Titans

𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇 :​​​​Titans vs Boland (Rocks) 𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄 : April 03, Thursday𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 : 15:00 PM IST𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐔𝐄 : SuperSport Park, Centurion 𝐓𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 : CSA Four-Day Series Division One 2024-25 Titans to lock horns against the fourth-placed Boland. Titans vs Boland (Rocks) TV channels: The fans can watch the match live on Hotstar Live Streaming: Live streaming of the match will be available on the FAFA191 Cricket Exchange India and website. TIT vs BOL Match Prediction & Analysis The wait for the winner of the CSA four-day series Division One is almost over. The final games of the group stage will be played at the same time as Titans and Boland have the last chance to topple Lions from the top place. Both teams will play at the SuperSport Park, Centurion, on 3rd April from 1:30 p.m. onwards. Titans are currently in the third position with 80 points while Boland are just a place below with 78 points. The Titans played their last game against North West at the same venue. Bowling first, Titans restricted North West to 345 in the first innings after Junior Dala and Lesego Kokohlabana picked up three wickets each. Keegan Petersen and Dewald Brewis scored centuries in return to take a lead of 118 runs. The match ended up in a draw as North West managed to score 189 runs in return for the loss of just one wicket. Boland played against Western Province in their last game. Bowling first, Shaun Von Berg took six wickets, but the lack of support from the other end saw Western Province score 592 runs at the time of the declaration. Boland scored 318 runs in return, with Peter Malan and Clyde Fortuin scoring centuries. The match ended in a draw. This was Boland’s fourth draw in a row. TEAMS PREVIEW Titans Preview Brayden Hicks will open the innings with Merrick Brett. Brett has 38 runs in 6 innings at an average of 6. But he has picked up 13 wickets with the ball at an average of 27. Keegan Petersen will come at number three. Peterson scored a century in the last game. He has 251 runs in 9 innings at an average of 27. Peterson put up a partnership of 245 runs with Dewald Brewis in the last game.  Brewis will lead the middle order with Lhuan-dre Pretorius and Rivaldo Moonsamy. The Titans’ middle-order has performed way better than their top-order. Brewis is their leading run-scorer with 467 runs at an average of 52. Lhuan-dre Pretorius has played just four innings so far, in which he has scored 285 runs at an average of 71.25 with two centuries and a half-century. He will be the batter to watch out for. Junior Dala will lead the bowling attack with Matthew Boast, Lesego Kokohlabana, and skipper Neil Brand. Dala has 16 wickets at an average of 19 – the lowest among the bowlers. He will be the bowler to watch out for. Boast has also picked up 14 wickets at an average of 26. Kokohlabana has bowled in just one innings, in which he picked up three wickets. Brand has 363 runs with the bat and has taken 7 wickets in 6 games. Boland (Rocks) Preview Pieter Malan will open the innings with Grant Roelofsen. Malan scored a century in the last game and added 209 runs with skipper Clyde Fortuin for the fifth wicket. Malan has 382 runs in 10 innings with two centuries. Roelofsen is Boland’s leading run scorer with 516 runs at an average of 74. He will be the batter to watch out for. Gavin Kaplan will come in at number three. Kaplan has 434 runs with two centuries. Aviwe Mgijima will come in the middle with Clyde Fortuin and Ayabulela Gqamane. Mgjima has 338 runs with the bat and has picked up 5 wickets with the ball. Fortuin scored 129 runs in the last game. He has 389 runs in 10 innings at an average of 49. Gqmane has an average of 45 but has scored just 135 runs. The Titans’ top five are far better than the Titans’ top order. Shaun Von Berg will no doubt be the bowler to watch out for. He is the leading wicket-taker of the tournament with 34 wickets. No other Boland bowler has come closer to what Berg has achieved this season. Glenton Stuurman is the second leading wicket-taker for Boland with 13 wickets. Weather Conditions The weather at SuperSport Park, Centurion, is expected to be cloudy on match day, with temperatures ranging between 11 and 23 degrees Celsius. Winds will blow from the southeast at 8-14 km/h. Rain is expected with the lightning.  It is a batting-friendly pitch. As the game progresses and the pitch gets older, batsmen can play their shots comfortably.  TIT vs BOL Pitch Report The game will be played at the SuperSport Park, Centurion, on 3rd April from 1:30 p.m. onwards. The stadium has a capacity of 22,000 spectators and has hosted 30 Tests, 65 ODIs, and 19 T20Is. Toss: To Bat In 30 Tests played here, the results have favored both teams defending & chasing the target on 13 occasions each. The average first-innings score is 327, with the highest total of 621. The team winning the toss should bat first.