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Pretoria Capitals will host Sunrisers Eastern Cape in match six of the SA20 in 2023.
The start of play is scheduled for 1.30pm local time (11.30am GMT) on Thursday, January 12.
The game will be staged in Pretoria at SuperSport Park (Centurion).
Um. Well. These two teams have played one SA20 match, and it was against each other.
In a curious quirk of the fixture list, Sunrisers Eastern Cape and Pretoria Capitals' head-to-heads are done six matches into the competition.
In the first meeting of the sides, Pretoria Capitals emerged victorious thanks to a fine 77 not out from Phil Salt. In a rain-interrupted match, Pretoria made 193 for 6 before restricting Sunrisers to 170 for 5.
Phil Salt made a half-century against Sunrisers Eastern Cape earlier this week [Sportzpics/CSA/SA20]
Keeping Salt under control will be a big task for Sunrisers. And even if they do, they still have to deal with Will Jacks, Rilee Rossouw and Jimmy Neesham. Jacks and Rossouw failed in match one, so will be gagging to go big in this one.
How Sunrisers cope with Anrich Nortje will also go a long way to determining the outcome of the game. Nortje was too sharp for Eastern Cape earlier in the week, returning figures of 2 for 17 from four overs.
Sunrisers' death bowling left a lot to be desired in that game, too, and more will be expected of the likes of Ottneil Baartman - whose final over in the corresponding fixture went for 20 and included three sixes. The final five overs of Pretoria's innings in that match brought 64 runs.
A clear and sunny day is forecast in Pretoria. Temperatures are expected to touch 30 degrees Celsius around the start of play.
It feels unlikely that Pretoria Capitals are going to want to tweak too much with their side.
Sunrisers Eastern Cape will need to decide whether to rotate out any of their many English imports, and how to better balance their death bowling. But there are no major fitness concerns.
Pretoria Capitals: Eathan Bosch, Theunis de Bruyn, Shane Dadswell, Cameron Delport, Daryn Dupavillon, Will Jacks, Josh Little, Marco Marais, Kusal Mendis, Senuran Muthusamy, Jimmy Neesham, Anrich Nortje, Wayne Parnell, Migael Pretorius, Adil Rashid, Rilee Rossouw, Phil Salt, Shaun von Berg
Sunrisers Eastern Cape: Tom Abell, Marques Ackerman, Ottniel Baartman, Brydon Carse, Mason Crane, Jordan Cox, Junaid Dawood, Sarel Erwee, James Fuller, Aya Gqamane, Marco Jansen, Jordan Hermann, Sisanda Magala, Aiden Markram, Tristan Stubbs, Adam Rossington, Jon-Jon Smuts, Roelof van der Merwe
*Squads are for the whole SA20 and not specific to this match
Tristan Stubbs offers plenty of power in the Sunrisers middle order [Getty Images]
Pretoria Capitals: Phil Salt, Will Jacks, Rilee Rossouw, Theunis de Bruyn, Jimmy Neesham, Migael Pretorius, Wayne Parnell, Adil Rashid, Daryn Dupavillon, Anrich Nortje
Sunrisers Eastern Cape: Adam Rossington, Sarel Erwee, Aiden Markram, Tristan Stubbs, Marques Ackerman, JJ Smuts, Marco Jansen, James Fuller, Brydon Carse, Ottniel Baartman, Sisanda Magala, Mason Crane
Betway have Pretoria Capitals the favourites at 4/7 for the win. Sunrisers Eastern Cape are outsiders at 5/4.
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Tickets are available for between 80 rand (£4) and 160 rand (£8) through Ticketpro.
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