Edex Knights (EDK) will be taking on Marsa (MAR) in Match 46 of the European Cricket Series Malta, 2024 at the Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta on October 31, 2024, at 05:00 PM IST.
Match: Edex Knights vs Marsa, Match 46
Date: October 31, 2024
Time: 05:00 PM IST
Venue: Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta
Edex Knights have played 8 matches in the series and are ranked second on the points table, while Marsa have played 4 and are placed tenth.
Both teams last played against each other in the Final of the FanCode ECS Malta Encore, 2021 where Justin Shaju scored the highest fantasy points for Edex Knights with 44 match fantasy points while Niraj Khanna topped the fantasy points leaderboard for Marsa with 111 match fantasy points.
In the last match played by Edex Knights, they beat MMA Titans by 6 wickets. The top fantasy player for Edex Knights was Niyas Muhammed who scored 79 fantasy points.
In their last match in this series against Southern Crusaders, Marsa beat them by 6 wickets. The top fantasy player for Marsa was Fanyan Mughal who scored 120 fantasy points.
The pitch at the Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta is balanced. The average 1st innings score at this venue in the last 20 matches is 108 runs. The pitch at the Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta 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 will hover around 20.53 °C with 74% humidity. Winds at a speed of 2.5 m/s are expected.
The pacers have taken 100% of the total wickets at this venue. Hence picking up pacers for your fantasy team should be a good idea. Based on the stats available, we experts predict that the pitch will continue to assist the pacers.
In the 9 matches played between these 2 teams, bowlers of both teams have earned the most fantasy points for their respective teams so far.
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 |
Basil George |
5 |
161 |
40.3 |
0 |
– |
47, 26, 88, 0, 0 |
– |
Samuel Stanislaus |
4 |
50 |
12.5 |
0 |
– |
0, 11, 19, 8, 12 |
0, 0, 0, 0, 0 |
Niraj Khanna |
4 |
90 |
22.5 |
0 |
– |
38, 27, 0, 11, 14 |
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 |
Jais Mathew |
4 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
17.2 |
0, 0, 0, 0, 0 |
0, 1, 0, 1, 3 |
Adnan Hassan |
4 |
9 |
9 |
3 |
28.3 |
0, 0, 0, 9, 0 |
2, 1, 0, 0, 0 |
Arslan Arshad |
4 |
10 |
– |
3 |
36.7 |
0, 0, 0, 10, 0 |
1, 0, 2, 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 |
Jugal Chaudhary |
3 |
49 |
24.5 |
1 |
25 |
6, 0, 24, 0, 19 |
0, 1, 0, 0, 0 |
Fanyan Mughal |
3 |
79 |
79 |
2 |
32 |
51, 0, 28, 0, 0 |
0, 0, 0, 2, 0 |
Jayakrishnan Srambikkal |
5 |
57 |
57 |
0 |
– |
1, 6, 0, 31, 19 |
– |
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 |
Samuel Stanislaus |
4 |
50 |
12.5 |
0 |
– |
0, 11, 19, 8, 12 |
0, 0, 0, 0, 0 |
Basil George |
5 |
161 |
40.3 |
0 |
– |
47, 26, 88, 0, 0 |
– |
Niraj Khanna |
4 |
90 |
22.5 |
0 |
– |
38, 27, 0, 11, 14 |
0, 0, 0, 0, 0 |
Jugal Chaudhary |
3 |
49 |
24.5 |
1 |
25 |
6, 0, 24, 0, 19 |
0, 1, 0, 0, 0 |
Yadav Manu |
4 |
97 |
48.5 |
0 |
– |
7, 30, 0, 0, 60 |
0, 0, 0, 0, 0 |
Edex Knights (EDK) Squad: Samuel Stanislaus, Justin Shaju, Niyas Muhammed, Basil George, Ajay John, Senthil Raj, Alwin John, Jais Mathew, Yadav Manu, Adil Latheef, Jayakrishnan Srambikkal, Shanley Karoli, Sujith Sukumaran, Vishnu Thulaseedharan, Parth Patel, Anand Chauhan, Darshan Kumar Goyani, Hari Krishnan, Jishnu Unnikrishnan, Jugal Chaudhary, Laiju George, Manu Mohanan, Tince Joseph and Vibin Xavier
Marsa (MAR) Squad: Nowell Khosla, Niraj Khanna, Farhan Masih, John Grima, David Athwal, Fanyan Mughal, Noman Mehar, Umair Saleem, Muhammad Suleman, Adnan Hassan, Uttam Banik, Arslan Arshad, Faisal Mahrose, Deep Patel, Waqas Khan, Sobhan Sarkar, Khaleed Kasumuri, Abhishek Singh, Prinson Jose, Nishant Patel and Vikram Verma
Wicket-Keepers: Niraj Khanna and John Grima
Batters: Samuel Stanislaus, Basil George and Umair Saleem
All-Rounders: Jugal Chaudhary, Fanyan Mughal, Adil Latheef and Jayakrishnan Srambikkal
Bowlers: Jais Mathew and Farhan Masih
Captain: Farhan Masih
Vice-Captain: John Grima
Photo Credit: Imago