Who Will Win Ireland vs Scotland 3rd Match?
Ireland, after facing back-to-back defeats against hosts Netherlands, will hope to put an end to their losing streak when they take on Scotland in the third game of the ongoing T20I tri-series. The match is scheduled to be played on June 16 at the Sportpark Het Schootsveld in Deventer. Live action will begin at 5 PM local time.
Ire vs Sco 3rd Match: Where to Watch/Live Streaming
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Toss Prediction
Ireland have been lucky in their past few matches as far as winning the toss is concerned. They have won the toss five times in their last six T20 internationals which is why we predict them to win the toss in this match.
Read on for team previews, betting odds, betting tips and match prediction for Ireland vs Scotland 3rd match...
Ireland Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Ireland tried a new opening combination in the last game against the Netherlands and it worked out well for them. Paul Stirling opened the Irish innings with James Shannon instead of Stuart Thompson who was pushed down the order, and the pair stitched a 58-run partnership. The team is likely to keep the same opening combination for this upcoming match against Scotland.
Key Players
While Paul Stirling and William Porterfield hold the key to Ireland's top-order batting, Kevin O'Brien and skipper Gary Wilson are their best men in the middle order. Porterfield and Stirling are the top two run-scorers for the team in T20 cricket and the latter has shown promising signs with 44 runs in the two games. Wilson is coming off an unbeaten 45 from the last game and he will be expected to play another good knock here. Barry McCarthy and Simi Singh have both taken four wickets each in the series and they will pose a big challenge to the Scottish batsmen. George Dockrell will be another threat for Scotland. The spinner is the leading wicket-taker for Ireland in the shortest format and he took a couple of wickets in the last game as well.
Recent Form
Wednesday's four-wicket loss to Netherlands was the sixth consecutive defeat for Ireland in the 20-overs format. They have now lost 11 of their past 13 T20 internationals and will be desperate for a win when they go up against Scotland on Saturday. Though their bowlers did a fine job in the last two games, they will want their batsmen to put in a little more effort.
Ireland Predicted Playing 11
Paul Stirling, James Shannon, William Porterfield, Simi Singh, Gary Wilson (c), Kevin O'Brien, Stuart Thompson, Stuart Poynter (wk), George Dockrell, Barry McCarthy, Boyd Rankin
Scotland Team News & Playing 11
Team News
Scotland made just the one change in their last match against Pakistan. They brought in pace bowler Chris Sole in place of left-arm spinner Hamza Tahir who leaked 57 runs off his four overs in the first game of the series. Sole performed better picking up two wickets and he is likely to be retained by his team for this match against Ireland.
Key Players
Their top four - George Munsey, Kyle Coetzer, Richie Berrington and Calum MacLeod - all had a decent hit in the last T20I series against Pakistan at home. Coetzer is leading the runs charts for Scotland in the 20-overs format and he will be the key figure in this batting line-up. MacLeod scored just 38 runs in the Pakistan series and the team will hope that he is able to produce a kind of innings like he hid in the ODI against England. Safyaan Sharif and Alasdair Evans will be the go-to bowlers for Scotland when it comes to pace. Sharif is the second-highest wicket-taker for the side in T20Is while Evans did a fairly good job against Pakistan. Mark Watt was not at his best in that series but the left-arm spinner is expected to bounce back strongly.
Recent Form
Scotland are coming on the back of a 0-2 home series defeat against Pakistan. While they conceded over 200 runs with the ball in the first game, they put up a poor show with the bat in the second as the entire team folded for just 82 runs inside 15 overs. Scotland have now lost their last three T20 internationals on the bounce.
Scotland Predicted Playing 11
George Munsey, Kyle Coetzer (c), Richie Berrington, Calum MacLeod, Dylan Budge, Michael Leask, Matthew Cross (wk), Safyaan Sharif, Mark Watt, Alasdair Evans, Chris Sole
Jun 16, 2018
20:30 IST / 15:00 GMT
Sportpark Het Schootsveld - Deventer, Netherlands
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