Tristan Coetzee was his usual aggressive self at the top of the Cape Town innings, blazing a six and four fours in the course of two overs faced to give his side a barnstorming start at 38-0 after four overs.
Josh Chippendale also played his part in Cape Town’s rapid start, striking a four and a six off consecutive deliveries in the opening over of the game.
Off-spinner Dawood Christians pulled things back nicely for Yorkshire, delivering a spell of 4-0-13-2 that controlled the middle overs.
Mathew Goles definitely didn’t have everything his own way during a tough middle part of the innings, but he persevered to contribute 20 runs to Cape Town’s cause.
After a bad start, the experience of Shabir Mallie shone through for Yorkshire – he bookended the Cape Town innings with some measured bowling to bag 2-25.
Alex Draai put Cape Town well on top with three wickets in his first nine deliveries, and then wrapped up the final two wickets as well to complete figures of 5-21.
Shabir Mallie was the one obstacle standing between Cape Town and victory, as he counter-attacked freely from 18-4 to score 42 from just 28 balls faced.
Mathew Goles had another difficult period to navigate with the ball as well, but again pushed through to effectively close out the match for Cape Town by breaking Yorkshire’s middle order resistance.
Jordan Bowers then added the bulk of the finishing touches with a Cape Town First XI career-best return of 3-20.
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