Sunrisers Eastern Cape 162 for 4 (Breetzke 68*, Stubbs 63*, Maharaj 1-23) beat Pretoria Capitals 158 for 7 (Brevis 101, Jansen 3-10) by six wickets
In the closest of the four finals played to date, PC had one hand on the trophy when they reduced SEC to 48 for 4 in the ninth over and caused the required run-rate to balloon to 14 runs an over by the end of the 16th. But Breetzke and Stubbs prised PC’s fingers off in the final exchanges with a record fifth-wicket stand for SEC to seal a memorable win.
Breetzke, on 45, began the charge when he lofted Lizaad Williams over mid-off for a boundary off the second ball of Williams’ final over. He then gave strike to Stubbs, who hit Williams over extra cover and passed the strike back. Breetzke finished the over with a four through square leg to take 14 runs off Williams and reduce the equation to 42 needed from the last three overs. The 18th over began with four leg byes before Stubbs reverse-swept Gideon Peters over short third for four, then Peters bowled a wide and a no-ball and the free hit went for six. His over cost 21 and SEC needed 21 from the last two. Lungi Ngidi’s final over cost 12 before Stubbs’ slammed back to back sixes to finish the match with four balls to spare.
