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Paarl Royals v Joburg Super Kings: too close to call

Royals 52%. Super Kings 48%.

SA20|5, match 2

Monday 18 January 2027, 5:30pm SASTBoland Park, Paarl

Prediction locks 18th January, 15:00 UTCWhen we've said 50–60%, the favourite won 558 of 1019

Boland Park

Paarl, South Africa · 20 SA20 matches here

First men's T20
2012
Men's T20s
53

The ground's full record

Batting first here

55%

11 of 20 won batting first over the last three years. All-time 49% (25 of 51). CSA T20 Challenge, SA20, Mzansi Super League and T20Is.

Every first innings here

18 of 53

reached par (165). Median 158.

Under par Par or more

Recent SA20 first innings average 163; games here have scored about 2% below their leagues' averages. Medians by era: 2008–2017 151, 2018–2022 161, 2023 onward 160.

Weather: hot, like 26 Jan 2019

Rain risk

4%

of games in dry weather at SA20 grounds were shortened (20 of 469).

26 January 2019 at Boland Park: 31 °C, humidity 31%, wind 14 km/h and 0 mm of rain during the hours of play. 8 of 430 evenings within three weeks of 18 January in the last 10 years had at least 1 mm of rain at Boland Park during these hours.

These conditions are hot and dry, with no rain expected during play. Only 4% of games at SA20 grounds in similar weather were shortened or washed out, so rain should not be a factor. Heat and wind have made no measurable difference to first-innings scoring at SA20 grounds.

During play: 30.8 °C on average, humidity 31%, wind 14 km/h gusting to 43. Humidity climbs from 15% to 47%; at SA20 grounds, chasing success hasn't varied with humidity.

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