Pitch Conditions:
Kingsmead Durban
This wicket is expected to be neutral. All the departments are getting almost equal support. You can expect score in the vicinity of 150.
COBRAS TEAM Preview:
SQUAD: Tony de Zorzi (capt), Calvin Savage, Christiaan Jonker, Corbin Bosch, George Linde, Hlomla Hanabe, Imraan Manack, Janneman Malan, Jason Smith, Kyle Verreynne, Nandre Burger, Onke Nyaku, Siyabonga Mahima, Tshepo Moreki, Ziyaad Abrahams, Zubayr Hamza
They had lost 3 out of the 4 games in this season. Their batsmen failed to perform in the unison. Zubayr Hamza has played 2 good knocks in the last 2 matches so team will hope 1 more from him in this game. C Bosch and S Mahima are their main performers with the ball but unfortunately S Mahima ruled out of the tournament due to injury
Probable 11:
T De Zorzi, Z Hamza, K Verreynne, , C Jonker, G Linde, O Nyaku, C Savage, C Bosch, J Smith/T Moreki, Imraan Manack, Ziyaad Abrahams
Expected Death Overs: C Bosch and Z Abrahams
Team Breakup:
Main Batters: T De Zorzi, Z Hamza ,C Jonker, K Verreynne
Main Spinners: G Linde and I Manack
Main Pacers: C Bosch
Performance in this season:
- T De Zorzi: 39, 23, 24, 0,
- Z Hamza: 0, 5, 77, 57,
- K Verreynne: 29, 2, 45, 26,
- G Linde(LAO): 1+40/1(4), 37+23/2(4), 11+20/1(4), 48+25/4,
- C Jonker: 41, 16, 8, 33,
- J Smith: 2, 20, 9
- O Nayku: 4+10/0(1), 13+15/0(2), 0, 1+24/2(2.2),
- C Savege: 5+26/0(4), 2+36/1(3), 16/0(2), 12/1(1),
- C Bosch: 13+31/1(4), 2+23/1(4), 41/2(4),
- T Moreki(RAM): 33/0(4),
- I Manack(RAO): 24/0(4), 0+16/1(3), 11/0(2), 23/2(4),
- S Mahima(RAL): 18/4(3), 5+34/1(4), 31/2(4),
- Z Abrahams: 42/2(4), 38/0(4),
Performance and Stats of the Players(Before the start of the tournament):
T De Zorzi(RHB):
Career Stats: 35 M, 614 R, 21.17 A
Last MODC: 5 M, 4 I, 126 R, 61 H, 31.50 A, 81.29 SR
Last Season:
J Malan(RHB):
Career Stats: 48 M, 1444 R, 32 A
Last MODC: 4 M, 4 I, 232 R, 95 H, 77.33 A, 81.40 SR
Last Seaon:
Jason Smith(RHB+RAM):
Career Stats: 34 M, 681 R, 24.32 A + 23 I, 19 W
Last MODC: 2 M, 2 I, 40 R, 37 H, 20.0 A, 57.97 SR+ 2 I, 7 O, 0 W,
Last Season: 6 M, 6 I, 149 R, 49 H, 29.80 A, 112.03 SR+ 3 I, 5 O, 1 W,
K Verreynne(RHB):
Career Stats: 30 M, 24 I, 520 R, 26 A
Last MODC:
Last Season: 9 M, 8 I, 171 R, 44 H, 24.42 A, 106.87 SR
C Jonker(RHB):
Career Stats: 102 M, 95 I, 1894 R, 25.59 A
Last MODC: 4 M, 3 I, 55 R, 33 H, 18.33 A, 83.33 SR
Last Season:
G Linde(LHB+LAO):
Career Stats: 84 M, 61 I, 17.43 A + 😯 I, 84 W
Last MODC:
Last Season: 9 M, 9 I, 131 R, 42 H, 18.71 SR+ 9 I, 33 O, 6 W
O Nyaku(RHB+RAM):
Career Stats: 39 M, 24 I, 258 R, 18.42 A + 20 I, 13 W
Last MODC: 4 M, 3 I, 35 R, 25 H, 17.50 A, 67.30 SR+ 4 I, 33 O, 7 W
Last Season: 9 M, 6 I, 80 R, 37 H, 16.0 A, 123.07 SR+ 3 I, 4 O, 1 W,
C Bosch(RAM):
Career Stats: 20 M, 8 I, 79 R, 19.75 A+ 19 I, 8 W
Last MODC: 2 M, 2 I, 28 R, 16 H, 14.0 A, 73.68 SR+ 2 I, 14 O, 3 W,
Last Season:
N Burger(LAM):
Career Stats: 29 M, 29 I, 34 W
Last MODC: 4 M, 4 I, 35 O, 3 W,
Last Season:
T Moreki(RAM):
Career Stats: 30 M, 29 I, 30 W
Last MODC:
Last Season: 2 M, 2 I, 5 O, 0 W,
C Savage:
Career Stats: 15 M, 12 I, 143 R, 17.87 A + 15 I, 12 W
Last MODC:
Last Season:
Imraan Manack(RAO):
Career Stats: 18 M, 18 I, 17 W
Last MODC: 5 M, 5 I, 46.4 O, 8 W,
Last Season: 1
Siyabonga Mahima(Leg Break):
Career Stats: 4 M, 4 I, 5 W
Last MODC: 2 M, 2 I, 15 O, 2 W,
Last Season:
Ziyaad Abrahams(RAF):
Career Stats: 6 M, 6 I, 1 W
Last MODC: 4 M, 4 I, 31 O, 5 W,
Last Season:
Zubayr Hamza(RHB):
Career Stats: 19 M, 17 I, 317 R, 22.64 A, 100 S.R
Last MODC: 5 M, 4 I, 79 R, 40 H, 19.75 A, 79.0 SR
Last Season:
Hlomla Hanabe:
Career Stats:
Last MODC:
Last Season:
LIONS Team Preview:
SQUAD: Reeza Hendricks, Ryan Rickelton(w), Rassie van der Dussen, Temba Bavuma(c), Wiaan Mulder, Dwaine Pretorius, Delano Potgieter, Aaron Phangiso, Beuran Hendricks, Bjorn Fortuin, Kagiso Rabada, Malusi Siboto, Sisanda Magala, Eldred Hawken, Lutho Sipamla, Ruan Haasbroek
This team has lot of T20 stars and are looking one of the strongest team of the tournament. They have 7 bowling options so one or 2 bowlers may under-bowl in most of the matches.
They are the current champion of both MODC and CSA T20 Challenge and have won 3 out of the 4 matches in this season also.
Probable 11:
Ryan Rickelton(w), Reeza Hendricks, Temba Bavuma(c), Rassie van der Dussen, D Potgier/Wiaan Mulder, Dwaine Pretorius, B Fortuin,S Magala, K Rabada, A Phangiso, B Hendricks
Expected Death Overs: K Rabada and S Magala
Team Breakup:
Main Batters: Reeza Hendricks, Temba Bavuma(c), Rassie van der Dussen,
Main Spinners: B Fortuin
Main Pacers: K Rabada, Pretorious, B Hendricks and S Magala
Performance of the players in this season:
- R Rickelton: 5, 8, 0, 1,
- R Van D Dussen: 64, 37, 5, 33,
- R Hendricks: 11, 39, 47, 14,
- T Bavuma: 40, 13, 53, 11,
- D Pretorius: 3+23/1, 10+29/2, 2, 1+34/1,
- D Potgieter: 17, 10, 4,
- K Rabada: 23/3, 18/1, 24/1, 15+25/1,
- B Hendricks: 29/1, 7/2, 21/2, 22/0,
- S Magala: 37/4, 30/1, 20/5, 34/0,
- A Phangiso: 25/0, 14/2, `16/0,
Players Stats and Performance before this tournament:
R Rickelton:
LS: 10 M, 9 I, 297 R, 33.0 A, 139.43 SR
MODC: 3 M, 3 I, 151 R, 75.50 A, 98.69 SR
R Haasbroek:
LS:
MODC:
CAREER STATS(T20D): 9 M,7 I, 157 R, 31.40 A, 114.59 SR
R Van der Dussen:
LS: 10 M, 9 I, 348 R, 58.0 A, 144.39 SR
MODC:
CAREER STATS(T20I): 18 M, 17 I, 542 R, 38.71 A, 136.52 SR
R Hendricks:
LS: 10 M, 9 I, 136 R, 15.11 A, 102.25 SR
MODC: 4 M, 4 I, 24 R, 6.0 A, 43.63 SR
Performed well in the PAK vs SA series.
T Bavuma:
LS: 10 M, 9 I, 326 R, 46.57 A, 137.55 SR
MODC:
CAREER STATS(T20D): 76 M, 67 I, 1760 A, 31.42 A, 128.65 SR
W Mulder(RHB+RAM):
LS: 9 M, 6 I, 67 R, 22.33 A, 145.65 SR+ 8 I, 22 O, 8 W,
MODC:
CAREER STATS(T20D): 35 M, 28 I, 400 R, 22.22 A, 126.18 SR+ 31 I, 79 O, 22 W,
D Potgieter(LHB+RAM):
LS:
MODC: 6 M, 5 I, 180 R, 60.0 A, 90.90 SR+ 4 I, 17 O, 3 W,
CAREER STATS(T20D): 18 M, 17 I, 502 R, 35.85 A, 137.53 SR+ 13 I, 32 O, 17 W,
K Rabada(RAF):
LS:
MODC:
CAREER STATS(t20I): 26 M, 26 I, 96 O, 31 W,
B Hendricks(LAM):
LS: 4 M, 4 I, 14 O, 4 W,
MODC:
CAREER STATS(T20I): 14 M, 14 I, 75 O, 20 W,
B Fortuin(RHB+LAO):
LS: 10 M, 10 I, 38 O, 15 W
MODC: 4 M, 4 I, 36 O, 7 W,
CAREER STATS(T20D): 68 M, 67 I, 233 O, 38 W,
S Magala(RAM):
LS: 10 M, 8 I, 31 O, 9 W + 5 I, 107 R
MODC: 5 M, 4 I, 31 O, 8 W,
CAREER STATS(T20D): 95 M, 90 I, 297 O, 99 W,
A Phangiso(LAO):
LS: 8 M, 8 I, 27 O, 9 W,
MODC: 3 M, 3 I, 27 O, 5 W,
CAREER STATS(T20D): 153 M, 142 I, 480 O, 141 W,
L Sipamla(RAM):
LS: 9 M, 7 I, 25 O, 7 W
MODC:
CAREER STATS(T20D): 40 M, 36 I, 115 O, 34 W,
M Siboto:
LS: 7 M, 7 I, 21 O, 6 W,
MODC: 5 M, 4 I, 27 O, 4 W,
CAREER STATS(T20D): 109 M, 105 I, 329 O, 86 W,
E Hawken(RAF):
LS:
MODC: 6 M, 2 I, 45 R, 45 R, 45.0 A, 107.14 SR+ 5 I, 40 O, 5 W,
CAREER STATS(T20D): 14 M, 12 I, 40 O, 13 W,
