DOL vs COB 19th Match Prediction

DOL vs COB Team Previews

Dolphins

Dolphins won a rain-affected match by being comfortable ahead of the DLS Par Score when the rain came down and ended the match prematurely. The rain ruined what was promising to be a pretty close encounter and we don’t think the Dolphins would have minded being handed the points at an early stage of the match.

Robbie Frylinck, Keshav Maharaj, and Senuram Muthusamy led the way with the ball in the previous match and helped keep the opposition score down. Frylinck is going to be a very important member of the squad now that the international players have returned for South African duty.

He took three wickets and is a proven match-winner with the bat later down the order as well.

Keshav Maharaj has also been having a resurgence in 50 over cricket and still harbors hopes of making it to the South African ICC World Cup 2019 squad.

The main strength of the Dolphins is their batting. They continue to have the services of players like Vaughn Jaarsveld, Morne van Wyk, Sarel Erwee, Dane Vilas, Khaya Zondo, and Robbie Frylinck. This is an explosive batting order made up of some of the most consistent performers in South African domestic cricket.

This lineup will be itching to get in front of the Cape Cobras bowling lineup which is not especially strong. We expect to see at least one century in the upcoming match provided the weather permits a full match to be played out.

Cape Cobras

The Cape Cobras scored 281 in their previous match against the Lions and ended up winning by just three runs. It was a very exciting match that went right down to the wire and the result could prove to be decisive in the final counting.

The Cape Cobras and the Lions are fighting for the last qualification spot in the Momentum ODI Cup and so that last win would have meant a lot.

Now, though, the Cape Cobras are up against one of the form teams of the tournament and will need to up their game even more.

Pieter Malan scored an excellent 102 in the previous match and was involved in a very fruitful partnership with JP Duminy which set up the platform for the win.

These two and Janneman Malan are going to be very important in the match against the Dolphins. It is difficult to see the Cape Cobras get enough runs to win if one of these three does not get a big total.

George Linde and Zubeyr Hamza are good batsmen as well but they have not been in the best of form during the competition so far. As a whole, the Cape Cobras batting is not as strong as what the Dolphins bring to the table but they certainly have the players to compete and pull off an upset.

The bowling for the Cape Cobras is decent without being exceptional. JP Duminy can be expected close to ten overs to help fill the gap while Dane Paterson, Rory Kleinveldt, and George Linde be the attacking wicket-taking options.

Akhone Mynaka picked up three wickets in the previous match but to expect the same kind of returns from him is going to be difficult.

The Cape Cobras side has some good players in every department around which they can rally but they do not have the depth that the Dolphins do. If their senior players have a food day, they can be unstoppable otherwise they will collapse pretty spectacularly.