South Africa Premier League 2025

Match 19: SEC vs JSK

Preview

Sunrisers Eastern Cape will cross swords with Joburg Super Kings for the 19th match of the South Africa Premier League 2025. The game is set to take place at St. George’s Park in Gqueberha on Friday, January 24. 

SEC are placed third on the points table with three wins in six games, whereas JSK have two wins and two losses in five games to fetch fourth place in the league table. 

Faf du Plessis and co. recently tasted defeat against the Paarl Royals. Boland’s dry pitch favoured the pacers, who wretched havoc on the Joburg batters in the first innings of the game. PR chased down the 146-run target in the final over of the game. With that, Joburg have now lost two consecutive games and will be looking forward to a way to bounce back. 

On the contrary, Markram-led Eastern Cape won their previous match against Pretoria Capitals. After a poor start to their 2025 campaign, the two-time champions have made a good comeback by winning their last three games. They scored a manageable total of 149 runs, and later, their bowlers did an excellent job by bowling out Pretoria for just 97 runs. 

Match Details

Match: SEC vs JSK, 19th Match, South Africa Premier League 2025

Date: Friday, January 24, 2025

Time: 09:00 PM

Venue: St George's Park, Gqeberha

Pitch & Weather Report

St George’s Park generally has a slower pitch than the other grounds in South Africa. It would be helpful for the spinners, and the top-order batters have to settle down before they try out their big shots. The skipper winning the toss shall choose to bat first and post a defendable target so that the bowlers can take charge, as the ball will turn more in the second inning of the game. 

Port Elizabeth’s weather predicted for the matchday will have a maximum temperature of 27 degrees Celsius and a minimum of 19 degrees Celsius. There is no chance of rain affecting the game. The humidity is expected to be 94%, and the wind speed will be 6 kmph. 

SEC vs. JSK Squads

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

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

SEC vs. JSK Probable Playing XIs

SEC: Zak Crawley, David Bedingham, Tom Abell, Jordan Hermann, Aiden Markram (c), Tristan Stubbs (wk), Marco Jansen, Liam Dawson, Simon Harmer, Ottneil Baartman, Richard Gleeson

JSK: Devon Conway, Faf du Plessis (c), Leus du Plooy, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Moeen Ali, Sibonelo Makhanya, Donovan Ferreira, Hardus Viljoen, Imran Tahir, Tabraiz Shamsi, Lutho Sipamla

Match Prediction

Sunrisers Eastern Cape are in seventh heaven after a poor start to the 2025 SA Premier League campaign. On the other hand, Joburg Super Kings seem to have lost their way, having won the first two games but struggling afterwards. We expect this to be a close contest, but we expect the SEC to come out on top at the end of the match.

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