Sunrisers Eastern Cape vs MI Cape Town Predictions - Stubbs to punish MI Cape Town

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Last updated: 26 Jan 2024

Simon Lewis 26 Jan 2024

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Sunrisers Eastern Cape vs MI Cape Town tips for Saturday’s SA20 group clash (01:30 PM SAST)
Sunrisers Eastern Cape’s Tristan Stubbs has scored 55, 11*, 66* & 35 runs in his four SA20 innings.
Can MI Cape Town avoid losing three on the bounce by beating the Sunrisers in their SA20 group clash?

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Tristan Stubbs drives hard for Mumbai Indians in the IPL. (credit: R.SATISH BABU/AFP via Getty Images)

Sunrisers Eastern Cape vs MI Cape Town Predictions

Defending champs the Sunrisers have been on a great winning run, but it ended after a thrilling three-run loss to the Capitals. MI Cape Town have been in superb form but two unlucky losses have left them stuck in fourth place on the table.

Sunrisers Eastern Cape’s Tristan Stubbs tops the SA20 averages with 167 runs at 83.50 per innings.
Sunrisers Eastern Cape’s Jordan Hermann has scored 106*, 25 & 22* in his last 4 innings.
MI Cape Town’s Ryan Rickelton has scored 98, 58 & 94* in his last 5 innings.
MI Cape Town’s Rassie van der Dussen has scored 104, 41 & 41 in his last 5 innings.

Head-to-Head

The two teams have met three times in group-stage matches. The Sunrisers have won all three of those matches, including the group match earlier this season.

Sunrisers Eastern Cape Form

The Sunrisers’ three-match winning run ended when they lost to the Capitals by three runs.

The Capitals were bowled out for 125 off 18.3 overs, Marco Jansen returning the superb figures of 3/27.

The Sunrisers lost early wickets and were always behind the asking rate, but a late rally by Tristan Stubbs (35) and Liam Dawson (29*) took them through to a thrilling finish that they almost clinched off the last ball.

Sunrisers Eastern Cape Team News

Sunrisers will be hoping that their top-order batters all start contributing again.

MI Cape Town Form

MI Cape Town lost their third match in four when they went down to the Super Giants by 36 runs.

The Giants posted 157/6 off their 20 overs, George Linde (2/15) returning the best figures for MI Cape Town.

MI Cape Town’s top order collapsed again, with only Sam Curran (38) making a substantial contribution with the bat as they struggled to 121/9 off their 20 overs.