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MICT thrash SEC to book place in Qualifier 1

football29 January 2025 18:33| © MWP
By:Brendon Atwell
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A brilliant bowling and fielding effort along with an unbroken century stand aided MI Cape Town in a crushing, bonus-point 10-wicket victory over the Sunrisers Eastern Cape in a Betway SA20 encounter at World Sports Betting Newlands in Cape Town on Wednesday evening.

Corbin Bosch claimed his SA20-best figures of 4-19 to help bowl out the visitors for just 107 before Ryan Rickelton and Rassie van der Dussen put on 110 for the opening stand in just 11 overs to give MI Cape Town victory after winning the toss and electing to bowl first.

Rickelton cracked eight fours and a six from just 36 balls to end unbeaten on 59 while his opening partner, Van der Dussen, ended unbeaten on 48 from 30 balls after striking four boundaries and two maximums as MI Cape Town cruised to victory with 54 balls to spare.

The pair added 71 runs in the Power Play, compared to the paltry 24 for two that the Sunrisers struggled to get.

Such was the dominance of the home side, they had scored the same amount of runs in two overs that Aiden Markram’s men had scored in their first five.

David Bedingham was man alone during the MI Cape Town demolition job, scoring a run-a-ball 45 which included five boundaries.

Andile Simelane tried valiantly at the backend, striking just one four in 22 balls, but was run out at the end of the innings for 21.

BRILLIANT BOSCH

Bosch was instrumental with ball in hand, removing Tom Abell (1), Marco Jansen (7), Simon Harmer (1) and Craig Overton (2) while aiding Dewald Brevis in the run out of Simelane.

Kagiso Rabada (3-0-14-2) started the massacre when he had fellow Proteas teammate Tony de Zorzi edging behind to Rickelton for just two from eight balls. The pressure up front was immense and the moment of the innings came with the dismissal of Abell.

Bosch,with the last ball of his first over, had Abell pulling towards backward square-leg, only for Brevis to pull off one of the catches of the season.

Brevis moved in from the fence, only to realise the ball was sailing over his head, leapt up and snatched the ball – one-handed – out of the air falling backwards to rapturous applause from the Cape faithful.

Brevis then turned hero with the ball, having Markram caught on the long-off fence by Raashid Khan for just 10 to end with figures of 2-0-14-1.

George Linde added some more squeeze, conceding just 10 runs in three overs while Rashid (4-0-24-1) claimed the wicket of Tristan Stubbs (5), being castled by the MI Cape Town captain.

Bosch then pulled off a snatch-and-grab, one-handed catch off his own bowling to see the back of Jansen, who had smashed his first ball for six.

Trent Boult (4-0-25-1) picked up the wicket of Liam Dawson (9), caught by Reeza Hendricks, who provided the crowd with some brilliant skills in dismissing Bedingham from the bowling of Rabada.

Bedingham, looking to launched the ball down the ground for what would have been a well-played 50, found Hendricks on the fence, who took the catch, popped it up in the air, crossed the rope and back again, before reclaiming the catch.

Bosch removed Overton and Harmer with some full deliveries as MI Cape Town went into the changeroom with their tails up.

This is only the second time in SA20 history that a team has won by 10 wickets – with MI Cape Town being on the receiving end of the first 10-wicket victory by the Joburg Super Kings exactly a year ago, on 29 January 2024.

The Sunrisers will be hoping to pick up a bonus-point victory in their final game against the Paarl Royals to give them a chance of making the Eliminator and a chance of defending their crown.

MI CAPE TOWN: Ryan Rickelton (wk), Rassie van der Dussen, Reeza Hendricks, Colin Ingram, Dewald Brevis, George Linde, Delano Potgieter, Corbin Bosch, Rashid Khan (capt), Kagiso Rabada, Trent Boult.

SUNRISERS EASTERN CAPE: Tony De Zorzi, David Bedingham, Tom Abell, Aiden Markram (capt), Tristan Stubbs (wk), Marco Jansen, Liam Dawson, Andile Simelane, Simon Harmer, Richard Gleeson, Craig Overton.

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