Spain vs Germany 1st T20 Match Prediction
Germany head to Spain for a two-game T20i series – their first matches since missing out on a place at the ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier on net run rate. The matches take place on March 8 at the Desert Springs Cricket Ground, Almeria, and the live action starts at 10:30 local time.
Germany won four of their five matches in the European regional finals of the T20 World Cup qualifiers, but defeat to Italy proved costly as Jersey pipped them to top spot to reach the main qualifier. Nevertheless, they have won seven of their ten previous T20 internationals and will hope to extend that record by beating Spain.
Spain did not reach the regional finals, but they did get back to winning ways in T20i cricket last time out, when they won all four matches at the Iberia Cup. Key players from that triumph, Yasir Ali and Faran Afzal, remain with the squad for this mini-series.
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Toss Prediction
Spain won the toss three times in the Iberia Cup so they are due to lose one and Germany could look to field first.
Weather Report
Conditions will be clear and sunny all day on Sunday in Almeria.
Pitch Condition
Little is known of the wicket at Almeria, which is hosting international cricket for the first time.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds and match prediction for Spain vs Germany, 1st T20 Match 2020.
Spain Team News & Playing 11
SPA Team News
Spain will be led by Christian Munoz-Mills once more. Adam Algar has been added to the squad since the Iberia Cup, but the other 12 named players featured in that tournament.
SPA Key Players
Faran Afzal: Spain’s top run-scorer in the Iberia Cup with 121, top-scoring in two of the four games and hitting a half-century against Gibraltar.
Yasir Ali: Signed off from the Iberia Cup with 2-11 and 42* from 33 balls in Spain’s win against Gibraltar.
Paul Hennessy: Took six wickets in the series win against Finland and added two more against Portugal, as well as scoring some decent runs too.
SPA Team Form
Spain won all four matches at the Iberia Cup, proving their superiority with a pair of wins against both Portugal and Gibraltar. The three times they bowled first, they stormed to dominant wins and when they batted first they posted 143/6 against Portugal and won by 29 runs.
Spain Predicted Playing 11
Faran Afzal, Paul Hennessy, Yasir Ali, Christian Munoz-Mills (c), Ravi Panchal, Kuldeep Lal, Awais Ahmed (wk), Tauqeer Hussain, Jack Perman, Raja Adeel, Tom Vine
Germany Team News & Playing 11
GER Team News
Craig Meschede is not part of the Germany squad for this series, but they do still have key players such as Vijayshankar Chikkannaiah back and Ahmed Wardak continues in the squad. Venkatraman Ganesan leads the team.
GER Key Players
Ahmed Wardak: Has taken 14 wickets in eight innings for Germany with his left-arm medium-pace bowling.
Vijayshankar Chikkannaiah: An unbeaten 70* in the series win against Belgium in May has helped him to 148 runs in T20i cricket – only Craig Meschede has more for Germany.
Izatullah Dawlatzai: The former Afghanistan international was in wicket-taking form in the regional final of the T20 World Cup qualifier, taking eight wickets in total and hitting 24* in his only innings.
GER Team Form
Germany won four of their five matches in the European finals of the ICC T20 World Cup qualifier, including closing with a win against Jersey. After being set 135 to win, Germany chased it down in 14.2 overs to win by three wickets, but it was not quite quick enough to stop Jersey topping the group on net run rate.
Germany Predicted Playing 11
Venkatraman Ganesan (c), Michael Richardson (wk), Abdul-Shakoor Rahimzei, Harmanjot Singh, Amir Mangal, Asad Mohammad, Sahir Naqash, Vijayshankar Chikkannaiah, Izatullah Dawlatzai, Ahmed Wardak, Dieter Klein
Spain vs Germany Head to Head
This will be the first time Spain and Germany have met in a full T20 international.
🏆 Spain vs Germany Prediction
Germany nearly earned a chance to play in the T20 World Cup qualifier. They are a level above Spain, and therefore should win this series.
Mar 08, 2020
14:30 IST / 9:00 GMT
Desert Springs Cricket Ground - Almeria, Spain
SPA vs GER T20 
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