Paarl Rocks vs Nelson Mandela Bay Giants match prediction
In what could easily be called as the super Sunday showdown, the top two teams on the points table, Paarl Rocks and Nelson Mandela Bay Giants, will take on each other in Paarl on Sunday.
Faf du Plessis vs JJ Smuts. In captaincy comparison alone, the game promises a whole lot more. An experienced campaigner leading the team from the front and is being pitted against Smuts’ youthful exuberance that has some solid results to showcase against his name. The game at Boland Park would have as many people hooked to their TV sets as much as the people waiting to put bets on it. I, therefore, took the tough task of sitting down and analysing numbers for the purpose of your simplification.
Great oppurturninty for Giants wicket-keeper
Ben Dunk to be top scorer for Nelson Mandela Bay Giants @4.00
A bits and pieces cricketer, yet very smart in understanding the dynamics of T20 format, Ben Dunk’s season in South Africa this year has been an outstanding one. The Nelson Mandela Bay Giants wicket-keeper has already churned up 353 runs at a stunning average of 58.83 and his contribution further magnified because of the simple fact that when he gets starts he scores big. Fresh from an unbeaten 99 against Tshwane Spartans and another 75 against Cape Town Blitz, Dunk is slated to take the onus on his shoulder against the Faf du Plessis-led side, against whom he had played a 45-run innings earlier this season. Dunk plays at the No.4 position for the Giants, possibly the best time for a batsman to walk in at the venue considering its flatness in the middle-overs. In the last four innings alone, he is averaging a shade over 84, making him the prime candidate to an encore on Sunday and making it a hat-trick. Now, this should be a very easy choice for you, so what are you waiting for? Go ahead and place the bet. Thank me later.
Power-hitters in both teams
Team batting first to score over 163 runs @1.83
Remember, one thing both Nelson Mandela Bay Giants and Paarl Rocks are the top two teams in the league, winning six and five league so far in the tournament. This makes for an interesting case study as the two lock horns at the latter’s home ground today, with odds of teams scoring above 163 firmly taking roots. Boland Park has always been a high-scoring ground in the first innings, and in the last two years, the average first innings score in a T20 game is above 166 which touched 169.75 this year. With scores of 170/8, 185/6, 129/3, 195/2 in the last four games, Boland Park has an average first innings score of above 169, which makes this bet all the more worthwhile. Even though the last time both teams squared off against each other at the particular venue was a low-scoring encounter, with the Giants scoring only 129 runs in the first innings, it has to be remembered that both the teams have now packed their teams with power-hitters. With Jason Roy, Dunk and Smuts in NMBG and Cameron Delport, Henry Davids, Faf du Plessis in the Rocks, go for this bet without second thoughts!
Hard to hit sixes at the big ground in Paarl
Total sixes to be under 11.5 @1.72
This is a bet that can fetch you money. Apart from that crazy encounter between Paarl Rocks and Durban Heat, batsmen have struggled big-time to hit more sixes. Only once, there were more than eight sixes in total, with the Rocks hitting seven and the Heat slamming eight of their own towards a match total of 13 sixes, but other matches had seen fours dominating talks. The ground in Paarl is bigger than other grounds in South Africa, which might have been the major reason behind the low six count, and expecting anything different would be a challenge. Sure enough, the likes of Faf du Plessis and Ben Dunk have the capabilities to hit more sixes - the two are on the list of most sixes this season - but 11 sixes in total? Well, I will not be too keen to go with this. You too bet against this and wait for your money to be doubled.
