Lions vs North West Match Prediction & Betting Tips – CSA T20 Challenge 2024
Lions will take on North West at The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg in Match 45 of the CSA T20 Challenge. This match gets underway at 14:00 local time on Sunday, 14th April, 2024.
LIONS vs NWEST, The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Pitch Report
We can expect to see plenty of bounce, carry and pace in this wicket on Sunday afternoon. Pace bowlers could be particularly dangerous in the opening overs when the ball remains hard.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Lions vs North West, CSA T20 Challenge 2024
Lions Team News & Playing 11
LIONS Team News
As the team in the tournament with the strongest record over the last three games, second placed Lions will come into this clash with sixth placed North West fancying their chances of picking up another victory and closing the gap on Warriors at the top of the table.
LIONS Team Batting
In a rain-reduced game on Friday, Lions successfully chased down their target of 99 from nine overs with seven wickets and four balls remaining. Keeper-batter Ryan Rickelton set the tone at the top of the order with 53 runs from 23 balls and we can expect him to bat in the same fashion in this game.
LIONS Team Bowling
With the bowlers permitted to only two overs each against Dolphins, there was no opportunity to take an over or two to find the best length. Codi Yusuf was the standout performer and Nqaba Peter also impressed with his economy rate. The whole attack will be hoping for 20 overs to show off their skills in this game.
LIONS Team Form
After wins over Boland, Western Province and Dolphins, Lions are targeting their fourth win in a row in this game.
Lions Predicted Playing 11
Ryan Rickelton (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen, Evan Jones, Temba Bavuma, Mitchell Van Buuren, Imaad Fortuin (c), Delano Potgieter, Codi Yusuf, Lutho Sipamla, Nqaba Peter
North West Team News & Playing 11
NWEST Team News
With only two wins from ten games, it has been a disappointing campaign for North West so far although they have been unfortunate with three of their matches also ending as no-results. However, they come into this game after beating Western Province by 11 runs on Friday.
NWEST Team Batting
North West posted 155 all out from their 20 overs against Western Province thanks to scores between 14 and 39 from their top six. Wihan Lubbe was the most fluent of that top six but North West will be looking to the whole batting unit to contribute in a similar fashion again in this match.
NWEST Team Bowling
Bamanye Xenxe and Wihan Lubbe were both very expensive in Friday’s game and it is key that they are both more economical in their bowling in this match if North West are to make it two wins in a row. The rest of the bowling attack all performed to a very high standard in the last game.
NWEST Team Form
North West picked up only their second victory of the season and their first after four winless fixtures on Friday.
North West Predicted Playing 11
Rubin Hermann, Meeka-eel Prince (c) (wk), Lesiba Ngoepe, Wihan Lubbe, Ryan van Tonder, Senuran Muthusamy, Ruan de Swardt, Bamanye Xenxe, Caleb Seleka, Kerwin Mungroo, Gideon Peters
🏆 Lions vs North West Prediction
North West will arrive in Johannesburg with plenty of self-belief after their victory against Western Province but we expect Lions to be a much tougher opponent. Lions have had no problem beating their last three opponents and we are backing them to win again in this clash.
