Isle of Man will lock horns with Czechia in the 44th game of the European Cricket Championship Challenger, 2024 at the Cartama Oval, Cartama on October 2, 2024 at 04:00 PM IST.
Match: Isle of Man vs Czechia, Playoffs – Match 11
Date: October 2, 2024
Time: 04:00 PM IST
Venue: Cartama Oval, Cartama
Isle of Man has played 13 matches in the series and they are ranked third on the points table, while Czechia have played 11 matches in the series and is ranked fourth on the points table.
In their previous encounter in this series, Eddie Beard was the Man of the Match and Eddie Beard scored the highest fantasy points for Isle of Man with 119 match fantasy points while Paaras Khari topped the fantasy points leaderboard for Czechia with 73 match fantasy points.
In the last match, played by Isle of Man against Greece, Isle of Man lost against Greece by 8 wickets. The top fantasy player for Isle of Man was Christian Webster who scored 141 fantasy points.
In their last match in this series against Estonia, Estonia beat Czechia by 8 wickets. The top fantasy player for Czechia was Sazib Bhuiyan who scored 60 fantasy points.
The pitch at the Cartama Oval, Cartama will allow for good stroke play and the batters will find it easy to bat on the surface. The surface will not allow a lot of assistance to the bowlers and wicket-taking is not going to be easy. The average 1st innings score at this venue in the last 20 matches is 140 runs. The pitch at the Cartama Oval, Cartama is a sporting one with decent assistance for both batters and bowlers on offer. The team winning the toss may decide to bat or bowl depending on the ground conditions today.
Temperature is expected to be around 28.07 °C and humidity is expected to be around 37%. Winds at a speed of 2.47 m/s are expected.
The Pacers have been very successful at this venue. They have taken 100% of the total wickets at this venue. We would suggest that you pick as many pace bowlers as possible in your team. Based on the stats available, We predict that the pitch will continue to assist the pacers.
M – Matches Played, R – Runs, Avg R – Average Runs, W – Wickets, Avg W – Average Wickets, RR – Recent Scores, RW – Recent Wickets
Player |
M |
R |
Avg R |
W |
Avg W |
RR |
RW |
Eddie Beard |
5 |
275 |
68.8 |
0 |
– |
73, 24, 24, 96, 58 |
– |
Paaras Khari |
5 |
150 |
50 |
0 |
– |
28, 31, 43, 0, 48 |
– |
Sabawoon Davizi |
5 |
20 |
5 |
0 |
– |
2, 0, 1, 0, 17 |
– |
M – Matches Played, R – Runs, Avg R – Average Runs, W – Wickets, Avg W – Average Wickets, RR – Recent Scores, RW – Recent Wickets
Player |
M |
R |
Avg R |
W |
Avg W |
RR |
RW |
Kieran Cawte |
5 |
0 |
– |
5 |
23.6 |
– |
2, 1, 0, 1, 1 |
Rhuturaj Magare |
4 |
6 |
– |
2 |
44 |
0, 0, 6, 0, 0 |
1, 0, 0, 0, 1 |
Ajhar Alam |
4 |
16 |
– |
0 |
– |
0, 0, 16, 0, 0 |
0, 0, 0, 0, 0 |
M – Matches Played, R – Runs, Avg R – Average Runs, W – Wickets, Avg W – Average Wickets, RR – Recent Scores, RW – Recent Wickets
Player |
M |
R |
Avg R |
W |
Avg W |
RR |
RW |
Sudesh Wickramasekara |
3 |
84 |
28 |
1 |
69 |
15, 0, 0, 27, 42 |
0, 1, 0, 0, 0 |
Ollie Webster |
3 |
84 |
28 |
2 |
19.5 |
0, 0, 84, 0, 0 |
0, 0, 0, 2, 0 |
Sazib Bhuiyan |
3 |
60 |
20 |
0 |
– |
33, 0, 2, 25, 0 |
0, 0, 0, 0, 0 |
M – Matches Played, R – Runs, Avg R – Average Runs, W – Wickets, Avg W – Average Wickets, RR – Recent Scores, RW – Recent Wickets
Player |
M |
R |
Avg R |
W |
Avg W |
RR |
RW |
Sudesh Wickramasekara |
3 |
84 |
28 |
1 |
69 |
15, 0, 0, 27, 42 |
0, 1, 0, 0, 0 |
Ollie Webster |
3 |
84 |
28 |
2 |
19.5 |
0, 0, 84, 0, 0 |
0, 0, 0, 2, 0 |
Eddie Beard |
5 |
275 |
68.8 |
0 |
– |
73, 24, 24, 96, 58 |
– |
Sazib Bhuiyan |
3 |
60 |
20 |
0 |
– |
33, 0, 2, 25, 0 |
0, 0, 0, 0, 0 |
Kieran Cawte |
5 |
0 |
– |
5 |
23.6 |
– |
2, 1, 0, 1, 1 |
Isle of Man (IOM) Squad: Christo Roelofse, Chris Langford, Corbin Liebenberg, Ollie Webster, Eddie Beard, Kieran Cawte, Sam Barnett, Christian Webster, Luke Ward, JJ Griffin, Akki Van Den Berg, Brendan Bennett and Phil Littlejohns
Czechia (CZE) Squad: Sabawoon Davizi, Sudesh Wickramasekara, Sazib Bhuiyan, Sahil Grover, Rhuturaj Magare, Neeraj Tyagi, Ritik Tomar, Sagor Hossain, Venkatesh Marghashayam, Ajhar Alam, Joe Cope, Paaras Khari and Martin Worndl
Wicket-Keepers: Paaras Khari and Sahil Grover
Batters: Eddie Beard and Martin Worndl
All-Rounders: Sudesh Wickramasekara, Ollie Webster, Sazib Bhuiyan and Akki Van Den Berg
Bowlers: Kieran Cawte, Rhuturaj Magare and Neeraj Tyagi
Captain: Sazib Bhuiyan
Vice-Captain: Martin Worndl
Photo credits: Imago