Sunrisers Eastern Cape on their third SA20 title in four years with a stunning six-wicket victory over Pretoria Capitals at Newlands in Cape Town as the 114-run unbeaten fifth-wicket stand between captain Tristan Stubbs and Matthew Breeztke, both of whom celebrated their respective half-centuries, got the better of Dewald Brevis’ century, which was the lone hand of Pretoria Capitals who made only 158.

When PC, the runners-up of SA20 first season, restricted SEC to 48/4 in the ninth over of the second innings, putting the required run rate to nearly 14 runs per over, they had one hand on the trophy. But the two unbeaten batters of the Sunrisers, with a record stand, stole the memorable victory from the jaws of defeat.

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Matthew began the charge when he lofted Lizard Williams over mid-on for a boundary of the second bowl of Williams final over before giving strike to the captain, who hit Williams over extra cover and passed the strike back as the former finished the over with a magnificent boundary through square leg to take 14 runs of that over and reduced the equation to 42 needed of the last three overs.

Sunrisers Eastern Cape wins SA20 2025/26 under Tristan Stubbs 

Stubbs has been excellent with his performance as he got a call-up to South Africa’s T20 World Cup 2026 squad, despite struggling for form throughout the season, as his 63 unbeaten knock was his first half-century in the format in 51 innings since his 76-run knock against the West Indies in August two years ago.

Overall Eastern Cape had another season for the books as they kept their record of reaching the finals with their new signing, Quinton de Kock, finished as the leading run-getter with 390 runs while another accusation, Anrich Nortje, was the second on the list of wicket-takers as Marco Janssen’s 13 wickets this season has left him one behind Oatmeal apartment as the most successful bowler of the league.

Meanwhile, a word should be spoken for Brevis, who smashed a fine knock of 101 runs in just 56 deliveries at a strike rate of over 180, with the second best score of the Pretoria Capitals being 30 in the scorecard.

Brief Score: Sunrisers Eastern Cape 162 for 4 (Breetzke 68*, Stubbs 63*, Maharaj 1-23) beat Pretoria Capitals 158 for 7 (Brevis 101, Jansen 3-10) by six wickets.