Preview :
ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2 matches are being played at Lauderhill in Florida between host USA, Papua New Guinea and Namibia. In the fifth match of this series Papua New Guinea will take on Namibia tonight. Papua New Guinea are in a very poor position as they have lost all their six matches and it’s a must win contest for them. On the other hand, Namibia who have one win and loss each, will look to take the advantage of Papua’s poor form.
Match Details :
Match : PNG vs NAM, Papua New Guinea vs Namibia, ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup League 2
Date and time : 22 September 2019, 7.15 PM IST
Venue : CBRP Stadium Turf Ground in Lauderhill, Florida
Papua New Guinea Team News and Expected Playing XI :
Team News :
1. Papua New Guinea are sitting at bottom in the points table with 0 point from 6 matches (6 losses).
2. They could make a few changes in their playing XI as they have lost all the six matches and are in a do or die situation.
3. Hiri Hiri got a duck in the last match and didn’t bowl either and he might be dropped for Alei Nao.
4. There are no injury concerns.
Expected XI :
Tony Ura, Gaudi Toka, Assad Vala (c), Lega Siaka, Kiplin Doriga (wk), Charles Amini, Alei Nao, Jason Kila, Norman Vanua, Chad Soper, Nosaina Pokana
Namibia Team News and Expected Playing XI :
Team News :
1. Namibia are currently sitting at fourth position in the points table with 2 points from 2 matches (1 win, 1 loss).
2. Namibia registered a big win in the last match over USA and should continue to play with their winning XI.
3. There are no injury concerns for Namibia team camp.
Expected XI :
Stephan Baard, Karl Birkenstock, JP Kotze, Gerhard Erasmus (c), Zane Green (wk), Craig Williams, JJ Smit, Jan Frylinck, Pikky Ya France, Bernard Scholtz, Zhivago Groenewald
PNG vs NAM Dream11 Prediction :
Wicketkeepers : Z Green
Batsmen : L Siaka, J Kotze, K Birkenstock
All rounders : A Vala, HN Ya-France, C Amini
Bowlers : N Pokana, J Kila, J Frylinck, Z Groenewald
Captain and Vice Captain :
Captain JP Kotze or Zhivago Groenewald and vice captain Jason Kila or Zhivago Groenewald
Stats and facts :
1. Form Guide (In Cricket World Cup League 2) –
Papua New Guinea – L, L, L, L, L, L
Namibia – W, L
2. Nosaina Pokana has taken 12 wickets at an average of 16.25 in ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 – the most wickets by any bowler as of now.
3. JP Kotze played 136 runs knock off 109 balls in the last match against USA two days ago.
4. Zhivago Groenewald took a 5 wickets haul in the last match against USA and has taken total 8 wickets in 2 matches of this series.
5. Jason Kila has 6 wickets from 2 matches of this ongoing series.
6. Charles Amini is the only PNG batsman to make a 50 plus scores in this series.
7. Tony Ura has had a poor start with scores of 1 and 19.
8. On the basis of current form of these two teams, Namibia should beat Papua New Guinea in this match.