Teenager Nqobani Mokoena and big-hitting veteran David Miller carried the Paarl Royals to their first victory of this season’s SA20 league, as they edged hosts Sunrisers Eastern Cape by five wickets with just two balls to spare in Gqeberha on Wednesday.
Set a target of 150 runs to win, the Royals held their nerve at the death as they reached 150/5.
Though the visitors were left flailing at 35/4 after seven overs, Miller combined well with Keagan Lion-Cachet in a 114-run partnership for the fifth wicket.
Miller made 71 not out off just 38 balls – his 51st T20 half-century – in an innings which included five sixes, while Lion-Cachet contributed 45 off 40.
Sunrisers innings
Earlier, after choosing to bat first, Jordan Hermann top-scored for the Sunrisers as they compiled 47 off 35.
The Royals attack was spearheaded by 19-year-old Mokoena, who took a career-best 4/34 in his eighth T20 match, and fellow seam bowler Ottneil Baartman returned 3/36.
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