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Lions are favorites to win
Lions will take on Western Province at the Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg in Match 17 of the CSA T20 Challenge. This match gets underway at 12:00pm local time on Sunday, 17th March, 2024.
We are expecting a high-scoring game on this quick wicket in Johannesburg. There will be turn as well as pace and bounce in the pitch.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Lions vs Western Province, CSA T20 Challenge 2024
Only Warriors are above Lions in the table ahead of Sunday’s fixtures and Lions come into this game after sneaking to a 1 run win over Titans on Friday to make it three wins from four so far in the group stage. Another victory could well see Lions take over at the top of the table.
Lions’ batters thought they had done their job when they posted 183/5 against Titans in their last match although it turned out a few extra runs would have made for a more comfortable victory. The top seven for Lions is one of the best in the tournament and that allows them to play in an attacking manner.
Four of Lions’ bowlers picked up wickets in their tense win over Titans with skipper Bjorn Fortuin and Codi Yusuf both taking two dismissals each. However, for this game and on this pitch, we can expect Kagiso Rabada to be a real tough bowler to face.
Lions are looking for their second win in a row and their fourth in five games in the tournament.
Lhuan-dre Pretorius (wk), Joshua van Heerden, Rivaldo Moonsamy, Sibonelo Makhanya, Neil Brand, Dayyan Galiem, Corbin Bosch, Aaron Phangiso (c), Junior Dala, Lizaad Williams, Tabraiz Shamsi
Along with Warriors at the top of the table, Western Province come into this fixture as one of only two teams with a 100% record so far in the CSA T20 Challenge. However, this looks like being their toughest test as yet in the tournament.
Although they beat North West to make it three wins from three, Western Province lost too many wickets in their innings. They will be looking for more runs from the opening pair Tony de Zorzi and David Bedingham in this match who contributed only 26 runs between them in the last game.
Wayne Parnell has been expensive over recent games but is always a strike-bowler in T20 cricket whereas the likes of Kyle Simmonds and Beuran Hendricks can always be relied upon to keep it tight. On this pitch, George Linde’s unlikely to cause many problems.
Western Province have won three from three and are looking to maintain their 100% record.
Tony de Zorzi, David Bedingham, Jonathan Bird, Kyle Verreynne (c) (wk), George Linde, Wayne Parnell, Mihlali Mpongwana, Abdullah Bayoumy, Kyle Simmonds, Beuran Hendricks, Mthiwekhaya Nabe
This looks like being an excellent contest between two strong teams in Johannesburg on Sunday with the winner likely to be top or joint-top at the end of the day. Western Province are yet to taste defeat in this year’s tournament but we think this could be the game when they do. Lions have won three times yet still have plenty of room for improvement and we are backing them to get another victory in this match.
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