Paarl Royals vs Joburg Super Kings, Eliminator, SA20, 2025-26

Lhuan-dre Pretorius | Player of the Match: Yeah, I was thinking of kicking my stumps over after that first over, to be honest. But yeah, we all knew as a batting lineup we had to step up with Dav not being able to play. We feel like it leaves a massive hole in our batting lineup but we all stepped up and I'm glad we did. (how do you keep yourself calm?) Yeah, I just think it's sticking to the same processes and backing up your training and building up to the game, backing up those things. Yeah, it's just really cool and awesome to have a coaching staff like we do and players like we do. A lot of senior players that back you and yeah, it's really cool. (on tomorrow's game) Yeah, so I think a good night's rest will be a good start. Obviously, the Sunrisers are a world-class bowling attack, so reset, refocus and then hopefully go again tomorrow. (on the crowd support here) Yeah, really hope so. A lot of my mates came to support as well. I just kept getting asked for tickets, which is quite cool. But yeah, thanks for all the support. It really means a lot to us as players and it always fires us up.

Dan Lawrence | PR captain: Yeah, absolutely. It was a very clinical performance with the bat and the ball. And it's really nice to play kind of a near perfect game in a knockout game. So yeah, over the moon. (consistent partnerships with bat) Yeah, I think what I was really happy with was how much intent everyone had with the bat. And we tried to push the game along because we know it's a high-scoring ground. And yeah, thankfully, from top to bottom, everyone put a shift in and batted beautifully. (bowlers) Yeah, they were outstanding. Obviously, Bjorn's been amazing all tournament, bowling his left-arm spin in the powerplay. And Hardus was absolutely outstanding today with control of length and line. And yeah, that really set the game up for us to win. Yeah it was outstanding. (fielding) Yeah, I mean, like I said, it was as near as a perfect T20 performance as you're going to get. And yeah, everyone put an amazing shift in. And yeah, it was a pleasure to be out there kind of watching it. (on tomorrow's game) Yeah, it certainly will. Obviously, tonight's a big confidence booster for us. And we know that they are a high-class team. So we know we're going to have to be at our best. So lots of rest and recovery tonight and then away we go again tomorrow.

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