Knights vs Lions Match Prediction

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Lions are without three players to international duty, with Reeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen and Wiaan Mulder all with the South Africa squad but a fourth, Dwaine Pretorious, was released to play against Cape Cobras.

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After hitting an unbeaten 116 on his first appearance of the season, Dominic Hendricks made it back-to-back centuries last time out when he scored 107 against Cape Cobras.

His 223 runs have come from just 221 balls too, more than compensating for namesake Reeza being called up for international duty – the latter does remain their top scorer, however.

Temba Bavuma also has a 2019 Momentum One Day Cup century to his name, meanwhile, after his arrival from the South African test squad, and Dwaine Pretorius – released from the South African ODI squad – scored 99 last time out to move to 184 runs from three innings too.

Pretorius also has four wickets with the ball, but Aaron Phangison (six from four matches) and Bjorn Fortuin (six from five) lead the Lions’ wicket-taking charts.

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Temba Bavuma led the way as Lions chased 310 to beat Titans by eight wickets and secure their first Momentum One Day Cup win of the 2019 season but it has failed to inspire an upturn in form.

Next up, they conceded 309/9 against Warriors and Lions reached 276/9 from 41 overs thanks to Dominic Hendricks’ unbeaten century – eight runs short of their rain-revised target.

Hendricks hit another century last time out, but three wickets in the final over – from which the Lions had needed seven to win – saw them finish on 278/9 in reply to 281/9.