Match Details:
The 2nd match of the Luxembourg T20I Trophy, 2020 will be played between Luxembourg and Czech Republic at the Pierre Werner Cricket Ground in Walferdange.
The match starts at 10:30 AM Local Time (1:00 PM IST) (8:30 AM GMT).
The match can be streamed live on Luxembourg Cricket YouTube channel.
Preview:
Luxembourg and the Czech Republic will lock horns in the 2nd match of the Luxembourg T20I Trophy to be played on Saturday morning. The two teams faced off in the tournament opener on Friday evening Luxembourg came out victorious through DLS method. The home team ended up with 164/7 after electing to bat first even though there were no big individual knocks. The Czech Republic team, in reply, made only 89/9 in 16.5 overs and were well behind DLS par before the rain arrived and never went back.
Weather Condition/Report:
The 2nd match between Luxembourg and Czech Republic is expected to be played under partial and periodic clouds.
Pitch Condition/Report:
The Pierre Werner Cricket Ground in Walferdange is hosting this Tri-series on a matting track. This will help in keeping the playing surface unaffected despite continuous matches.
Average first innings score: 164 (T20I matches)
Record of chasing teams: Won – 0, Lost – 1
Injury and Availability News:
(Will be added when there is an update)
Probable Playing XIs:
Luxembourg:
James Baker, Scott Browne, Joost Mees (C), Vikram Vijh, Saransh Kulshretha, Tony Whiteman, Advyth Manepalli (WK), Marcus Cope, William Cope, Ankush Nanda, Pankaj Malav.
Bench – Mohit Dixit, Reinhardt Heyns, Shameek Vats, Girish Venkateswaran.
Czech Republic:
Honey Gori, Sumit Pokhriyal, Sabawoon Davizi, Shripal Gajjar, Sudesh Wickramasekara, Arun Ashokan, Hilal Ahmad (WK), Edward Knowles (C), Kushalkumar Mendon, Kyle Gilham, Naveed Ahmed.
Bench – Abul Farhad, Siddarth Goud, Surya Rengarajan.
Top Picks:
Honey Gori smashed three sixes and three fours during his 27-ball 38 in the opening match but conceded as many as 24 runs in two overs.
Arun Ashokan picked a wicket in the two overs he bowled and scored 11 runs down the order. Ashokan has the ability to can perform much better than this.
Kyle Gilham was the most economical bowler for Czech during the first match where he conceded only 18 runs in four overs and also took a wicket.
The home team skipper Joost Mees scored 40 runs in the first game from only 24 balls out of which 32 runs came through the 8 fours he struck.
Captain and Vice-Captain Selection:
Captain options – Sudesh Wickramasekara, Honey Gori, Sabawoon Davizi
Vice-Captain options – Arun Ashokan, Vikram Vijh, Ankush Nanda
Suggested Playing XI for Head to Head/Small Leagues:
Keeper – J Mees
Batters – A Ashokan, E Knowles, J Barker
All-Rounders – S Davizi (C), S Wickramasekara, V Vijh (VC)
Bowlers – H Gori, M Cope, N Ahmed, A Nanda
12th Man – Hilal Ahmad
Suggested Playing XI for Grand Leagues/Mega Leagues:
Keeper – J Mees
Batters – A Ashokan, S Pokhriyal, J Barker, S Browne
All-Rounders – S Wickramasekara (C), S Davizi, V Vijh
Bowlers – K Gilham, N Ahmed, A Nanda (VC)
12th Man – Hilal Ahmad
Expert Advice:
The Czech Republic has got a solid set of players for this tournament who have a good experience at club level cricket. The playing XI they fielded on Friday can be said as their best possible team and hence we might not see any major changes in their XI on Saturday.
Probable Winners:
The Czech Republic team is likely to register their first win of the Tri-series on Saturday morning.
