MI Cape Town are set to take on the Pretoria Capitals in what will be the second clash between these two sides in this season of the SA20. The match will take place at Newlands Cricket Ground in Cape Town, and we will look at it from a betting angle.
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MI Cape Town are 12/1 and the Pretoria Capitals 16/1 to win the tournament. The Capitals have to win this match and hope the Super Kings lose while MI Cape Town could guarantee their spot in the last 4 with a bonus point win.
Thursday at Centurion
These sides went head-to-head in their most recent encounter that took place in Centurion on Thursday evening. The game started with MI Cape Town winning the toss and deciding to bat first, getting off to a flying start with the bat in hand, with the Capitals only picking up the first wicket in the 4th over after 64 runs had been scored.
The Capitals bowlers had a tough time keeping the run rate down and the MI Cape Town batsmen smacked the ball around the park, reaching a massive total of 248/4 in their 20 overs. Top batsman was once again Ryan Rickelton who scored 90 off 45 balls at a striker rate of 200. Top bowler on the Capitals end was Wayne Parnell who took 3 wickets for 57 runs in his 4 overs.
The Capitals knew a big chase was ahead and they started off well, scoring 23 runs off the first over. It was not long however until the MI Cape Town bowlers began to pick up wickets and the Capitals found themselves under big pressure sitting on 42/6 before the powerplay had even ended. The Capitals then managed to get a big partnership going and although a few wickets fell, they came relatively close to the total in the end finishing on a total of 214/8 but losing the match by 34 runs. They denied MI Cape Town a bonus point, which could impact who makes it to the semi-finals.
Top batsman as Kyle Verreynne who scored 116 runs off 52 balls, the highest total seen this season. Top bowler from MI Cape Town was Nuwan Thushara who took 3 wickets for 37 runs in his 4 over spell.
PREVIOUS HEAD-TO-HEAD
Last season when these sides met in Cape Town, MI Cape Town won the toss and elected to field first with the Capitals putting up a total of 182/8. MI Cape Town were then put under early pressure and failed to reach the target, losing the match by 52 runs. Will Jacks was given player of the match scoring 62 off 27 with the bat and producing bowling figures of 1/9.
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BETTING – click here to bet
MI Cape Town 8/10
Pretoria Capitals 11/10
Suggested Bet: Will Jacks to score 50 – yes at 29/10
Jacks has had a great season and if he makes it through the power play this bet will be well on the way to landing.
Suggested Bet: Top MI Cape Town bowler – Sam Curran at 11/2
Curran has been valuable to the side this season picking up wickets and looking good with the ball in hand and he is a very juicy price to be top bowler for the home team.
All prices subject to change.
