{"id":2222112,"date":"2026-01-04T23:01:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T23:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2222112"},"modified":"2026-01-04T23:01:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T23:01:27","slug":"raza-stars-as-paarl-royals-thrash-mi-cape-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/raza-stars-as-paarl-royals-thrash-mi-cape-town\/","title":{"rendered":"Raza stars as Paarl Royals thrash MI Cape Town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Zimbabwe&#8217;s Sikandar Raza took 4-13 to set up a comfortable <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/cricket\/scorecard\/e-229122?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bsport%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:seven-wicket win;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">seven-wicket win<\/a> for Paarl Royals against MI Cape Town in the SA20.<\/p>\n<p>Cape Town were 27-0 when Raza came on to bowl the fifth over and had Rassie van der Dussen caught for 14.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>From there, Cape Town fell away and were bowled out for 88 in 18.4 overs.<\/p>\n<p>Raza returned in the 13th over to bowl Jason Smith, before he dismissed George Linde and Rashid Khan in successive balls in the 17th over.<\/p>\n<p>Royals lost Lhuan-dre Pretorius in the first over of the chase but Glamorgan and England Lions batter Asa Tribe put on 54 for the second wicket with Rubin Hermann.<\/p>\n<p>The latter fell to leave Royals 56-2 and Tribe was out for 34 three overs later.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>But David Miller and Kyle Verreynne saw Royals over the line with 42 balls to spare.<\/p>\n<p>The bonus-point win sees Royals climb to second, while defending champions Cape Town remain bottom.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"content-figure\">\n<div class=\"content-image\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"lightbox-btn\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"lightbox-expand\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Image Lightbox\" class=\"lightbox-overlay\" aria-modal=\"true\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"fig-caption\">\n<p>[BBC]<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/a1.api.bbc.co.uk\/hit.xiti\/?s=598314&amp;p=sport.cricket.articles.c20zgv5l1v2o.page&amp;x1=%5Burn%3Abbc%3Aoptimo%3Aasset%3Ac20zgv5l1v2o%5D&amp;x4=%5Ben-gb%5D&amp;x5=%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fsport%2Fcricket%2Farticles%2Fc20zgv5l1v2o%5D&amp;x7=%5Barticle%5D&amp;x8=%5Bsynd_nojs_ISAPI%5D&amp;x9=%5BRaza+stars+as+Paarl+Royals+thrash+MI+Cape+Town%5D&amp;x11=%5B2026-01-04T20%3A11%3A05.392Z%5D&amp;x12=%5B2026-01-04T20%3A11%3A05.392Z%5D&amp;x19=%5Byahoo.north.america%5D\"\/><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source ca.sports.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zimbabwe&#8217;s Sikandar Raza took 4-13 to set up a comfortable seven-wicket win for Paarl Royals against MI Cape Town in the SA20. 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