Match 52 of the “European Cricket Series Malta, 2024” will be played between Marsa and Gozo Zalmi (MAR vs GZZ) at the Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta on November 4, 2024, at 01:00 PM IST.
Match: Marsa vs Gozo Zalmi, Match 52
Date: November 4, 2024
Time: 01:00 PM IST
Venue: Marsa Sports Club, Marsa, Malta
Marsa have played 6 matches in the series and are ranked eleventh on the points table, while Gozo Zalmi have played 8 and are placed seventh.
Both teams last played against each other in Match 32 of the ECS Malta, Encore, 2023 where Umair Saleem scored the highest fantasy points for Marsa with 84 match fantasy points while Zeeshan Qaisar topped the fantasy points leaderboard for Gozo Zalmi with 109 match fantasy points.
In the last match played by Marsa, Edex Knights beat them by 5 wickets. The top fantasy player for Marsa was Noman Mehar who scored 90 fantasy points.
In their last match in this series against Overseas, Gozo Zalmi beat them by 36 runs. The top fantasy player for Gozo Zalmi was Anees Ali who scored 134 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 110 runs. The team batting first at this venue has won 45% of its matches, so the toss does not make much of a difference here. The team winning the toss may decide to bat or bowl depending on the ground conditions today.
Temperature is expected to be around 20.36 °C and humidity is expected to be around 64%. 1.08 m/s winds are expected.
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 experts predict that the pitch will continue to assist the pacers.
In the 4 matches played between these 2 teams, Marsa has lost all their matches. Marsa batters have earned the most fantasy points for their team, while all-rounders have earned the most fantasy points for Gozo Zalmi.
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 |
Zeeshan Khan |
3 |
50 |
16.7 |
0 |
– |
7, 1, 0, 42, 0 |
0, 0, 0, 0, 0 |
Niraj Khanna |
4 |
96 |
24 |
0 |
– |
20, 38, 27, 0, 11 |
0, 0, 0, 0, 0 |
Nowell Khosla |
5 |
136 |
45.3 |
0 |
– |
5, 42, 35, 3, 51 |
– |
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 |
Salman Sharjeel |
4 |
11 |
5.5 |
4 |
11.5 |
0, 0, 1, 0, 10 |
3, 0, 0, 1, 0 |
Sami Ullah |
4 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
18 |
0, 0, 0, 0, 0 |
0, 0, 1, 2, 1 |
Adnan Hassan |
4 |
9 |
9 |
4 |
18.3 |
0, 0, 0, 0, 9 |
1, 2, 1, 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 |
Fanyan Mughal |
3 |
55 |
27.5 |
2 |
24 |
2, 0, 2, 0, 51 |
0, 1, 0, 1, 0 |
Vikram Verma |
2 |
0 |
– |
2 |
25.5 |
– |
1, 1 |
Anees Ali |
4 |
149 |
37.3 |
1 |
6 |
57, 62, 0, 3, 27 |
0, 0, 1, 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 |
Fanyan Mughal |
3 |
55 |
27.5 |
2 |
24 |
2, 0, 2, 0, 51 |
0, 1, 0, 1, 0 |
Zeeshan Khan |
3 |
50 |
16.7 |
0 |
– |
7, 1, 0, 42, 0 |
0, 0, 0, 0, 0 |
Niraj Khanna |
4 |
96 |
24 |
0 |
– |
20, 38, 27, 0, 11 |
0, 0, 0, 0, 0 |
Salman Sharjeel |
4 |
11 |
5.5 |
4 |
11.5 |
0, 0, 1, 0, 10 |
3, 0, 0, 1, 0 |
Vikram Verma |
2 |
0 |
– |
2 |
25.5 |
– |
1, 1 |
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
Gozo Zalmi (GZZ) Squad: Zeeshan Khan, Bikram Arora, Waseem Abbas, Jaswinder Singh, Attinder Singh, Stivey Roy, Roshan Lorance, Adnan Anwar, Farrukh Mughal, Shamraiz Talib, Jahidul Islam, Salman Sharjeel, Zeeshan Qaisar, Anees Ali, Bikash Adhikari, Mifthah Zain, Sahil Sharma, Sami Ullah, Ashan Siriwardana and Avinash Ajay
Wicket-Keepers: Niraj Khanna and Adnan Anwar
Batters: Zeeshan Khan, Nowell Khosla, Roshan Lorance and Muhammad Suleman
All-Rounders: Fanyan Mughal, Vikram Verma and Sahil Sharma
Bowlers: Salman Sharjeel and Jahidul Islam
Captain: Salman Sharjeel
Vice-Captain: Nowell Khosla
Photo Credit: Imago