Western Province vs Knights, 15th Match, CSA Four-Day Series Division One 2024/25

Match Preview

Match Details

• Date: 06 December 2024
• Time: 08:00 GMT
• Venue: Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa

Teams

Western Province

• Key Players: Nyaku, George Linde, Edward Moore
• Predicted Playing XI:
  • Edward Moore
  • Jonathan Bird
  • Vallie
  • Daniel Smith
  • B Mfunalwe
  • George Linde
  • Nabe
  • Lawrence
  • Nyaku
  • Mpongwa
  • Kyle Simmons

Knights

• Key Players: Malusi Siboto, J Snyman, L Senokwane
• Predicted Playing XI:
  • J Snyman
  • L Senokwane
  • Patrick Botha
  • Van Vuuren
  • Malusi Siboto
  • Aaron Phangiso
  • D Forrester
  • Mathew Pollard
  • Dane Piedt
  • Gihan Cloete
  • Swanepoel

Weather Conditions

• Cape Town will have bright and sunny weather on most parts of the match with few weather interruptions expected.

Pitch Report

• Newlands is a good traditional pitch with some movement with the new ball and batters will find run scoring easy as the match progresses. We are expect the runs to be in the range of 300-400 runs in the match.

Toss

• Both captains will look to bat first on this pitch as the pitch will be good to bat in the early days of the match and might deteriorate as the match progresses.

Match Preview

• Knights: Knights made 315/10 & 239/10 in their last game yet suffered an innings defeat. Their opening batters J Snyman 81 & 54 runs and L Senokwane 108 & 61 runs made big scores and led their batting unit in the both innings but their middle order failed to capitalize on the good starts.
• Western Province: Western province made 208/10 & 191/10 in the last game. Their batting mainstays of George Linde, Jonathan Bird, Edward Moore and Nyaku made small cameos to make their scoreboard moving across both the innings but failed to convert it to a big score and help their post a good total.

Prediction

• Knights has a strong batting lineup but heavily relies on their openers. Their bowlers were taken for a lot of runs in their last 2 matches. Western Province has good batting but their top order needs to make big scores. Their bowling unit have slightly below par with decent performances in the last game. We expect knights to win this match.

Head to Head

• Last 2 Matches
  • W Province won by an innings and 155 runs (24Nov2022)
  • Match drawn (13Jan2022)

Recent Performance

• Last five matches:
  • WPR: WLWDL
  • KNGHT: LWDLL

Live Score

• Live Score: https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/csa4dayseriesdivision12024251444755/westernprovincevsknights15thmatch1444894/livecricketscore

Point Table Standings

• https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/csa4dayseriesdivision12024251444755/westernprovincevsknights15thmatch1444894/pointstablestandings