UAE T10 LEAGUE, 2022

Match 27- NW vs MSA

Preview

NW will cross swords with MSA in the 27th match of the UAE T10 League 2022 at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. The match is scheduled for Friday, December 2. 

The Northern franchise lost the match in a last-ball thriller against the New York side in their previous match. Another defeat in this fixture will end their hopes to qualify for the elimination stage. 

NW pulled off a big score of 143 runs while batting in the first innings against the NYS. Skipper Rovman Powell smashed 54 runs off just 19 balls along with Usman Khan who scored 48 runs. But the bowlers failed miserably to defend the huge total as the New York-based franchise chased the total on the last ball of the innings with five wickets remaining. 

Morrisville Samp Army is going through a hard time as they lost their last two matches. They got defeated in the last match against TAD by 18 runs and are placed in fourth place in the points table with four wins in six games. MSA are still in a good position to lead the league chart and can definitely finish in the top four if they manage to win any of the two group-stage matches.  

Match Details

Match:  NW vs MSA, 27th Match, T10 League 2022

Date: Friday, December 02, 2022,

Time: 07:45 PM

Venue: Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 

Pitch and Weather Report

In recent times, there have been a lot of tournaments happening in Dubai. When it comes to T20I cricket, there have been a total of 63 matches at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium. The team batting second has won 35 games out of the total. 

In the T10 format of the game, it is important to get a high-scoring target on the board. Batters play a greater role than the bowling department in this game. This is because a bowler gets only 2 overs which is comparatively lesser than other formats and it is tough to execute their plans within such a short span. Hence, the captains winning the toss might prefer to bat first and score maximum runs. This will pressure the chasing team and restrict the flow of runs. 

The average run at this venue is 135 runs and the average per over is approx 7 runs in T20I cricket. However, it would definitely change in the T10 League games.

December will be cooler as compared to the previous month. The maximum temperature here in Abu Dhabi can reach up to 28 degrees Celsius and the lowest can be around 19 degrees Celsius.  

Squads

NW: Usman Khan, Adam Lyth, Rovman Powell(c), Sherfane Rutherford, Kennar Lewis(w), Wayne Parnell, Isuru Udana, Junaid Siddique, Adam Hose, Mohammad Irfan, Abhimanyu Mithun, Liam Dawson, Mark Deyal, Gus Atkinson, Hamdan Tahir, Rayad Emrit

MSA: Johnson Charles(w), Karim Janat, Moeen Ali(c), David Miller, Shimron Hetmyer, Dwaine Pretorius, Chamika Karunaratne, Basil Hameed, Anrich Nortje, Sheldon Cottrell, Ahmed Raza, Colin de Grandhomme, Obus Pienaar, George Garton, Akif Raja, Andries Gous, Bas de Leede, Kashif Daud

Probable Playing XIs

NW: Usman Khan, Adam Lyth, Rovman Powell (c), Sherfane Rutherford, Kennar Lewis (wk), Wayne Parnell, Isuru Udana, Junaid Siddique, Adam Hose, Mohammad Irfan, Abhimanyu Mithun

MSA: Johnson Charles (wk), Moeen Ali (c), Karim Janat, David Miller, Shimron Hetmyer, Dwaine Pretorius, Chamika Karunaratne, Basil Hameed, Anrich Nortje, Sheldon Cottrell, Ahmed Raza

Match Prediction

MSA is a stronger side with a better combination of batters and bowlers than NW. They won their first four matches with ease and if they replicate that performance once against, they are surely going to win this match. Thus we back the Samp army to win this encounter. 

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