Capitals thrash MI Cape Town to move top of SA20 table

Pretoria Capitals picked up their third successive victory with a 53-run thrashing of MI Cape Town to move to the top of the SA20 table.

After being asked to bat first, Capitals recovered from 35-2 and 89-4 to post 185-6.

West Indies all-rounder Sherfane Rutherford top-scored with 53 off 27 balls, while Dewald Brevis added 34.

Cape Town's chase never really got going. They were reduced to 28-2 after one ball of the sixth over and slipped to 55-6 at the halfway stage, with Gideon Peters taking 3-32.

Reeza Hendricks, who made 68 not out, put on 34 with Jason Smith and an unbroken 43 with Kagiso Rabada, but the defending champions finished well short on 132-7.

They are bottom of the table and in danger of being failing to progress to the play-offs.

Capitals have played one more game than Sunrisers Eastern Cape and Joburg Super Kings and two more than Paarl Royals in fourth so their position in the play-offs is far from secure.