WPR vs LIS 26th Match Prediction

WPR vs LIS Team Previews

Western Province

Western Province is positioned a couple of points above the North West team at the bottom of the points table. Western Province had to make a difficult beginning to the tournament and they have 6 points from the six games they have played. Their only victory in the competition so far has come in the game against North West on Thursday in the 19th game of the CSA T20 Challenge for 2022. This game was also played in Potchefstroom. The only Western Province batsman that reached the double figures in their defeat against Dolphins was George Linde on Saturday.

George Linde is an experienced left-handed batsman that hit 30 runs from 33 balls with just a single four and a single six. He is also the leading run-getter for Western Province with 131 runs to his credit. In their last encounter Dolphins made light work of the Western Province bowling attack. Keegan Peterson was dismissed early with a fall ball zero. However, Grant Roelofsen had no such issues and finished the match unbeaten on 29 runs from 30 balls. One of the leading wicket-takers for Western Province is Tshepo Moreki. So far, he has picked up 7 wickets in the competition for 103 runs.

George Linde has scored 147 runs for Western Province in the last nine games he has played for them. He has scored these runs with an average of 16.33 and a strike rate of 101.37. Another batter who has done a good job for Western Province in the competition is Daniel Smith with 165 runs from 6 matches at an average of 27.50 and a strike rate of 111.48. The most effective bowler for Western Province has been Junaid Dawood who has picked up 10 wickets in 9 matches while bowling at an economy rate of 6.72 and a strike rate of 15.00.

Lions

Even though the Lions have played one game less than Western Province, they have a better net run rate. Although after playing a smaller number of games they are level on points with Western Province with just a solitary victory in five games. They have lost just one game from their last three but that defeat was also against the Dolphins on Wednesday. The Lions could have managed a lot better than posting 163 runs on the board against the Dolphins. They were in an excellent position at 137 for 2 with more than 3 overs to go.

All the Lions' top 4 batsmen scored between 27 and 42 runs. Mitchell van Buuren managed to score 4 boundaries and one six in his effort in this game. The Lions managed to take just a single wicket in the 17th match of the CSA Challenge. Their medium pacer Codi Yusuf dismissed Grant Roelofsen for 44 runs from just 40 balls. Before this game, Yusuf had managed to take only one other wicket in the competition. Unfortunately for Lions their leading wicket-taker Lutho Sipamla had to miss the match. Sipamla is expected to be back for this match.

Mitchell Van Buuren has been the top performer for Lions in CSA T20 Challenge with 233 runs from his last 10 games. He has scored these runs with an average of 33.29 and a strike rate of 122.63. Wiaan Mulder has also done a good job for the Lions scoring 154 runs in the last 5 games with a strike rate of 136.28 and an average of 51.33. The most successful bowler for the Lions has been Malusi Siboto. He has picked up 11 wickets from his last 10 matches at an economy rate of 7.44 and strike rate of 16.63. There are some good all-rounders on show here with Evan Jones being one of the batting all-rounders for the Lions.