SKK Stadin ja Keravan Kriketti vs Helsinki CC, FPL T20
SKK Rapids and Helsinki Cricket Club meet in their final group match of the Finnish T20 Premier League as both teams look for momentum to carry into the play-offs. The match, at the Kerava National Cricket Ground – where the two teams met in Sunday’s ECS Finland T10 Final – takes place on August 11 and the live action is set to start at 17:30 local time.
SKK Rapids have won ten of their 12 completed games in the league so far this season and are guaranteed to finish first. They most recently chased 142 to beat GYM Helsinki Gymkhana by seven wickets as Nathan Collins’ fine batting form continued with an unbeaten 68 at the top of the order.
Helsinki, who won the ECS Finland T10 tournament over the weekend, are also in fine form. They have won five in a row in this competition to climb to third and still have a slim chance of snatching second place if they win this game. Regardless, their winning streak means they could have momentum going into the play-offs. Aniketh Pusthay’s half-century helped them to a 24-run win against Bengal Tigers last time out.
SKK Stadin ja Keravan Kriketti vs Helsinki CC Live streaming
Live streaming: European Cricket Network
Toss Prediction
SKK Rapids have had more luck chasing this season than some other teams, but the tendency is to bat first.
Weather Report
A few clouds but crucially zero chance of rain will make for a good evening for cricket in Kerava.
Pitch Condition
Kerava favoured batting at the weekend, with the artificial pitch hard and flat.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds and match prediction for SKK Stadin ja Keravan Kriketti vs Helsinki CC, Finnish Premier League.
SKK Stadin ja Keravan Kriketti Team News & Playing 11
SKK Team News
Both teams made a couple of squad changes for the weekend’s T10 action, but it should be normal service again for SKK Rapids. Qaiser Siddique will return to captain the team then, with Jordan O’Brien free to concentrate on his batting in a strong top six.
SKK Key Players
- Nathan Collins: Top-scored with an unbeaten half-century last time out to move to 302 runs for the season – one of only two players to have passed the 300-mark so far.
- Peter Gallagher: In excellent all-round form in the T10 tournament at the weekend to continue the form he has been showing lately in this competition too.
- Atif Rasheed: With 13 wickets, he is the Rapids’ top wicket-taker so far in this season’s T20 Premier League and he also has 165 runs to his name.
SKK Team Form
SKK Rapids were unbeaten in six games before defeat to Empire Lions in a low-scoring game, in which despite Peter Gallagher’s all-round form they could only post 102/9 and fell to a three-wicket loss in the final over.
They needed a response to get the momentum going again, and they found it when Nathan Collins hit 68* to lead a chase of 142 to beat GYM Helsinki Gymkhana last time out. With ten wins from 12 completed games, SKK Rapids are guaranteed top spot.
SKK Stadin ja Keravan Kriketti Predicted Playing 11
Nathan Collins, Peter Gallagher, Jordan O’Brien, Ponniah Vijendran, Atif Rasheed, Jake Goodwin, Raja Waqas, Qaiser Siddique (c), Areeb Quadir (wk), Yathu Vijayaratnam, Gerard Brady
Helsinki Cricket Club Team News & Playing 11
HCC Team News
Helsinki have built some momentum by favouring consistency and that could be the story again for this match.
HCC Key Players
- Ghulam Abbas Butt: It is rare that he does not make his mark with either bat or ball. The opening batsman has 198 runs from nine innings – with a strike rate of 169.23 – and ten wickets.
- Aniketh Pusthay: Hit some good batting form, with 262 runs for the season, and he has been a useful, wicket-taking bowler in recent matches too.
- Abdul Ahad Qureshi: His batting form has propelled him to the top of the Helsinki batting charts, despite a low score last time out. He has 268 runs this season.
HCC Team Form
Helsinki have had a mixed season – starting with two wins, losing four in a row and then hitting fine form with five consecutive wins. After a key win against GYM Helsinki Gymkhana lifted them to third, they ensured they will not be finishing any lower when they then beat Bengal Tigers last time out. Aniketh Pusthay hit a half-century in a total of 149/8 and they restricted the Tigers to 125/7 in reply.
Helsinki Cricket Club Predicted Playing 11
Ghulam Abbas Butt, Abdul Ahad Qureshi, Zahidullah Kamal (wk), Aniketh Pushthay (c), Faheem Nellancheri, Maneesh Chauhan, Abdul Wahid Qureshi, Zakiullah Kamal, Obaidullah Sadiqui, Akhil Arjunan, Adnan Syed
SKK Stadin ja Keravan Kriketti vs Helsinki Cricket Club Head to Head
SKK Rapids thrashed Helsinki when they last met in this competition, back in June. They bowled economically to limit Helsinki to 113/7, before Jordan O’Brien smashed 77* from 46 balls in a dominant nine-wicket win with seven overs to spare.
SKK Stadin ja Keravan Kriketti vs Helsinki Cricket Club Betting Odds
Top-of-the-league SKK Rapids are 1.72 favourites with Betway to beat Helsinki CC. Helsinki are 1.95 outsiders but they have the momentum and could upset those odds.
Aug 11, 2020
20:00 IST / 14:30 GMT
Kerava National Cricket Ground - Kerava, Finland
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