Pitch Condition:
Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Pitch is expected to be balanced one with the batters getting somewhat extra advantage. Pace bowlers generally get good support than spinners on this venue. You can see scores in the range of 150-170.
Last 3 Games at this venue:
WI: 143/8, SA: 144/2 (Pace: 5, Spin: 3)
IND: 151/7, PAK: 152/0 (Pace: 6, Spin: 1)
WI: 55, ENG: 56/4 (Pace: 8, Spin: 5)
Winning Since the Start of the IPL:
Batting First: 4
Batting Second:12
Head 2 Head:
AUS: 8, SL: 8
AUS Team Preview:
They are a good team but their record in the T20Is is not very good. Form of DJ Warner will be cause of concern for the team. They are expected to go with the same playing11.
Probable11 of the team:
DJ Warner: LHB
A Finch: RHB
M Marsh: RHB+RAM
Steve Smith: RHB
GJ Maxwell: RHB+RAO(Can be promoted)
M Stoinis: RHB+RAM
M Wade: LHB
P Cummins: RAF
M Starc: LHB+LAF
A Zampa: RAL
J Hazlewood: RAM
Team Breakup:
Main Batters: DJ Warner, A Finch, M Marsh and G Maxwell
Main Spinners: Adam Zampa (G Maxwell will assist them)
Main Pacers: P Cummins, M Starc and J Hazlewood (M Marsh and M Stoinis will assist them)
Death Overs: M Starc and P Cummins/K Richardson
Full Stats of the players:
M Wade(LHB):
H2H: 1 I, 14 R, 14.0 A, 60.9 SR
VENUE(T20I): 3 I, 18 R, 9.0 A, 72.0 SR
T20I: 49 M, 40 I, 670 R, 19.70 A, 124.30 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20I): 4, 1, 2, 22, (T20D): 0,
RM: 4*, 0, 15,
J Inglis(RHB):
T20D: 63 M, 58 I, 1645 R, 32.90 A, 110.6 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 19, 2, 72, 3, 8,
RM: 8,
D Warner(LHB):
H2H: 12 I, 447 R, 55.9 A, 136.7 SR
VENUE(T20I): 4 I, 165 R, 55.0 A, 141.0 SR
T20I: 82 M, 82 I, 2279 R, 31.21 A, 139.30 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 6, 57, 0, 2, 0,
RM: 0, 1, 14,
A Finch(RHB):
H2H: 8 I, 217 R, 27.1 A, 147.6 SR
VENUE(T20D): 9 I, 254 R, 31.1 A, 127.0 SR(T20I): 3 I, 9 R, 3.0 A, 40.9 SR
T20I: 77 M, 77 I, 2473 R, 36.91 A, 149.78 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20I): 6, 30, 53, 34, (T20D): 24.
RM: 24, 8, 0,
S Smith(RHB):
H2H: 5 I, 124 R, 31.0 A, 119.2 SR
VENUE(T20D): 7 I, 108 R, 15.4 A, 117.4 SR(T20I): 1 I, 3 R, 3.0 A, 50.0 SR
T20I: 46 M, 38 I, 829 R, 27.63 A, 118.12 SR+ 17 I, 48 O, 17 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 4, 24, 39, 9, 35,
RM: 35, 57, 35,
M Stoinis(RHB+RAM):
H2H:
VENUE(T20D): 9 I, 210 R, 30.0 A, 155.6 SR+ 7 I, 11 O, 4 W,
T20I: 29 R, 24 B, 400 R, 26.66 A, 134.68 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 6+7/1, 6/0, 8/0, 18, 28,
RM: 28, 41+16/0, 24,
G Maxwell:(RHB+RAO):
H2H: 4 I, 281 R, 140.5 A, 224.8 SR+ 4 I, 10 O, 3 W,
VENUE(T20D): 11 I, 231 R, 28.9 A, 132.8 SR+8 I, 24 O, 4 W, (T20I):5 I, 104 R, 20.8 A, 126.8 SR+ 4 I, 10 O, 4 W,
T20I: 73 M, 66 I, 1798 R, 31.54 A, 157.58 SR+ 48 I, 112 O, 32 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 50+17/0, 57, 40, 51+29/0, 15+25/0,
RM: 37+10/0, 15+24/1(4),
M Marsh(RHB+RAM):
H2H:
VENUE(T20I): 2 I, 42 ,R 21.0 A, 89.4 SR+ 2 I, 2 O, 2 W,
T20I: 31 M, 31 I, 711 R, 27.34 A, 118.69 SR+ 17 I, 35 O, 15 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20I): 51+15/0, 11, 4, (LISTA): 111+41/1, (T20D): 24+53/0(4),
RM: 24+53/0, 0+17/0, 11,
A Agar(LHB+LAO):
H2H: 3 I, 12 O, 3 W,
VENUE(T20I): 1 I, 19 R, 19.0 A, 82.6 SR+ 2 I, 5 O 0 W,
T20I: 39 M, 23 I, 214 R, 11.26 A, 103.88 SR+ 39 I, 135 O, 42 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20I): 23/0, 27+22/1, 2+28/1, (LISTA): 11+47/2, (T20D): 23+34/1,
RM: 23+34/1, 14/1,
M Starc(LAF):
H2H: 6 I, 24 O, 9 W,
VENUE(T20I): 3 I, 11 O, 5 W,
T20I: 42 M, 42 I, 158 O, 53 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(ODI): 26/3, 43/3, (T20I): 14+33/2, 13+28/1, (T20D): 13+30/1,
RM: 13+30/1, 14/0, 32/2(4),
P Cummins(RAF):
H2H: 6 I, 22O, 8 W,
VENUE(T20I): 3 I, 1 1O, 5 W, (T20D): 3 I, 11 O, 7 W,
T20I: 31 M, 31 I, 114 O, 38 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 6+34/1, 66+58/0, 10+36/0, 31/2, 11+24/3,
RM: 33/0, 17/1(4),
J Hazlewood(RAF):
H2H:
VENUE(T20D): 6 I, 23 O, 6 W,
T20I: 18 M, 18 I, 70 O, 23 W,
T20D: 57 M, 57 I, 217 O, 67 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 54/0, 27/1, 22/0, 29/2, 29/2,
RM: 19/2(4),
A Zampa(Leg Spin):
H2H: 7 I, 28 O, 14 W,
VENUE(T20D): 1 I, 4 O, 1 W, (T20I): 2 I, 8 O, 1 W,
T20I: 51 M, 50 I, 178 O, 54 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20I): 28/1, 24/1, 24/2, 24/1, 17/2,
RM: 17/2, 29/0, 21/2(4),
M Swepson(LES):
T20I: 7 M, 7 I, 23 O, 11 W,
T20D: 56 M, 54 I, 191 O, 59 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 28/2, 11+26/1, (T20I): 14+41/1, 12/3, 14/0,
RM:
K Richardson(RAM):
H2H: 3 I, 11 O, 2 W,
VENUE(T20I): 1 I, 3 O, 1 W,
T20I: 26 M, 26 I, 89 O, 29 W,
T20D: 127 M, 125 I, 451 O, 153 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20I): 19/3, 16/0, (T20D): 29/1, (LISTA): 61/2, (T20D): 24/3(4)
RM: 24/3, 20/0,
Srilanka Team Preview:
They generally remain inconsistent in the T20I however they looked in very good touch in the qualifiers and in the first match. Their bowling attack is looking in terrific form.
As per reports M Theekshana has good chances of playing.
Probable 11 :
KJ Perera: LHB:
P Nissanka: RHB
C Asalanka: LHB:
Avishka Fernando: RHB
Bhanuka Rajapaksa: LHB:
D Shanaka: RHB+RAM:
C Karunaratne: RHB+RAM:
W Hasaranga: LHB+LS:
D Chameera: RAF:
Maheesh Theekshana: RAO(mystery spinner): //B Fernando: LAM
Lahiru Kumara: RAF
Team Breakup:
Main Batters: Avishka Fernando, C Asalanka and KJ Perera
Main Spinners: W Hasaranga and M Theekshana
Main Pacers: D Chameera and L Kumara (C Karunaratne will assist him along with D Shanaka)
Expected Death Overs: D Chameera and L Kumara
Full Stats and Analysis of the players:
D Chandimal(RHB):
H2H: 8 I, 177 R, 14.6 A, 104.5 SR
VENUE(T20I): 1 I, 22 R, 22.0 A, 100.0 SR
T20I: 61 M, 54 I, 950 R, 19.76 A, 104.51 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20I): 66, 5, (T20D): 0, 18, 3,
RM: 5, 6,
K Perera(LHB):
H2H: 7 I, 174 R, 24.9 A, 121.7 SR
VENUE(T20I): 2 I, 99 R, 49.5 A, 132.0 SR
T20I: 56 M, 55 I, 1461 R, 27.05 A, 131.97 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(ODI): 73, 0, 9, (T20I): 30, 39,
RM: 11, 0, 33, 1,
Avishka Fernando(RHB):
H2H: 2 I, 37 R, 18.5 A, 97.4 SR
VENUE:
T20I: 26 M, 25 I, 305 R, 13.26 A, 95.31 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20I): 12, (T20D): 83, 33, 62, 61,
RM: 30, 0, 2*, 0,
B Rajapaksa(LHB):
H2H: 2 I, 19 R, 19.0 A, 111.8 SR
VENUE:
T20I: 14 M, 12 I, 261 R, 26.10 A, 138.82 SR
T20D: 88 M, 77 I, 1620 R, 23.82 A, 134.32 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20I): 5, (T20D): 15, 35, 0, 2,
RM: 42, 1, 53,
C Asalanka(LHB+RAO):
H2H:
VENUE(T20I): 1 I, 6 R, 6.0 A, 60.0 SR
T20I: 5 M, 5 I, 150 R, 37.50 A, 120.96 SR
T20D: 33 M, 31 I, 663 R, 25.50 A, 123.0 SR+ 15 I, 39 O, 15 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(ODI): 47+3/1, (T20I): 6, 14, 5, 8,
RM: 6, 80*+14/0(1),
P Nissanka(RHB):
H2H:
VENUE(T20I): 1 I, 0 R,
T20I: 8 M, 7 I, 171 R, 24.42 A, 114.76 SR
T20D: 29 M, 26 I, 702 R, 28.08 A, 129.04 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 22, 8 , 26 , 15, 76,
RM: 5, 61, 0, 24,
D Shanaka(RHB+RAM):
H2H: 3 I, 18 R, 6.0 A, 78.3 SR+ 2 I, 5 O, 3 W,
VENUE(ODI): 1 I, 7 R, 7.0 A, 31.8 SR+ 1 I, 3 O, 0 W,
T20I: 53 M, 49 I, 633 R, 16.23 A, 107.65 SR+ 24 I, 42 O, 15 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20I): 18+14/0, (T20D): 51+41/0, 0+24/1, 7+17/1, 2+5/1, 21*
RM: 21*, 1+14/0(2),
W Hasaranga(RHB+LES):
H2H: 2 I, 15 R, 7.5 A, 71.4 SR+ 2 I, 4 O 0 W,
VENUE:
T20I: 29 M, 24 I, 277 R, 15.38 A, 116.38 SR+ 27 I, 98 O, 42 W,
T20D: 66 M, 56 I, 771 R, 17.52 A, 131.34 SR+ 61 I, 209 O, 85 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20I): 4+35/0, (T20D): 0+20/0, 1+40/0, 7+24/1, 16/2,
RM: 24/2(4), 71+12/1(4), 9/3(3), 6+29/0(3),
Dhananjay De Silva(RHB+RAO):
H2H: 2 I, 74 R, 37.0 A, 127.6 SR+ 2 I, 3 O, 0 W,
VENUE(ODI): 1 I, 0 R, 0.0 A,+ 1 I, 7 O, 2 W,
T20I: 23 M, 22 I, 412 R, 20.60 A, 108.42 SR+ 12 I, 24 O, 5 W,
T20D: 69 M, 64 I, 1477 R, 25.91 A, 128.32 SR+ 39 I, 90 O, 23 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20I): 31+18/0, 1+12/0, 4+18/0, 1, (T20D): 1,
D Chameera(RAF):
H2H:
VENUE(T20I): 1 I, 2 O, 1 W,
T20I: 35 M, 35 I, 121 O, 34 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20I): 35/1, 13/0, 9/0, (T20D): 27/3, 20/2,
RM: 19/1(4), 16/1(1), 13/1(2), 41/0(4),
Akila Dananjaya(RAO):
H2H: 1 I, 1 O, 0 W,
VENUE(ODI): 1 I, 50 R, 69.4 SR+ 1 I, 8 O, 1 W,
T20I: 31 M, 31 I, 111 O, 28 W,
T20D: 89 M, 85 I, 304 O, 98 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(ODI): 65/2, 46/0, (T20D): 28/0, 16/0, 33/0,
L Kumara(RAF):
H2H: 1 I, 4 O, 1 W,
VENUE:
T20I: 11 M, 10 I, 37 O, 14 W,
T20D: 24 M, 23 I, 81 O, 27 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 23/0, 30/4, 20/2, 24/1, 21/1,
RM: 9/2(3.3), 22/2(4), 7/3(3), 29/1(4),
C Karunaratne(RAM):
H2H:
VENUE(T20I): 1 I, 1 O, 0 W,
T20I: 10 M, 9 I, 22 O, 5 W,
T20D: 34 M, 28 I, 73 O, 22 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 24+13/0, 28/2, 35+39/0, 29+11/0, 8+24/0,
RM: 17/1(4), 27/2(3.3), 7/0(1), 12/1(3),
B Fernando(LAF):
T20I: 5 M, 5 I, 17 O, 6 W,
T20D: 52 M, 51 I, 176 O, 68 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20I): 17/1, 20+26/1, (ODI): 50/1, 53/0, (T20D): 9/1, 27/1(3),
M Theekshana:
H2H:
VENUE(T20I): 1 I, 1 O, 2 W,
T20I: 6 M, 6 I, 21 O, 9 W,
T20D: 27 M, 27 I, 95 O, 25 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20I): 28/0, (T20D): 20/0, 24/1, 31/1, 34/1,
RM: 25/3(4), 17/3(4), 3/2(1),