Boland Park Paarl Pitch Report For PR vs DSG SA20 2025 Match

Bhargav Dixit

Boland Park will host its fifth SA20 2025 match on Monday. [Source: @SA20_League/X]Boland Park will host its fifth SA20 2025 match on Monday. [Source: @SA20_League/X]

Paarl Royals will be hosting Durban’s Super Giants in the 23rd match of the ongoing SA20 2025 at the Boland Park tomorrow. With the league stage entering its last week now, this particular venue would be hosting its last match in this phase.

Paarl Royals

Having finished at the fourth and third positions in the first two seasons respectively, Royals look set to finish at the top of the table this year. On the back of five successive victories, they have now won six out of their first seven matches.


Durban’s Super Giants

Super Giants, on the other hand, find themselves at the bottom of the points table. In spite of kick-starting the season with a nail-biting victory, they haven’t been able to taste success even once since then.

Runners-up in the last season, the franchise is all but out of contention to qualify for the playoffs. That being said, historically, DSG have defeated this opposition three out of five times.

Boland Park Paarl Stats And Records In T20s

Criterion
Data
Matches Played83
Matches Won Batting 1st34
Matches Won Bowling 1st48
Average 1st Innings Score148.8
Average 2nd Innings Score152


Boland Park Paarl: Is It Batting Or Bowling Friendly?

There is no hiding to the fact that Boland Park is known for its inability to produce prototypical high-scoring encounters. Out of 83 Paarl T20s thus far, innings totals in excess of 200 runs have been registered only six times.

As a matter of fact, with an average of 154.12, innings totals have decreased with every passing match in this tournament. Therefore, don’t rule out the possibility of another comparatively low-scoring encounter.

Furthermore, it is to be noted that pacers have dismissed just nine batters at this ground this season in comparison to spinners’ 22 wickets. During the recently concluded match against Pretoria Capitals last night, PR captain David Miller used five spinners to bowl 20 overs – first such instance in T20 history.

Players To Watch Out For At Boland Park Paarl

Joe Root

A definite contender for the Player of the Series at this point in time, PR’s Joe Root has scored 279 runs at an average and strike rate of 69.75 and 140.90 respectively to be the highest run-scorer in the competition. Additionally, Root also boasts of five wickets at an average of 20, an economy rate of 6.25 and a strike rate of 19.20.

Lhuan-dre Pretorius

Although he was dismissed for a three-ball duck on Saturday, Root’s opening partner Lhuan-dre Pretorius is fetching praises from all corners of the cricketing fraternity for a reason. Second-highest run-scorer in the third season of SA20, his 258 runs have come at an average and strike rate of 36.85 and 176.71 respectively. Speaking particularly of this stadium, the 18-year-old player averages 51.75 and strikes at 172.50 including two half-centuries across four innings.

Bjorn Fortuin

Royals’ third-highest wicket-taker of the season, Bjorn Fortuin is the second-highest T20 wicket-taker at this ground. Been playing here since 2016, the left-arm spinner has dismissed 32 batters at an average of 20.18, an economy rate of 6.15 and a strike rate of 19.6.