South Africa T20 League

16th Match: PR vs MICT

Preview

The South Africa T20 League is heating up with teams trying to get to the top 4 spots in the points table. MICT and PR are presently sitting in the third and fourth positions of the league table. Both teams have the same problem which is consistency but have won back-to-back games so far. Now they will be looking forward to winning this game and getting into a sealed position in the final phase of the league.   

Paarl struggled in their batting phase and due to the lack of momentum, they were restricted to 127 runs at a loss of 7 wickets. Wihan Lubbe (28 runs) and Corbin Bosch (20 runs) being in the middle order tried to convert it into a big score but the other batters need to take more responsibility to help their team to get off to a good score.

Paarl bowling duo Bjorn Fortuin (3/20) and Lungi Ngidi (2/31) shared 5 wickets between them but eventually failed to stop the contender from chasing the total. Codi Yusuf and Tabraiz Shamsi were also economical in the match and only Evan Jones gave away 32 runs in his 3 overs.

Cape Town have lost consecutive two games against the Eastern Cape. Ryan Rickelton (46 runs) and Grant Roelofson (56 runs) made the most of the total. Delano Potgieter (21 runs) and Odean Smith (25 runs) made a quick 50-run partnership, in the end, to carry their total score to 171 runs.

Their bowling department failed to defend the total as they were defeated in the match by 2 wickets. Kagiso Rabada (3/34) and Jofra Archer (1/18) were flawless with the ball and kept the run under control. George Linde's spell was economical with figures of 3-0-20-0 in the match.

Match Details

Match: PR vs MICT, 16th Match, South Africa T20 League

Date: Saturday, January 21, 2023

Time: 5:00 PM

Venue: Boland Park, Paarl

Pitch & Weather Report

The pitch at Boland Park in Paarl will ascertain to be a well-balanced ground for both teams. The captain winning the toss will choose to bat first. The seamers will have a niche in the first six overs of the match and the sinning side will play get to demonstrate their skills in the middle overs of the game. Being a batting-friendly surface, we can hope for a high-scoring game in this match. 

The weather predicted in Boland park on the matchday i.e. Tuesday, 19 January 2023 will be cloudy but not rainy with clear sunny weather. The highest and lowest temperature on the matchday will be 30 and 17 degrees Celsius. The humidity on that day will be 50% and the wind speed will be 18 kmph. 

PR vs MICT Squads

PR: Jason Roy, Jos Buttler (wk), Wihan Lubbe, David Miller (c), Dane Vilas, Eoin Morgan, Evan Jones, Ferisco Adams, Bjorn Fortuin, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi, Imran Manack, Corbin Bosch, Andile Phehlukwayo, Obed McCoy, Ramon Simmonds, Mitchell Van Buuren, Codi Yusuf

MICT: Dewald Brevis, Ryan Rickelton, Rassie van der Dussen, Grant Roelofsen (wk), Sam Curran, George Linde, Delano Potgieter, Odean Smith, Rashid Khan (c), Kagiso Rabada, Olly Stone, Waqar Salamkheil, Jofra Archer, Wesley Marshall, Duan Jansen, Ziyaad Abrahams, Liam Livingstone, Beuran Hendricks

PR vs MICT Probable XIs

PR: Wihan Lubbe, Corbin Bosch, Bjorn Fortuin, Tabraiz Shamsi, Lungi Ngidi, Codi Yusuf, Jason Roy, Jos Buttler, Eoin Morgan, David Miller, Evan Jones

MICT: Dewald Brevis, Ryan Rickelton, Grant Roelofson, George Linde, Van Der Dussen, Sam Curran, Delano Potgeiter, Odean Smith, Kagiso Rabada, Jofra Archer, Rashid Khan

Match Prediction

Paarl have one of the best batting line-ups with the likes of Jos Buttler, Jason Roy, David Miller and Eoin Morgan in their ranks but are still bumbling for consistency. Their pace attack also lacks experience excluding Lungi Ngidi. MICT has one of the strongest bowling lineup with Kagiso Rabada, Jofra Archer and Rashid Khan in their line-up. Now they will try to find their rhythm in the game with a combined batting and bowling lineup. Thus we fancy, MICT to win this game. 

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