Mpumalanga Rhinos vs Eastern Cape, 4-Day Franchise Series 2022-23, Today Match Prediction 09 March 2023

mpr vs ecape Match Prediction & Analysis

4-day franchise cricket is spicing up in the final league match and teams trying to get crucial points. Both teams lost their last match after conceding crucial lead in the first innings. Mpumalanga Rhinos are yet to win a match and will hope to finish the season with a victory while Eastern Cape too have no chance to go into the top-2 spots but will look to end their campaign with a victory.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Mpumalanga Rhinos Preview

Mpumalanga Rhinos posted scores of 304 & 352 in their batting innings. Alexander Kok lead their batting with his scores of 87 & 78 runs. Yassar Cook (87 runs) and Heinrichsen (36 & 59 runs) played good knocks in the last game. Their top 3 got starts but failed to post a big score in the last match.

Their bowlers failed to bowl out the opposition in the second innings and lost by 1 wicket in the last game. Heinrichsen (5/73 & 1/58) was sublime with 5 wickets in the first innings. Mohammad Mayet gave them a chace to win with 4 wickets in the second innings. Alexander Kok, J Snyman, Pawuli, Ngcobo and Kieran Kenny chipped in with a wickets in the match.

Key players: Alexander Kok, Heinrichsen, Yasser Cook 

Mpumalanga Rhinos Predicted Playing XI:

Alexander Kok, J Snyman, Pawuli, Ngcobo, Kieran Kenny, Muhammad Mayet, Heinrichsen, Yasser Cook, Tumi Koto, Benjamin Van Niekerk, Rubin Hermann 

Eastern Cape Preview

Eastern Cape posted 245/10 & 140/10 in the last game with Joshua Van Heerden (99 runs) and Jerry Nqolo (61 runs) leading their line up in the first and second innings respectively. M Malika, Jade de Klerk, and Thomas Kaber played crucial cameos to keep the scoreboard moving in the last game. They lost quick wickets in the both the innings. 

Their bowlers bowled out the opposition for 305 runs in their first innings. Thomas Kaber picked up 9 wickets (6/121 & 3/27) in match across two innings and troubled the opposition. Jade De Klerk (3/51 & 1/31) provided good support to Thomas Kaber at the other end while P Fojela chipped with a wicket in the last game.

Key players: Thomas Kaber, Jade de Klerk, Joshua Van Heerden

Eastern Cape Predicted Playing XI:

Marco Marais, Jerry Nqolo, Thomas Kaber, Jade de Klerk, Joshua Van Heerden, P Fojela, M Malika, Gideon Peter, S Ntuntwana, Jason Niemard, Nonolekha Yikha, 

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Mpumalanga is one of the placid tracks where batters will have an upper hand here. We will have bright and sunny weather on the match day with no rain expected.

Venue Details

Uplands college ground is the home ground for Mpumalanga Rhinos. We expect the average score to be in the range of 400-450 runs in this match.

Toss: To Bat

Batting first is the best option as the pitch will be tough to bat on as the match progresses and batters need to feast on the bowlers early in the match.