Match Details:
The 5th match of the ECS T10 Vienna, 2020 will be played between Pakistan CC and Salzburg CC at the Seebarn Cricket Ground in Harmannsdorf.
The match starts at 5:00 PM local time (8:30 PM IST) (3:00 PM GMT).
This game can be streamed live on Fan Code.
Preview:
The ECS T10 Vienna will kick start on Monday with the match between Vienna Afghan CC and Indian CC Vienna. A total of five teams featuring in this tournament will be up against each other on two occasions. The Seebarn Cricket Ground in Harmannsdorf will be hosting all the 24 matches to be played in this tournament. All five teams play two matches apiece on the first day of the tournament which concludes shortly before 7 PM local time after the match between Pakistan CC and Salzburg CC.
Weather Condition/Report:
The match between Pakistan CC and Salzburg CC is expected to be interrupted by the scattered thunderstorms.
Pitch Condition/Report:
The Vienna T10 will be played at the Seebarn Cricket Ground where Germany Women and Austria Women played a 5-match T20I series last week. The totals during that series played on matting tracks were based on the team strengths.
Average first innings score: N/A
Record of chasing teams: N/A
Injury and Availability News:
(Will be added when there is an update)
Playing XIs:
Pakistan CC:
Abdullah Akbarjan, Shadnan Khan, Arsalan Arif, Amar Naeem, Sikander Hayat, Itibarshah Deedar, Naveed Hassan, Zeshan Arif, Israr Ahmed, Ramish Malik, Mohammad Waqar Zalmai.
Bench – Umair Tariq, Saveez Khawaja, Bilal Zalmai, Adnan Khan, Jaweed Sadran, Usman Gol.
Salzburg CC:
Abrar Bilal, Klair Kailash, Zeeshan Goraya, Imran Asif, Gondal Naveed, Shahbaz Muhammad, Mubashar Syed, Rahmanullah Pachayan, Rizwan Javeed, Nadeem Akhter, Saad Cheema.
Bench – Atif Mehmood, Mirza Ahsan, Zahid Khan, Abbas Ahmadzai, Liaqat Muhammad, Abdul Rouf, Nisar Ahmed.
Top Picks:
Abrar Bilal has amassed 1733 runs from 60 matches at 38.51 average across all formats for Salzburg CC alongside picking up 28 wickets.
Klair Kailash has amassed 174 runs across six T10 matches with help of three 40+ scores and a strike rate over 200.
Gondal Naveed has represented Salzburg CC in 70 matches across all formats scoring about 1900 runs and picking up 73 wickets.
Itibarshah Deedar has taken 30 wickets and also scored 304 runs across the 32 matches he played for the Pakistan CC team.
Captain and Vice-Captain Selection:
Captain options – Shadnan Khan, Sikander Hayat, Abrar Bilal
Vice-Captain options – Abdullah Akbarjan, Klair Kailash, Mubashar Syed
Suggested Playing XI for Head to Head/Small Leagues:
Keeper – Arsalan Arif
Batsmen – Zeshan Arif, Rizwan Javeed, Rahmanullah Pachayan, Ramish Malik
All-Rounders – Sikander Hayat, Shadnan Khan (C), Mubashar Syed (VC)
Bowlers – Gondal Naveed, Nadeem Akhter, Israr Ahmed
12th Man – Amar Naeem
Suggested Playing XI for Grand Leagues/Mega Leagues:
Keeper – Abrar Bilal (VC)
Batsmen – Zeshan Arif, Rizwan Javeed, Klair Kailash
All-Rounders – Abdullah Akbarjan, Shadnan Khan, Sikander Hayat (C)
Bowlers – Itibarshah Deedar, Gondal Naveed, Shahbaz Muhammad, Mohammad Waqar Zalmai
12th Man – Arsalan Arif
Expert Advice:
A couple of players present in the Salzburg CC team for this tournament did feature in the Austrian T10 held in the last week of July. Hence, we can get a decent idea of those players if we consider their performance from that tournament.
Probable Winners:
Pakistan CC could be seen defeating Salzburg CC by a narrow margin.
