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Sunrisers Eastern Cape Cruise into Fourth Straight SA20 Final

Senuran Muthusamy of Sunrisers Eastern Cape and Marco Jansen of Sunrisers Eastern Cape celebrate getting the wicket of Rovman Powell of Paarl Royals during the qualifier 2 match of the Betway SA20 season 4 between Sunrisers Eastern Cape (SEC) and Paarl Royals (PR) held at the Wanderers Cricket Stadium in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa on the 23rd January 2026 Photo by Shaun Roy / Sportzpics for SA20

Sunrisers Eastern Cape booked their place in a fourth successive SA20 Final after cruising past Paarl Royals by seven wickets at Newlands.

Chasing a modest 115, the two-time champions made light work of the target with 50 balls to spare. Young all-rounder James Coles starred, claiming 1/15 with the ball before smashing an unbeaten 45 off 19 deliveries to seal victory. Earlier, Coles and Senuran Muthusamy combined to restrict the Royals to 114/7 despite Kyle Verreynne’s fighting half-century.

The win sets up a repeat of the inaugural SA20 Final against Pretoria Capitals on Sunday.

Sahir Usman

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