Left-arm spinner Michal Lord opened the bowling for Cape Town and quickly put his side on top initially, taking 2-20 in his four overs bowled on the trot.
Phillip Kleynhans started the Bellville fightback from a poor start, hitting five fours in his 33 from 25 balls.
Leon van Vuuren was just beginning to impose himself for Bellville with two fours in quick succession, before he fell hitting out.
After two tight overs to begin with, Lukhanyo Metu’s off breaks then bagged him wickets in each of his last two.
The final honours in the Bellville innings went to Wiehann Meyer, who cracked two sixes and two fours in his undefeated 37 from 31 balls to get his side to what proved to be a winning total.
Bellville skipper and left-arm spinner Marcus Fourie bowled a telling second spell in the middle overs, picking up two wickets in quick succession to clean up the remainder of Cape Town’s top order.
Lukhanyo Metu battled hard to keep the Cape Town innings from total collapse, but could not match the required scoring rate in his boundaryless 25.
Leon van Vuuren then cleaned up the last bits of Cape Town resistance with his leg spin, picking up two scalps in the closing overs.
Seamer Evert Carstens captured the first and last wickets to close out the match, and inbetween bowled tightly enough to smother Cape Town’s scoring efforts.
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