Cape Cobras v Titans Prediction

One of the best teams of the Ram Slam T20 Challenge, 2013-14, Cape Cobras will enter the current championship for a best performance against Titans who were place third. The first grabbed the top position in the pool by clinching 34 points from 10 games while the latter held 22 from even matches. Justin Ontong led Cape Cobras superbly last year and will be anticipating better results in the Ram Slam T20 Challenge, 2014-15. Henry Davids was the skipper of the Titans in the previous event but he has been replaced by Farhaan Behardien this year.

Players to watch

Hashim Amla was the third highest run maker in 2013-14, Jean-Paul Duminy is a top class all-rounder in the shortest version of the game whereas Stiaan van Zyl, Richard Levi, Justin Ontong and Kieron Pollard have the capability to swing the game their way. Beuran Hendricks was the top bowler with 28 scalps, Robin Peterson, Vernon Philander, Dale Steyn and Rory Klienveldt always create problems for the batsmen.

Farhaan Behardien, Albie Morkel and Heino Kuhn smashed two hundred plus runs previous year for Titans while Faf du Plessis along with AB de Villiers are in great form currently. Darren Sammy and Henry Davids are the useful all-rounder of Titans and rest of the bowling attack will be handled by Morne Morkel, Roelof van der Merwe, Ethy Mbhalati, Marchant de Lange and David Wiese.

Time & Venue

Sunday, November 2, 2014 @ 12:00 GMT, 14:00 local at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg.

Weather

Mostly sunny with the temperatures around 15-28ᵒC.

Toss

Cape Cobras preferred to bat while Titans opted to field most of the times in the previous tournament.

The Pitch

The green top wicket will assist the quickies but the batsmen with a perfect frame of mind can create big innings.

Teams

Cape Cobras – Justin Ontong (C), Hashim Amla, Jean-Paul Duminy, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Clyde Fortuin, Beuran Hendricks, Justin Kemp, Shaheen Khan, Rory Klienveldt, Richard Levi, Aviwe Mgijima, Dane Paterson, Keegan Petersen, Robin Peterson, Vernon Philander, Dane Piedt, Kieron Pollard, Andrew Puttick, Omphile Ramela, Mthokozisi Shezi, Dale Steyn, Yaseen Vallie, Stiaan van Zyl, Dane Vilas, Lizaad Williams.

Titans – Farhaan Behardien (C), Qaasim Adams, Junior Dala, Henry Davids, Marchant de Lange, AB de Villiers, Juan de Villiers, Faf du Plessis, Dean Elgar, Heino Kuhn, Eden Links, Ethy Mbhalati, Albie Morkel, Morne Morkel, Mangaliso Mosehle, Cobus Pienaar, Rowan Richards, Darren Sammy, Tabraiz Shamsi, Graeme van Buuren, Roelof van der Merwe, Shaun von Berg, David Wiese.

Prediction

Cape Cobras will be the favourites win the game.