The Proteas will be confident after their win last night in the 1st ODI. They will look to back it up with another good performance and seal the series. They might make a few changes from last nights match.  England will want to put their performance from last night behind them and hope their middle order does much better in the 2nd ODI. England will also look to rotate their bowlers and might bring in Woakes and Topley.  This is going to be a day game with a SA time 10am start. The pitch should be similar to the first game and might provide a little assistance to the seamers at the start of play. The team winning the toss will probably bowl first.  The Predicted Teams Proteas: Quinton De Kock, Temba Bavuma, Rassie Van Der Dussen, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Heinrich Klaasen, Marco Jansen, Sisanda Magala, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada , Anrich Nortje England: Jason Roy, Dawid Malan, Ben Duckett, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid,

 The Proteas won the 1st ODI against England by 27 runs and claimed 10 very important super league points to keep themselves ahead in the race for the last direct qualification spot.  The Proteas won the toss and chose to bat first posting a competitive 298 with Van der Dussen scoring 111 off 117 and Miller 53 off 56 were the two best batsmen. Sam Curran 3-35 and Olly Stone 1-37 were the best bowlers for England.  In reply, England got off to a flying start as the openers put up a 146 partnership before Malan fell for 59 0ff 55 and that was the start of a tremendous comeback by the Proteas bowlers. Nortje 4-62, Magala 3-46 and Rabada 2-46 picked up wickets regularly in the middle period to trigger a collapse by England and win the match for the Proteas.  Roy was excellent with his 113 off 91 but it was not enough in the end as no other England batsman could get going and get the job finished after the wicket of Roy fell.  This win moves SA closer to a direct qualification spot in the w

 The all-very important ODI series for Proteas gets on the way at Mangaung Oval Bloemfontein. This is a must-win series for the Proteas if they are to qualify directly for the World cup later this year.  The Proteas have hit the reset button with a new coach and some fresh innovative ideas coming into the camp. The squad looks balanced and very strong.  The depth this squad provides for each department is what makes it more exciting. The biggest question will be Malan or Reeza and Magala or Ngidi in the starting 11.  England's side does not have all 1st choice players but it's still a strong squad and with the brand of cricket they are playing at the moment it won't be easy for Proteas to beat them. England should be the favourites to win this series.  I think the conditions at the Mangaung Oval Bloemfontein will make this series more interesting. With the heat wave around in Northern Cape I expect the pitch to be dry and offer spinners some assistance.  I hope the groundsm

  The Joburg Super Kings were led to victory by their captain as he scored the first century of the SA20.  The Super Giants again struggled to put together a performance as a team. The Giants batters did ok today after they failed miserably in the last 2 matches. The bowlers, although they kept the run rate in control, struggled to pick wickets and Faf who was playing sublimely took advantage of the situation and single-handedly led the Super Kings to victory.   Faf scored 113 of 58 which included 8 4s and 8 6s at a Strike rate of 194.83.  The Super Kings won the match by 8 wickets and kept themselves in the race for a semifinal spot.  The Super Giants are not out of the competition yet as they still can make the semifinals if they win their remaining matches with at least 2 bonus points.  Writer: Ebrahim Yusuf Omar

  The last match of this year SA20 at st Georges Park was a low-scoring contest. The Royals won the match comfortably with the stars being Buttler, Miller and Phehlukwayo. Buttler scored 51 off 39 Miller scored 37 off 23 and Phehlukwayo took 2-26. JJ Smuts was the top performer for the Sunrisers with 65 off 49 and 1-20. Roloef Van der Merwe was the other top performer with the ball in hand as he took 2-11 in 4 overs. The rest of the Sunrisers were not at their best and the Royals took advantage of that and registered an important victory in terms of the semifinal race.  Once again Captain Miller was at the crease to steer the chase home for the Royals. Writer: Ebrahim Yusuf Omar.

  The Capitals beat MI Cape Town convincingly to earn another bonus point win. The Capitals were excellent with both bat and ball. Will Jacks led the way with the bat as he scored 62 off 27 as the Capitals posted 182-8 in their 20 overs. The MI Cape Town captain Rashid Khan was the best bowler as he took 3-16 in his 4 overs he also reached 500 T20 career wickets. The MI Cape Town team looked good in the chase while Brevis was at the crease as he scored 46 off 30. Once he and Sam Curran 22 off 18 wickets fell the rest of the batsmen didn't show any resistance as they were bowled out for 130.  The Capital's best bowlers were Parnell 3-14 and Nortje 3-22.  This loss means MI Cape Town have dropped to 4th in the table and will need to win their reaming 3 matches if they are to have a chance to make the semifinals.  Writer: Ebrahim Yusuf Omar

 The Sunrisers put in a fantastic performance to beat the Super Giants convincingly by 124 runs. The Sunrisers' batters were excellent with Rossington 72 of 30, Hermann 59 of 44, Markram 44 of 34 and Stubbs 27 of 13 as the Sunrisers posted 210-2 in their 20 overs. The Super Giants bowlers struggled as all off them were taken to the cleaners by the Sunrisers batsman. The Super Giants batsman didn't do any better as they were bowled out for 86. The best bowler for the Sunrises was Roloef van der Merwe 6-20 from his 4 overs. With the other bowlers supported him well as they put in a clinical performance to claim a massive bonus point win.  Writer : Ebrahim Yusuf Omar