South Africa Premier League 2025

Eliminator: JSK vs SEC

Preview

The Joburg Super Kings will face off against the Sunrisers Eastern Cape in the Eliminator of the ongoing SA Premier League 2025. SuperSport Park in Centurion will host the match on Wednesday, February 5. Both teams have met twice this season, with each team winning once 

Joburg will enter this battle after losing to the Durban Super Giants by 11 runs via the DLS method. Faf du Plessis and his team finished fourth in the points table, winning four out of their 10 matches during the league stage. With their team performing well, they managed to advance to the playoff stage. 

On the contrary, the two-time champions, Sunrisers Eastern Cape, began their season with consecutive losses. Still, they later bounced back, finishing third in the league standings at the end of the round-robin stage. The Aiden Markram-led team secured five wins out of 10 games. In the meantime, the team is likely to be confident, as they have experienced players from the knockout stages of the last two seasons. 

Match Details

Match: JSK vs SEC, Eliminator, South Africa Premier League 2025

Date: Wednesday, February 05, 2025

Time: 09:00 PM

Venue: SuperSport Park, Centurion

Pitch & Weather Report

The Eliminator match of the SA Premier League 2025 match will be held at Centurion's SuperSport Park. As in the past, the ground is suitable for batting in the early overs. The surface provides a decent amount of pace and bounce, which motivates the batters to play their signature cricketing shots. It also has large boundaries, which are beneficial for the bowlers.  

The match will be played under clear skies with hints of clouds, and there is no possibility of rain spoiling the game. The highest and lowest temperatures here will be 32 and 19 degrees Celsius, with 64% humidity and an 8 kmph wind rate.

JSK vs. SEC Squads

JSK: Devon Conway(wk), Faf du Plessis(c), Leus du Plooy, Moeen Ali, Wihan Lubbe, Sibonelo Makhanya, Donovan Ferreira, Hardus Viljoen, Maheesh Theekshana, Tabraiz Shamsi, Lutho Sipamla, JP King, Evan Jones, Matheesha Pathirana, Gerald Coetzee, Beuran Hendricks, Imran Tahir, Doug Bracewell, Jonny Bairstow

SEC: David Bedingham, Tony de Zorzi, Jordan Hermann, Aiden Markram(c), Tristan Stubbs(wk), Tom Abell, Marco Jansen, Liam Dawson, Craig Overton, Ottneil Baartman, Richard Gleeson, Caleb Seleka, Daniel Smith, Andile Simelane, Beyers Swanepoel, Roelof van der Merwe, Simon Harmer, Okuhle Cele, Zak Crawley

JSK vs. SEC Probable Playing XIs

JSK: Devon Conway (wk), Faf du Plessis (c), Leus du Plooy, Moeen Ali, Wihan Lubbe, Sibonelo Makhanya, Donovan Ferreira, Hardus Viljoen, Maheesh Theekshana, Tabraiz Shamsi, Lutho Sipamla

SEC: David Bedingham, Tony de Zorzi, Jordan Hermann, Aiden Markram (c), Tristan Stubbs (wk), Tom Abell, Marco Jansen, Liam Dawson, Craig Overton, Ottneil Baartman, Richard Gleeson

Match Prediction

The trophy defenders, Sunrisers Eastern Cape, will start as the favourites to win this match. Experience often outweighs raw talent when the league progresses to do-or-die matches. On the grand stage, the SEC and JSK have fiercely battled seven times, each claiming three victories, with one match ending in a draw. 

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