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Boland beat Dolphins by seven wickets in Durban

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Boland chased down 174/4 with 178/3 and three balls to spare in the YesPlay Pro20 Cup Super 8 at Hollywoodbets Kingsmead on Sunday. Openers Blayde Capell and Gavin Kaplan put on 119 runs to set up the win.

Capell made 90 off 53 balls and Kaplan scored 55 off 44. Lehan Botha stayed not out on 26 and hit the winning runs for Boland, who are led by Glenton Stuurman.

Hanu Viljoen scored a maiden T20 century for the Dolphins, with 114 off 59 balls. Ntando Zuma added 42 not out off 41 balls.

Viljoen and Zuma shared a fourth wicket partnership of 162 off 96 balls, a Dolphins T20 record. The previous best cited was 93, by Van Jaarsveld and Bravo against the Warriors in 2014. Keshav Maharaj captains the Dolphins.

Key facts

Who
Blayde Capell (Boland opening batter, 90 off 53 balls); Gavin Kaplan (Boland opening batter, 55 off 44 balls); Lehan Botha (Boland batter, 26no who hit the winning runs); Hanu Viljoen (Dolphins batter, scored 114 off 59 balls)
What
Boland won the YesPlay Pro20 Cup Super 8 match against the Hollywoodbets Dolphins by seven wickets, with three balls to spare. Hanu Viljoen scored a maiden T20 century for the Dolphins (114 off 59 balls), but Capell (90 off 53) and Kaplan (55 off 44) set up the chase.
When
1 November 2026
Where
Durban, Hollywoodbets Kingsmead
Status
Final result

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