Paarl Royals vs Pretoria Capitals, 20th Match - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Eathan Bosch to Root, 1 run, dropped! Root comes down the track to swing across the line, the ball ballons up in the air off the leading catch. Simmonds settles under the skier at backward point but he loses his balance as he crouches low. Makes a mess of it

Eathan Bosch to Miller, SIX, 122kph too predictable! Pace off and on a length well outside off. Miller shuffles across and clobbers it over deep midwicket for a 98m six

Behrendorff to Root, SIX, 116kph, Root gets the desired result on this occasion. Pace off and on the shorter side, Root walks across, waits for the ball and pulls it handsomely over deep backward square leg

Neesham to Miller, SIX, 127kph, slot ball and Miller punishes. Fullish outside off, allows Miller to get under it who bludgeons it over wide long-on. right off the meat of the bat

Behrendorff to Root, FOUR, length ball on leg, Root walks across and gets low to slogsweep, gets a top-edge and the ball flies over the keeper's head

Behrendorff to Root, FOUR, poor ball! 118kph, slow, short and down leg, Root swivels and pulls it square of the man at 45

Will Jacks to Root, SIX, first six of the match! Flat ball around off from round the wicket and Root rervse-sweeps fiercely over deep backward point. Comes right off the meat of the bat

Will Jacks to Miller, FOUR, 89kph, full again, leg-lined and Miller has hit it into the gap. Half sweep, half flick to swipe it through backward square leg. Races away to the fence

Muthusamy to Wellalage, out Caught by MJ Ackerman!! 85kph, full on leg, Wellalage gets low to slogsweep and picks out the man in the deep. Comes off the bottom part of the bat, Ackerman gets forward from deep midwicket and takes a sharp low catch. The move to promote Wellalage didn't work out as well as Paarl would have liked. Wellalage c MJ Ackerman b Muthusamy 15(20)

Muthusamy to Root, 1 run, full on the stumps, swept to deep backward square leg and the single brings up Joe Root's fifty! Raises his bat does the class batsman

Will Jacks to Root, FOUR, round the wicket, full and outside off, Root reverse-sweeps fine of short third man. Neesham gives the chase and slides but to no avail as the ball wins the race

Kyle Simmonds to Wellalage, 2 runs, 81kph, full outside off, Wellalage fetches it from outside off and sweeps hard to deep midwicket off the inner half of the bat

Kyle Simmonds to Van Buuren, out Bowled!! Kyle Simmonds strikes first ball! That's a ripper and he's rightly pumped up. In-drifter from round the wicket, lands on a length around middle and spins away with a good amount of spin. Van Buuren hangs back and stays leg-side to force it through the off-side and gets beaten on the outside edge. The ball hits the top of off. Van Buuren b Kyle Simmonds 5(9)

Muthusamy to Van Buuren, 1 run, 86kph, Van Buuren gets low to sweep after moving leg-side and back to his original stance. The ball rolls towards square leg off the pad and the batters take a single after a slight hesitation. The Capitals have reviewed it for lbw. And, it's come off the glove! Review lost!

Eathan Bosch to Root, FOUR, gorgeous! Further full from Bosch and Root leans across to play a sublime cover drive. Just an extension of a push and he places it in the gap

Eathan Bosch to Root, FOUR, length ball outside off, Root gets forward to play a cover-drive and gets a thick inside edge that eludes the diving keeper to his left

Behrendorff to Root, FOUR, has Neesham dropped it? "He's done a Herschelle Gibbs," says Pommie Mbangwa on air. Root nails the pull to deep square leg. Neesham runs to his right and catches with both hands. He continues to run and the ball somehow slips out of his right hand before hitting his thigh and deflecting away to the fence. Did he have the control of the ball before it slipped out? The TV umpire doesn't think so. Neesham looked shocked as he thought he made an error there. Actually it seemed like he had control over the ball. Caught and then ran for at least 3-4 seconds before the ball slipped out, but the TV umpire thought otherwise. Not only does Root get a reprieve, he also gets a boundary...

Eathan Bosch to Rubin Hermann, out Caught by Neesham!! Holes out on this occasion! The batters got away a couple of pull shots, not on this occasion. 124kph, short delivery from Bosch and Hermann can only get a top-edge with his cross-batted stroke. Neesham moves to his right from deep midwicket to snaffle it with both hands. Rubin Hermann c Neesham b Eathan Bosch 9(14) [4s-1]

Will Jacks to Rubin Hermann, FOUR, 97kph, the boundary spoils the over for Jacks! Shortened length, Hermann treks back and slaps it uppishly to the right of the bowler and straight of mid-off

Behrendorff to Root, FOUR, back-to-back boundaries! 129kph, Behrendorff hurls this fuller, Root presses forward and drives straight to mid-off. Beautifully timed, not overhit

Behrendorff to Root, FOUR, Root is underway with a boundary! 132kph, width on offer, the length is on the shorter side as well, Root stands tall and cuts neatly through cover-point

Will Jacks to Lhuan-dre Pretorius, out Caught by Verreynne!! Will Jacks strikes in the very first over! 97kph, flat offie that spins with a bit of extra bounce outside off, Pretorius hangs back to casually punch and gets an outside edge that's pouched by the keeper. The leading run-scorer of this tournament departs for a duck. Perfect start for the Capitals. Lhuan-dre Pretorius c Verreynne b Will Jacks 0(3)