Dewald Brevis’ century went in useless as Sunrisers Japanese Cape fought again from a fragile place to seal its third SA20 title within the ultimate of the fourth version on the Newlands Cricket Floor in Cape City on Sunday.
Skipper Tristan Stubbs and Matthew Breetzke mixed for an unbeaten 114-run stand in simply 65 balls to take the group over the road with 4 balls remaining after Brevis’ hundred had helped the Capitals to put up 158 on the board.
After being requested to bat, the Capitals suffered two early jolts with Connor Esterhuizen and Shai Hope falling throughout the first seven balls. Bryce Parsons and Brevis had been tasked with stopping the slide and did so with a 96-run stand. As soon as the previous fell, no batter was capable of present help to the 22-year-old Brevis, who single-handedly took the facet to a decent whole. The center-order batter smashed eight fours and 7 sixes in his 56-ball 101 earlier than falling within the penultimate over.
Lungi Ngidi struck early within the chase, eradicating Jonny Bairstow for a golden duck. The Sunrisers had been reeling at 48-4 in 8.4 overs when the captain walked in. After an elongated interval of consolidation, the place the facet was very a lot behind the eight-ball when it comes to run-rate, Stubbs and Breetzke collected 59 runs from the final 4 overs to offer the facet a spectacular win.
Printed on Jan 25, 2026