Group 1 – Match 13 of the European Cricket Championship Challenger, 2024 has Turkiye taking on Croatia. The match will be played at the Cartama Oval, Cartama on September 25, 2024, at 08:00 PM IST.
Match: Turkiye vs Croatia, Group 1 – Match 13
Date: September 25, 2024
Time: 08:00 PM IST
Venue: Cartama Oval, Cartama
Turkiye have played 3 matches in the series and are ranked fifth on the points table, while Croatia have also played 3 and are placed fourth.
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 130 runs. The team batting first at this venue has won 55% 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 28.61 °C and humidity is expected to be around 49%. Winds at a speed of 2.93 m/s are expected. Cloudy weather is expected during the match, this may help pacers with movement.
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.
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 |
Ali Turkmen |
3 |
52 |
26 |
0 |
– |
30, 0, 0, 22, 0 |
0, 0, 0, 0, 0 |
Saghar Manzoor |
5 |
110 |
27.5 |
0 |
– |
18, 31, 35, 26, 0 |
– |
Sam Houghton |
4 |
19 |
9.5 |
1 |
50 |
10, 9, 0, 0, 0 |
0, 0, 0, 0, 1 |
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 |
Aman Maheshwari |
3 |
10 |
5 |
1 |
51 |
6, 0, 4, 0, 0 |
0, 0, 0, 0, 1 |
Anthony Razmilic |
4 |
4 |
1.3 |
1 |
16 |
1, 2, 0, 1, 0 |
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 |
Gokhan Alta |
3 |
34 |
– |
0 |
– |
20, 0, 0, 14, 0 |
0, 0, 0, 0, 0 |
Sajid Khan |
4 |
7 |
– |
2 |
34 |
6, 0, 0, 0, 1 |
0, 0, 2, 0, 0 |
Jai Thakur |
4 |
10 |
3.3 |
3 |
10.7 |
5, 0, 0, 0, 5 |
0, 1, 0, 2, 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 |
Ali Turkmen |
3 |
52 |
26 |
0 |
– |
30, 0, 0, 22, 0 |
0, 0, 0, 0, 0 |
Saghar Manzoor |
5 |
110 |
27.5 |
0 |
– |
18, 31, 35, 26, 0 |
– |
Gokhan Alta |
3 |
34 |
– |
0 |
– |
20, 0, 0, 14, 0 |
0, 0, 0, 0, 0 |
Sam Houghton |
4 |
19 |
9.5 |
1 |
50 |
10, 9, 0, 0, 0 |
0, 0, 0, 0, 1 |
Sajid Khan |
4 |
7 |
– |
2 |
34 |
6, 0, 0, 0, 1 |
0, 0, 2, 0, 0 |
Turkiye (TUR) Squad: Ali Turkmen, Romeo Nath, Abdullah Lodhi, Gokhan Alta, Zafer Durmaz, Murat Yilmaz, Muhammet Bicer, Muhammet Kursat, Kursad Dalyan, Mertcan Filiz, Serdar Emir, Ilyas Cetin and Murat Demirtas
Croatia (CRO) Squad: Aman Maheshwari, Jai Thakur, Vedran Zanko, Sam Houghton, Petar Bosnjak, Saghar Manzoor, Alen Magdalenic, Sajid Khan, Miroslav Zobaj, Oliver Tilley, Zach Vukusic, Anthony Razmilic and Pero Kastelan
Wicket-Keepers: Abdullah Lodhi, Sam Houghton and Petar Bosnjak
Batters: Ali Turkmen and Saghar Manzoor
All-Rounders: Sajid Khan, Jai Thakur, Murat Yilmaz and Kursad Dalyan
Bowlers: Zafer Durmaz and Anthony Razmilic
Captain: Sam Houghton
Vice-Captain: Jai Thakur
Photo Credit: Imago