Tshwane Spartans are favorites to win
After facing two defeats in three matches, Tshwane Spartans will look to bag four points and move up the points table when they take on the Nelson Mandela Bay Giants on November 25. The SuperSport Park in Centurion will be the venue for this tenth fixture of the Mzansi Super League 2018. Live telecast is scheduled to begin at 11 AM local time.
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Read on for team previews, betting odds, betting tips and match prediction for Tshwane Spartans vs Nelson Mandela Bay Giants, Mzansi Super League 2018....
In terms of batting, the onus will be on Gihahn Cloete, Theunis de Bruyn and AB de Villiers to score the big runs for the Spartans. Cloete has scores of 80 and 55 in his last two outings and the team will want the opening batsman to continue his good form. His partner de Bruyn and de Villiers have also hit a fifty each in this MSL 2018. Sean Williams and Sikandar Raza have linked up with the team and they are key members down the order. The Spartans will bank on the likes of Lutho Sipamla, Jeevan Mendis and Andrew Birch to deliver the goods for them with the ball. Mendis has taken five wickets in the three games and the Sri Lankan leg-spinner seems more likely to finish with the best figures in this match. Sipamla snared three scalps last time against Durban Heat and the Giants will be wary of him as well.
Gihahn Cloete (wk), Theunis de Bruyn, Tony de Zorzi, AB de Villiers (c), Sikandar Raza, Robbie Frylinck, Rory Kleinveldt, Sean Williams, Andrew Birch, Jeevan Mendis, Lutho Sipamla
Ben Duckett and Heino Kuhn have been amongst the runs and the team's batting seems heavily reliant on these two batsmen. While Duckett blasted 75 runs off 45 balls in the campaign opener against Jozi Stars, Kuhn smacked a 35-ball 55 against Cape Town Blitz. However, the Giants will also need healthy contributions from their opening pair of JJ Smuts and Marco Marais. When it comes to bowling, the skipper will turn to the likes of Imran Tahir, Ryan McLaren and Chris Morris to inflict damage on the Spartans. Tahir has bowled well so far and he has four wickets in two T20Is at the SuperSport Park. While the leg-spinner is the key man for the Giants, McLaren, who took two wickets in each of the first two matches, will be a big threat among the seam bowlers.
Marco Marais, JJ Smuts (c), Ben Duckett, Heino Kuhn, Christiaan Jonker, Chris Morris, Ryan McLaren, Rudi Second (wk), Imran Tahir, Aaron Phangiso, Junior Dala
Tshwane Spartans, despite having a star-studded line-up, have not been able to impress that much in their first three league games. After suffering a big defeat at the hands of Cape Town Blitz in the MSL opener, they managed to muster a narrow one-run victory over Paarl Rocks before faltering again in their previous rain-hit encounter against Durban Heat. Having said that, Nelson Mandela Bay Giants have not had the best of starts themselves. They are a bowling-heavy unit and a top-order batting failure will put a lot of pressure on their bowlers. The Spartans, on the other hand, strike better balance between their batting and bowling which is why we predict them to emerge victorious in their first home game of the tournament.
Final Verdict: Back Tshwane Spartans to beat Nelson Mandela Bay Giants.
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