The Paarl Royals climbed to the top of the SA20 standings on Thursday night, cruising to a comfortable six-wicket win over the Pretoria Capitals in Centurion as they secured their place in next weeks play-offs.
Batting first after winning the toss, the Capitals struggled to build partnerships and were ultimately restricted to 127 runs by a Royals attack led by Ottneil Baartman.
Baartman was superb, taking 5/16 for the second five-wicket haul of his T20 career and securing a hat-trick in the 19th over when he removed Andre Russell, Lizaad Williams and Lungi Ngidi from successive deliveries.
