SA20: MI Cape Town end Sunrisers Eastern Cape’s reign, clinch first title in third season | Cricket News
Pace spearheads Trent Boult and Kagiso Rabada produced an inspired bowling performance to lead MI Cape Town to their maiden SA20 title with a comfortable 76 runs win over two-time champions Sunrisers Eastern Cape in the final at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Saturday.
Boult was sensational up front as he often can be, finishing with figures of 2/9 while Rabada picked up four wickets, applying the finishing touches to a comfortable win in the end. He claimed 4/25 in 3.4 overs to dismiss Sunrisers Eastern Cape for just 105 in response to MI Cape Town’s 181 for 8 — the second-highest score in a SA20 final.
After finishing last in the previous two seasons, the Rashid Khan-led MI Cape Town clinched the top prize, while it was not to be a three-peat for Sunrisers, who have made it three finals in a row.
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“We had a couple of tough years,” Rashid was quoted as saying the franchise after the win. “(It’s) the highest points across three seasons to start off. Feel happy for this team. Brilliant effort from everyone. Throughout this season, we didn’t play a selfish innings. Every one thought what the team needs. Even today, every one played their natural game. We had KG, Bosch, Boult and then George. So, happy to be part of this bowling line up. Amazing to be back. Missed last year due to back injury. I got a phone call ahead of the season that do you want to lead. I said yes. (MI) is the only franchise that has won every tournament. We have won the IPL, MLC, the ILT20 and now the SA20.”
Ryan Rickelton (33 off 15) and Dewal Brevis (38 off 18) were the stars with the bat for MICT as they posted a solid 181/8. In response SEC never got going as they were reduced to 2/8 in the third over. George Linde picked up two big wickets, that of top scorer Tom Abell and captain Aiden Markram.
Watch the winning moment here:
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Individual awards
Rising star: Dewald BrevisBowler of the season: Marco JansenBatter of the season: Lhuan-dre PretoriusPlayer of the season: Marco Jansen
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