Helsinki CC are favourites to win
Unbeaten Helsinki will look to round off an excellent ECS Finland T10 tournament when they meet SKK Rapids in the final on August 9. The live action starts at 16:00 local time at the Kerava National Cricket Ground.
Helsinki won all three of their group games, with Ghulam Abbas Butt in good form and Faheem Nellancheri catching the eye with the bat too. They started the second day by posting 122/5 in a 42-run win against Greater Helsinki Markhors.
SKK Rapids won two from three in the group stage, signing off with a ten-wicket win against Empire Blades, who they then beat again in the eliminator after bowling them out for 92. Jordan O’Brien was their top-scorer in the group-stage win, while Peter Gallagher led the way in the eliminator.
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Helsinki are in good batting form and might be happy to bat first after their success earlier in the day.
There is rain on the way, but this match should just dodge it.
The Kerava wicket has been good for batting over the weekend.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds and match prediction for Helsinki vs SKK Rapids, ECS Finland T10.
Venkatram Yellapragada, Asad Sohail and Amrik Bhatia seem to be competing for two places, having each played two of the three group games, while everybody else played all three. Yellapragada has bowled well in his two matches, so the choice comes down to Sohail or Bhatia.
Helsinki bowled SKK Rapids out for 122 and beat them by seven wickets first up, with Ghulam Abbas Butt their key man, before chasing 106 to beat Empire Blades. Earlier today, they hit 122/5 and beat Greater Helsinki Markhors by 42 runs.
Ghulam Abbas Butt, Abdul Ahad Qureshi, Aniketh Pushthay (c), Zahidullah Kamal (wk), Abdul Wahid Qureshi, Maneesh Chauhan, Faheem Nellancheri, Akhil Arjunan, Adnan Syed, Amrik Bhatia, Venkatram Yellapragada
SKK Rapids are likely to stick with the team that beat Empire in the eliminator, which would mean Nathan Collins retaining his place at the top of the batting order.
SKK Rapids were bowled out for 122 as they started with defeat to Helsinki Cricket Club but they have won three from three since – smashing 141/3 in a ten-run win against Greater Helsinki Markhors before two dominant wins against Empire Blades. They chased 83 in a ten-wicket win in the first game and 94 in an eight-wicket win in the eliminator.
Nathan Collins, Peter Gallagher, Jordan O’Brien (c, wk), Ponniah Vijendran, Atif Rasheed, Jake Goodwin, Raja Waqas, Areeb Quadir, Nirav Shah, Alastair Hay
Helsinki have are in fine form and have carried that into this tournament. They can seal victory in the final.
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