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Sunrisers Eastern Cape defeated Parl Royals by 48 runs in the 28th match of the SA20 played on Saturday. Batting first after winning the toss, Eastern Cape scored 148 runs at the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. In response, Parl Royals were reduced to 100 runs in 18.2 overs.
Jordan Harman scored 53 runs on 38 balls Eastern Cape scored 148 runs. Jordan Harman hit a half -century for the team. He scored 53 runs on 38 balls. Apart from him, Triston Stabs contributed 43 runs. For Parl Royals, Byorn Fortuin, Mitchell Owen and Ishaan Malinga took 2–2 wickets. Dunith Vellalage got one wicket.
Jordan Harman scored 53 runs on 38 balls.
8 Royals players could not even touch the double figure Rubin Harman scored the highest 35 runs for Parl Royals, chasing the target of 149 runs. Endile Fahalukwayo scored 22 and Mujib Ur Rehman scored 11 runs. Apart from these three players, no other batsman of the team could touch the tens figure. Marco Janson and Craig Overton took 3-3 wickets for Eastern Cape. Aden Markram took 2 wickets. Liam Davson and Richard Glison got 1–1 wickets.
Marco Janson took 3 wickets for Eastern Cape.
The playoffs of the tournament will be at three places Top-2 teams will play qualifier-1 after the group stage. The winning team will reach the final. The match will be played at St. George Park. The third and fourth -ranked teams will have an eliminator match. The team that won this eliminator match will clash with the losing team in Qualifier-1 in qualifier-2. Both these matches will be played at Centurion.
Sunrisers Eastern Cape won both the first two seasons of the SA20 Both the first two seasons of this league have been won by the team of Sunrisers Eastern Cape, captained by Aidon Markram. In the first season, Eastern Cape won the title by defeating Pretoria Capitals. While last season team defeated Durban Super Giants in the finals and raised the trophy for the second consecutive time.
Sunrisers Eastern Cape defeated Durban Super Giants by 89 runs to win the 2024 title. The team also became champions in the first season in 2023.