Sunrisers Eastern Cape will lock horns against Joburg Super Kings in the 19th match of the ongoing SA20 at St George’s Park, Gqeberha on Friday. Both teams will look to bring their best to the table at this crucial phase of the tournament.
We look at the current form, head-to-head, players to look out for, and squads of both teams in our match preview.
Current form of Joburg Super Kings: L L NR W W
After winning their opening two matches, JSK has suffered losses in their last two games. Faf du Plessis-led team could only manage 146 runs in the previous game against Paarl Royals and thus they would want to come up with an improved batting show.
Current form of Sunrisers Eastern Cape: W W W L L
After losing their opening three matches of the tournament, the defending champions have won their last three games. They registered a convincing 52-run win against Pretoria Capitals in their last game as they were able to bundle out the opposition at 97.
Head to Head: Matches: 4, Won by JSK: 2, Won by SEC: 2.
Players to look out for: Faf du Plessis, Devon Conway, Jonny Bairstow, Moeen Ali, Imran Tahir, Matheesha Pathirana, and David Wiese will be the crucial players for the Joburg Super Kings.
Aiden Markram, Zak Crawley, Tristan Stubbs, Marco Jansen, and Simon Harmer will be the key players for the SEC.
Joburg Super Kings Squad: Devon Conway, Faf du Plessis(c), Leus du Plooy, Jonny Bairstow(w), Wihan Lubbe, Donovan Ferreira, David Wiese, Evan Jones, Lutho Sipamla, Matheesha Pathirana, Tabraiz Shamsi, Moeen Ali, Doug Bracewell, Beuran Hendricks, Hardus Viljoen, Sibonelo Makhanya, Gerald Coetzee, Imran Tahir, Maheesh Theekshana, JP King
Sunrisers Eastern Cape: Aiden Markram (c), Zak Crawley, Jordan Hermann, Tom Abell, Liam Dawson, Marco Jansen, Patrick Kruger, Craig Overton, David Bedingham, Daniel Smith, Tristan Stubbs, Okuhle Cele, Simon Harmer, Ottneil Baartman, Richard Gleeson, Caleb Seleka, Andile Simelane, Beyers Swanepoel, Roelof van der Merwe.