Amdocs CC vs Nicosia Tigers, ECS T10 League - Cyprus
Nicosia Tigers will seal the final play-off place in the ECS Cyprus T10 tournament if they can beat Amdocs at the start of the final day of action at the Ypsonas Cricket Ground, Limassol. The match will take place on July 24 and gets underway at 09:00 local time.
The Tigers have won just one of their five matches in this re-drawn competition, having won one from four in the original format too. Both of those wins were against Amdocs, however, and they will look to make it three wins from three in this game. Yasir Khan’s unbeaten half-century helped them to 104/2 in 7.4 overs and an eight-wicket victory in the last game.
Earlier in that match, Amdocs’ opener Swaroop Pattanaik had hit another half-century, but his good batting form has not been enough to prevent four defeats from four so far. They lost three four in the original tournament too – their only win, of course, now the subject of corruption allegations against their opponents. Realistically, they need a big win in this game to stand any chance of an unlikely place in the eliminator.
Amdocs CC vs Nicosia Tigers Live streaming
Live streaming: European Cricket Network
Toss Prediction
Nicosia Tigers were happy to be asked to bowl first last time out and they may select that option themselves in this game.
Weather Report
The forecast has not altered once in this tournament and it won’t on the final day either – it will be hot, sunny and dry.
Pitch Condition
An excellent batting wicket has served up plenty of runs so far.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds and match prediction for Amdocs CC vs Nicosia Tigers, European Cricket Series Cyprus.
Amdocs CC Team News & Playing 11
AMD Team News
Amdocs have tended to make a couple of tweaks each game and there are more that can be made for this match too.
AMD Key Players
- Swaroop Pattanaik: Hit an unbeaten 61 from 36 balls in the most recent game and has repeatedly led the Amdocs batting without support.
- Ashish Srivastava: Bats at number four and can open the bowling, he is a key cog in this team but needs to perform more consistently.
- Gaurav Sagwan: A couple of times he has laid a platform with a performance that suggests he has more to give with both bat and ball.
AMD Team Form
Amdocs have lost all four matches so far, losing twice to Punjab Lions and once apiece to Cyprus Moufflons and Nicosia Tigers so far. Defeat to the latter – posting 103/3 after Swaroop Pattanaik hit 61*, but falling to an eight-wicket loss – continued their poor form ahead of this match.
Amdocs CC Predicted Playing 11
Swaroop Pattanaik, Gaurav Sagwan, Chaitas Shah, Aritra Chakraborty (wk), Ashish Srivastava, Preetaj Deol, Shailendra Chauhan, Vimal Khanduri, Hitesh Thadani (c), Vilok Sharma, Rahul Shukla
Nicosia Tigers CC Team News & Playing 11
NCT Team News
Roman Mazumder has barely featured for Nicosia Tigers but Iftekar Jaman finally looks to have cemented his place in this team now. Abid Ali played ahead of Aizaz Jameel last time out, keeping wicket in all three matches.
NCT Key Players
- Yasir Khan: Hit more than 100 runs in each of the last two days, including an unbeaten half-century at the top of the order when these teams last met.
- Anowar Hussain: A big-hitting batsman with more to give with the ball than he has showed so far too – he made a good impact when he first came into the team.
- Iftekar Jaman: Took one of the wickets to fall when these teams last met and his top-order batting can also be dangerous.
NCT Team Form
Nicosia Tigers lost twice to Punjab Lions and Cyprus Moufflons across the first two days of the re-drawn tournament, but go into this match having beaten Amdocs last time out. Set 104 to win, they only needed 7.4 overs to get there – Yasir Khan hitting 54* from 24 balls.
Nicosia Tigers CC Predicted Playing 11
Yasir Khan, Iftekar Jaman, Abid Ali (wk), Anowar Hossain, Rashidul Hassan, Faruk Ahmed, Shabbi Ul Hassan, Abdullah Al Tasmin, Abdul Manan, Abdul Mubeen, Faysal Mia (c)
🏆 Amdocs CC vs Nicosia Tigers CC Prediction
Nicosia closed the previous day with a comfortable win against Amdocs and they can start this one in the same way.
Jul 24, 2020
11:30 IST / 6:00 GMT
Ypsonas Cricket Ground - Limassol, Cyprus
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