PITCH AND CONDITIONS

While it is getting more humid in the UAE, the hot weather and lack of rain are set to be the pattern for this entire tournament. Temperatures should already be in the 30s by the time this game starts in the morning.

The main ICC Academy Ground has been a well-balanced wicket for this qualifier. Good batting has been rewarded, but so has good bowling.

Scotland

  • Scotland was unchanged against Papua New Guinea, with Mark Watt continuing in place of Alasdair Evans and bowling well too. It could be the third game in a row with that winning XI.
  • Scotland has bounced back well since they finished just short of chasing 169 to beat Singapore in the opening game.
  • The Scots could only reach 166/9 as they suffered a shock loss, but they have beaten Kenya and Papua New Guinea since.
  • Against Kenya, they posted 170/6 and Richie Berrington (3-17), Josh Davey (2-25) and Safyaan Sharif (2-28) all played a key part as they restricted the opposition to 139/8 in reply.
  • Against Papua New Guinea, meanwhile, Kyle Coetzer’s 54 helped them post 146/6.
  • In reply, Papua New Guinea needed nine from the final over, but Josh Davey (2-23) took wickets with the first two balls and conceded just four from it in total.

PROBABLE PLAYING XI OF Scotland

George Munsey, Kyle Coetzer (c), Ollie Hairs, Calum MacLeod, Richie Berrington, Matthew Cross (wk), Tom Sole, Safyaan Sharif, Josh Davey, Mark Watt, Hamza Tahir

Namibia

  • Namibia has been unchanged personnel-wise so far but reordered their batting line-up against Papua New Guinea.
  • After two heavy defeats, however, they may soon be considering more drastic changes.
  • Namibia has lost both matches they have played so far, by big margins too.
  • Jan Frylinck took three wickets as they restricted the Netherlands to 140/6 in their first game, but they were bowled out for 96 in reply.
  • Then, against Papua New Guinea, Frylinck took three more wickets but the Barras posted 197/7 before running Namibia out for 116.

PROBABLE PLAYING XI OF Namibia

JP Kotze, Niko Davin, Christi Viljoen, Gerhard Erasmus (c), JJ Smit, Zane Green (wk), Craig Williams, Jan Frylinck, Pikky Ya France, Zhivago Groenewald, Bernard Scholtz

OUR FANTASY LEAGUE PICKS FOR Scotland vs Namibia GROUP A, 19TH MATCH | ICC WORLD TWENTY20 QUALIFIER ARE MENTIONED BELOW:

  1. George Munsey
  2. Richie Berrington
  3. Matthew Cross
  4. Josh Davey (VC)
  5. Calum MacLeod
  6. Christi Viljoen
  7. Safyaan Sharif
  8. Kyle Coetzer
  9. Pikky Ya France
  10. Jan Frylinck (C)
  11. Niko Davin

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*Disclaimer: A team here is picked based on the perception, analysis, and gut feeling of the author. When you select your team, analyze the points mentioned to arrive at your own decision.*