two completely different bowling challenges, same outcome for Paarl Royals. Baartman is the backbone of their bowling attack – not a specialist death bowler, but a match-defining wicket-taker across all phases.

Sikandar Raza – Silent Match-Winner

Raza’s batting was quiet in both matches. But with the ball, he took 3/27 in Match 10 and the extraordinary 4/13 in Match 13. Seven wickets across two derbies at roughly 5 runs each is not luck. It is a craft. His off-spin at Newlands – a venue he was playing for the first time in a competitive match – bamboozled MICT’s entire middle order.

Rassie van der Dussen – MICT’s Problem in One Stat

Match	Score	Balls	Outcome
Match 10	59	42	Lost by 1 run
Match 13	14	11	Bowled out for 88

Van der Dussen’s form directly mirrors MICT’s results. When he fires, MICT chase 181 to within 1 run. When he fails, they fold for 88. That level of dependency on one batter at No. 3 is MICT’s biggest tactical vulnerability going into the back half of SA20 2026.

Head-to-Head Record: PR vs MICT in SA20

Season	Match	Winner	Margin
SA20 2025	Match 6	MI Cape Town	33 runs
SA20 2025	Match 9	Paarl Royals	6 wickets
SA20 2026	Match 10	Paarl Royals	1 run
SA20 2026	Match 13	Paarl Royals	7 wickets

Paarl Royals have won three of the last four meetings with MI Cape Town. More importantly, Match 13 marked the first time PR beat MICT at Newlands in the history of the competition.

Points Table Impact After Both Matches

After Match 13, MI Cape Town sat at the bottom of the SA20 2026 points table with only 1 win in 5 matches, with three losses at home. Their net run rate was severely damaged. Paarl Royals, on the other hand, earned a bonus point in Match 13 by chasing 89 in 13 overs, which significantly boosted their NRR and moved them to second on the table.

For MICT, the maths was straightforward but uncomfortable: with half the league fixtures completed, they needed to win every remaining game and hope for favourable results from other teams to make the playoffs.

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