Empire CC are favourites to win
Empire CC Lions will finish second if they beat FPC Finnish Pakistani Club in the Finnish T20 Premier League on August 12. The match, at Vantaa’s Tikkurila Cricket Ground, gets underway at 17:30 and marks both teams’ final game of the league campaign.
Empire CC Lions have nine wins from 13 matches so far, but a recent blip in form has seen them drop from top to third. Second place is in their hands though – a win and they will earn two attempts at reaching another final.
FPC Finnish Pakistani Club are in very different form – a recent rain-affected win against Bengal Tigers just their third of the tournament in 11 completed games. They are bottom of the table and their net run rate means they are consigned to relegation after defeat to Vantaa CC last time out.
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This is a poor batting wicket, but even more so in the second innings usually.
A cloudy but dry evening is in store in Vantaa.
A poor batting wicket has been difficult to play on this season, with plenty of low scores in Vantaa.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds and match prediction for Empire CC vs FPC Finnish Pakistani Club, Finnish Premier League.
Despite their heavy defeat last time out, Empire have a strong core to the team and may not make many – if any – changes from that game.
Empire CC gave themselves a chance of leapfrogging SKK Rapids at the top of the table by beating them in a low-scoring thriller – Mahesh Tambe starring with bat and ball. They then lost to Greater Helsinki, however, after being bowled out for 76 – they now must win this game to secure second place.
Vaanraj Padhaal, Amjad Sher (c), Jonathan Scamans (wk), Shoaib Qureshi, Mahesh Tambe, Ravi Kumar, Raaz Mohammad, Kushagra Bhatnagar, Muhammad Imran, Chandra Sekhar, Abdul Ghafar
FPC have Waseem Qureshi back and may look for a similar batting line-up this time out. The bowling needs improvement.
FPC won a rain-affected match against Bengal Tigers but could not back it up last time out, when they were bowled out for 142 in pursuit of 186 to beat Vantaa CC.
Aqib Qureshi, Adil Khan, Waseem Qureshi, Muhammad Aqeel (wk), Abdul Rehman, Nadeem Qureshi, Naufal Khalid, Bilal Khan (c), Ammad Siddique, Kashif Shaukat, Shahid Sarfraz
Empire bowled FPC out for 92 when they last met, with Amjad Sher taking 3-15 and Raaz Mohammad 3-8. Sher (32) and Vanraaj Padhaal (31) led the way to ensure a comfortable six-wicket win in reply.
Empire CC Lions will want momentum ahead of the play-offs, and need a win to secure second place, but they should achieve that.
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