English batters Will Jacks and Will Smeed put on a partnership of 72 but Pretoria Capitals were unable to beat MI Cape Town, losing by 27 runs in the SA20. Surrey's Jacks (39 from 22) and Somerset's Smeed (52 from 36) came together midway through the third over with their side 15-1, chasing a formidable 223 in Centurion.

Pretoria Capitals and MI Cape Town thrilled the Centurion crowd in SA20 with a high-scoring contest, totaling 417 runs. MI Cape Town's Reeza Hendricks and Dewald Brevis shone, scoring 77* and 73* respectively,

Before we started the first match, it was a really clear plan of ours to get the communication better, to help Rash out and just be a lot better in actually all aspects than we were in the last few years.

MI Cape Town join Paarl Royals in the play-offs. England's Joe Root has starred for Royals in the group stage but is set to miss the knockouts because of their 50-over tour of India. Sunrisers are third and likely need to win their final game to have a chance of progressing.