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However, MI Cape Town missed out on the bonus point, which saw Pretoria Capitals (20 points) join Sunrisers (24 points) and Paarl Royals (24 points) as the third team to qualify for the play-offs.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. SIGN UP NOW!The home side were spurred on by a fifth consecutive Newlands sellout crowd since Trent Boult had the in-form Quinton de Kock caught behind on the very first ball of the innings.MI Cape Town kept the pressure on throughout, Boult rediscovering his form with figures of 3/28 before Corbin Bosch closed the innings with 4/34.All the Sunrisers batsmen struggled to adapt to the two-pace Newlands surface, with only Marco Jansen hitting the ball with any freedom. The lanky all-rounder hit four sixes and three boundaries in his 23-ball 48 and, along with a calm 28 off 27 balls from James Coles, helped Sunrisers post 139/9 in their allotted 20 overs.Jansen carried his batting form into the MI Cape Town innings, with the left-hander removing Rassie van der Dussen and the in-form Ryan Rickelton in the Powerplay to give Sunrisers the start they would have hoped for.But Reeza Hendricks (41 off 43 balls) dug his heels in to play the role of anchor and ensure that despite MI Cape Town continuing to lose wickets, they moved closer to the required total.All-rounder George Linde made a breathtaking 31 off 18 balls and new import Kieron Pollard contributed 20 off 14 as Sunrisers stayed in the contest.Things got tricky towards the end when Hendricks was dismissed off the last ball of the penultimate over, caught at deep cover by Anrich Nortje, leaving MI Cape Town needing four runs from the last over.
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For MI Cape Town and the Newlands faithful, Sunrisers all-rounder Senuran Muthusamy (2/25) stepped over to offer Bosch a free hit, allowing the champions to close out the game and stay alive in the contest.A brief scoreSunrisers Eastern Cape: 139 for 9 in 20 overs (Marco Jansen 42; Corbin Bosch 4/34, Trent Boult 3/28) MI Cape Town: 140 for 7 in 19.2 overs (Reeza Hendricks 41, George Linde 31; Marco Jansen 2/23, Senuram Muthusamy 2/25)