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.
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 are the current champion of both MODC and CSA T20 Challenge and have won 4 out of the 5 matches in this season. They have done lot of experiments in the last match they should go with their strongest 11 in this play off game.
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, B Hendricks and S Magala
Performance of the players in this season:
- R Rickelton: 5, 8, 0, 1, 9
- R Van D Dussen: 64, 37, 5, 33, 8
- R Hendricks: 11, 39, 47, 14, 75
- T Bavuma: 40, 13, 53, 11, 29
- D Pretorius: 3+23/1, 10+29/2, 2, 1+34/1,
- W Mulder: 25+16/1(2)
- D Potgieter: 17, 10, 4, 19/0(2)
- B Fortuin(LAO): 18/1, 21/2, 25/0, 18/1, 29/2
- 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(LAO): 25/0, 14/2, `16/0, 19/0
- M Siboto: 33/1
- L Sipamla: 27/2
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,
WAR Team Preview:
Squad: Gihahn Cloete, Marco Marais, JJ Smuts, Sinethemba Qeshile(w/c), Lesiba Ngoepe, Wihan Lubbe, Marco Jansen, Jade de Klerk, Glenton Stuurman, Anrich Nortje, Stefan Tait, Ayabulela Gqamane, Tshepo Ntuli, Mthiwekhaya Nabe, Triston Stubbs, Lizo Makosi
They have an average season till now with one win in their hand after playing 4 matches. Most probably they will go with the same playing11.
Probable 11 :
G Cloete, JJ Smuts(LAO), L Ngoepe, S Qeshile, W Lubbe(RAO), T Stubbs, A Gqamne, M Jansen, A Nortje, M Nabe, L Makhosi(Chinaman)
Expected Death Overs: A Nortje and M Jansen
Team Breakup:
Main Batters: W Lubbe, JJ Smuts, S Qeshile
Main Spinners: JJ Smuts
Main Pacers: A Nortje, M Jansen and M Nabe
Performance in this season:
- G Cloete: 18, 5, 6, 8, 22
- JJ Smuts(LAO): 14, 29+21/0(2), 20+12/0(2), 16+19/1(3), 33+22/0(3)
- L Ngoepe: 0, 19, 14, 0+7/1(2), 41
- W Lubbe: 22, 7, 35+7/1(2), 2+20/0(2)
- S Qeshile: 33, 47, 13, 1, 0
- M Marais: 18, 18, 4, 11
- A Gqamane: 15+20/3, 5+15/1(3), 2+29/1(3), 37, 15
- M Jansen: 11+17/0, 27/0(3), 47+39/0(4), 4+21/1(4), 9
- A Nortje: 33/1, 15/0(4), 25+30/2(4), 4+20/1(4), 14+17/2(2)
- G Stuurman: 31/1,
- T Stubbs: 10, 44, 11
- M Nabe: 1+32/1(3), 1+21/4(4), 19/3(4)
- L Makhosi(Chinaman): 28/0, 21/0(2), 34/1(4), 0+24/0(3), 31/1(3)
Performance and Stats of the Players(before the start of the tournament):
S Qeshile(RHB):
LS: 10 M, 7 I, 101 R, 14.42 A, 109.78 SR
MODC: 4 M, 4 I, 105 R, 35.0 A, 88.23 SR
CAREER STATS(T20D): 21 M, 14 I, 215 R, 15.35 A, 115.59 SR
M Marais(RHB):
LS: 10 M, 7 I, 209 R, 34.83 A, 165.87 SR
MODC: 3 M, 3 I, 14 R, 4.66 A, 29.78 SR
CAREER STATS(T20D): 57 M, 52 I, 1422 R, 34.68 A, 144.51 AR
G Cloete(LHB):
LS: 10 M, 9 I, 200 R, 25.0 A, 125.78 SR
MODC:
CAREER STATS(T20D): 73 M, 64 I, 1215 R, 20.25 A, 112.08 SR
L Ngoepe(LHB):
LS: 5 M, 4 I, 34 R, 8.50 A, 125.92 SR
MODC: 4 M, 4 I, 72 R, 18.0 A, 81.81 SR
CAREER STATS(T20D): 57 M, 48 I, 442 R, 11.63 A, 107.80 SR
T Stubbs(LHB+LS):
LS:
MODC:
CAREER STATS(FC): 4 M, 5 I, 196 R, 39.20 A, 62.42 SR (Grade 2 tournament)
J Smuts(RHB+LAO):
LS: 10 M, 8 I, 205 R, 29.28 A, 143.35 SR+ 8 I, 30 O, 3 W,
MODC: 4 M, 4 I, 162 R, 40.50 A, 87.56 SR+4 I, 33 O, 6 W,
CAREER STATS(T20I): 13 M, 13 I, 174 R, 13.38 A, 105.45 SR+ 10 I, 22 O, 1 W,
W Lubbe(LHB+RAO):
LS:
MODC: 4 M, 4 I, 119 R, 29.75 A, 58.04 SR+ 4 I, 27 O, 3 W,
CAREER STATS(T20D): 43 M, 37 I, 783 R, 21.75 A, 139.07 SR+ 21 I, 64 O, 15 W,
A Gqamane(RAF):
LS:
MODC: 4 M, 4 I, 96 R, 32.0 A, 94.11 SR+3 I, 11 O, 0 W,
CAREER STATS(T20D): 48 M, 28 I, 293 R, 16.27 A, 133.78 SR+ 47 I, 104 O, 19 W,
J D Klerk(RHB+LAO):
LS: 10 M, 3 I, 19 R, 9.50 A, 86.36 SR+ 8 I, 22 O, 4 W,
MODC: 1 M, 1 I, 3 R, 3.0 A, 50.0 SR+ 1 I, 4.4 O, 0 W,
CAREER STATS(T20D): 21 M, 8 I, 54 R, 9.0 A, 93.10 SR+ 19 I, 58 O, 11 W,
A Nortje(RAF):
LS:
MODC:
CAREER STATS(T20D): 40 M, 40 I, 146 O, 50 W,
M Jansen(LAF):
LS:
MODC:
CAREER STATS(T20D): 4 M, 4 I, 14 O, 2 W,
G Stuurman(RAM):
LS:
MODC: 3 M, 3 I, 21 O, 4 W
CAREER STATS(T20D): 13 M, 13 I, 42 O, 15 W,
M Nabe(RAM):
LS:
MODC: 4 M, 3 I, 11 O, 5 W,
CAREER STATS(T20D) 14 M, 13 I, 41 O, 13 W,
T Ntuli:
LS:
MODC:
CAREER STATS(T20D): 24 M, 22 I, 40 O, 11 W,
S Tait(LAF):
LS:
MODC: 1 M, 1 I, 8 O, 1 W,
CAREER STATS(LIST A): 22 M, 22 I, 182 O, 31 W,
L Makhosi(Chinaman):
LS:
MODC:
CAREER STATS(LIST A): 7 M, 7 I, 45 O, 2 W,
