The North West Dragons will be in action at home from Thursday 13 January – Sunday, 16 January at the JB Marks Oval for their first CSA 4 day series match of 2022.
They will face the Titans in a crunch encounter in the first match of the new year after Cricket South Africa (CSA) released an amended schedule to the series after matches were postponed at the end of 2021 due to Covid-19 related fears.
The Dragons would have faced Boland from 19-23 December, but that match has now been rescheduled to take place from 27-30 January at Eurolux Park in Paarl.
The Dragons will end their 4-day series campaign against Western Province at Newlands from 4-7 March.
The men from Potchefstroom are currently in seventh place out of 8 teams on 31.16 points, just ahead of bottom of the log WP on 30.38 points.
A win for Monty Jacobs’ men against the Titans will be imperative in ensuring a middle of the log position at the end of their 4-day series campaign. This will also be their final home game in white this season and a win will go a long way in proving their competitiveness in an injury riddled season thus far.
Thus far, the Dragons have been a mixed bag, but seemed to fight their touch with the bat in their last rain affected game of 2021 against the Dolphins at home.
That match ended in a draw with Shaylen Pillay hitting an unbeaten 139*.
The Dragons will hope to put in a good all-round performance with bat and ball against a topsy turvy Titans outfit who are yet to impress this season. The Titans are currently in third place on the log with 2 draws a win and a loss.
