Cape Town, Jan. 6 -- Sunrisers Eastern Cape (SEC) batter Jonny Bairstow has said that after hitting the first three balls of Keshav Maharaj's over for sixes, he was trying to make it six sixes in as many balls.

Bairstow treated Maharaj with disdain as he blasted five sixes and a boundary in the 12th over to smash 34 runs, which is now the most expensive over in SA20 history.

Bairstow smashed an unbeaten 85 off just 45 as SEC breezed past Pretoria Capitals to register their third bonus point win on Monday.

"Did it look like I went into my shell, just with a four? Yes, of course [was looking to hit six sixes], like when you've got three away, and you're thinking, okay, maybe let's try and give it a go. So, yes, unfortunately, I got that ...