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Bowlers put on Royal performance
The Citizen
|January 16, 2026
The Paarl Royals climbed to the top of the SA20 standings last night, cruising to a comfortable six-wicket win over the Pretoria Capitals in Centurion as they booked their place in next week's playoffs.
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.
"I just tried to hit the wicket hard. Obviously there was a little bit of bounce, and I tried to exploit the conditions," Baartman said after the game.
This story is from the January 16, 2026 edition of The Citizen.
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