ECS FINLAND T10 LEAGUE: SKK Vs EB – JAKE GOODWIN CAN BE ALTERNATIVE CHOICE FOR VICE-CAPTAINCY IN THIS FIXTURE
Teams to be updated after the toss.
Match Details:
Series/Tournament Name: European Cricket Series T10 – Finland
Venue: Kerava National Cricket Ground, Kerava
Date: Sunday, 09 August 2020
Time: 12:00PM Local Time, 09:00AM GMT, 02:30PM IST
Preview:
The final round-robin match will see SKK Rapids (SKK) taking on Empire Blades (EB).
Both SKK and EB have won 1 and lost 1 of the 2 respective games they have played so far and they are in third and second places respectively. Depending on the result of the first match of the day, this could very well be a prequel to the Eliminator match that will be held later in the day.
Weather Report:
It will be a mostly sunny noon-time in Kerava with no chance of rain and with the temperature in the mid-20s Celsius.
Pitch Report:
The pitch is a flat track and batsmen can score quite freely. The team batting first will need a score close to 130 to put in a good challenge.
Probable Playing XIs:
SKK Rapids:
Nathan Collins (c), Jordan O’Brien, Peter Gallagher, Atif Rasheed, Jake Goodwin, Ponniah Vijendran, Areeb Quadir (wk), Asim Ghani, Kamalraj Chandrasekaran, Waqas Raja, Nirav Shah, Yathu Vijayaratnam.
Bench – Henry Sewell, Manoj Thavayogarajah, Iqbal Hossain, Qaiser Siddique, Gerard Brady, Mazhar Khan, Kartikeya Voleti, Alastair Hay.
Empire Blades:
Vanraaj Padhaal, Amjad Sher (c), Jonathan Scamans (wk), Bhupesh Khoda, Muhammad Imran, Udaybhaskar Nandini, Hemanathan Kumar, Raghavendra Sathyanarayana, Ravi Kumar, Raaz Muhammad, Kushagra Bhatnagar.
Bench – Bipin Khoda, Richard Savage, Mahesh Balasaheb Tambe, Ajay Sharma, Rahul Agarwal.
Top picks:
Jordan O’Brien, Peter Gallagher, Jake Goodwin and Kamalraj Chandrasekaran are the players to consider having from the SKK Rapids lineup.
O’Brien is an opening batsman and the wicket-keeper of the SKK lineup. He has made a couple of good scores for his side and is the top run-getter for SKK so far with 67 runs at a strike rate of 279.16.
Gallagher has been in good form with bat and ball for SKK in both the games so far. He has 63 runs striking well over 200 with the bat and is the top wicket-taker for his side with 3 wickets to his name.
Goodwin did not quite get going in the first game, but he was vital in SKK’s win in the second game where he scored an unbeaten 49 off 18 balls, smashing 6 sixes. He can be useful with the ball and can bowl an over or two.
Chandasekaran is a good bargain option at 8.5 Cr with this bowling skills. He bowled just 1 over for SKK so far and picked up a wicket. He has a good T20 economy rate of 4.60 this year.
Vanraaj Padhaal, Udaybhaskar Nandini, Amjad Sher and Muhammad Imran are the players to look out for from the Empire Blades side.
Padhaal has been consistent for EB with the bat in both games on Saturday with scores in the 40s. He is the tournament’s top run-getter with 84 runs striking at 200.00.
Nandini is a budget bowling option, although he is listed as a batsman. He has picked up 4 wickets in the 3 overs he has bowled at an average of 9.00.
Sher is a top all-round pick to back from the EB side. He averages 26.50 and has a strike rate of 220.83. He has been economical in both games, with a rate of 6.50, despite not having picked up a wicket yet.
Imran did not shine well with the ball in the first game for EB; however, he was better in the second game having bowling figures of 2/12 in 2 overs.
Captaincy and vice-captaincy options:
Captain – Peter Gallagher, Jake Goodwin, Amjad Sher, Vanraaj Padhaal
Vice-captain – Jordan O’Brien, Kamalraj Chandrasekaran, Udaybhaskar Nandini, Muhammad Imran
Suggested playing XI:
Keeper – Jordan O’Brien, Vanraaj Padhaal
Batsmen – Ponniah Vijendran, Udaybhaskar Nandini, Bhupesh Khoda
All-rounders – Jake Goodwin (vc), Peter Gallagher (c), Amjad Sher
Bowlers – Kamalraj Chandrasekaran, Muhammad Imran, Raaz Muhammad
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