The Paarl Royals and Durban Super Giants are both looking to strengthen their hand at the top of the SA20 standings when they clash at Boland Park on Friday
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Paarl Royals
The Royals beat the Super Kings by 5 wickets at The Wanderers on Wednesday and they remain top of the standings with a record of 5 wins and 1 defeat. JSK posted 168/3 batting first and the Royals chased it down with an over to spare with Lubbe (57) and Vilas (42) doing most of the damage.
Their only defeat so far came against MI Cape Town by 8 wickets at Newlands and this is their first clash against the Super Giants with the return coming in Durban on Sunday.
This is how Paarl Royals lined up last time out
Jason Roy, Jos Buttler (c & wk), Wihan Lubbe, Dane Vilas, Mitchell Van Buuren, Andile Phehlukwayo, Fabian Allen, Bjorn Fortuin, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi, Obed McCoy
Did not play: David Miller, Ferisco Adams, Lorcan Tucker, Keith Dudgeon, John Turner, Evan Jones, Nqaba Peter, Codi Yusuf
Durban Super Giants
The Super Giants won their first 3 matches of the tournament before suffering back to back defeats. They returned to the winners box on Tuesday with a 36 run victory over MI Cape Town at Newlands. DSG posted 157/6 batting first with opening bat Matthew Breetzke to scoring with 48. The bowlers then did their job and Stoinis and Noor Ahmed both took 3 wickets and ul-Haq bagged 2.
At the time of writing DSG were in second spot in the standings with 4 wins and 2 defeats and their total of 18 points is 4 shy of their opponents here.
This was how the Super Giants lined up last time out.
Matthew Breetzke, Quinton de Kock (wk), JJ Smuts, Heinrich Klaasen, Marcus Stoinis, Tony de Zorzi, Wiaan Mulder, Keshav Maharaj (c), Reece Topley, Noor Ahmad, Naveen-ul-Haq
Did not play: Dwaine Pretorius, Prenelan Subrayen, Kyle Mayers, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Jason Smith, Junior Dala, Richard Gleeson, Keemo Paul, Bryce Parsons
The Betting
Paarl Royals are currently trading at around 8/10 to win the game and the Durban Super Giants can be backed at even money
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The Verdict
You can't argue with Paarl's form but I really liked the way the DSG spinners and Stoinis went about their business at Newlands earlier in the week. The visitors remain in the Western Cape and I can see them coming out on top.
Bets: Durban Super Giants to win at even money with Betxchange
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