World T20 Series 2022

Match 10: NAM vs UAE

Preview

Namibia will lock horns with the United Arab Emirates for the 10th match of the ongoing T20 World Series. The match is scheduled at the Simonds Stadium in Geelong on Thursday, October 20, 2022. 

Namibia faced the Netherlands in the last fixture. Namibia while batting first posted a total of 121 runs at the loss of 6 wickets. Jan Frylinck scored the most 43 runs out of 48 balls. Chasing was made easy by the top three batters of the Netherlands team. Max Odowd, Vikamjit Singh and Bas de Leede scored 104 runs combinedly to win the match by five wickets. JJ Smit picked two wickets which was the most from the Namibian side. 

On the other side, UAE lost their previous match against Sri Lanka which they lost by 79 runs. Pathum Nissanka scored 74 runs off 60 balls to anchor the innings and helped Sri Lanka post a target of 152 runs for an 8-wicket loss. Zahoor Khan and Karthik Meiyappan took two and three wickets each. While retaliating, the whole United Arab Emirates team failed to reach even half of the target. They were bundled in just 17.1 overs scoring just 73 runs. 

Match Details

Match: NAM vs UAE, 10th Match, Group A, T20 World Series 2022

Date: Thursday, October 20, 2022

Time: 01:30 PM

Venue: Simonds Stadium, Geelong

Pitch and Weather Report

The pitch at the Simonds stadium in Geelong will provide good assistance to the batters throughout the game. The captain winning the toss might choose to bat first and post a high-scoring title on the scoreboard.

There is a possibility of more than 50% of rain, which means the weather will be a chilly and overcast day. The players will get tough climate conditions as the temperature can go down to 4 degrees.

Squads

NAM: Michael van Lingen, Divan la Cock, Stephan Baard, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Gerhard Erasmus (c), Jan Frylinck, David Wiese, JJ Smit, Zane Green (wk), Bernard Scholtz, Ben Shikongo, Ruben Trumpelmann, Karl Birkenstock, Tangeni Lungameni, Lohandre Louwrens, Pikky Ya France

UAE: Chirag Suri, Muhammad Waseem, Aryan Lakra, Chundangapoyil Rizwan (c), Basil Hameed, Vriitya Aravind (wk), Kashif Daud, Aayan Afzal Khan, Karthik Meiyappan, Junaid Siddique, Zahoor Khan, Zawar Farid, Ahmed Raza, Alishan Sharafu, Sabir Ali

Probable Playing XIs

NAM: Michael van Lingen, Divan la Cock, Stephan Baard, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Gerhard Erasmus (c), Jan Frylinck, David Wiese, JJ Smit, Zane Green (wk), Bernard Scholtz, Ben Shikongo

UAE: Chirag Suri, Muhammad Waseem, Aryan Lakra, Chundangapoyil Rizwan (c), Basil Hameed, Vriitya Aravind (wk), Kashif Daud, Aayan Afzal Khan, Karthik Meiyappan, Junaid Siddique, Zahoor Khan

Hot Fantasy Picks

WicketKeeper

(i) Vriitya Aravind (UAE)- He has now managed to score only 27 runs in 2 matches in this competition with a strike rate of 69.23. `

Batters  

(i) Waseem Muhammad (UAE)- He put on a good show in the inaugural game by smashing 41 runs despite losing the match against the Netherlands and scoring just 2 runs against Sri Lanka in the last game. He is a natural striker and can be a great choice for your fantasy team. 

All-Rounders

(i) Jan Frylinck (NAM)- He is the stalwart for the Namibia team in this season of the T20 World Series. In 2 matches, he collected 87 runs at a strike rate of 114.47 and took 3 wickets at an economy of 5.25.

(ii) JJ Smit (NAM)- He has some real good hitting abilities and hence should bat up in the order. He has added 36 runs in the previous 2 matches at a strike rate of 180 and picked 3 wickets at an economy of 5.71.

Bowlers

(i) Bernard Scholtz (NAM)- He is quite economical with his skills. In the last two matches, he scalped 3 wickets at an economy of under 5.

(ii)  Karthik Meiyappan (UAE)- He is the new cowboy in town after his historic hat trick against Sri Lanka in the last encounter. The 22-year boy’s magical spell left the Lankan lions in awe and registered his name in the book of records, becoming the first bowler ever from an associate nation to take a hat-trick against an International Cricket Board full member. 

Match Prediction

Namibia is showing their spirit in this season of the T20 World Series and we vote for them to be ahead of the United Arab Emirates.

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