Sunrisers Eastern Cape vs Joburg Super Kings, 24th Match, SA20, 2025-26 - Player Highlights

Muthusamy to Michael Pepper, out Lbw!! Michael Pepper has been trapped in front but after a consultation with Ferreira, he challenges the decision. Looked adjacent to the naked eye, Was a tossed up delivery on a length on off that drifted in nicely. It pitched and turned away slightly. Michael Pepper went for the reverse sweep but got beaten on the under-edge to get pinged on the pads. UltraEdge rolls in and shows a flat line. Over to ball-tracking and it returns three reds - it would have crashed into middle and off. The impact was actually in front of off and it kept on coming with the arm to outfox Michael Pepper. Michael Pepper lbw b Muthusamy 21(24) [4s-1]

Nortje to Michael Pepper, byes, 1 run, dropped! Michael Pepper backs away and tries to slap it over covers but gets a nick behind. de Kock had moved across to his left as a natural reflex with the ball angling in and the batter also moving to the leg-side. He dives to his right but the ball bursts through

Nortje to Michael Pepper, 2 runs, slower length delivery on the pads, Michael Pepper plays it with soft hands through backward square leg and hares back for the second run

Nortje to Michael Pepper, 2 runs, slightly overpitched outside off, Michael Pepper drives it through covers for a brace

Muthusamy to Michael Pepper, no run, tossed up delivery, driven to covers

Muthusamy to Michael Pepper, 1 run, slow through the air and full outside off, Michael Pepper is early into the reverse sweep and gloves it towards point

James Coles to Michael Pepper, 1 run, quicker and flatter, Michael Pepper tries to cut but gets a thick edge to the right of short third

James Coles to Michael Pepper, no run, beaten this time! Michael Pepper backs away and tries the repeat of the previous shot which fetched him a boundary. This one slides on with the arm and he gets beaten on the inside edge

James Coles to Michael Pepper, 3 runs, Michael Pepper works this one nicely towards fine leg. Nortje gives it a long hard chase and slides near the fence. Three runs taken

James Coles to Michael Pepper, FOUR, brilliantly played! Michael Pepper gives himself a good amount of room. It's a back of a length delivery in line of the stumps. He does well to hit it over extra cover to get the desired result

Muthusamy to Michael Pepper, 1 run, loopy full delivery around off, swept hard to deep square leg

Muthusamy to Michael Pepper, 1 run, Michael Pepper sweeps this one hard towards deep square leg. The fielder in the deep dives to his left to save certain runs for his side

James Coles to Michael Pepper, 1 run, Michael Pepper backs away again and it's coming in with the arm. He tries to cut it hard but gets a thick outside edge towards backward point. The batters scamper across

James Coles to Michael Pepper, no run, Michael Pepper makes some room and James Coles follows him with a back of a length delivery. He chops it off the outer half towards point

James Coles to Michael Pepper, no run, this one holds up on the surface from a length on off, Michael Pepper is early into the push and it's in the air but well short of mid-off

Muthusamy to Michael Pepper, 1 run, flighted delivery around off, Michael Pepper reverse sweeps it to the right of cover-point. Breetzke moves across and parries it to Nortje at backward point. Only a single

Muthusamy to Michael Pepper, 1 run, slow through the air and full outside off, Michael Pepper kneels across on one knee and laps it towards short fine

Milne to Michael Pepper, no run, well bowled! Yorker length delivery swinging in sharply on middle, Michael Pepper tries to jam it to the leg-side and ends up getting it off the toe-end down the track. Only 3 off the over

Milne to Michael Pepper, 2 runs, Michael Pepper leans ahead to the fuller one and chips it over extra cover. A couple results

Milne to Michael Pepper, no run, tentative again! Full delivery swinging in from around off, Michael Pepper tries to drive with minimal foot movement and gets an inside edge towards mid-wicket. Three dots in a row

Milne to Michael Pepper, no run, oh, how close was that! Skiddy back of a length delivery outside off, pitches and seams in nicely, Michael Pepper is caught in the crease and his bat comes down at an angle on the punch and he gets beaten on the inside edge. That almost brushed the off-stump

Milne to Michael Pepper, no run, fullish delivery swinging in on middle and off, Michael Pepper tries to drive it on the up perhaps through extra cover and gets it off the outer half to cover-point

James Coles to Michael Pepper, 1 run, full delivery outside off, Michael Pepper sweeps it hard to deep backward square leg to get off the mark

James Coles to Michael Pepper, no run, on a length around off, kept out