Ireland are favorites to win
Hong Kong will face-off against Ireland in the second match of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019. This Group B clash will be played on the opening day of the tournament i.e. October 18 at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi. Live telecast of the game is scheduled to begin at 2:10 PM local time.
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Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds and match prediction for Hong Kong vs Ireland, T20 WCQ 2019...
Hong Kong will rely mainly on the likes of Nizakat Khan, Kinchit Shah and Haroon Arshad when it comes to batting. Nizakat Khan has been the team's most consistent and reliable batsman over the years and he is their second-highest run-getter in the format. Haroon Arshad has been in imperious form and is having a strike-rate of around 147. Ehsan Khan, Kyle Christie and skipper Aizaz Khan will be the ones to watch out for with the ball. Ehsan has taken ten wickets in eight T20Is and the off-spinner is more likely to trouble the Irish batsmen in these conditions.
Nizakat Khan, Ahsan Abbasi, Kinchit Shah, Waqas Barkat, Haroon Arshad, Aizaz Khan (c), Scott McKechnie (wk), Shahid Wasif, Ehsan Khan, Kyle Christie, Nasrulla Rana
Ireland will look to their stalwarts Paul Stirling, Kevin O’Brien, Andy Balbirnie and Gary Wilson to score runs for them. Kevin O’Brien is the key man in this line-up. The all-rounder struck a 62-ball 124 earlier this month against Oman to become the first Irish batsman to hit a century in the T20 format. Paul Stirling will probably open the innings with him and he too can play the big knock. Boyd Rankin, George Dockrell and Mark Adair are the major threats in Ireland's bowling attack. Left-arm spinner Dockrell has 71 wickets in 65 T20Is and is expected to do well on this spin-friendly surface.
Paul Stirling, Kevin O’Brien, Andy Balbirnie, Harry Tector, Gary Wilson (c/wk), Mark Adair, Gareth Delany, Simi Singh, Stuart Thompson, George Dockrell, Boyd Rankin
Hong Kong and Ireland have played three T20 internationals against each other in the past. Two of those have been won by the former and one by the latter.
Ireland registered a comfortable 66-run victory over Hong Kong when the two teams met recently in the Oman Pentangular T20I Series at Al Amerat.
Matches Played | HK Won | IRE Won | Tie | No Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Hong Kong have beaten Ireland twice in the three matches that have been played between them in the shortest format. Ireland, however, won the most recent encounter at the Oman T20I series and that should give them plenty of confidence heading into this game. They have also been doing pretty well in T20 cricket and are coming on the back of four wins in their last five matches. Hong Kong do have a few good players on their roster, but we feel that the in-form Ireland stand a better chance of winning on Friday.
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