The 9th match of the South Africa T20 League 2023 is scheduled to play between Sunrisers Eastern Cape and MI Cape Town on Monday, 16th January 2023 at St George’s Park, Gqeberha.

Sunrisers Eastern Cape had totally failed to perform well in this season of the South Africa T20 League. They had played two matches and are still searching for a win. They had lost their both played matches and are laying at the bottom of the points table.

MI Cape Town is the best-performing team in this tournament right now. They had played three matches with two wins to their name. They had lost just one match and are leading the points table. They are a strong side and we are sure that they will win this match.

Sunrisers Eastern Cape lost their previous match against Pretoria Capitals by a margin of 37 runs. They won the toss and decided to field first but their bowling unit totally failed to give the best performance and leaked 216 runs in 20 overs. Sisanda Magala was the most successful bowler from their side. He picked up two wickets in four overs against 28 runs. Ottniel Baartman also picked two wickets but he leaked a lot of runs. He was charged with 42 runs in four overs. Brydon Carse and Marco Jansen picked one wicket each.

James Fuller and JJ Smuts were the bowlers who failed to pick any wicket in the previous match. The batting order of Sunrisers Eastern Cape performed well but failed to chase the target of 217 runs and scored 179 runs in 20 overs. Aiden Markram was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side. He scored 46 runs on 29 balls with the help of five boundaries and two huge sixes. Marco Jansen also performed well and scored 36 runs. He faced 20 balls and smashed two boundaries and three huge sixes. JJ Smuts scored 28 runs while Brydon Carse remained not out after scoring 26 runs on just 13 balls.

MI Cape Town had beaten Joburg Super Kings in their previous match with a margin of seven wickets. They won the toss and decided to field first. The way how their batting order performed in that match was just outstanding. They leaked just 105 runs in 20 overs. Almost all bowlers from their side performed well and picked wickets. Kagiso Rabada was the most successful bowler from their side with two wickets to his name in four overs against just 18 runs. Odean Smith, Rashid Khan, and George Linde also picked two wickets each.

Waqar Salamkheil picked one wicket in the previous match while Sam Curran was the only bowler who remained wicketless. The batting order of MI Cape Town also performed well and chased the target of 106 runs in 16.2 overs. Dewald Brevis was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side. He scored 42 runs on 34 balls with the help of two boundaries and three huge sixes. Ryan Rickelton also performed well and scored 21 runs. He faced 24 balls and smashed two boundaries. Sam Curran also had an outstanding performance with the bat and scored 15 runs. He remained not out till the chase of the target. Rassie van der Dussen scored 14 runs.

MI Cape Town is a strong and well-balanced team and has a strong batting and bowling department which is in good form. The batting and bowling squad of this team is much stronger at least on paper. According to our today prediction, MI Cape Town is the favorite team who will win this match. There are many factors that make MI Cape Town a favorite team to win this match. Some of the key factors are mentioned as under:

• MI Cape Town had won two out of three matches played
• The batting order of MI Cape Town is very strong
• MI Cape Town also has a strong bowling unit
• Sunrisers Eastern Cape had totally failed to give the best performance in this tournament
• The batting order of Sunrisers Eastern Cape is not performing well

MI Cape Town is overall a strong team when we compare it with Sunrisers Eastern Cape. They have the best players in the t20 format of cricket. The batting order of this team is also strong and some well-known hitters of the t20 format are part of the squad of this team, so the winning chances of today’s match for MI Cape Town have been increased. The equation of who will win today’s cricket match prediction and who will win the cricket match today is mentioned as under.

MI Cape Town has a 58% chance to win this match
Sunrisers Eastern Cape has a 42% chance to win this match

The toss is going to play important in the result of each and every match of SA20 2023 as we had observed in the previous matches. According to the toss prediction, the team who will win the toss will elect to field first as defending had been difficult in the most recent matches of SA20.

The 9th match of SA20 T20, 2023 is going to be held at St George’s Park, Gqeberha. We had observed in the previous matches played here that the pitch here at this venue is good for batting in early overs. The track has a good amount of pace and bounce which allows the batsmen to the good cricketing shorts but this ground also have big boundaries which can be a plus point for the bowlers. A score of 190 plus seems to be a par score.

The weather forecast for Gqeberha is good for this cricket match. There are almost no chances of rain in the region and we are hopeful that we will have a full match to enjoy.

Sunrisers Eastern Cape: JJ Smuts, Sarel Erwee, Jordan Cox (wk), Aiden Markram (c), Tristan Stubbs, James Fuller, Marco Jansen, Brydon Carse, Sisanda Magala, Ottniel Baartman, Marques Ackerman.

MI Cape Town: Dewald Brevis, Ryan Rickelton, Grant Roelofsen (wk), Rassie van der Dussen, Sam Curran, George Linde, Odean Smith, Rashid Khan (c), Delano Potgieter, Kagiso Rabada, Waqar Salamkheil.

• Date: Monday, 16th January 2023
• Time: 03:30 PM GMT / 05:30 PM LOCAL / 09:00 PM IST

• Stadium: St George’s Park
• Location: Gqeberha, South Africa
• Opened: 1882
• Capacity: 19000
• Known as: Sahara Oval; Crusaders Ground, St George’s Park
• Ends: Duckpond End, Park Drive End
• Time Zone: UTC +02:00
• Home to: Eastern Province
• Floodlights: Yes

• Total matches: 3
• Matches won batting first: 2
• Matches won bowling first: 1
• Average 1st Inns scores: 131
• Average 2nd Inns scores: 117
• Highest total recorded: 179/6 (20 Ov) by RSA vs NZ
• Highest score chased: 60/5 (9.5 Ov) by WI vs RSA
• The lowest score defended: 158/4 (20 Ov) by RSA vs AUS

Sarel Erwee, JJ Smuts, Jordan Cox(w), Aiden Markram(c), Tristan Stubbs, Marques Ackerman, James Fuller, Marco Jansen, Brydon Carse, Sisanda Magala, Ottniel Baartman, Junaid Dawood, Jordan Hermann, Mason Crane, Tom Abell, Ayabulela Gqamane, Adam Rossington, Roelof van der Merwe.