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CLAIM NOWToss Winner - Durban's Super Giants won the toss and choose to bat first
Durban's Super Giants beat Paarl Royals by 57 runs
Everyone loves a top of the table clash in the SA20, right?
We are backing Paarl Royals to win!
Tournament: | SA20 League, 2024 |
Format: | t20 |
Venue: | Eurolux Boland Park, Paarl, South Africa |
Toss Prediction: | To Bowl |
Weather: | 25.0°C|Sunny |
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We are up to Match 19 in the 2024 SA20 and all eyes will be on the top of the table as Paarl Royals and Durban's Super Giants go head to head. The troubles of the Capitals and the minimal points of the Super Kings will be far from anyone's thoughts at Boland Park in this heavyweight contest!
As with all of the top T20 leagues, coming in the top two of the group stage is not just for bragging rights purposes. Those two sides will go straight into an initial Qualifier with a place in the final up for grabs before the loser gets another bite at the cherry of qualifying for the final later in the play-offs.
Put simply, Paarl Royals and Durban's Super Giants both want to stay in the top two, but only one can win on Friday!
121/9 in 20.0 6.05
157/6 in 20.0 7.85
159/7 in 20.0 7.95
163/5 in 19.2 8.43
204/9 in 20.0 10.2
187/7 in 20.0 9.35
190/9 in 20.0 9.5
225/3 in 20.0 11.25
Not only did Paarl Royals defeat Joburg Super Kings in their last game, Match 17 on Wednesday, but of major significance was the absence of regular skipper David Miller. But there was more, Jos Buttler took on the captaincy but then didn't top score with Wihan Lubbe hitting a half-century. In short, Paarl Royals showed they can win without their skipper and without their gun-batter firing at the top of the order.
And even with the ball, they were also not at their best! There was one wicket each for Lungi Ngidi, Andile Phehlukwayo and Fabian Allen as the Royals leaked runs at 8.40 throughout the 20 overs.
If Paarl Royals can still win with all of the above, they are surely in pole position for the rest of this tournament.
Jason Roy, Jos Buttler (c) (wk), Wihan Lubbe, Dane Vilas Mitchell Van Buuren, Andile Phehlukwayo, Fabian Allen, Bjorn Fortuin, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi, Obed McCoy
David Miller, Jason Roy, Wihan Lubbe, Jos Buttler, Bjorn Fortuin, Lungi Ngidi, Obed McCoy, Tabraiz Shamsi, Andile Phehlukwayo, Fabian Allen, Mitchell Van Buuren
With four wins and two losses so far in the tournament, Durban's Super Giants have 18 points on the board and come into this game after a 36 run victory over MI Cape Town in Match 16 on Tuesday.
But it has been a slightly strange campaign for the Super Giants who have seen Quinton de Kock, their skipper last year, make four single figure scores, including a golden duck against MI Cape Town, and two scores in the twenties. Furthermore, Heinrich Klaasen began the competition with two half-centuries from the first three games but he has then made just 38 runs from the next three.
Fortunately, Durban's Super Giants have Matthew Breetzke playing well at the top of the order and he has been ed by Tony de Zorzi in the top two. You never know what you will get from the Super Giants but they are still dining at the top table of the competition!
Matthew Breetzke, Tony de Zorzi, Quinton de Kock (wk), JJ Smuts, Heinrich Klaasen, Marcus Stoinis, Wiaan Mulder, Keshav Maharaj (c), Reece Topley, Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq
Heinrich Klaasen, Matthew Breetzke, Quinton de Kock, Wiaan Mulder, JJ Smuts, Keshav Maharaj, Naveen ul Haq, Reece Topley, Tony de Zorzi, Noor Ahmad, Marcus Stoinis
According to the forecast, it is going to be a warm and humid evening in Paarl on Friday evening. No rain is likely and the temperature will be in the mid-twenties.
The ball comes onto the bat at speed and the bounce is true at Boland Park. Effectively that's a win-win for the stroke makers at the top of the order who will see the ball fly to the fence. Par scores are likely to be approaching 200.
Most teams want to chase in this tournament and we expect nothing different in this clash. Paarl Royals won when batting first in their last game at this venue but we predict that both sides will choose to bowl first if they win the toss.
Although Durban's Super Giants got back to winning ways in their last match, they have had a downturn in their overall form over the last three matches. In the other corner, Paarl Royals have been flying along with only one blip on the way. Our prediction is for the Royals to get another win in this clash.
We are backing Paarl Royals to win!
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