World T20 League 2024

AUS vs. NAM, 24th Match

Preview

The 2021 World Champions, Australia will cross swords with Namibia in match no.24 of the World T20 League 2024. The game will be hosted at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Wednesday, June 12.

The Kangaroos are coming off a monumental victory against their arch-rivals England by a 36-run margin in Barbados. The Aussies became the first team in this tournament to post a total of 200 or more. To this, the Three Lions managed to score only 165 runs at a loss of 6 wickets. In their inaugural encounter, Australia defeated Oman by 39 runs. Thus, this match on Wednesday will decide the fate of the Aussies, of whether they go to the Super Eight Stage with a game in hand or not. 

In the meantime, Namibia managed a win in their first game against Oman in a Super Over thriller after failing to reach a target of just 110 runs. Their next game was a loss against Scotland. Their 156-run total was chased down by the Scotland team with five wickets and nine balls to spare. 

Match Details

Match: World T20 League 2024, AUS vs NAM, 24th Match

Date: Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Time: 08:00 PM IST

Venue: Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua

Pitch and Weather Report

Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua favours the fast bowlers as the surface has a good bounce, which poses a threat to the batsmen. Spinners can expect average assistance here. The pitch tends to slow down as the match progresses. Also, the ground shows a balanced pitch with an average score of 120 runs which gives an equal chance to both the batsmen and the bowler. 

The weather is predicted to be cloudy with a temperature ranging between 27 to 31 degrees Celsius on the match day.

AUS vs. NAM Squads

AUS: Travis Head, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh(c), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade(w), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood, Ashton Agar, Josh Inglis, Cameron Green, Nathan Ellis

NAM: JP Kotze, Nikolaas Davin, Jan Frylinck, Gerhard Erasmus(c), Malan Kruger, Zane Green(w), David Wiese, Ruben Trumpelmann, JJ Smit, Bernard Scholtz, Tangeni Lungameni, Michael van Lingen, Ben Shikongo, Dylan Leicher, Peter-Daniel Blignaut, Jack Brassell

AUS vs. NAM Probable Playing XIs

AUS: David Warner, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh (c), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade (wk), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood

NAM: Nikolaas Davin, JP Kotze, Jan Frylinck, Gerhard Erasmus (c), Malan Kruger, JJ Smit, David Wiese, Zane Green (wk), Ruben Trumpelmann, Bernard Scholtz, Tangeni Lungameni

Match Prediction

Australia has a perfect combination of batters and bowlers with most of them in sublime form. The Namibian side hasn’t faced a big fish till now and is expected to suffer against the Kangaroos. Hence, we fancy the Aussies to win this match. 

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