Scotland vs Ireland, 21st Match of ICC Men’s T20 WC Europe Qualifiers dream11 prediction today match

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Match : Scotland vs Ireland, 21st Match of ICC Men’s T20 WC Europe Qualifiers

Venue : Grange cricket club ground, Edinburgh,

Date & Time : 28th July, Friday at 8:00 PM IST

H2H Record :

Total matches - 14
SCO won - 03
IRE won - 08
NR - 02
Tied - 01,

Pitch Report :

The surface at Grange Cricket Club is expected to be good for batting and there will be some help for the pacers initally and it will get better for batting as the match progresses. The pacers have taken 73% of the total wickets at this venue. On this surface, pacers have ruled particularly. The team that wins the toss will make the decision based on the weather and the available playing field.

The average 1st innings score at this venue in the recent matches is 148 runs.

Weather Report :

The temperature is expected to hover around 14°C on the Friday with 95% humidity and 15 km/hr wind speed. There are 50% chances of precipitation during the game.

Probable XI :

Scotland :

Oliver Hairs, George Munsey, Matthew Cross, Richie Berrington(C), Brandon McMullen, Michael Leask, Gavin Main, Mark Watt, Safyaan Sharif, Bradley Currie, Chris Greaves.

Ireland :

Paul Stirling(C), Andy Balbirnie, Lorcan Tucker, Harry Tector, Curtis Campher, Neil Rock, George Dockrell, Joshua Little, Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, Ben White.

Preview :

The 21st Match of the ICC Mens T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier 2023 will see the clash between Scotland and Ireland at the Grange Cricket Club, Raeburn Place, Edinburgh, Friday, 28 July 2023. Scotland have remained unbeaten in the tournament with 5 victories. They have registered a 200-plus score thrice so far. In their last game, they beat Denmark by 33 runs. Skipper Richie Berrington scored 60 off 32 balls to guide the home team to 159 in 18 overs. Bradley Currie’s 3 wickets restricted Denmark to 128 for the loss of 7 wickets, hence guiding Scotland to their 5th victory.

On, the other hand, Ireland’s game against Germany got washed out due to rain. The Irish team also enjoys an unbeaten record in the tournament with 4 victories in 5 games. In their last game, they beat Jersey comfortably by 9 wickets. Batting first, Jersey got bowled out to 78 after Brad McCarthy’s 3 wickets for 7. Ireland chased the target in 11 overs to get qualified for the ICC World T20 2024.

Scotland enjoyed the tournament so far with domination in both batting & bowling unit. Their batters collectively scored two centuries and 4 half-centuries in 5 games. While the bowlers took 43 wickets in these 5 games. But they will be facing the toughest opponents now. George Munsey and Ollie Hairs will open the innings. Both openers are the only players to register a hundred in the tournament and are currently leading the batting Chart. Hairs have scored 244 runs with a century and two half-centuries at a strike rate of 219.81. He has hit 17 sixes - the maximum in the tournament which is double than the second in the list. He will be the batter to look out for. Munsey has 218 runs at a strike rate of 152.44. Skipper Ritchie Berrington at number four has been playing the captain’s knocks throughout the series. In 4 innings, Berrington has scored 194 runs with two half-centuries at a strike rate of 174.77. Scotland’s middle order hasn’t been tested because of the scintillating form from the top order. Michael Leask has shown his capability of hitting in the middle with a strike rate of 189.18. The less exposure of the middle order might come as a hurdle for the home team against Ireland. Gavin Main will lead the bowling unit with Safyaan Sharif and Bradley Currie. Main has 10 wickets in 5 games at an average of 10.30. Sharrif and Currie have taken 16 wickets with the first one having a better average than the other. Mark Watt will be the fourth bowler for Scotland. Watt has impressed everyone with 7 wickets at an average of 8.42 and the lowest economy of 4.53.

Ireland will be high on confidence with 4 wins in 5 games. Their batters didn’t get much chance as the bowlers had bowled out the opponents twice below 100. In fact, Italy was the only team to score more than 150 runs (151) against Ireland. The Irish bowlers have managed to take 37 wickets in 4 innings (92.5%) of the tournament. Mark Adair will be the bowler to look out for as he is the leading wicket-taker of the tournament. Adair has 11 wickets at an average of 7.72 - the least among all. Andrew Balbirnie and skipper Paul Stirling will open the innings. Balbirnie has scored 104 runs in 3 innings at a strike rate of 120.93. His trike rate against Scotland is above 150 though. But, It will be Stirling who will be the player to watch out for. Though Stirling has scored 101 runs in 4 games at a strike rate of 136.48, He has impressive figures against Scotland. In 6 games, Stirling has scored 256 runs at a strike rate of 161.01 against Scotland with 4 half-centuries. Lorcan Tucker leads the batting chart for Ireland with 128 runs in 4 innings at a strike rate of 152.38. But Tucker averages 10.75 against Scotland in 4 innings having scored just 43 runs. Ireland hasn't played Ross Adair after the first game where he scored 46 runs at a strike rate of 191.66. The former Rugby player might get a call in the last game.

Team Guide

Cheat sheet

Scotland T20Is

WK :

Matthew Cross -

DNB, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 3dwn,
DNB, 5(7), 10(10), 1(1), 28(21), 3(5), 27(24)*, 12(6),

Tomas Mackintosh -

3dwn, DNB, 5dwn, 4dwn, DNB, 3dwn, 3dwn
16(14), DNB, 38(28), 13(21), DNB, 3(8), 32(23)

Batter :

Richie Berrington (c) – Right Arm Medium

2dwn, 2dwn, DNB, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn,
60(32), 40(19)*, DNB, 34(29), 60(31), 13(15), 37(27), 16(14), 41(29), 22(12),

George Munsey -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,
12(23), 132(61), 12(14), 33(25), 29(20), 54(51), 1(2), 66(53)*, 13(14), 19(14),

Oli Hairs -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, 3dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn
17(8), 23(12), 127(53)*, 4(2), 73(36), 4(1), 15(10), 7(4), 8(6), 0(1)

All-rounder :

Brandon McMullen – Right Arm Medium

1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn,
10(12), 28(29)*, 96(50), 8(8), 2(3),
0/9(1), DNB, DNB, 0/6(1), 1/26(3),
ODIs
1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn,
106(110), 34(34), 69(106), 5(11), 136(121),
1/67(9), 2/31(8), 3/32(9), 0/19(5), 1/15(5),

Michael Leask – Right Arm Offbreak

4dwn, DNB, 2dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 5dwn,
20(8), DNB, 4(3)*, 8(12), 38(14)*, 12(9), 17(13)*, 4(6), 37(21), 14(20),
1/19(3), 3/11(4), DNB, DNB, 1/11(1), 1/36(4), 1/16(2), 2/15(4), 0/8(1), 0/24(2),

Chris Greaves – Legbreak

5dwn, DNB, DNB, 5dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn, DNB, 5dwn, 6dwn, 4dwn,
13(8)*, DNB, DNB, 30(20)*, 0(1)*, 3(7)*, DNB, 16(11)*, 3(2), 37(29),
DNB, 2/2(2), 0/26(3), 0/11(2), DNB, 0/18(2), DNB, 1/18(2), 1/23(3), 0/31(4),

Jack Jarvis - Right Arm Medium

3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn
37(33), 24(20), 27(26), 6(19), 55(61)
1/37(6), 3/46(10), 0/48(7), 1/19(5), 2/27(8)

Bowler :

Mark Watt – Left Arm Orthodox

1/19(4), 0/0(1), 0/7(1), 4/21(4), 2/12(3), 1/19(4), 1/39(4), 3/12(4), 1/19(3)*, 0/37(3),

Chris Sole – Right Arm Medium

0/29(4)*, 1/72(4), 1/17(2), 1/29(2), 0/39(4),

Safyaan Sharif – Right Arm Medium fast

2/31(4), 2/22(4), 2/14(2), 1/15(4), 2/9(2), 0/23(4), 1/32(3), 1/23(4), 0/48(4), 1/41(4),

Hamza Tahir – Left Arm Orthodox

1/54(4), 1/28(3), 1/24(4), 2/35(4), 2/33(4),

Gavin Main - Right Arm Medium

0/21(2), 2/13(3), 5/26(4), 1/35(3), 2/8(2), 2/44(4), 1/17(3), 1/13(1), 1/21(3),

Bradley Currie - Left Arm Fast Medium

3/18(4), 0/11(3), 2/13(3), 2/26(4), 0/15(2), 0/19(2), 0/10(2), 2/21(3), 0/10(2), 0/26(2)

Adrian Neill - Right Arm Fast Medium

1/28(4), 2/34(4), 1/38(4), 2/33(4), 3/21(4),

Ireland T20Is

WK :

Lorcan Tucker -

1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn
14(12)*, 94(51)*, 12(10)*, 8(11), 4(7), 5(5), 1(2), 13(14), 71(48)*, 34(27), 10(11), 45(35)*,

Neil Rock -

DNB, 3dwn, DNB, 5dwn, 3dwn, 1dwn, 3dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn, 2dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn
DNB, 36(18), DNB, 0(2), 20(13)*, 12(6), 79(26)*, 2(4), 22(12), 28(18)*, 6(4)*, 9(8)

Batter :

Andy Balbirnie -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,
25(24), 53(38), 26(24), 37(33), 7(13), 12(13), 7(7), 38(31), 5(7), 30(25),

Harry Tector - Right Arm Off-break

DNB, 2dwn, DNB, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn,
DNB, 18(19), DNB, 41(31), 14(18)*, 22(16), 19(12), 47(38), 26(21), 5(16), 2(7),
DNB, DNB, DNB, DNB, 1/28(4), 0/17(2), 1/16(2), 1/14(4), 2/22(4), 2/17(4), DNB,

Paul Stirling (c) -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open
35(26)*, 9(5), 55(39)*, 2(4), 5(7), 10(12), 77(41), 0(1), 17(8), 21(14), 19(10), 37(27),

Ross Adair - Left Arm Fast Medium

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open
46(24), 1(5), 39(22), 23(24), 7(9), 6(5), 13(10), 1(3), 65(47)

All-rounder :

Curtis Campher - Right Arm Medium

DNB, DNB, DNB, 3dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn
DNB, DNB, DNB, 61(39), 5(9), 16(9)*, 50(30), 1(2)*, 11(16), 0(0), 3(7), 27(28),
0/10(2), 2/18(3), 1/20(4), 1/19(3), ABN, 1/23(4), 0/10(1), DNB, 3/15(4), 0/47(4), 0/12(1), 0/22(3),

George Dockrell - Left Arm Orthodox

DNB, 4dwn, DNB, 4dwn, DNB, 4dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn,
DNB, 9(3)*, DNB, 12(5), DNB, 2(3), 0(1), 23(17), 15(9)*, 9(8), 23(15),
1/9(2), DNB, DNB, 0/12(1), DNB, DNB, DNB, 0/31(3), 0/5(1), 0/17(2), 0/18(2),

Bowler :

Joshua Little - Left Arm Fast

2/23(4), 2/16(4), 0/35(4), 2/29(4), 0/30(2), 1/26(3), 1/24(4), 0/27(3), 2/25(4), 0/18(2), 1/31(4), 1/45(4),

Mark Adair - Right Arm Medium

1/17(4), 4/13(4), 3/22(4), 3/33(4), 3/25(4), 1/52(4), 1/48(4), 1/15(4), 1/29(3), 2/12(3), 1/39(4),

Barry McCarthy - Right Arm Medium

3/7(4), 1/22(4), 3/16(4), 0/34(4), 4/12(4), 0/24(4), 2/32(4), 1/14(2), 0/46(4), 3/29(4), 1/20(3)

Graham Hume - Right Arm Medium

0/39(4), 1/35(4), 3/17(4), 0/41(4), 0/43(3), 0/53(4), 1/9(3),

Benjamin White - Legbreak

2/10(4), 1/25(4), 2/28(4), 2/22(4), 2/22(3), 1/7(1), 1/15(2), 2/28(4), 0/37(3), 2/26(4),

Craig Young - Right Arm Medium

1/20(3), 2/45(4), 0/17(1), 0/15(4), 2/43(4), 1/49(4)

Theo van Woerkom - Left Arm Orthodox

0/21(3), 0/8(1), 2/19(2), 2/32(10), 3/58(10), 2/57(7),

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