T20WC — SL vs ENG | Guide for D3.club
Match Details
⇨Date: November 05, 2022
⇨Venue: SCG, Sydney
⇨Time: 7 pm LOCAL, 1:30 pm IST, 8 am UTC
Venue Guide (SCG, Sydney)
⇨Average Score: 162 (in 12 T20I matches since 2016)
⇨Win % Batting 1st: 50%
⇨Win % Batting 2nd: 33.3%
⇨ Ground Dimensions:
- Straight: 79*76
- Square: 70*65
- Square Diagonals: 72*76*74*68
⇨ Sydney which has long straight boundaries indicates full-length bowling mixed with pace variations to deceive the batter. The batting team will be looking to target the smaller square boundaries hopping onto anything which is even a fraction of an inch shorter.
⇨ Playing Conditions: Prediction indicates very little to nil chance of rainfall tomorrow in Sydney during the game with temperatures ranging between 17 to 19 degrees Celsius. Facilitated by perfect weather conditions, both teams will be looking to put their best foot forward in a must-win encounter to keep their chances of qualifying alive.
Dependable Trio for D3:
⇨ Jos Buttler (ENG) [captain]: England captain Jos Buttler marched back into form after a superb inning in their must-win match against the Kiwis. In 8 innings against the Lankan lions, Buttler has scored 350+ runs at an average of 89 with a striking rate of 148. Sydney which is a good batting surface can see the likes of someone like Buttler fire in tomorrow’s match. To add him on D3 you can choose OG Kevin Pietersen (Batter 1).
⇨ Wanindu Hasaranga (SL): Sydney which has long straight boundaries, will facilitate Sri Lanka’s premier wrist spinner Hasaranga who has 6 wickets in 3 matches at a rate of 7.75 runs an over at the venue. His economy of 7.4 and wicket-taking rate of 23 against left-hand batters make him more suitable against the English lineup containing Stokes, Curran, Ali, and Malan.
⇨ Moeen Ali (ENG): Although Ali did not fire in the last match, sending him to bat at number 3 again can be beneficial as it puts forward a left-right combination against the opposition. He has been in good form this year scoring close to 500 runs with a strike rate of 161 and having taken 12 wickets. His all-round abilities make him a good prospect in D3.
Alternative Combinations:
⇨ Combination 1:
1. Ales Hales [captain] — (Jonathan Trott — Batter 2)
2. Kusal Mendis
3. Adil Rashid
⇨ Combination 2:
1. Liam Livingstone [captain]
2. Dhananjaya de Silva
3. Pathum Nissanka
Marketplace Watch:
⇨ Adil Rashid (Black Tier) — XP: 4% — Ask Price: $188
England’s preferred leggie — Rashid is a bargain buy at this price.
Probable Playing XIs
⇨England:
Jos Buttler [c, wk], Ales Hales, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes, Sam Curran, Dawid Malan, Chris Woakes, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood.
⇨Sri Lanka:
Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis [wk], Dhananjaya De Silva, Charith Asalanka, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka [c], Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Pramod Madushan, Kasun Rajitha, Lahiru Kumara.
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