Pretoria Capitals v Paarl Royals SAT20 Tips: Buttler and Jacks solid bets

• Keep faith with Capitals

• Weather could spoil contest

• Centurion pitch flat

Pretoria Capitals v Paarl Royals
Sunday 14 January, 15.30
TV: Live on Sky Sports

Pretoria Capitals v Paarl Royals team news

Last year's runners-up folded cheaply in a tricky chase to Paarl on Friday. They managed only 133 going after 161. Phil Salt top-scored. We don't expect babies to be thrown out of the bath water, however.

Probable XI: Salt, Jacks, de Bruyn, Rossouw, Ingram, C Bosch, Neesham, E Bosch, Muthusamy, Rashid, Dupoavillon

Paarl should be unchanged but there is likely to be a fitness check on batter Mitchell van Buuren looked to have suffered a blow to the hand in the field.

Probable XI: Roy, Buttler, Lubbe, Miller, van Buuren, Allen, Phehlukwayo, Fortuin, Ngidi, Shamsi, McCoy

Pretoria Capitals v Paarl Royals pitch report

There should be big runs here. South Africa chased 259 against West Indies in March. And last season's SAT20 saw 200 busted four times in six first-innings. We could get around 3.505/2 for 200 or more in first dig.

Ideally Pretoria bat first as they were the No 1-ranked team on batting run rate last term. But we're also a prisoner to a poor weather forecast. There's a 70% chance of rain at start time so the 20-over par line at skinnier odds and in the high 170s protects us. Void if a full innings is not possible.

Pretoria Capitals v Paarl Royals match odds

If there was a pitch which would prove to be kryptonite to Pretoria's hitters it was the surface produced for the contest at Boland Park on Friday. It was slow and low in the chase.

So it's probably not a fair reflection of the ability of the teams. We'd still wager Capitals finish ahead of Paarl at this stage.

Keep faith with them batting first but do bear in mind if Paarl get first hit then they should shorten further from 1.875/6.

Pretoria Capitals v Paarl Royals match odds

We will stick with win-rate batters for this one, siding with players whose chances of topping are out of line with their record last term. That means Jos Buttler at a boosted 23/103.30 for Paarl and Will Jacks at 7/24.50 for Capitals.

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