MATCH NO – 10th MATCH
SERIES – SA T20 Leagues – 2024
DATE – 18th January, 2024
TIME – 09:00 PM IST
VENUE – SuperSport Park, Centurion
INTRODUCTION
South Africa league is one of the most popular & fastest growing T20 leagues in Men’s cricket. In this league many big stars like Kieron pollard, Rashid Khan, Liam Livingstone, Faf du Plessis, Quinton de Kock, Kagiso Rabada, Sam Curran, Keshav Maharaj, Rassie van der Dussen, etc play for many frenchies.
This t20 format started from 2023 by cricket South AFrica, This is a South Africa professional t20 league and fastest growing T20 league.
South Africa T20 league 2024 has started from 10th January.10th match of South Africa T20 league will be played between Pretoria Capitals & Durban SuperGiants. Durban Super Giants is the franchise of Lucknow SuperGiants whereas Pretoria Capitals is the franchise of Delhi Capitals.
MATCH PREVIEW
The 10th match played between Pretoria Capitals (PC) and Durban SuperGiants (DSG) is going to be an exciting contest. Both teams have a strong line-up. In this season Durban Supergiants won 3 matches out of 3 matches they have played yet and are still unbeaten in this season and Table topper of point table, Whereas Pretoria Capitals failed to win any matches yet and lost 2 matches out of 2 matches and last position in point table.
Last time when both teams Pretoria Capitals and Durban SuperGiants played between each other Durban team scored record and highest score of SA t20 history 254 runs & Pretoria Capital lost this match by 151 runs.
Pretoria Capitals as a home team have the advantage of more experience of this pitch as well. Pretoria Capitals is a well-balanced team with a blend of experienced and talented players. They have not proven themselves in this season yet and lost 2 matches out of 2 matches and last position in point table.They have talented & aggressive batsmen like Colin Ingram, Rilee Rossouw, Philip Salt, Will Jack, Corbin Bosch, James Neesham. Their bowling department is also well-equipped with bowlers like Migael Pretorius, Eathan Bosch, Adil Rashid, Daryn Dupavillion, adding depth and experience to their bowling line-up.
On the other hand, Durban SuperGiants started this season in a very impressive and won 3 matches and out of 3 and still unbeaten in this season.This team is a well-balanced team with a blend of experienced and talented players.They have talented & aggressive batsmen like Quinton de Kock, Matthew Breetzke, JJ Smuts, Nicholas Pooran & Heinrich Klaasen. Their bowling department is also well-equipped with bowlers like Dwayne Pretorius, Keshav Maharaj, Richard Gleeson & Reece Topley adding depth and experience to their batting and bowling line-up.
Both teams boast of strong batting & bowling attacks, so the battle between the batsmen and bowlers will be crucial in deciding the outcome of the match.
Considering the form and capabilities of both teams, this match has the potential to be a close contest. It will be interesting to see how the teams strategize and adapt to the conditions. Fans can again expect an exciting and competitive match between Pretoria Capitals and Durban SuperGiants.
PITCH REPORT
SuperSport Park is an International cricket stadium located in Centurion, South Africa. It is owned and operated by the South Africa Cricket Board. It serves as the home ground for the Pretoria Capitals team. The stadium is in Second Capital of South Africa Centurion.First test matches was played between South Africa & England Team in 1995.First ODI match was played on this ground in 1992 between South Africa men’s team & India men’s team.First t20 match was played on this ground in 2009 between South Africa men’s Team & Australian Men’sTeam.
SuperSport Park is one of the most popular grounds in the cricket world which is operated by the South Africa Cricket Board. It has a seating capacity of 25000 and has hosted various international mens’ cricket matches, including Test matches and One Day Internationals.
Overall, SuperSport Park holds a significant place in cricket history & South Africa T20 League history and continues to be a prominent venue for domestic and international cricket matches in Centurion.
This pitch has served 7 matches of South Africa T20 League and in 7 matches 5 times the first batting team won the match and 2 times second batting won the match. So toss is an important role for this match and who will win the match choose batting first.
SuperSport Park’s pitch is balanced for both departments. But this pitch is more favourable for the Batsmen.The last match witnessed the batting first side crossing 210 and the second batting team also crossed 200 but lost the match by 10 runs.In 7 matches played 4 times the team scored 200+ runs on board.That’s shown how much this pitch favours for Batsmen.
In the initial overs, the bowling side needs to maintain a tight line and length, aiming to secure early breakthroughs to restrict the opponent to a low score. The role of pacers becomes crucial in the African conditions.But this pitch is more favourable for batsmen and Due to the small boundaries, we will see many boundaries in this match.Talking about the Par score, the team batting first should aim to score at least 200+ to be considered a competitive total.
GROUND STATS (SAT20)
| TOTAL MATCH | 07 |
| AVERAGE SCORE | 185+ |
| BATTING 1ST WON | 05 |
| BATTING 2ND WON | 02 |
| NO RESULT | 00 |
SCORING PATTERN
| BELOW SCORE 150 | 01 |
| BETWEEN 150 TO 169 | 01 |
| BETWEEN 170 TO 189 | 00 |
| ABOVE SCORE 190 | 05 |
BOWLERS STATS ON SUPERSPORTS PARK (SAT20)
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 07
PACER WICKETS – 78
SPINNER WICKETS – 11.
PC TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
TEAM NEWS
- Pretoria Capital team performed very poor in this season and failed to win single match out of 2 matches and last position in the points table.
- Last match played between Pretoria Capitals & Durban SuperGiants, Durban team scored 254 runs and Pretoria Capitals failed to chase it and lost the match by 151 runs.
- In the last match against Paarl Royals, Pretoria team failed to chase anormal score of 210 runs and lost the match by 10 runs.
- In the last match Rilee Rossouw scored 82 runs in 45 balls, whereas Will Jacks scored 58 runs in 34 balls against Paarl Royals.
- Daryn Dupavillon, Jimmy Neesham & Adil Rashid took 1-1 wicket each against Paarl Royals.
- Rilee Rossouw scored 111 runs in 2 innings in this SA T20 leagues season and highest run scorer for Pretoria Capitals.
- Will Jacks has scored 63 runs in 2 innings in this South Africa T20 season and second highest run scorer for Pretoria Capitals.
- Daryn Dupavilion has taken 3 wickets in 2 innings in this South Africa T20 league.
- Jimmy Neesham has taken 2 wickets in 2 innings in this South Africa T20 league season.
- Both teams played 2 matches and Pretoria Capitals won 1 match and lost 1 match against Durban SuperGiants.
SQUADS
Batting – Shane Daddswell, Colin Ingram, Rilee Rossouw, Matthew Boast, Steve Stolk, Philip Salt (wk), Kyle Verreynne.
Bowling – Eathan Bosch, Daryn Dupavillon, Wayne Pernell, Hardus Viljoen, Adil Rashid.
All Rounder – James Neesham ©, Will Jacks, Theunis de Bruyn, Senuran Muthusamy, Paul Stirling, Corbin Bosch, Migael Pretorius.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Philip Salt (wk), Will Jack, Theunis de Bruyn, Rilee Rossouw, Colin Ingram, Corbin Bosch, James Neesham ©, Eathan Bosch, Adil Rashid, HArdus Viljoen, Daryn Dupavillon.
PLAYERS RECENT INNINGS
| PLAYERS NAME | RECENT 5 INNINGS |
| Philip Salt | 0r, 39r, 38r, 119r, 109r. |
| Will Jack | 58r, 5+1W, 7r, 24+3W, 1r. |
| Theunis de Bryun | 4r, 5r, 11r, 9r, 12r. |
| Rilee Rossouw | 82r, 29r, 10r, 820r, 4r. |
| Colin Ingram | 1r, 8r, 4r, 0r, 19r. |
| Corbin Bosch | 10+0W, 5+2W, 5r, 1W, 2+2W. |
| James Neesham | 20+1W, 21+1W, 28+1W, 48r, 10+3W. |
| Eathan Bosch | 0W, 1W, 0W, 3W, 2W. |
| Adil Rashid | 1W, 0W, 2W, 1W, 2W. |
| Hardus Viljoen | 0W, 2W, 2W, 0W, 4W. |
| Daryn Dupavillon | 1W, 2W, 3W, 0W, 2W. |
PLAYERS STATS ON SUPERSPORT PARK (SAT20)
| PLAYERS NAME | RECORDS ON THIS VENUE |
| Philip Salt | 6 INNINGS – 102 RUNS. |
| Will Jack | 3 INNINGS – 184 RUNS. |
| Theunis de Bryun | 6 INNINGS – 75 RUNS. |
| Rilee Rossouw | 6 INNINGS – 184 RUNS. |
| Colin Ingram | 3 INNINGS – 46 RUNS. |
| Corbin Bosch | 1 INNING – 10 RUNS – 0 WICKET. |
| James Neesham | 6 INNINGS – 69 RUNS – 11 WICKETS. |
| Eathan Bosch | 5 INNINGS – 29 RUNS – 5 WICKETS. |
| Adil Rashid | 4 INNINGS – 7 WICKETS. |
| Hardus Viljoen | 1 INNING – 0 WICKET. |
| Daryn Dupavillon | 2 INNINGS – 1 WICKET |
PLAYERS LAST 5 INNINGS VS DSG (SAT20)
| PLAYERS NAME | LAST 5 INNINGS VS DSG |
| Philip Salt | 1r, 0r. |
| Will Jack | 56r. |
| Theunis de Bryun | 16r, 21r. |
| Rilee Rossouw | 18r, 1r. |
| Colin Ingram | 4r. |
| Corbin Bosch | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| James Neesham | 8+1W, 0W. |
| Eathan Bosch | 23+0W, 2W. |
| Adil Rashid | 1W. |
| Hardus Viljoen | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Daryn Dupavillon | 0W. |
PLAYERS OVERALL RECORDS VS DSG (SAT20)
| PLAYERS NAME | TOTAL RUNS/WICKETS VS DSG |
| Philip Salt | 2 INNINGS – 1 RUN. |
| Will Jack | 1 INNING – 56 RUNS. |
| Theunis de Bryun | 2 INNINGS – 37 RUNS. |
| Rilee Rossouw | 2 INNINGS – 19 RUNS. |
| Colin Ingram | 1 INNING – 4 RUNS. |
| Corbin Bosch | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| James Neesham | 2 INNINGS – 8 RUNS – 1 WICKET. |
| Eathan Bosch | 2 INNINGS – 23 RUNS – 2 WICKETS. |
| Adil Rashid | 1 INNING – 1 WICKET. |
| Hardus Viljoen | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Daryn Dupavillon | 1 INNING – 0 WICKET. |
DSG TEAM NEWS, SQUADS, PLAYING 11 & PLAYERS STATS
TEAM NEWS
- Durban Super Giants team performed really impressively in this season and won 3 matches out of 3 and second position in the points table and still unbeaten.
- Last match played between Durban SuperGiants & Pretoria Capitals, Durban SuperGiants scored 254 runs and won the match by 151 runs.
- In the last match against Joburg Super Kings, Durban team scored just 145 runs and successfully defended the total and won the match by 37 runs.
- In the last match Heinrich Klaasen scored 64 runs in 41 balls, whereas others batsmen scored 84 runs against Joburg Super Kings.
- Reece Topley took 3 wickets whereas Keshav Maharaj & Richard Gleeson took 2-2 wickets each against Joburg Super Kings.
- Heinrich Klaasen has scored 162 runs in 3 innings with an 81+average in this South Africa T20 season and is the second highest run scorer of SA T20 leagues.
- Matthew Breetzke has scored 95 runs in 3 innings with 31+average in this South Africa T20 season.
- Nicholas Pooran has scored 86 runs in 3 innings with 43+average in this South Africa t20 league season.
- JJ Smuts has scored 81 runs in 2 innings and also took 3 wickets in this SA T20 league.
- Richard Gleeson has taken 5 wickets in 3 innings in this South Africa T20 league.
- Reece Topley has taken 4 wickets in 3 innings in this South Africa T20 league season.
- Keshav Maharaj has taken 4 wickets in 3 innings in this South Africa T20 league season.
- Both teams played 2 matches and Durban SuperGiants won 1 match and 1 match lost against Pretoria Capitals.
SQUADS
Batting – Quinton de Kock (wk), Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Matthew Breetzke (wk), Jason Smith, Tony de Zorzi, Nicholas pooran (wk), Bhanuka Rajapaksha (wk).
Bowling – Keshav Maharaj ©, Junior Dala, Naveen ul Haq, Reece Topley.
All Rounder – Kyle Mayers, Wiaan Mulder, Bryce Parsons, Keemo Paul, Dwaine Pretorius, Prenelan Subrayen.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Quinton de Kock (wk), Matthew Breetzke, JJ Smuts, Nicholas Pooran, Heinrich Klaasen, Keemo Paul, Wiaan Mulder, Dwaine Pretorius, Keshav Maharaj, Richard Gleeson, Reece Topley.
PLAYERS RECENT INNINGS
| PLAYERS NAME | RECENT 5 INNINGS |
| Quinton de Kock | 2r, 23r, 5r, 20r, 23r. |
| Matthew Breetzke | 13r, 32r, 39r, 4r, 16r. |
| JJ Smuts | 6+1W, 75+2W, 94+2W, 56r., |
| Nicholas pooran | 15r, 60r, 11r, 10r, 39r. |
| Heinrich Klaasen | 64r, 13r, 85r, 21r, 6r. |
| Keemo Paul | 17+0W, 15+2W, 11+1W, 19+1W, 23r. |
| Wiaan Mulder | 12+0W, 1W, 0W, 1W, 1W. |
| Dwaine Pretorius | 1W, 2W, 1W, 1W, 1W. |
| Keshav Maharaj | 2W, 1W, 1W, 1W, 2W. |
| Reece Topley | 3W, 1W, 0W, 2W, 3W. |
| Richard Gleeson | 2W, 2W, 1W, 0W, 1W. |
PLAYERS STATS ON SUPERSPORT PARK (SAT20)
| PLAYERS NAME | RECORDS ON THIS VENUE |
| Quinton de Kock | 1 INNING – 43 RUNS. |
| Matthew Breetzke | 1 INNING – 46 RUNS. |
| JJ Smuts | 1 INNING – 28 RUNS – 0 WICKET. |
| Nicholas pooran | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Heinrich Klaasen | 1 INNING – 104 RUNS. |
| Keemo Paul | 1 INNING – 1 WICKET. |
| Wiaan Mulder | 1 INNING – 9 RUNS – 2 WICKETS. |
| Dwaine Pretorius | 1 INNING – 2 WICKETS. |
| Keshav Maharaj | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Reece Topley | 1 INNING – 1 WICKET. |
| Richard Gleeson | NOT PLAYED YET. |
PLAYERS LAST 5 INNINGS VS PC (SAT20)
| PLAYERS NAME | LAST 5 INNINGS VS PC |
| Quinton de Kock | 43r, 13r. |
| Matthew Breetzke | 46r. |
| JJ Smuts | 28+0W, 66+0W. |
| Nicholas pooran | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Heinrich Klaasen | 104r, 31r. |
| Keemo Paul | 1W. |
| Wiaan Mulder | 9+2W, 5r. |
| Dwaine Pretorius | 4+2W. |
| Keshav Maharaj | 5+1W. |
| Reece Topley | 1W, 0W. |
| Richard Gleeson | NOT PLAYED YET. |
PLAYERS OVERALL RECORDS VS PC (SAT20)
| PLAYERS NAME | TOTAL RUNS/WICKETS VS PC |
| Quinton de Kock | 2 INNINGS – 56 RUNS. |
| Matthew Breetzke | 1 INNING – 46 RUNS. |
| JJ Smuts | 2 INNINGS – 94 RUNS – 0 WICKET. |
| Nicholas pooran | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Heinrich Klaasen | 2 INNINGS – 135 RUNS. |
| Keemo Paul | 1 INNING – 1 WICKET. |
| Wiaan Mulder | 2 INNINGS – 14 RUNS – 2 WICKETS. |
| Dwaine Pretorius | 1 INNING – 2 WICKETS. |
| Keshav Maharaj | 1 INNING – 1 WICKET. |
| Reece Topley | 2 INNINGS – 1 WICKET. |
| Richard Gleeson | NOT PLAYED YET. |
HEAD TO HEAD RECORDS
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 02
- PC WIN – 01
- DSG WIN – 01
- NO RESULT – 00
FANTASY TEAM/DREAM 11 TEAM
SMALL LEAGUE(SL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – Q de Kock, H. Klaasen, N. Pooran, P. Salt.
BATSMEN – R. Rossouw, M. Breetzke.
ALL-ROUNDERS – J. Smuts, D. Pretorius, J. Neesham, W. Jacks.
BOWLERS – R. Topley.
GRAND LEAGUE(GL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – H. Klaasen, N. Pooran,.
BATSMEN – R. Rossouw, M. Breetzke.
ALL-ROUNDERS – J. Smuts, D. Pretorius, J. Neesham, W. Jacks..
BOWLERS – K. Maharaj, R. Topley, R. Gleeson.
BACK-UPS – W. Mulder, K. Paul, A. Rashid, D. Dupavillon.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (SL) – J Smuts, W. Jacks.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (GL) – H. Klaasen, J. Neesham.
POSSIBLE OUTCOME –
DURBAN SUPER GIANTS MAY BE THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH.
