Lions beat Northern Cape by 8 wickets in their CSA T20 Challenge 2026 Pool B match at The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, on 18 Oct 2026. Having won the toss and elected to bowl first, Lions restricted Northern Cape to 137/5 in 20 overs and reached 139/2 in 12 overs, with 48 balls remaining.
Northern Cape lost Liam Doherty for 16 at 4.4 overs with the score on 39/1, and Nonelela Yikha followed for 2 at 7.1 overs (42/2). Steve Stolk top-scored with 35 off 29 balls, including 3 sixes, before he was caught by Basson off Nqabayomzi Peter at 9.3 overs (68/3). Gerhardus Maree went for 2 soon after, leaving Northern Cape on 71/4 at 10.2 overs.
Kyle Jacobs made 34 off 30 balls before falling at 16.2 overs with the score on 109/5, and JJ Neil finished unbeaten on 30 off 26 balls. For Lions, Codi Yusuf took 2/16 from his 4 overs and Peter claimed 2/27 from 4.
In reply, Connor Esterhuizen struck 19 off 7 balls, with 2 sixes, before he was caught by Motlhoaring off Johannes van Dyk at 1.2 overs (20/1). Zubayr Hamza then made 52 off 31 balls, with 5 fours and 3 sixes, and was bowled by Tshepo Ntuli at 9.3 overs with Lions on 116/2.
HE van der Dussen saw the chase through, finishing on 47 not out off 25 balls with 3 fours and 3 sixes. Ntuli returned 1/13 from 2 overs and van Dyk 1/33 from 3 for Northern Cape.
