Sunrisers Eastern Cape will lock horns against Paarl Royals in the 21st match of the ongoing SA20 at St. John’s Park, Gqeberha on Tuesday. Sunrisers Eastern Cape is currently in second place in the standings with four wins and three losses out of the seven games they have played.
On the other hand, Paarl Royals have won three matches whereas they have lost four games. They are currently in fourth place in the standings.
Meanwhile, Sunrisers Eastern Cape had won their previous match by a massive margin of 124 runs against Durban Super Giants. Jordan Hermann and Rossington had scored fine fifties at the top of the order whereas van der Merwe scalped a total of six wickets. Thus, he was awarded the Player of the Match.
Paarl Royals had returned to winning ways as they had won their last game against Pretoria Capitals by six wickets. David Miller had led from the front as he scored a fine little cameo of 14-ball 28 to add the finishing touches to the run-chase of 159 runs. All the Royals bowlers had done a decent job in restricting the opposition to a slightly below-par score in the last game.
When these two teams had met earlier in the season, Sunrisers Eastern Cape had won by five wickets.
Match Prediction: Sunrisers Eastern Cape will enter the contest as slight favorites against Paarl Royals.
Paarl Royals
David Miller (Captain), Jason Roy, Mitchell Van Buuren, Evan Jones, Eoin Morgan, Wihan Lubbe, Ferisco Adams, Codi Yusuf, Jos Buttler, Dane Vilas, Obed McCoy, Corbin Bosch, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi, Bjorn Fortuin, Imran Manack, Ramon Simmonds
Sunrisers Eastern Cape
Aiden Markram, Marques Ackerman, Sarel Erwee, JJ Smuts, Tom Abell, Marco Jansen, Roelof van der Merwe, Ayabulela Gqamane, Tristan Stubbs, Jordan Cox, Adam Rossington, Ottniel Baartman, Sisanda Magala, Junaid Dawood, Mason Crane, James Fuller, Brydon Carse
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