MATCH NO – 1st MATCH
SERIES – South Africa T20 League – 2025
DATE – 09th January, 2025
TIME – 09:00 PM IST
VENUE –St. George’s Park, Gqeberha
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.16th match of South Africa T20 league will be played between MI Cape Town & Durban SuperGiants. MI Cape Town is the frenchies of Mumbai Indians whereas Durban SuperGiants are the frenchies of Lucknow Super Giants..
Teams:
The league features 6 city-based franchises, representing different regions of Australia:
Paarl Royals, Pretoria Capitals, Durban Super Gaints, Joburg Super Kings, MI Cape Town, Sunrisers Eastern Cape
Records and Dominance:
The Sunriser Eastern Cape are the most successful team in SAT20 history, having won two titles.
Players like Reeza Hendricks, Trent Boult, Kagiso Rabada, Rassie Van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Faf du Plessis, Reeza Hendricks and Rashid Khan are among the standout performers in the league’s history.
PITCH REPORT
St George’s Park in Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth), South Africa, is renowned for its balanced pitch that offers opportunities for both batsmen and bowlers. Fast bowlers benefit from the pitch’s bounce and carry, especially in the early stages of a match, while batsmen who spend time acclimating can capitalize on scoring opportunities.
The ground’s dimensions feature square boundaries of 64 meters and 67 meters, with a longer straight boundary at 77 meters. This configuration can influence scoring patterns and field placements during a game.
Historically, the pitch has been known to assist fast bowlers due to its bounce, but as the ball ages, batsmen find it easier to play their shots. Spinners typically have less significance at this venue.
In T20 Internationals, the average first innings score at St George’s Park is around 169 runs, indicating a competitive surface that doesn’t overwhelmingly favor either discipline.
Overall, St George’s Park offers a dynamic playing field where both batsmen and bowlers can find success, making it a venue that demands adaptability and strategic acumen from players.
GROUND STATS (SAT20)
| TOTAL MATCH | 09 |
| AVERAGE SCORE | 175+ |
| BATTING 1ST WON | 04 |
| BATTING 2ND WON | 05 |
| NO RESULT | 00 |
SCORING PATTERN
| BELOW SCORE 150 | 03 |
| BETWEEN 150 TO 169 | 02 |
| BETWEEN 170 TO 189 | 01 |
| ABOVE SCORE 190 | 03 |
BOWLERS STATS ON ST. GEORGIA PARK (SAT20)
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 09
PACER WICKETS – 68
SPINNER WICKETS – 37.
MATCH PREVIEW
first match of thai season will be played between one of the most successful team and two times winner Sunrisers Eastern Cape (SEC) and MI Cape Town (MICT) is going to be an exciting contest. Both teams have a strong line-up.
Last Time when both teams SEC VS MICT met in a SAT20 match Sunrisers Eastern Cape team scored 175 runs and MI Cape Town team failed to chase this total and Sunrisers the match by 4 runs.
Sunriser Eastern Cape as the home team, will have the advantage of playing in familiar conditions. it is a well-balanced team with a blend of experienced and talented players. They have talented & aggressive batsmen likeAiden Markram, Zak Crawley, Jordan Hermann, Tom Abell, Tristan Stubbs.Their bowling department is also well-equipped with bowlers like Marco Jansen, Patrick Kruger, Craig overton, Liam Dawson, Ottneil Baartman, Richard Gleeson & Roelof van der Merwe.
MI Cape Town is a well-balanced team with a blend of experienced and talented players. They have talented & aggressive batsmen like Reeza Hendrick, Rassie Van Der Dussen, Colin Ingram, Dewald Brevis, Ryan Rickelton. Their bowling department is also well-equipped with bowlers like Rashid Khan, Trent Boult, Kagiso Rabada, Azmatullah Omarzai, Nuwan Thusara add 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 Sunrisers Eastern Cape and MI Cape Town.
HEAD TO HEAD RECORDS
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 4
- MICT WIN – 00
- SEC WIN – 04
- NO RESULT – 00
SEC VS MICT TEAM NEWS,SQUADS, PLAYING11 & PLAYER STATS
SUNRISERS EASTERN CAPE (SEC)
TEAM NEWS
- Sunrisers Eastern Cape performed superb in both season and won trophy in both season and most successful team in SAT20 history.
- When the Last match was played between Sunrisers Eastern Cape & MI Cape Town, Sunrisers team successfully defended a good total of 174 runs and lost the match by 4 runs.
- Aiden Markram scored 260 runs in 9 innings in the previous season of SA T20 League.
- Tom Abell scored 286 runs in 8 innings in the previous season of SA T20 League.
- Jordan Hermann scored 295 runs in 11 innings in the previous season of SA T20 League.
- Tristan Stubbs scored 301 runs in 9 innings in the previous season of SA T20 League.
- Marco Jansen scored 105 runs and also took 20 wickets in 10 innings in the previous season of SA T20 League.
- Patrick Kruger scored 62 runs and also took 4 wickets in 5 innings in the previous season of SA T20 League.
- Richard Gleeson took 5 wickets in 4 innings in the previous season of SA T20 League.
- Liam Dawson took 8 wickets in 10 innings in the previous season of SA T20 League.
- Ottneil Baartman took 19 wickets in 8 innings in the previous season of SA T20 League.
- In the last SAT20 match Sunrisers Eastern Cape team successfully defended a good total of 204 runs and won the second trophy by 89 runs against Durban Super Gaints.
- Jordan Hermann Scored 42 runs, Tom Abell scored 55 runs, Aiden Markram scored 42 runs and Tristan Stubbs scored 56 runs in the previous match against Durban Super Giants.
- Marco Jansen took 5 wickets, Daniel Worrall & Ottniel Baartman took 2-2 wickets each and Shimon Harmer took 1 wickets in the previous match against Durban Super Giants.
- Both teams played 4 matches and Sunrisers Eastern Cape team won all 04 matches against MI Cape Town.
SQUADS
Batting – Aiden Markram ©, Zak Crawley, Jordan Hermann, Tom Abell, Daniel Smith(wk), Tristan Stubbs (wk), David Bedingham (wk).
Bowling – Okuhle Cele, Simon Harmer, Ottneil Baartman, Richard Gleeson, Caleb Seleka, Andile Simelane, Beyers Swanepoel, Roelof van der Merwe.
All Rounder – Liam Dawson, Marco Jansen, Patrick Kruger, Craig Overton.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Jordan Hermann, Zak Crawley, Tom Abell, Aiden Markram ©, Tristan Stubbs (wk), Marco Jansen, Patrick Kruger, Liam Dawson, Richard Gleeson, Ottneil Baartman, Andile Simalane.
PLAYER STATS:
1. JORDAN HERMANN – LHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 101r, 19r 51r, 11r, 20r. |
| Stats on venue | 7 INNINGS – 112 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MICT | 2r, 106r. |
| Total Stats vs MICT | 2 INNINGS – 108 RUNS- 108A. |
2. ZAK CRAWLEY – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 21r, 5r, 8r, 17r, 0r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MICT | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs MICT | NOT PLAYED YET. |
3. TOM ABELL – RHB+RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 54r, 23r, 59r, 7r, 13r. |
| Stats on venue | 4 INNINGS – 196 RUNS – 98A. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MICT | 60r. |
| Total Stats vs MICT | 1 INNING – 60 RUNS. |
4. AIDEN MARKRAM © – RHB+RAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 14+0W, 17r, 89r, 37r, 19r. |
| Stats on venue | 8 INNINGS – 238 RUNS – 5W. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MICT | 54+0W, 19+0W, 12+1W, 50+2W. |
| Total Stats vs MICT | 4 INNINGS – 135 RUNS – 3W. |
5. TRISTAN STUBBS (WK) – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 0r, 6r, 1r, 1r, 47r. |
| Stats on venue | 8 INNINGS – 199 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MICT | 23r, 11r, 28r, 30r. |
| Total Stats vs MICT | 4 INNINGS – 92 RUNS. |
6. MARCO JANSEN – RHB+LAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 62+2W, 6W, 16+1W, 26+2W. |
| Stats on venue | 8 INNINGS – 43 RUNS – 8W. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MICT | 1W, 0W, 66+0W, 16+1W. |
| Total Stats vs MICT | 4 INNINGS – 83 RUNS – 2W. |
7. PATRICK KRUGER – RHB+LAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 12r, 51+1W, 34+0W, 0W. |
| Stats on venue | 2 INNINGS – 29 RUNS – 1W. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MICT | 3+0W. |
| Total Stats vs MICT | 1 INNING – 3 RUNS – 0W. |
8. LAIM DAWSON – RHB+LAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 1W, 2W, 2W, 4W. |
| Stats on venue | 3INNINGS – 2 WICKETS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MICT | 1W, 1W. |
| Total Stats vs MICT | 2 INNINGS – 2 WICKETS. |
9. ANDILE SIMELANE – RAF
| Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 0W, 2W, 1W, 0W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MICT | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs MICT | NOT PLAYED YET. |
10. OTTNEIL BAARTMAN – RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 2W, 2W, 1W, 0W, 2W. |
| Stats on venue | 6 INNINGS – 14 WICKETS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MICT | 2W, 3W, 2W, 3W. |
| Total Stats vs MICT | 4 INNINGS – 10 WICKETS. |
11. RICHARD GLEESON – RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 3W, 0W, 0W, 0W, 0W. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 2 WICKETS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs MICT | 1W. |
| Total Stats vs MICT | 1 INNING – 1 WICKET. |
MI CAPE TOWN (MICT)
TEAM NEWS
- MI Cape Town performed very poor in previous season and won only 3 matches out of 10 and last position in point table.
- When the Last match was played between MI Cape Town & Sunrisers Eastern Cape, MI Cape Town team failed to chase a total of 175 runs and lost the match by 4 runs.
- Reeza Hendricks scored 172 runs in 9 innings in the previous season of SA T20 League.
- Ryan Ricketon scored 530 runs in 10 innings in the previous season of SA T20 League.
- Rassie van der Dussen scored 328 runs in 10 innings in the previous season of SA T20 League.
- Dewald Brevis scored 150 runs in 9 innings in the previous season of SA T20 League.
- Georgia Linde took 7 wickets in 9 innings in the previous season of SA T20 League.
- Kagiso Rabada took 9 wickets in 10 innings in the previous season of SA T20 League.
- Nuwan Thusara took 8 wickets in 5 innings in the previous season of SA T20 League.
- In the last SAT20 match MI Cape Town team failed to defend a total of 163 runs and lost the match by 4 wickets against Pretoria Capitals.
- Rassie van der Dussen scored 60 runs, Ryan Ricketon scored 35 runs and Kieron Pollard scored 33 runs in the previous match against Pretoria Capitals.
- George Linde took 2 wickets, Nuwan Thusara, Sam Curran, Kagiso Rabada & Liam Livingstone took 1-1 wicket each in the previous match against Pretoria Capitals.
- Both teams played 4 matches and MI Cape Town team lost all 4 matches against Sunrisers Eastern Cape.
SQUADS
Batting – Reeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen, Dewald Brevis, Colin Ingram, Ryan Ricketon (wk), Connor Estehuizen (wk), Chris Benjamin (wk)
Bowling – Trent Boult, Tristan Luus, Dane Piedt, Kagiso Rabada, Nuwan Thusara.
All Rounder – Thomas Kuber, George Linde, Delano Potgietger, Corbin Bosch, Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan ©
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Ryan Ricketon (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen, Dewald Brevis/Colin Ingram, Azmatullah Omarzai, Corbin Bosch, Rashid Khan ©, George Linde, Kagiso Rabada, Trent Boult, Nuwan Thushara.
PLAYER STATS:
1. REEZA HENDRICKS- RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 117r, 8r, 0r, 21r, 24r. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 6 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SEC | 0r, 96r, 40r, 6r. |
| Total Stats vs SEC | 4 INNINGS – 142 RUNS. |
2. RYAN RICKELTON (WK) – LHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 259r, 8r, 0r, 36r, 2r. |
| Stats on venue | 2 INNINGS – 34 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SEC | 27r, 58r, 46r, 7r. |
| Total Stats vs SEC | 4 INNINGS – 138 RUNS. |
3. DEWALD BREVIS – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 2r, 9r, 33r, 4r, 19r. |
| Stats on venue | 2 INNINGS – 41 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SEC | 26r, 8r, 6r, 15r. |
| Total Stats vs SEC | 4 INNINGS – 55 RUNS. |
4. RASSIE VAN DER DUSSEN – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 35r, 23r, 8r, 66r, 0r. |
| Stats on venue | 2 INNINGS – 31 RUNS.. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SEC | 2r, 41r, 4r, 29r. |
| Total Stats vs SEC | 4 INNINGS – 76 RUNS. |
5. CORBIN BOSCH – RHB+RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 81+1W, 4W, 40+1W, 3r, 16r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SEC | 20r. |
| Total Stats vs SEC | 1 INNING – 20 RUNS. |
6. AZMATULLAH OMARZAI – RHB+RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 0+0W, 1W, 5+1W, 1W, 4W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SEC | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs SEC | NOT PLAYED YET. |
7. RASHID KHAN © – RHB+RALB
| Recent 5 Innings | 22+7W, 25+4W, 3W, 4W, 3W. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 1 WICKET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SEC | 1W, 5+1W. |
| Total Stats vs SEC | 2 INNINGS – 5 RUNS – 2W. |
8. GEORGIE LINDE – LHB+LAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 48+1W, 4W, 0W, 49+3W, 18+0W. |
| Stats on venue | 2 INNINGS – 74 RUNS – 0W. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SEC | 11+0W, 0W, 8+0W, 63+0W. |
| Total Stats vs SEC | 4 INNINGS – 82 RUNS – 0W. |
9. KAGISO RABADA – RAF
| Recent 5 Innings | 3W, 3W, 0W, 2W, 3W. |
| Stats on venue | 2 INNINGS – 2 WICKETS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SEC | 2W, 0W, 3W, 0W. |
| Total Stats vs SEC | 4 INNINGS – 5 WICKETS. |
10. TRENT BOULT – LAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 0W, 2W, 0W, 0W, 0W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SEC | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs SEC | NOT PLAYED YET. |
11. NUWAN THUSHARA – RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 1W, 0W, 0W, 1W. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 2 WICKETS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs SEC | 2W. |
| Total Stats vs SEC | 1 INNING – 2 WICKETS. |
FANTASY TEAM/DREAM 11 TEAM
SMALL LEAGUE(SL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – R. Rickelton, T. Stubbs.
BATSMEN – R. Hendricks, R. van der Dussen, A. Markram.
ALL-ROUNDERS – G. Linde, M. Jansen, A. Omarzai.
BOWLERS – K. Rabada, T. Boult, R. Khan.
GRAND LEAGUE(GL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – R. Rickelton, T. Stubbs.
BATSMEN – T. Abell, J. Hermann, R. van der Dussen
ALL-ROUNDERS – G. Linde, M. Jansen, A. Omarzai.
BOWLERS – T. Boult, R. Khan, O. Baartman.
BACK-UPS – P. Kruger, R. Gleeson, N. Thushara.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (SL) – M. Jansen, R. Khan.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (GL) – G. Linde, R. Ricketon.
POSSIBLE OUTCOME –
MI CAPE TOWN MAY BE THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH.