CSA T20 Challenge has been throwing up some amazing games so far this Season and the game on Monday will witness the North West side take on the Titans
Preview
NWD vs TIT will clash against each other in the Match 30 of the ongoing CSA T20 Challenge 2024. The race for the next three spots in the table is witnessing five teams in contention. The second game on Monday will witness the North West team take on the Titans.
North West (NWD) so far have played 7 games with one no result as well as 2 wins and four losses with 10 points. Monday’s game will be their 8th making them NWD the team with the most games played. The NWD team has to win to keep their hopes alive of a top four finish. Rest of the sides have played lesser games making it imperative for North West to win the game.
Titans (TIT) are sixth in the table having played just 5 games with 2 wins and three losses so far. If they happen to win on Monday they will go above North West into the 5th spot in the table with 12 points.
Match Information
Probable PlayingXI
North West Dragons
Meeka-eel Prince, R van Tonder, LC Ngoepe, WJ Lubbe, S Muthusamy(C), M Pretorius, RA Herman, D Jansen, B Xenxe, C Seleka, K Mungroo
Bench: T Isaacs, Ronan Hermann, L Senokwane, TG Mokoena, T Mokoena, R de Swardt, IH Modimokaoane, Gideon Peters, C King
Titans
J van Heerden, BS Makhanya, N Brand, AD Galiem, D Wiese, Lhuan-dre Pretorius, R Moonsamy, AM Phangiso(C), CJ Dala, LB Williams, T Shamsi
Bench: D Ferreira, Jack Lees, S Stolk, AK Markram, Matthew BoastMatthew Boast, C Bosch, L Ngidi, A Gqamane, H Klaasen, Dewald Brevis, T Bokako
Injury News
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Pitch Report
Captains: 6.5
Lesiba Ngoepe NWD | bat
Veteran North West batter Ngoepe has been one of the few consistent batter for his side this season. In the last game the 30-year-old was not out on 45 runs to top score for his side. His knock helped the North West side lose by a respectable margin after being down in the dumps at one stage.
Neil Brand TIT | all
Newest South African star Neil Brand has continued to impress everyone with his T20 game in recent times. The youngster scored 39 runs from 26 balls with a four and 2 sixes to be the top scorer for the Titans.
Raynard van Tonder NWD | BAT
Raynard Tonder struck form and helped himself with a crucial knock of 34. His innings came off 32 balls but it did gave North West a chance to stay in the game before they ultimately lost their way.
David Wiese TIT | ALL
The veteran Namibian star was the key performer with the ball for the Titans picking 4 wickets. David Wiese ended the day with figures of 4/20 from his four overs to dent the Western Province batting.
Caleb Seleka NWD | bowl
Young medium pacer Caleb Seleka turned out to be the hero with the ball for North West. His 2/33 from 4 overs played a pivotal role in restricting Warriors to 186 from their 20 overs.
Lhuan-dre Pretorius TIT | wk
At the age of 18 Lhuan Dre Pretorious has become one of the brightest young talents. His 37 runs from 23 balls was laced with five boundaries and a solitary six to make the Titans star a player to watch out for.
Avoid Player Message: 7
Kerwin Mungroo: NWD | BOWL
Junior Dala: TIT | BOWL
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