Western Province all-rounder Onke Nyaku is expecting a “tough game” when they take on the Tuskers in round seven of the CSA T20 Challenge.

Province are scheduled to play their away fixture against the AET Tuskers at the World Sports Betting Newlands on Wednesday.

Tuskers are the home side for this match despite the fixture being moved to Newlands Cricket Ground Stadium by Cricket South Africa (CSA) and KZN Inland Cricket, respectively.

Nyaku says his side are aiming for a positive result in front of their home fans after their mixed results in their last two fixtures.

“We’re coming from two tough games on the road, so it’s good to be back home. But as you’ve seen over the last few days, any team can beat any team. And that was the result between the Tuskers and the Lions game, so they definitely have a little bit of momentum on their side,” said Nyaku.

“We’re going to have to play very well in order to end up on the right side of the result – and hopefully get the win.

“But it will be a tough game, we know their bowling’s been doing reasonably well. The batting hasn’t really come to the party, but I mean, it’s pretty much the same in our sense also. So, it will be a tough game.”

The 29-year-old is upbeat ahead of their game especially playing in front of their home supporters.

“I think we’re going to have to play very well in order to get away with the win for this game. But it is a home fixture for the Tuskers, however playing at Newlands, our guys know how to play here,” he said.

“We’ve had some really outstanding results playing at home, so we’re going to obviously take all of that knowledge into this game.

“We are going to try and get the best possible result and get some momentum into our season – it won’t be an easy game, but the boys will throw a strong fight which is, at the end of the day, what you play for. We don’t want the easy games. We want games to be tough and challenging, I know the boys are definitely up for it.”

The all-rounder admits that his side still have a lot of work to do in order to be a more consistent team.

“As I said earlier, we’re only just going to focus on our own basics, focus on ourselves. And try to tick all the right boxes – I think if we do that no team will end up with a good result against us, adds Nyaku.

We’ve had a few away games and it’s been up and down but, I mean, we’re still third in the log.

“And if we’re being honest with ourselves, we’ll probably say that. We haven’t really played to our full potential.”‘

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