PR vs PC Dream11 Prediction, Fantasy Stats, Venue Report, Recent Performances, Probable XIs, Weather Forecast, Head to Head, Toss Based Analysis, C/VC Choices - Match 20

Author: Shubham
25 Jan 2025 12:38:56
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Paarl vs Pretoria - Match 20 of the SA T20 League, 2025 at Boland Park, Paarl 

Weather Forecast
Clear - 23°C

1. TOURNAMENT STATS AND INFO

(i) Points Table Scenario 

PR - 6 - 5w/1l (1st)
PC - 6 - 1w/3l/2nr (5th)

(ii) Toss Based Analysis  

Paarl (PR)

1. Joe Root
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 62(44)*, 26(14), 15(15)&1w, 92(60)*&0w, 6(8)&1w, 0(1)&1w

2. Mitchell van Buuren 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(7), 22(20), 44(45), 41(41)

3. Sam Hain
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 20(23)

4. David Miller 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 17(17)*, 1(4), 24(20)*, 48(24)*, 40(32)*, 24(21)

5. Dinesh Karthik 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(7), 10(6), 2(2)*, 9(7)*

6. Dunith Wellalage 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 0w

7. Andile Phehlukwayo
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(1)*

8. Lungi Ngidi 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 4(5)*&1w, 0w

9. Bjorn Fortuin 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w

10. Mujeeb ur Rahman 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 34(21)&1w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 2w

11. Codi Yusuf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

12. Kwena Maphaka 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 22(19)*&1w, 0w, 0w, 0w

13. Dewan Marais 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

14. Rubin Hermann
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 56(33), 19(15), 44(22)

15. Lhuan-dre Pretorius 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 97(51)*, 83(52), 0(1), 27(14), 25(13)

16. Nqaba Peter
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

17. Eshan Malinga
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w

18. Dayyaan Galiem
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 3(6)&3w, 2w, 1w, 1(1)*&0w

19. Keith Dudgeon
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

Pretoria (PC) 

1. Rahmanullah Gurbaz 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(1)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 89(43), 7(9), 7(8)

2. Will Jacks
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 15(13)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 64(35)&0w, 27(23), 0(2)&2w

3. Will Smeed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

4. Rille Rossouw
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(4), 12(11), 0(3)

5. Kyle Verreynne 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 39(31)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 10(7)*, 12(9), 11(10)

6. Senuran Muthusamy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 8(7)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(10)&3w, 2w, 6(8)&0w

7. Jimmy Neesham
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 30(21)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3(6)&0w, 2w, 1(2)&1w

8. Wayne Parnell 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

9. Liam Livingstone 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 22(30)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 13(11)&1w, 14(14)*

10. Anrich Nortje 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

11. Daryn Dupavillon
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 3w

12. Keagan Lion Cachet 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 28(27)

13. Kyle Simmonds 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 0w

14. Steve Stolk 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(4)*

15. Migael Pretorius
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 10(7)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

16. Eathan Bosch
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 2w, 15(15)&3w

17. Marques Ackerman 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(5)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 39(30)*, 25(20)

18. Tiaan van Vuuren 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

19. Jason Behrendroff
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

2. VENUE AND PITCH INFO 

Venue - Boland Park, Paarl, South Africa 

(i) Total Matches - T20s

Overall - 76

Avg 1st Innings - 165
Avg 2nd Innings - 155

Highest total - 209/2 (Jozi Stars vs Paarl Rocks - 20th November'2018)

(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground 

PR - 13 - 9w/4l 
PC - 2 - 0w/2l

(iii) Top Performers on this venue from the current squads - T20s

PR

David Miller - 6th Highest run scorer (345), Avg (34.5) - 16M/16I  
Lhuan-dre Pretorius - 27th Highest run scorer (180), Avg (90) - 2M/2I

Bjorn Fortuin - 3rd Highest wicket taker (26), SR (21.46) -  25M/25I 
Lungi Ngidi - 4th Highest wicket taker (17), SR (20.93) - 15M/15I  
Keith Dudgeon - 11th Highest wicket taker (10), SR (14.40) - 6M/6I

PC

Kyle Simmonds - 15th Highest wicket taker (8), SR (18) - 6M/6I
Senuran Muthusamy - 20th Highest wicket taker (7), SR (12.86) - 6M/5I

(iv) Recent Matches on this venue

1) Joburg vs Paarl - 20th January'2025
146/6 vs 150/4 (PR won by 6 wkts)

Pacers - 1w+2w=3w
Spinners - 4w+2w=6w

2) Cape Town vs Paarl - 15th January'2025
158/4 vs 159/4 (PR won by 6 wkts)

Pacers - 1w+1w=2w
Spinners - 3w+1w=4w

3) Eastern Cape vs Paarl - 11th January'2025
175/5 vs 176/1 (PR won by 9 wkts)

Pacers - 2w+1w=3w
Spinners - 2w+0w=2w

4) Boland vs Warriors - 16th October2024
171/6 vs 160/10 (BOL won by 11 runs)

Pacers - 2w+9w=11w
Spinners - 3w+0w=3w

5) Boland vs Highveld Lions - 12th October'2024
129/7 vs 132/4 (HIL won by 6 wkts)

Pacers - 3w+3w=6w
Spinners - 4w+1w=5w

6) Boland vs Knights - 4th October'2024
141/10 vs 141/4 (KNG won the super over)

Pacers - 7w+2w=9w
Spinners - 3w+2w=5w

7) Eastern Cape vs Paarl - 2nd February'2024
208/4 vs 164/7 (SEC won by 44 runs)

Pacers - 2w+5w=7w
Spinners - 2w+2w=4w

8) Durban vs Paarl - 26th January'2024
190/3 vs 133/10 (DSG won by 57 runs)

Pacers - 2w+6w=8w
Spinners - 1w+4w=5w

9) Paarl vs Cape Town - 21st January'2024
162/3 vs 103/10 (PR won by 59 runs)

Pacers - 2w+5w=7w
Spinners - 1w+5w=6w

10) Joburg vs Paarl - 17th January'2024
134/10 vs 135/3 (PR won by 7 wkts)

Pacers - 6w+1w=7w
Spinners - 1w+2w=3w

SUMMARY 

Pacers 
1st Innings - 28w
2nd Innings - 35w

Spinners 
1st Innings - 23w
2nd Innings - 19w

Overall
63w:42w (Pacers:Spinners)


(v) Toss Based Analysis on this venue

Paarl (PR)

1. Joe Root
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 62(44)*, 15(15)&1w, 6(8)&1w

2. Mitchell van Buuren 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 28(21), 8(9)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(3), 12(12)*, 8(11)*, 9(8), 1(6), 22(20), 44(45)

3. Sam Hain
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

4. David Miller 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 61(35)*, 18(13), 1(3), 28(19), 10(9), 41(33), 24(20)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 40(22), 8(4)*, 26(24), 28(14)*, 2(4), 3(12), 14(12), 17(17)*, 24(20)*, 40(32)*

5. Dinesh Karthik 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 10(6), 2(2)*

6. Dunith Wellalage 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 0w 

7. Andile Phehlukwayo
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 24(16)&0w, 28(14)*&2w, 2(2)*&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 9(10)*&0w, 1w, 1(1)*

8. Lungi Ngidi 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 3w, 1w, 13(4)*&0w, 0w

9. Bjorn Fortuin 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 3w, 14(17)*&3w, 0w, 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 0w, 0w, 4w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 9(8)*&0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 2w

10. Mujeeb ur Rahman 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 2w, 1w

11. Codi Yusuf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(13)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

12. Kwena Maphaka 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w

13. Dewan Marais 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

14. Rubin Hermann
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 19(15)

15. Lhuan-dre Pretorius 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 97(51), 83(52), 27(14)

16. Nqaba Peter
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

17. Eshan Malinga
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

18. Dayyaan Galiem
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w, 1w

19. Keith Dudgeon
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5(8)&2w, 2w, 18(5)*&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 2w, 1w

Pretoria (PC) 

1. Rahmanullah Gurbaz 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

2. Will Jacks
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(3)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(4)&1w

3. Will Smeed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

4. Rille Rossouw
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 10(6), 10(12), 0(1), 19(13)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(3), 29(18)

5. Kyle Verreynne 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(5)*, 36(20)*, 11(10)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(4)

6. Senuran Muthusamy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(8)&0w, 20(26)&1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 52(43)*&3w, 1(4)&3w

7. Jimmy Neesham
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 21(17)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 21(18)&1w

8. Wayne Parnell 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 3w

9. Liam Livingstone 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(10), 22(16)

10. Anrich Nortje 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 3w

11. Daryn Dupavillon
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 2w

12. Keagan Lion Cachet 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

13. Kyle Simmonds 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w, 2w, 0w

14. Steve Stolk 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

15. Migael Pretorius
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

16. Eathan Bosch
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w

17. Marques Ackerman 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

18. Tiaan van Vuuren 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 


3. HEAD TO HEAD 

(i) Overall
5 - 3w/2l (In Favour of PR)

(ii) On This Venue
2 - 2w/0l (In Favour of PR)

(iii) Recent Head to Head Matches 

1) Paarl vs Pretoria - 14th January'2024
210/3 vs 200/7 (PR won by 10 runs)

David Miller - 75(42)*
Mitchell van Buuren - 72(40)*
Lungi Ngidi - 4w
Bjorn Fortuin - 1w
Andile Phehlukwayo - 1w
Rilee Rossouw - 82(45)
Will Jacks - 58(34)
Daryn Dupavillon - 1w
Jimmy Neesham - 1w

2) Paarl vs Pretoria - 12th January'2023
160/7 vs 133/7 (PR won by 27 runs)

David Miller - 41(33)
Mitchell van Buuren - 28(21)
Andile Phehlukwayo - 28(14)*&2w
Lungi Ngidi - 1w
Rilee Rossouw - 29(18)
Jimmy Neesham - 21(18)&1w
Deryn Dupavillon - 2w
Eathan Bosch - 1w
Will Jacks - 1w

3) Pretoria vs Paarl - 18th February'2023
153/8 vs 124/10 (PRC won by 29 runs)

Rilee Rossouw - 56(41)&1w
Eathan Bosch - 22(10)&2w
Anrich Nortje - 2w
Adil Rashid - 2w
James Neesham - 2w
Migael Pretorius - 1w
David Miller - 31(27)
Andile Phehlukwayo - 3w
Evan Jones - 1w
Bjorn Fortuin - 1w

4) Pretoria vs Paarl - 8th February'2023
226/5 vs 167/9 (PC won by 59 runs)

Jimmy Neesham - 22(11)*&3w
Migael Pretorius - 2w
Anrich Nortje - 1w
Eathan Bosch - 1w
Lungi Ngidi - 2w
Codi Yusuf - 1w
Andile Phehlukwayo - 1w

5) Pretoria vs Paarl - 22nd January'2023
158/6 vs 162/4 (PR won by 6 wickets)

Jimmy Neesham - 21(17)
Will Jacks - 2w
Eathan Bosch - 1w
David Miller - 28(14)*
Bjorn Fortuin - 1w
Lungi Ngidi - 1w

(iv) Toss Based Analysis (H2H) 

Pretoria (PC) 

1. Rahmanullah Gurbaz 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

2. Will Jacks
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(3)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(4)&1w, 58(34)

3. Will Smeed
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

4. Rille Rossouw
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 19(13), 13(13), 56(41)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 29(18), 82(45)

5. Kyle Verreynne 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

6. Senuran Muthusamy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

7. Jimmy Neesham
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 21(17)*, 22(11)*&3w, 4(5)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 21(18)&1w, 20(9)&1w 

8. Wayne Parnell 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(2)*

9. Liam Livingstone 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

10. Anrich Nortje 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

11. Daryn Dupavillon
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w

12. Keagan Lion Cachet 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

13. Kyle Simmonds 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

14. Steve Stolk 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

15. Migael Pretorius
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

16. Eathan Bosch
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5(8)&1w, 1w, 22(10)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 16(19)*&1w, 0w

17. Marques Ackerman 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

18. Tiaan van Vuuren 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

Paarl (PR)

1. Joe Root
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

2. Mitchell van Buuren 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 28(21), 72(40)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 12(12)*, 5(6)

3. Sam Hain
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

4. David Miller 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 41(33), 75(42)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 28(14)*, 11(17), 31(27) 

5. Dinesh Karthik 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

6. Dunith Wellalage 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

7. Andile Phehlukwayo
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 28(14)*&2w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 14(13)&3w 

8. Lungi Ngidi 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 4w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w, 0w

9. Bjorn Fortuin 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 0w, 1w

10. Mujeeb ur Rahman 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

11. Codi Yusuf
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

12. Kwena Maphaka 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

13. Dewan Marais 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

14. Rubin Hermann
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

15. Lhuan-dre Pretorius 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

16. Nqaba Peter
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

17. Eshan Malinga
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

18. Dayyaan Galiem
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

19. Keith Dudgeon
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 


5. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING 

A) PAARL (PR) SQUAD : 

Probable XI

1) Joe Root - RHB, RAO
Last 10 - 0r 1w, 6r 1w, 92r 1w, 15r 1w, 26, 62*, 32r 1w, 54, 3, 106, 0, 23*, 11, 82*, 5r 0w, 33, 34r 0w, 18r 0w, 262r 1w, 13r 0w, 12, 143r 0w, 103r 0w, 42r 0w, 62r 1w 

2) Lhuan-dre Pretorius - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 25, 27, 0, 83, 26, 97*, 120, 13, 24, 7, 23, 21, 3, 23, 39, 82

3) Rubin Hermann - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 44, 19, 56, 56, 1, 9, 73, 0, 48, 14, 3, 30, 14

4) Mitchell van Buuren - RHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 41, 44, 22, 0, 3, 0, 2*, 15*, 4, 1, 32, 10, 41r 0w, 0

5) David Miller - LHB, RAO 
Last 10 - 24, 40*, 48*, 24*, 1, 17*, 3, 29, 82, 36, 18, 0, 18, 8, 36, 50*

6) Dinesh Karthik - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 9*, 2*, 10, 2, 11, 14, 0, 18, 21*, 11, 25, 83, 53*

7) Dayyaan Galiem - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 1r 0w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 3r 3w, 0w, 26r 1w, 2w, 4r 0w, 1w, 1w, 28r 0w, 44r 2w, 55r 1w, 21r 1w, 3w

8) Keith Dudgeon - RHB, RAM 
Last 10 - 0w, 4r 1w, 10, 1w, 46r 0w, 1w, 24r 2w, 36r 0w, 18r 1w, 2wz 4r 1w, 17r 0w, 5r 2w

9) Mujeeb ur Rahman - RHB, RAO
Last 10 - 2w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 34r 1w, 2w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w

10) Bjorn Fortuin - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 8r 2w, 9r 1w, 50r 0w, 38r 0w, 1w, 120r 1w, 0w, 0w, 3w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 10r 0w

11) Eshan Malinga - LHB, RAM
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 2w, 1wz 2w, 0w, 7r 2w, 2w

BENCH 

12) Dewan Marais - RHB
Last 10 - 15, 0, 19, 30, 7, 28*, 23, 87*, 42*, 37*, 6, 4*

13) Lungi Ngidi - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 0w, 9r 0w, 2w, 20r 2w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 0w

14) Andile Phehlukwayo - LHB, RAM
Last 10 - 1*, 1r 1w, 1r 0w, 8*, 63, 88r 1w, 16r 0w, 18r 0w, 39r 0w, 12r 0w, 0w

15) Dunith Wellalage - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 18r 1w, 11r 3w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w

16) Sam Hain - RHB
Last 10 - 20, 153*, 0, 1, 11, 22, 15, 32, 22*, 15, 12, 49, 93

17) Codi Yusuf - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 3w, 2w, 30r 2w, 12r 0w, 5w, 1w, 25r 1w, 0w, 44r 2w, 24r 4w, 1w, 7r 2w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 2w

18) Kwena Maphaka - LHB, LAF 
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 22r 1w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 4w, 0w, 12r 2w, 3w, 3w, 2w, 3w, 2w, 1w 

19) Nqaba Peter - RHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 1w, 5r 1w, 0w, 4w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w

Safe C/VC choices
Joe Root, David Miller 


B) PRETORIA (PC) SQUAD : 

Probable XI

1) Rahmanullah Gurbaz - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 7, 0, 7, 89, 15, 11, 0, 27, 2, 41, 31*, 52, 44*, 60*

2) Will Jacks - RHB, RAO
Last 10 - 0r 2w, 15, 27, 64r 0w, 25, 32, 38, 17, 5, 12r 0w, 19, 0r 0w, 10

3) Kyle Verreynne - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 11, 39, 12, 10*, 100, 2, 2, 105*, 9, 0, 0, 0, 114, 18, 38, 67

4) Rilee Rossouw - LHB, RAO 
Last 10 - 0, 1, 12, 1, 12, 5*, 7, 10, 61, 18, 2, 16, 20

5) Marques Ackerman - LHB, RAO 
Last 10 - 25, 2, 39*, 7, 28, 74, 0, 32, 42, 15, 37, 6, 69, 27, 17

6) Keagan Lion Cachet - RHB
Last 10 - 28, 2, 16

7) Jimmy Neesham - LHB, RAM 
Last 10 - 1r 1w, 30, 2w, 3r 0w, 4r 1w, 45r 2w, 45r 0w, 65r 1w, 27r 0w, 4r 0w, 1r 0w, 40r 2w, 16r 1w, 20r 1w

8) Senuran Muthusamy - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 6r 0w, 8, 2w, 8r 3w, 33r 1w, 0r 0w, 55r 1w, 22r 0w, 8r 1w, 3, 68r 1w, 4w, 18*, 4r 0w, 10r 0w, 13r 1w, 37r 1w, 0r 0w

9) Kyle Simmonds - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 34r 5w, 15r 2w, 1w, 68r 4w, 4w, 16r 6w, 35r 3w, 19r 0w, 3w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 0w

10) Eathan Bosch - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 15r 3w, 2w, 0w, 45r 1w, 0w, 32r 2w, 4r 0w, 8r 0w, 1w, 12r 3w, 3w, 4r 2w, 0w, 17r 0w

11) Jason Behrendroff - LHB, LAM
Last 10 - 1w, 3w, 17r 1w, 1w, 5r 2w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 2w, 2w

BENCH 

12) Daryn Dupavillon - RHB, RAM
Last 10 - 3w, 0w, 27r 1w, 2w, 41r 2w, 3w, 15r 2w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 28r 3w, 5w

13) Anrich Nortje - RHB, RAF
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 3w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w 

14) Tiaan van Vuuren - RHB, LAM
Last 10 - 29r 4w, 0w, 15r 1w, 36, 15r 0w, 6r 0w, 14r 1w, 21r 0w, 11r 0w, 4r 0w, 7r 1w

15) Wayne Parnell - LHB, LAM
Last 10 - 8r 0w, 22r 0w, 46r 1w, 2w, 11r 1w, 9r 1w, 21r 1w, 0w, 21r 1w, 2r 1w

16) Steve Stolk - RHB
Last 10 - 0*, 0, 4, 22, 8, 13, 14r 0w, 22, 37, 86, 64

17) Will Smeed - RHB, RAO
Last 10 - 7, 8, 0, 6, 93*, 6, 74, 18, 10, 1, 86

18) Migael Pretorius - RHB, RAM 
Last 10 - 10*, 1w, 11r 3w, 24r 4w, 7r 3w, 63r 1w, 14r 0w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 19r 0w, 7r 0w 

19) Liam Livingstone - RHB, RAO, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 22, 14*, 13r 1w, 0r 1w, 4, 6, 0w, 50*, 1r 0w, 4r 0w, 39r 0w

Safe C/VC choices
Will Jacks, Liam Livingstone 


Differential GL C/VC choices 

PR - Lhuan-dre Pretorius 

PC - Wayne Parnell, Earhan Bosch 

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