{"id":2221521,"date":"2026-01-04T10:27:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T10:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2221521"},"modified":"2026-01-04T10:27:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T10:27:49","slug":"sa20-little-bit-unlucky-mi-cape-town-hope-for-turnaround-against-paarl-royals-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/sa20-little-bit-unlucky-mi-cape-town-hope-for-turnaround-against-paarl-royals-cricket-news\/","title":{"rendered":"SA20: &#8216;Little bit unlucky&#8217; MI Cape Town hope for turnaround against Paarl Royals | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\">\n<div class=\"_s30J clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  VtlfQ\" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>MI Cape Town all-rounder <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/george-linde\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">George Linde<\/a> said the team is hoping for a change in fortune when they face Paarl Royals at Newlands on Sunday in the second SA20 Western Cape derby.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>The defending champions have made a slow start to Season 4. After four matches, they have managed only two points, which came from an abandoned game. <!-- -->Despite the results so far, Linde said the team believes things can turn around if luck goes their way, given the quality in the squad.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"7\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"lOvcW vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"k7lcu\">\n<p>ILT20 Final press conference: Sam Curran, Kieron Pollard ahead of Desert Vipers vs MI Emirates<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>\u201cI just feel like we&#8217;re a little bit unlucky at times. A few mistakes here and there,\u201d Linde said. \u201cIt happens in cricket. But I reckon we have a good chance of beating them at Newlands.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>\u201cThere&#8217;s a lot of experience in the squad. One thing I know is these guys know how to bounce back. One thing this team can show is fight.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>MI Cape Town hold the advantage of never having lost to Paarl Royals in three previous encounters at Newlands. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>It is for this reason that Royals allrounder Sikandar Raza feels the visitors cannot rest on their laurels after their nail-biting one-run victory over their rivals at Boland Park on Friday evening.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>\u201cThe good thing about these high-profile leagues is that momentum swings here and there but what a win does to you, it gives you confidence,\u201d said Raza, who is the first Zimbabwean to play in SA20.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source timesofindia.indiatimes.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MI Cape Town all-rounder George Linde said the team is hoping for a change in fortune when they face Paarl Royals at Newlands on Sunday in the second SA20 Western Cape derby.The defending champions have made a slow start to Season 4. 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