SA 20 Match 3: Sunrisers Eastern Cape vs Pretoria Capitals| Fantasy Tips and Teams


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The SA 20 league 2023 is gradually gathering motion. With two matches already done the action now shifts to St George's Park in Port Elizabeth, for the match between Sunrisers Eastern Cape and Pretoria Capitals. The match will be played on January 12, 2023. It is scheduled to start at 9:00 PM IST. 

Both teams will be looking to start their campaign on a winning note. It should be an exciting contest with both the teams looking to pick up a win on the very first clash.  Before the match begins let us have a look at some key facts and try to get an idea about how to buid the fantasy XIs for the teams. 


Ground Stats: St George's Park, Port Elizabeth

The pitch at St Georges' park favours the bowler. Scoring runs at the pitch will be difficult on the wicket. The venue has been host to three T20Is so far and a 120 plus score looks defendable. 

Batting on the wicket is apparently tougher in the second half. The venue has on an average recorded 7.16 runs per over in the T20Is and it is pretty low as far as the contemporary circketing standards are concerned. 

T20I Records at the ground

Total Matches: 3

Matches won batting first: 2

Matches won batting second: 1

Average Score batting first: 131

Average Score batting second: 117

Average runs scored per over: 7.26

Average runs scored per wicket: 20


SEC vs PC, Match 2: Probable Final 13

SEC Team News

No major updates

Sunrisers Eastern Capes Probable Final 13

Aiden Markram (c),  Adam Rossington ✈️ (wk), Sarel Erwee, Tristan Stubbs, JJ Smuts, Tom Abell✈️ , Marco Jansen, Mason Crane ✈️ , Aya Gqamane, Junaid Dawood, Brydon Carse ✈️, Sisanda Magala, Ottniel Baartman


PC Team News

No major updates

Pretoria Capitals Probable Final 13

Phil Salt ✈️ (wk), Cameron Delport, Theunis De Bruyn, Will Jacks ✈️, Rilee Rossouw , Shane Dadswell, Jimmy Neesham ✈️, Wayne Parnell (c), Adil Rashid ✈️, Anrich Nortje, Daryn Dupavillon, Josh Little ✈️, Marco Marais 


Key Facts to be kept in mind

  1. Phil Salt has a strike rate of 190.32 in the last three T20s. 
  2. Aiden Markram has a strike rate of 130.88 in the last three T20s.
  3. Tristan Stubbs has an average of 10.33 in the last three T20s
  4. In the last three T20s, Marco Jansen has conceded runs at an economy of 8.83 while picking up just 2 wickets. 
  5. In the last three T20s, Adil Rashid has conceded runs at an economy of 4.83 while picking up four wickets. 

Expert's Tips

The pitch at the St. George's Park will favour bowling. So mostly keeping pacers and all-rounders, who can bowl a bit of medium pace is advisable. 


Team 1: For Head-to-Head contests (Cricket Exchange Fantasy App)

Wicketkeepers: Phil Salt, Adam Rossington

Batters: Rilee Rossouw, Aiden Markram

All-rounders: Wayne Parnell, JJ Smuts, Marco Jansen

Bowlers: Adil Rashid, Anrich Nortje, Joshua Little

Captain: Rilee Rossouw
Vice-captain: Tristan Stubbs


Team 2: For Winner takes all contests (Cricket Exchange Fantasy App)

Wicketkeepers: Phil Salt, Jordan Cox

Batters: Cameron Delport, Rilee Rossouw, Tristan Stubbs

All-rounders: Wayne Parnell, James Fuller, Marco Jansen

Bowlers: Anrich Nortje, Daryn Dupavillon, Joshua Little

Captain: Tristan Stubbs
Vice-captain: Wayne Parnell


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