AB de Villiers of Tshwane Spartans bats during the 2018 Mzansi Super League T20 cricket match between Cape Town Blitz and Tshwane Spartans at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town on 16 November 2018 ©Chris Ricco/BackpagePix
MSL T20: Tshwane Spartans vs Nelson Mandela Bay Giants – Starting time, team news and live stream
The Mzansi Super League rolls into the capital as Tshwane Spartans host Nelson Mandela Bay Giants at Supersport Park, Centurion on Sunday.
AB de Villiers of Tshwane Spartans bats during the 2018 Mzansi Super League T20 cricket match between Cape Town Blitz and Tshwane Spartans at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town on 16 November 2018 ©Chris Ricco/BackpagePix
Date: 25 November
Starting time: 11:00
Venue: Supersport Park, Centurion
TV and live stream: SABC 3
Mzansi Super League: Tshwane Spartans vs Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
Tshwane Spartans are the only Mzansi Super League side yet to host a home game, and they finally get their chance on Sunday as they welcome Nelson Mandela Bay Giants to Supersport Park in Centurion.
Both teams have three matches under their belt, with the hosts boasting a single win – against bottom side, Paarl Rocks – while the Port Elizabeth-based outfit in second place with two wins.
The most recent of those victories came on Friday, when the Giants outclassed Durban Heat at St George’s Park by restricting them to 127/6 in their 20 overs before losing just one wicket as they chased down the target with two and a half overs to spare.
The Spartans visited the same opponents in their last outing in a rain-affected match that ended in defeat as they posted 139/9 in the 19 overs the weather permitted before the rain intervened once more when Heat were 129/6 in the 17th over, ten runs ahead of the Duckworth-Lewis par score.
Following the defeat, the hosts were dealt a further on Friday with the withdrawal of speedster, Lungi Ngidi, who has been ruled out for three months after sustaining a knee injury while on tour with the national team in Australia.
Titans paceman Corbin Bosch has been called up to the side as the replacement.
Squads
Tshwane Spartans
Squad: AB de Villiers, Eoin Morgan, Robbie Frylinck, Jeevan Mendis, Theunis de Bruyn, Rory Kleinveldt, Ben Duckett, Gihahn Cloete, Lutho Sipamla, Tony de Zorzi, Dean Elgar, Andrew Birch, Shaun von Berg, Eldred Hawken, Corbin Bosch, Sean Williams, Sikandar Raza.
Coach: Mark Boucher.
Nelson Mandela Bay Giants
Squad: Jon-Jon Smuts(captain), Jason Roy, Imran Tahir, Chris Morris, Junior Dala, Christiaan Jonker, Aaron Phangiso , Sisanda Magala, Ryan McLaren, Heino Kuhn, Marco Marais, Dyllan Matthews, Lizaard Williams, Rudi Second, Carmi le Roux.
Coach: Eric Simmons
