South Africa T20 League

20th Match: MICT vs PC

Match Preview

MICT and PR will lock horns for the 20th match of the South Africa T20 League 2023. The match will be played at the Newlands in Cape Town on Monday, 23rd January. 

MICT are sitting in the 2nd place in the points table with 3 wins and 3 losses in 6 matches holding 13 points to their name. Dewald Brevis is the highest run scorer for the Cape Town franchise smashing 133 runs with a strike rate of 117. He has also hit 8 sixes and 7 fours during his time on the pitch this season. Ryal Rickelton was also fantastic with the bat scoring 130 runs at a strike rate of 114. Olly Stone has been the top wicket-taker for the side with 6 wickets under his belt, bowling at an average of 15 and an economy rate of 9.47.

PC on the other side, are holding the top spot in the SA T20 league standings with 4 wins and 1 loss from their last 5 matches played in the league so far. The team has bagged 18 points so far. The top run scorer for the side is Philip Salt with 159 runs and a strike rate of 169. He has struck 2 sixes and 21 fours. Will Jacks has also smashed 148 runs with an incredible strike rate of 187. Anrich Nortje has been the top bowler for the Pretoria side and has taken 8 scalps while maintaining an average of 11 and an economy rate of 5.81.

Match Details

Match: MICT vs PC, 20th Match, South Africa T20 League

Date: Monday, January 23, 2023

Time: 9:00 PM

Venue: Newlands, Cape Town

Pitch & Weather Report

The Newlands Cricket Ground in Cape Town traditionally has a bowling-friendly surface. It delivers adequate bounce and seam movement at the beginning, which makes the pace bowlers challenging to face in the first six overs or so. 

The weather foreseen in Cape Town on the matchday will be sunny and cloudy with a 2% chance of precipitation. The highest and lowest temperature will be 23 and 17 degrees Celsius. Humidity will be at 79% and wind will be flowing at 3 kmph.

MICT vs PC Squads

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

PC: Kusal Mendis (wk), Wayne Parnell (c), Will Jacks, Theunis de Bruyn, Rilee Rossouw, Shane Dadswell, James Neesham, Eathan Bosch, Senuran Muthusamy, Adil Rashid, Anrich Nortje, Philip Salt, Cameron Delport, Shaun von Berg, Daryn Dupavillon, Marco Marais, Migael Pretorius

MICT vs PC Probable XIs

MICT: Dewald Brevis, Ryan Rickelton, Grant Roelofsen (wk), Rassie van der Dussen, Sam Curran, Delano Potgieter, George Linde, Rashid Khan (c), Odean Smith, Kagiso Rabada, Jofra Archer

PC: Kusal Mendis (wk), Will Jacks, Theunis de Bruyn, Rilee Rossouw, Shane Dadswell, James Neesham, Eathan Bosch, Wayne Parnell (c), Senuran Muthusamy, Adil Rashid, Anrich Nortje

Match Prediction

Both sides have good depth in their batting and bowling departments, but MICT have various bowling variations available if compared to that PC. Therefore MICT holds the upper hand in this contest against PC. Also, Cape Town’s top batting order is performing well this season. Hence we back MICT to win this match. 

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