Pitch Condition:
Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Cricket Stadium,
Wicket is expected to be a sporting wicket, i.e all the departments are expected to get some support. Spinners are getting somewhat extra advantage than the pacers.
You can see scores in the vicinity of 150-170.
South Africa Team Preview:
They are looking somewhat average on the paper. They are missing players who are playing regularly. They had lost the first match due to their poor batting.
Probable 11:
Loots Bosman, Alviro Petersen, Andrew Puttick, Morne van Wyk(w), Zander de Bruyn, Jonty Rhodes(c), Justin Kemp, Garnett Kruger, Thandi Tshabalala, Makhaya Ntini, Nantie Hayward,
There are lot of left handers in the opposition team so both A Petersen and T Shabalala are expected to bowl good amount of overs.
Performance in this series:
- L Bosman: 0,
- A Petersen(RAO): 0+10/0(2),
- A Puttick: 39,
- M Van Wyk: 2,
- Z De Bruyn: 15+19/0(2),
- J Kamp: 7,
- J Rhodes:
- T Tshabalala(RAO): 2+12/0(2.2),
- M Ntini: 8+5/0(1),
- G Kruger: 2+23/1(3),
- N Hayward: 1+18/0(2),
Performance and Stats of the Players:
M Van Wyk(RHB, Played regular cricket till 2019):
T2OD: 155 M, 146 I, 4015 R, 30.88 A, 125.94 SR
ODI:
LS: 10
A Puttick(LHB, Played till 2018, Opener):
T2OD: 83 M, 77 I, 1791 R, 25.58 A, 106.86 SR
ODI:
Jonty Rhodes(RHB, Middle Order, Played regularly till 2007):
T2O: 6 M, 5 I, 49 R, 9.8 A
ODI: 245 M, 220 I, 5935 R, 35.11 A, 80.90 SR
L.S: 53
Alviro Petersen(RHB+RAO, Played regularly till 2016, Opener-2 Down):
T2OD: 133 M, 127 I, 3113 R, 29.36 A, 123.28 SR+ 21 I, 35 O, 9 W
ODI:
Loots Bosman(RHB, Last played in 2013, Open):
T20D: 89 M, 85 I, 2085 R, 25.42 A, 132.46 SR
ODI:
L Norris Jones(Hockey Player):
T20:
ODI:
J Kemp(RHB+RAM, Last played in 2016):
T20D: 101 M, 80 I, 1451 R, 28.45 A, 124.44 SR+ 67 I, 169 O, 56 W,
ODI:
Z De Bruyn(RHB+RAM, Last played in 2014, Middle Order):
T20D: 125 M, 104 I, 2187 R, 29.95 A, 106.42 SR+ 78 I, 191 O, 62 W,
ODI:
M Ntini(RAF, Last played in 2012):
T20D: 60 M, 60 I, 210 O, 63 W,
ODI:
R Telemachus(RAM, Last played in 2009):
T20D: 38 M, 37 I, 127 O, 37 W,
ODI:
N Hayward(RAF, Last played in 2012):
T20D: 27 M, 26 I, 89 O, 24 W,
ODI:
T Tshabalala(RAO, Last played in 2016):
T20D: 53 M, 51 I, 163 O, 57 W,
ODI:
G Kruger(RHB+RAM, 2-4 D, Last played in 2014):
T20D: 53 M, 52 I, 174 O, 48 W,
ODI:
Last Played in 2017
M Zondeki(RAF, Last played in 2012):
T20D: 21 M, 21 I, 65 O, 15 W,
ODI:
England Legends Team Preview:
They have won both the matches despite a poor batting lineup. They have good amount of bowlers but their batting is not looking that much deep. Kevin Pietersen is single handedly carrying the batting of the team on his shoulders.
In the bowling department their spinners are looking up to the mark.
Probable 11:
Kevin Pietersen(c), Phil Mustard(w)(LHB), Darren Maddy, Gavin Hamilton(LHB), C Schofield(LHB), Kabir Ali, Chris Tremlett, James Tredwell, Ryan Jay Sidebottom, Monty Panesar, Matthew Hoggard,
Expected Death Overs: Ryan Sidebottom and C Tremlett
Team Breakup:
Main Batters: Phil Mustard, Kevin Pietersen and D Maddy
Main Spinners: J Tredwell and M Panesar
Main Pacers: Ryan Jay Sidebottom, Chris Tremlett, Matthew Hoggard,
Performance in this tournament:
- P Mustard: 27, 14,
- K Pietersen: 42, 75,
- D Maddy: 32, 29,
- C Schofield(RAL): 5+21/0(4), 15+19/0(2),
- G Hamilton: 5, 15,
- M Panesar(LAO): 15/1(4), 15/3(4),
- M Hoggard: 4/0(1), 18/1(2),
- R Sidebottom: 24/1(3), 32/1(4),
- C Tremlett: 10/2(2), 12+35/0(3),
- J Tredwell(RAO): 18/0(4), 9+44/2(4),
- Kabir Ali: 16/0(2), 0+15/0(1),
Performance and Stats of the Players:
P Mustard(LHB, Last played in 2019):
T20D: 192 M, 181 I, 4229 R, 24.44 A, 122.40 SR
ODI:
K Pietersen(RHB+RAO, Last played in 2019) :
T2OI: 37 M, 36 I, 1176 R, 37.93 A, 141.51 SR+ 3 I, 5 O, 1 W,
ODI:
J Trott(RHB, Played till 2018):
T2OD: 81 M, 76 I, 2147 R, 35.78 A, 114.81 SR+ 11 I, 24 O, 8 W,
ODI: Has average of 52 in ODI.
O Shah(Not available for selection):
T2OI: 17 M, 15 I, 347 R, 24.78 A, 122.18 SR
ODI:
N Compton(Not available for selection):
T2OD: 87 M, 74 I, 1318 R, 19.67 A, 114.21 SR
ODI:
U Afzaal(LHB+LAO, Last played 2013, 3-5 Down):
T2OD: 52 M, 49 I, 942 R, 22.42 A, 114.59 SR+ 15 I, 32 O, 8 W,
ODI:
G Hamilton(LHB+RAM, Played from both Scotland and England, Batted mostly in the top 4):
T2OI: 12 M, 8 I, 90 R, 11.25 A, 81.81 SR
ODI: 38 M, 38 I, 1231 R, 35.17 A + 6 I, 3 W
Darren Maddy(RHB+RAM, Last played in 2013, Open or 1 Down):
T2OD: 97 M, 95 I, 2534 R, 30.53 A, 131.15 SR+ 69 I, 149 O, 52 W,
ODI:
M Hoggard(RAM, Known for his accuracy and swing bowling):
T2OD: 57 M, 11 I, 59 R, 9.83 A, 143.90 SR+ 56 I, 187 O, 51 W,
ODI: 26 M, 32 W
J Tredwell(RAO, Played till 2018):
T2OI: 17 M, 6 I, 32 R, 10.66 A, 160.0 SR+ 15 I, 53 O, 7 W,
T20 D: 166 M, 128 W
S Mahmood(RAM, Played till 2014):
T2OD: 69 M, 31 I, 183 R, 7.95 A, 146.40 SR+ 69 I, 241 O, 77 W
ODI:
C Tremlett(RAM, Now a heavy bodybuilder, last played 2015):
T2OD: 59 M, 59 I, 197 O, 75 W
ODI: 15 M, 15 W
M Panesar(LAO, Last played 2017):
T2OD: 33 M,32 I, 108 O, 27 W,
ODI: 26 M, 24 W
R Sidebottom(LAM, Last played in 2017):
T2OI: 18 M, 18 I, 61 O, 23 W,
ODI:
Kabir Ali(RAM, Last played in 2014):
T2OD: 68 M, 67 I, 226 O, 82 W,
ODI: 14 M, 20 W
C Schofield(LS, Last played in 2011):
T2OD: 63 M, 56 I, 176 O, 61 W,
ODI: 4 M, 4 W
