The 20th match of the tournament will be of Group B between Scotland (SCO) and Oman (OMN). The match will be live at 10:30 P.M. (IST) and 01:30 P.M. (local).
In their last encounters, Scotland registered an easy win over Namibia whereas Oman is almost out of the league after losing the match against Australia.
Teams Analysis
Scotland (SCO):
Scotland is maintaining their hope of reaching the next round after managing their victory in the last match. They might bring the other teams a big contest for the next round and it might be a very highlighted one to see how they will progress.
Opener Michael Jones is currently their most runs scorer with 71 runs in 2 matches. He has a strike rate of 142 and was useful at the start of the innings. He is well known for power hitting for the team and this might be seen in this match. The other opener George Munsey has managed 41 and 7 runs respectively. Due to little slowness in the last match his strike rate dropped to 104.35.
Skipper Richie Berrington played a patient knock of 47 runs against Namibia, due to which the team managed the victory in their name. His strike rate was 134.29 at that match and this can be seen from him again.
The main move was of Michael Leask who scored 35 runs in 17 balls and turned the match atmosphere into their favour. Not only this, he got a wicket in that match and showed his all-round performance there. Pacer Brad Wheal got a stunning spell where he grabbed 3 wickets by giving away 33 runs in his 4 overs.
Bradley Currie makes the batters under pressure by bowling an economical spell. He gave just 16 runs in his 4 overs and also got 2 important wickets.
Probable Playing 11 of Scotland (SCO):
Richie Berrington ©, George Munsey, Michael Jones, Brandon McMullen, Matthew Cross (wk), Michael Leask, Chris Greaves, Mark Watt, Christopher Sole, Brad Wheal, Bradley Currie.
Oman (OMN):
After losing two back to back matches, their road to reach the next round is almost hopeless. Despite this they played brilliantly in both their matches first against Namibia where they took the match in the Super Over and lost, then against Australia with whom they fought bravely and made them sweat to get the victory. Their bowling has been much better than their batting in this T20 World Cup.
Their current successful batter in this tournament is Ayaan Khan who scored 51 runs in 2 matches with the strike rate of 100. His best was against Australia where he scored 36 runs and took his team to a respectable total. Then next is Khalid Kail who has managed 42 runs and has a strike rate of 82.35.
Their skipper Aqib IIyas has managed 0 and 18 in two matches. He has been a successful all-rounder of the team but his batting has been a flop till now. But with the bowl he has little better stats as his economy is 4.38 and has got one wicket till now.
Mehran Khan has been the team’s most successful bowler in this tournament yet as he got 5 wickets to his name in 2 matches with an economy of 6.43. Against Namibia he got 3 while against Aussies he got 2 wickets. On the other hand, Bilal Khan, the experienced bowler from the side has taken 2 wickets till now, one in each match. He needs to do much better in this department so that the team might make a chance for the next round.
Probable Playing 11 of Oman (OMN):
Aqib IIyas ©, Kashyap Prajapati, Pratik Athavale (wk), Zeeshan Maqsood, Khalid Kail, Ayan Khan, Shoaib Khan, Mehran Khan, Shakeel Ahmed, Kaleemullah, Bilal Khan.
Pitch Report for the match between Scotland (SCO) and Oman (OMN):
The match will be played at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua. It will be the first match that will be played in this tournament. The pitch offers a good amount of assistance to the bowlers especially the spinners. The bowl gets a good amount of turn as the match progresses. Batters find this pitch hard to play. Batting first might be a good option here after winning the toss. The average 1st innings score is 123 and the 2nd innings is 105.
Weather Report:
The weather is expected to be a little cloudy as there is 10% chance of rain. The humidity will be high as it will be above 70%. The highest temperature may be recorded as 31 degree celsius while the lowest may be around 27 degree celsius.
Best 11 for the match between Scotland (SCO) and Oman (OMN):
Matthew Cross, Richie Berrington ©, Michael Jones (vc), Michael Leask, Mehran Khan, Aqib IIyas, Ayan Khan, Mark Watt, Bilal Khan, Brad Wheal, Bradley Currie.