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The Lions are strong favourites ahead of their Pro20 Cup clash with Easterns at The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg. Boasting home advantage and a Division 1 line-up featuring stars like Reeza Hendricks and Rassie van der Dussen, the Lions enter after four wins in their last five games. Easterns qualified for the Super Eights with a decisive victory but have lost three of their last five matches. Key players include Rassie van der Dussen for the Lions and Jurie Snyman for Easterns. This marks the first-ever meeting between the teams.

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  • Lions are favourites at home with a Division 1 squad featuring key players like Reeza Hendricks and Rassie van der Dussen.
  • Easterns reached the Super Eights but have lost three of their last five matches; Jurie Snyman is a key performer.
  • This will be the first-ever meeting between Lions and Easterns in the Pro20 Cup.
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Lions vs Easterns Predictions


The Lions are strong favourites due to home advantage at The Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg against a lower-tier Easterns side, and their star-studded Division 1 squad featuring players like Reeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen, and Quinton de Kock.

  • Lions' Rassie van der Dussen has scored 47* 44, 46 & 31* in his last 4 innings.
  • Lions' Codi Yusuf has figures of 1/25, 2/16, 2/26, 1/45, & 2/38 in his last 5 matches.
  • Lions have won 4 of their last 5 matches, with 1 no-result.
  • Lions will be meeting Easterns for the first time.
  • Easterns' Jurie Snyman has taken 6 wickets in his last 3 matches.
  • Easterns' Jurie Snyman has scores of 36, 31, 95, 26 & 52 in his last 5 innings.
  • Easterns has lost 3 of their last 5 matches.

Head-to-Head


Lions and Easterns will be meeting for the first time.

Lions Form


The Lions won by eight wickets against Limpopo in their previous Pro20 Cup match at the Wanderers, Johannesburg, chasing down a target of 120 in 12.1 overs.

The Lions sent Limpopo in to bat and restricted them to 119/6 in their 20 overs, with JJ Basson (2/13) and Morteza Manack (2/23) setting an early tone for the Lions.

The Lions posted 120/2 in 12.1 overs, with Connor Esterhuizen scoring an unbeaten 74 runs off 37 balls to chase down the target.

Rassie van der Dussen has scored 47*, 44, 46, and 31* in his last four innings, while Codi Yusuf has figures of 1/25, 2/16, 2/26, 1/45, and 2/38 in his last five matches.

Lions have won four of their last five matches, with one no-result.

Easterns Form


Easterns beat South Africa Emerging Players by four wickets in their previous match, chasing down a target of 146 runs in just 16 overs at Willowmoore Park, Benoni. With this decisive victory in the pool stage, Easterns secured their place in the Super Eights phase of the Pro20 Cup.

South Africa Emerging posted 145/8 in their 20 overs, with Jurie Snyman (1/8) and Thabiso Lekhoana (2/33) the pick of the bowlers.

Easterns chased the target aggressively, maintaining a run rate of 9.12, scoring 146/6 with 24 balls to spare. Jurie Snyman (36 off 26 balls) and Ronan Herrmann (33 off 22 balls) were the standout batters.

Jurie Snyman has scores of 36, 31, 95, 26, and 52 in his last five innings and has taken six wickets in his last three matches.

Easterns has lost three of their last five matches.

Team news


Lions' Probable XI: Reeza Hendricks, Ryan Rickelton (wk), Rassie van der Dussen, Zubayr Hamza, Mitchell van Buuren, Wiaan Mulder, Delano Potgieter, Bjorn Fortuin (c), Codi Yusuf, Lutho Sipamla, Nqaba Peter.

Easterns' Probable XI: Kabelo Sekhukhune, Ronan Herrmann (wk), Christopher Britz (c), Jurie Snyman, Dewan Marais, Aryan Gopalan, Juan Lubbe, Amaan Khan, Chad Classen, Tumelo Simelane, Thabiso Lekhoana.

Verdict

Lions are strong favourites with home advantage at The Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg against a lower-tier Easterns side, and their star-studded line-up.

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