WPR vs TIT Match Preview
The Western Province team has won the last 3 games they have played while the Titans side has won 2 out of their last 2. Although the Western Province is a better side these conditions at Newlands are likely to help the Titans team better. D Smith played in one of the games for Western Province as their regular wicketkeeper K Verreyne was missing from the playing 11. He is a consistent middle-order batsman and might return to the side for this game. The wicketkeeper-batsman for Titans is D Ferreira who is an excellent hitter of the cricket ball and is a useful batter lower down the order. H Klassen is the most useful wicketkeeper-batsman for Western Province and will don the gloves in all probability.
S Makhanya will bat in one-down or two-down position for the Titans and he is in top form at the moment. He has put together 96 runs in the last 3 games for Western Province. D Brevis will be a significant batter for the Titans near their top order. Dean Elgar will be opening the innings for the Titans and he is an experienced player. Wayne Parnell is another crucial player for his team. He is a bowler that can be in the lower middle order. Mpongwana is a crucial bowler for Western Province and he bowls in the death overs. Another consistent performer for Western Province is George Linde who has been a consistent performer in domestic cricket and is a useful spinner.
Weather Report
The temperatures during this game in Cape Town, are likely to remain close to 25 degrees. We are expecting mostly cloudy conditions with a lot of relative humidity. These conditions may help the quicker bowlers although they are unlikely to find much help from the wicket. We are also likely to get some heavy morning thunderstorms during the game. There is almost an 80% chance of getting thunderstorms during the game with a cloud cover. A relative humidity of close to 75% is expected during the game.
Pitch Report
Newlands cricket ground offers one of the few wickets in South Africa that help the spinners a bit. Although the batters will find it easier to play their strokes in the first innings, these spinners are likely to get some turn from the track as the match gets on. The faster bowlers will not find too much help from the track however, like most of the South African pitches, Newlands also does offer good pace and bounce. If the side batting first scores more than 260 runs at this venue the chase will be difficult for the side batting second.
Notable stats
Western Province side has a better recent record.
The Western Province team has won 4 out of their last 5 matches in the competition. The other game ended with no result. The Titans on the other hand have won 2 and lost 2 from their last 5 games in the tournament. One of the games ended with no result.
The only prior game between these 2 sides ended in no result.
If you consider the head-to-head between these two teams you will find that the only time they were scheduled to meet the game ended with no result.
Team News
There are no injuries reported for this match from either team.
WPR vs TIT Probable 11
WPR Playing 11
- Daniel Smith Jr (Wk)
- Jonathan Bird
- Tony de Zorzi
- Mohammed Yaseen Vallie
- Gavin Kaplan
- George Linde
- Mihlali Mpongwana
- Beuran Hendricks
- Tshepo Moreki
- Junaid Dawood
- Wayne Parnell (C)
TIT Playing 11
- Aaron Phangiso
- Aiden Markram
- Okuhle Cele
- Jiveshan Pillay
- Sibonelo Makhanya (C)
- Corbin Bosch
- Neil Brand
- Ayabulela Gqamane
- Donavon Ferreira (Wk)
- Dewald Brevis
- Tabraiz Shamsi
Dream11 Prediction
Both these teams are doing an excellent job in the competition so far. They have kicked off their campaign in the competition on a positive note. Western Province is leading the points table while Titans are lying in the 3rd position. But we will go with the Titans to win this game. They have lost one match in the competition unlike the Western Province side who are on a roll with 3 wins in a row but they have more players that are likely to exploit the conditions at the Newlands better. Nothing much in it though. Either team can come out trumps easily in this game.
Top Picks
J Bird: J Bird is one of the better batsmen playing in this game. He is playing well at the moment and you can bet on him to do well in this match as well.
G Linde: G Linde is in top form at the moment and picked up the player of the match award in his last appearance for his team. You can bet on him to become a top performer in this match.
A Gqamane: Gqamane bowled superbly in his game picking up a 5-wicket haul. You can expect him to do well again in this game.
A Markram: This wicket at Newlands will remain in favor of batters. You can expect a top batter like Markram to come well in this game as he has scored 179 runs in his last 3 games.
WPR vs TIT Dream11 Team 1
Keeper: H Klaasen
Batters: D. Elgar, T. de Bruyn, J. Bird, D. Brevis
All-rounders: W. Parnell, A. Markram (VC), G. Linde (C)
Bowlers: B. Hendricks, A. Gqamane, D. Paterson
