Sunrisers Eastern Cape vs Pretoria Capitals, Qualifier 1, SA20, 2025-26 - Player Highlights

Nortje to Bryce Parsons, out Bowled!! A twist in the tale? Bryce Parsons shuffles too far across and loses his leg-stump in the process - Nortje kept with his wit, kept it full and straight, Parsons moves right across and then hears the sound of timber - walks off to a big round of applause from the team dug-out. He'd have loved to finish it off, but has he opened up a small window for the Sunrisers? Bryce Parsons b Nortje 60(44) [4s-4 6s-2]

Marco Jansen to Bryce Parsons, 1 run, slower short ball outside off - Parsons waits on it and then drags the pull past square leg

Marco Jansen to Bryce Parsons, leg byes, 2 runs, fuller length delivery on the pads, Bryce Parsons looks to flick and skews a thick inside edge onto the pad, the ball slowly rolls towards square leg and they scamper back for the second

Chris Green to Bryce Parsons, SIX, clubbed, this is a clean strike and it has been sent soaring into the 2nd tier of Kingsmead - tossed up and right in the slot, Parsons clears his front leg and hammers the lofted drive over wide long-on

Chris Green to Bryce Parsons, FOUR, he''s split long-on and long-off with precision - brings up a fifty as well - tossed up just outside off and Parsons swung through the line, plenty of height and no real elevation, long-off moved to his right, slid and watched it drop agonisingly besides him and in front of the ropes

Chris Green to Bryce Parsons, no run, a wide full-toss from Green - Parsons backs away and jams it out to extra-cover

Chris Green to Bryce Parsons, 1 run, very full and wide of off - Brevis brings out the reverse sweep, to short third's right - the fielder dives and cuts off a certain boundary

Marco Jansen to Bryce Parsons, no run, well bowled, yorker length delivery outside off and Parsons couldn't get his bat down in time - lucky that it wasn't on the stumps

Marco Jansen to Bryce Parsons, 1 run, full-toss on the pads, whipped past the square leg umpire for a single

Marco Jansen to Bryce Parsons, no run, very full and slanting back into the left-hander - Parsons gets his left leg out and squeezes it back at the bowler

Marco Jansen to Bryce Parsons, no run, short of a good length and just outside off - defended back at the bowler

Nortje to Bryce Parsons, 1 run, short of a good length and just outside off - pulled into the gap past mid-wicket for a single

Nortje to Bryce Parsons, FOUR, cracking shot, on a good length and just outside off - Parsons stays deep in the crease, clears his front-leg and then thrashes the drive through cover, no one moved

Nortje to Bryce Parsons, 2 runs, nicely played, fuller length delivery and angling into the left-hander - Parsons leans forward and then drives it back over the bowler's head, the bat turned on impact and he still managed to clear the men in the ring

Nortje to Bryce Parsons, 1 run, fuller length delivery from round the wicket, clipped into the gap past square leg for a single

Muthusamy to Bryce Parsons, 1 run, flighted delivery on the leg-stump line, tucked behind square on the on-side for a single

Muthusamy to Bryce Parsons, 1 run, tossed up and sliding onto the left-hander, swept backward of square on the on-side for a single

Gregory to Bryce Parsons, 1 run, back of a length and angling across the left-hander - punched square on the off-side for a single, 12 off the over

Gregory to Bryce Parsons, 1 run, short of a good length and well wide of off, slapped to the right of cover where the fielder gets a hand onto it, keeps them down to a single

Muthusamy to Bryce Parsons, 1 run, tossed up on off, worked in front of square on the on-side for a single

Muthusamy to Bryce Parsons, 2 runs, nicely done by Parsons - nearly ran past one and could've been left stranded - pre-empted charge down the pitch and Muthusamy fired one down leg

Nortje to Bryce Parsons, 1 run, length ball down leg, clipped to deep square leg

Muthusamy to Bryce Parsons, 1 run, arm-ball on the pads, Parsons steps out and flicks through midwicket

Muthusamy to Bryce Parsons, 1 run, tossed up, drifting away outside off, Parsons drives through the covers

Muthusamy to Bryce Parsons, 1 run, flat on middle and leg, Parsons punches off the back foot to deep midwicket

Chris Green to Bryce Parsons, 1 run, slower at 83kph, drifting into the pads, Parsons works it through midwicket

Chris Green to Bryce Parsons, SIX, clean strike through the line! Stepped out, wasn't to the pitch but went through with the shot and made excellent contact

Muthusamy to Bryce Parsons, 1 run, fired into the pads, flicked to deep midwicket

Muthusamy to Bryce Parsons, 2 runs, full ball around off, Parsons makes some room and drives to the right of long-off, back for two

Muthusamy to Bryce Parsons, 1 run, drifting across middle, round the wicket, Parsons works it through midwicket

Chris Green to Bryce Parsons, 1 run, round the wicket, fired in on middle and leg, Parsons gets forward and knocks it down to long-on

Nortje to Bryce Parsons, 1 run, dug in short, Parsons gets on top of the bounce and pulls to deep square leg

Nortje to Bryce Parsons, 1 run, nicely on top of the bounce to punch it wide of mid-off, the fielder makes a tumbling stop

Gregory to Bryce Parsons, 1 run, both batters stranded in the middle of the pitch, and the throw from Hermann misses! Perhaps should've passed it back to the bowler. Back of a length, tapped wide of point and Hermann is onto the ball quickly to cause the mix-up. Eventually they get across for the single as the throw misses

Gregory to Bryce Parsons, no run, slightly shorter than the previous one and Parsons mistimes the pull to midwicket

Gregory to Bryce Parsons, FOUR, excellent shot! This is back of a length from Gregory, around the top of off, and Parsons still manages to pull it in front of square

Gregory to Bryce Parsons, no run, Parsons advances and drives on the up to mid-on. Couldn't get close enough to the pitch with Gregory bashing it in

Gregory to Bryce Parsons, no run, back of a length across off, punched back down the pitch

Marco Jansen to Bryce Parsons, 1 run, bashed into a short of length, Parsons taps it from the crease into the off-side

Marco Jansen to Bryce Parsons, no run, good length in the channel, driven back to Jansen

Marco Jansen to Bryce Parsons, FOUR, nicely controlled pull for his first boundary! Good height on the short ball, it's above the right shoulder but Parsons gets it past short fine

Gregory to Bryce Parsons, 3 runs, whipped down the ground, beats mid-on and gets back for three! Wasn't a bad ball. Nipped away a touch off a good length and Parsons might've got a soft leading edge actually

Gregory to Bryce Parsons, no run, finds a good length on off, Parsons defends from the crease

Marco Jansen to Bryce Parsons, 1 run, good length on off, Parsons taps it in front of mid-on for a quick single to get off the mark