Who Will Win Cape Town Blitz vs NM Bay Giants, MSL 2018?
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants will look to avenge their defeat from last time when they take on the Cape Town Blitz in this twelfth fixture of the Mzansi Super League 2018. This top-of-the-table clash is scheduled to be played on November 27 at the St George's Park in Port Elizabeth. Live telecast will begin at 7 PM local time.
NMBG vs CTB, MSL 2018: Where to Watch/Live Streaming
TV channels: Sony Six, Sky Sports Cricket, OSN Sports Cricket HD, Ten Sports, Channel 9
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Toss Prediction
In the previous match at the St George's Park between Nelson Mandela Bay Giants and Durban Heat, the Giants opted to chase and went on to register a comfortable nine-wicket win. Also, since the wicket at this ground tends to remain the same throughout the course of a game, the toss-winning skipper is more likely to bowl first.
Read on for team previews, betting odds, betting tips and match prediction for Nelson Mandela Bay Giants vs Cape Town Blitz, Mzansi Super League 2018...
NB Bay Giants Team News & Playing 11
NMBG Team News
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants made only one change to their side for the last game against Tshwane Spartans as they replaced left-arm spinner Aaron Phangiso with pace bowler Carmi le Roux. The latter picked up the huge wicket of AB de Villiers on his very first ball and he is likely to retain his spot in the playing eleven for this upcoming encounter against Cape Town Blitz. We expect the Giants to come up with an unchanged line-up.
NMBG Key Players
Ben Duckett is amongst the top five batsmen in this inaugural edition of the Mzansi Super League. He has scored 122 runs in four matches at an average of 40.66 and he seems to be the key figure in this batting line-up. Marco Marais who scored 47 last time against Tshwane Spartans and JJ Smuts who has hit a half-century in the tournament have been the team's next best batsmen. Chris Morris and Junior Dala have both taken four wickets apiece and the Giants will be counting on the duo to hurt Cape Town Blitz with the new ball. Morris notched a couple in the reverse encounter and he is more likely to strike early. Imran Tahir has also bowled well so far. The leg-spinner had bagged figures of 4-0-18-1 against the Blitz who could once again struggle to score runs off him.
NMBG Recent Form
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants are currently second in the MSL 2018 league standings with three wins and a loss from four matches. They began their campaign with a five-wicket victory over Jozi Stars but faced a 12-run defeat at the hands of Cape Town Blitz in their next encounter. The Giants then bounced back with back-to-back wins against Durban Heat and Tshwane Spartans. While their bowling has been pretty impressive so far, they will need to work a bit more on their batting.
NB Bay Giants Predicted Playing 11
Marco Marais, JJ Smuts (c), Ben Duckett, Wihan Lubbe, Christiaan Jonker, Rudi Second (wk), Chris Morris, Sisanda Magala, Carmi le Roux, Imran Tahir, Junior Dala
Cape Town Blitz Team News & Playing 11
CTB Team News
Cape Town Blitz dropped bowlers Kyle Verreynne and Anrich Nortje for Dane Piedt and Ferisco Adams in their previous match against Paarl Rocks. While off-spinner Piedt will probably be retained for Tuesday's encounter against Nelson Mandela Bay Giants, fast bowler Nortje could be brought back in place of Adams. No further changes are expected in their side for this match.
CTB Key Players
Openers Quinton de Kock and Janneman Malan along with Asif Ali and Farhaan Behardien are the key men with the bat for Cape Town Blitz. Malan is currently topping the runs charts with 202 runs which includes a couple of half-centuries, one of which was hit in the reverse fixture against the Giants. Asif is having an outstanding strike-rate of 214.03 while de Kock recently cracked a 36-ball 74 against Jozi Stars. Dale Steyn, George Linde and Andile Phehlukwayo are the main weapons for the Blitz when it comes to bowling. Steyn is looking at his best with six wickets in four matches. The South African pacer also has a four-wicket haul in a T20I at this ground and he is expected to cause problems for the Giants here. Linde too is doing a pretty good job with the ball with five wickets in as many matches and the left-arm spinner will have a big role to play in the powerplay.
CTB Recent Form
After four wins and just one defeat from their five league encounters, Cape Town Blitz find themselves at the pole position of the MSL 2018 leaderboard. They made a tremendous start to their campaign, winning their first four games in a row. However, their winning streak came to an end with a five-wicket loss to Paarl Rocks in their last match. They were below par with the bat last time as seven of their batsmen had single-digit scores against their names.
Cape Town Blitz Predicted Playing 11
Quinton de Kock (wk), Janneman Malan, Farhaan Behardien (c), Asif Ali, Hussain Talat, Andile Phehlukwayo, Ferisco Adams/Anrich Nortje, George Linde, Dane Piedt, Malusi Siboto, Dale Steyn
Nov 27, 2018
22:30 IST / 17:00 GMT
St Georges Park - Gqeberha, South Africa
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