Preview
Austria will face the Luzembourg team in the second match of the Central Europe Cup starting on Friday. Austria played T20 cricket back in 2019 September when they defeated Czech Republic. Their players, however, have been in decent form in the ongoing ECS T10.
Luxembourg, on the other hand, haven’t played many matches. They featured in the format back in August 2020 when they won only one of three matches in the tri-series. This is their second match of the day and will have the knowledge of the conditions on offer.
Match Details
Austria vs Luxembourg, 2nd T20I
Venue: Vinor Cricket Ground, Prague
Date &Time: 21st May at 6:00 PM IST and 2:30 PM local time
Pitch Report
The game will be played on the same pitch where the tournament opener will be played. Expect it to slow down a bit and the team winning the toss should bat first
Probable Playing XIs AUT vs LUX:
Czech Republic
Hilal Ahmad, Arun Ashokan, Ed Knowles, Keyur Mehta, Kushal Mendon, Sudesh Wickramasekera, Satyajit Sengupta, Sabawoon Davizi, Naveed Ahmad, Ali Waqar, Sagar Madhireddy
Austria
Mirza Ahsan, Aqib Iqbal, Bilal Zalmai, Zeshan Arif, Kunal Joshi, Razmal Shigiwal, Mark Simpson-Parker, Sahed Zadran, Navin Wijesekara, Rayhaan Ahamed, Jaweed Sadran
AUT vs LUX Top Picks for AUT vs LUX 11Wickets Match:
Bilal Zalmai has played 5 T20Is for Austria and scored 208 runs and with the ball, he has shone as well to pick up 9 wickets with the best figures of 4 for 12.
Razmal Shigiwal has represented Austria in 5 T20Is, and has mustered 100 runs at an average of 33.33 with a strike rate of 128.2.
Joost Mees was the leading run-getter for Luxembourg in the last year’s T20 Tri-Series. He had scored 124 runs in 4 matches at an average of 41.33 and his strike rate of 131.91 was one of the best.
Vikram Vijh is the best all-rounder available. He was exceptional with his all-around performances in the Luxembourg T20 Tri-Series where he scored 78 runs in 4 matches and also scalped 6 wickets.
Suggested Playing XI No.1 for AUT vs LUX 11Wickets Fantasy Cricket:
Joost Mees (c), Razmal Shigiwal (vc), Mirza Ahsan, James Barker, Tony Whiteman, Bilal Zalmai, Vikram Vijh, Rayhaan Ahamed, Zeshan Arif, Ankush Nanda, Pankaj Malav
Suggested Playing XI No.2 for AUT vs LUX 11Wickets Fantasy Cricket:
Joost Mees, Razmal Shigiwal, Mirza Ahsan, Tony Whiteman, Girish Venkateshwaran, Bilal Zalmai (c), Vikram Vijh (vc), Mohit Dixit, Zeshan Arif, William Cope, Mark Simpson-Parker
Probable Winners
Luxembourg are expected to win this match.
