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It is hot. 82m straight hit, 60m and 59m side hits. I am pretty impressed, nice grass cover and there is a sheen to it. From the outside it looks wonderful. Not much moisture but there is grass so it might do something for the seamers.
Pommie Mbangwa and Shaun Pollock in Pitch Report
MI Cape Town vs Sunrisers Eastern Cape Live: Sunrisers Eastern Cape XI
Tony de Zorzi, David Bedingham, Jordan Hermann, Aiden Markram(c), Tom Abell, Tristan Stubbs(w), Marco Jansen, Craig Overton, Liam Dawson, Richard Gleeson, Andile Simelane
MI Cape Town vs Sunrisers Eastern Cape Live: MI Cape Town XI
Ryan Rickelton(w), Rassie van der Dussen, Dewald Brevis, Connor Esterhuizen, George Linde, Delano Potgieter, Reeza Hendricks, Corbin Bosch, Rashid Khan(c), Kagiso Rabada, Trent Boult
If we had to chose we would have batted as well. There is some moisture around though, so hopefully we can make use of it with the ball. Runs on the board mainly is the reason we wanted to bat first than the conditions. One forced change. Baartman is out injured, Andile Simelane is back in.
Sunrisers Eastern Cape skipper Aiden Markram at toss
We would like to bat first, big game so runs on the board. Fresh wicket as well. We needed some rest with the amount of cricket we played over the last one month. Everyone's rested well and ready to go. You got to control your nerves in a game like the final. One change, Sediqullah is out, Connor is back in.
MI Cape Town skipper Rashid Khan at toss
MI Cape Town vs Sunrisers Eastern Cape Live: Tanuj Lakhina reports from the Wanderers in Johannesburg
MI Cape Town skipper Rashid Khan has won the toss and decided to bat against Sunrisers Eastern Cape. MICT with one change to their playing XI - Sediqullah (Atal) out, Connor (Esterhuizen) in.
SEC have been forced into making one change. Andile Simelane was warming up and has got the nod with Ottneil Baartman injured. Baartman had picked up a hamstring injury during the second qualifier and was unable to finish his quota of overs.
MI Cape Town vs Sunrisers Eastern Cape Live: Toss news!
MI Cape Town skipper Rashid Khan wins the toss and decides to bat first against Sunrisers Eastern Cape in summit clash.
MI Cape Town vs Sunrisers Eastern Cape Live: The Wanderers is ready
MI Cape Town vs Sunrisers Eastern Cape Live: Warm-ups on!
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MI Cape Town vs Sunrisers Eastern Cape Live: Tanuj Lakhina reports from the Wanderers in Johannesburg
After 33 games, we return to game 1 of SA20 season 3 to decide the champion. It is MI Cape Town vs Sunrisers Eastern Cape and things could not be more skewed statistically. SEC have been to the playoffs in each edition and won the first two. MICT, meanwhile, finished bottom in both the first editions.
SA20 season 3 has been different. SEC had a rocky start before coming through with string of wins. MICT had no such trouble. They went unbeaten at home in the league stage and come into the final on a five match winning streak and seven game unbeaten run.
With an hour to go to start, thousands have already taken their seats at the 'Bullring' while hundreds continue to trickle in. It is quite warm in Johannesburg today with temperatures in the late 20s.
We were the team at the bottom for two years, now we're the team at the top. We have been playing some amazing cricket for the last month. Yes, they have a good experience being finalists the last three years, but I think for us, we'll be just focusing on playing good cricket and focusing on what we did great in the last month that got us here. The best thing is to beat the opposition team with your own skills, make sure whatever the challenge is, we accept that and do well in that.
MI Cape Town skipper Rashid Khan ahead of Final
MI Cape Town vs Sunrisers Eastern Cape Live: The Orange army is ready!
I'm looking forward to it, to be honest. Apparently it’s been sold out weeks ago already, so already the hype will be there. For players, that's really cool. Not just myself, I think all the boys are really keen. We love playing in front of full stadiums and the atmosphere at Wanderers when it's full is almost like no other. I’m looking forward to that. It's always a special occasion - a final at Wanderers.
Sunrisers captain Aiden Markram ahead of Final
MI Cape Town vs Sunrisers Eastern Cape Live: Final preprations done!
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MI Cape Town vs Sunrisers Eastern Cape Live: MI's mighty run to final
Under Rashid Khan's leadership, they set a new league record of 35 points during the group stages.
The team continued their strong performance in Qualifier 1, easily defeating the Paarl Royals to advance directly to the final.
MI Cape Town vs Sunrisers Eastern Cape Live: The Finale at the iconic Wanderers
The Sunrisers showed a remarkable improvement in playoffs after an inconsistent run in league stage, securing victories in both the Eliminator and Qualifier 2 matches to reach the SA20 final for a third consecutive time.
MI Cape Town, on the other hand, emerged as the standout team in the third season to make their debut finals appearance.
The iconic Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg, which hosted the inaugural SA20 final, will be hosting its second summit clash. The Sunrisers hold an advantage having previously experienced playing at the Bullring stadium, where they claimed their first championship in 2023.
Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the SA20 final between double-defending champions Sunrisers Eastern Cape and MI Cape Town in Johannesburg.
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