Centurion, Jan. 23 -- Lhuan-dre Pretorius starred with the bat with last season's leading run-scorer coming to the fore when it mattered most, as the Paarl Royals defeated Joburg Super Kings by 36 runs in the eliminator of SA20 season 4.

On Thursday, the powerful left-hander put a disappointing second season behind him with a 34-ball 51 that formed the bedrock of the Royals' imposing 210/5. His knock consisted of two fours and five sixes.

The rest of the Royals batters all chipped in from opener Kyle Verreynne (30 off 15 balls, with four boundaries and a six) through to Dan Lawrence (36 off 23 balls, two fours and three sixes), Sikandar Raza (35 off 19 balls, with two fours and three sixes) and Asa Tribe (30* not out off 16 balls, with ...