Pitch Condition:
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
Cardiff is the second lowest-scoring ground in the T20 Blast this season, with an average of 7.59 runs an over, and is one of the few English grounds where spinners are more expensive than seamers in T20. The last two games at this venue in the T20 Blast over the past week have witnessed low scores.
In most of the international games, this wicket behaves neutrally with pacers and batsmen generally dominating here. We should expect same type of wicket in this game also so most probably we will see scores in the range of 150-170 if England bats firs. However in the recent t20 blast games wicket was pacer friendly.
England can score big if they bat first despite the slow nature of wicket.
Last 3 Matches at this ground:
PAK: 173/6, ENG: 175/3 (Pace: 6 Spin: 1)
IND: 148/5, ENG: 149/5 (Pace:7 Spin: 2)
ENG: 181/8, SA: 162/7 (Pace: 13 Spin: 2)
Last 3 T20 Blast matches:
GLA: 150/9, MID: 129/9 (Pace: 14 Spin: 3)
Kent: 144/7, GLA: 104/10(Pace: 11 Spin: 6)
GLA: 156/3, ESS: 153/6(Pace: 5 Spin: 4)
| Total matches | 6 |
| Matches won batting first | 2 |
| Matches won bowling first | 4 |
| Average 1st Inns scores | 149 |
| Average 2nd Inns scores | 147 |
| Highest total recorded | 182/5 (20 Ov) by ENG vs AUS |
| Lowest total recorded | 89/10 (18.4 Ov) by PAK vs ENG |
| Highest score chased | 175/3 (19.2 Ov) by ENG vs PAK |
| Lowest score defended | 182/5 (20 Ov) by ENG vs AUS |
England Team Preview:
The England team looked at its best in the T20 format. They are the no. 1 ranked team of this format and will be favourites to win this series easily despite the absence of their some key players. They have won their all the t20s on this ground.
Probable 11 :
- Jason Roy: RHB
- Jos Buttler: RHB
- Dawid Malan: LHB
- Jonny Bairstow: LHB
- Eoin Morgan: LHB
- Moeen Ali: LHB+RAO
- Sam Curran: LHB+LAM
- D Willey: LHB+LAM/C Woakes: RHB+RAM/T Curran
- Chris Jordan: RHB+RAM
- Adil Rashid: RAL
- M Wood: RAF
Team Breakup:
Main Batters: Jason Roy, Jos Buttler, Dawid Malan, J Bairstow (E Morgan is very good batsman but he generally gets very less chance to bat)
Main Spinners: Adil Rashid (Moeen Ali, recently Moeen is bowling less overs in the t20s)
Main Pacers: C Jordan, M Wood and C Woakes
Expected Death Overs: C Jordan, M Wood/C Woakes
Stats and Performance of the Players:
J Bairstow(RHB):
H2H: 1 I, 2 R, 2.0 A, 100.0 SR
VENUE: 1 I, 28 R, 28.0 A, 155.6 SR
STATS T20I: 51 M, 45 I, 1050 R, 29.16 A,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20I): 30, 34, 67, 82, 112,
J Buttler(RHB):
H2H: 6 I, 188 R, 47.0 A, 158.0 SR
VENUE: 3 I, 56 R, 18.7 A, 147.4 SR
STATS T20I: 79 M, 71 I, 1723 R, 30.22 A, 140.99 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 30, 22, 55, 20, 0,
E Morgan(LHB):
H2H: 8 I, 201 R, 33.5 A, 123.3 SR
VENUE: 5 I, 204 R, 102.0 A, 163.2 SR
STATS T2OI: 102 M, 97 I, 2311 R, 29.62 A, 138.46 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 32, 27, 3, 38, 33,
D Malan(LHB, current no.1 ranked batsman but not in form):
H2H:
VENUE: 1 I, 78 R, 78.0 A, 177.3 SR
T2OI: 24 M, 24 I, 1003 R, 50.15 A, 144.31 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 23, 10, 6, 2,
J Roy(RHB):
H2H: 3 I, 111 R, 37.0 A, 142.3 SR
VENUE : 3 I, 34 R, 11.3 A, 94.4 SR
STATS T20I: 43 M, 43 I, 1034 R, 24.04 A, 142.22 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 68, 45, 30, 64, 0
S Curran(LHB+LAM):
H2H:
VENUE:
T20I: 13 M, 8 I, 66 R, 13.20 A, + 13 I, 37 O, 11 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20I): 20+45/1, 21+29/4, 72+33/1, 1+25/1,
M Ali(LHB+RAO):
H2H: 2 I, 27 R, 13.5 A, 225.0 SR + 3 I, 5 O, 0 W,
VENUE: 1 I, 72 R, 156.5 SR+ 1 I, 1 O, 1 W,
STATS T20I: 34 M, 31 I, 392 R, 17.04 A, 134.70 SR+ 30 I, 73 O, 17 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 34+32/0, 6+15/2, 52+21/2, 9+24/0, 39+24/0,
D Willey(LAF):
H2H: 1 I, 4 O, 2 W,
VENUE: 4 I, 15 O, 3 W,
T2OI: 28 M, 28 I, 92 O, 34 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 27/2, 38/0, 44+44/3, 9+17/2,
T Curran(RHB+RAM, Death overs specialist):
H2H: 1 I, 4 O, 0 W,
VENUE: 2 I, 8 O, 3 W,
T2OI: 28 M, 27 I, 90 O, 26 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 26+45/1, 25+26/0, 44/2, 33/1,
C Jordan(RAM):
H2H: 5 I, 20 O, 12 W,
VENUE: 3 I, 12 O, 4 W,
STATS T20I: 60 M, 59 I, 210 O, 70 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 16/3, 35/2, 41/0, 21/1, 2/0,
A Rashid(RAL):
H2H: 3 I, 10 O, 3 W,
VENUE: 3 I, 11 O, 1 W,
STATS T20I: 57 M, 54 I, 194 O, 55 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 26/0, 19/1, 37/0, 32/3,
M Wood(RAF):
H2H:
VENUE:
T2OI: 15 M, 15 I, 55 O, 23 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20I): 53/0, 25/1, 31/3, 20/1, 38/1
C Woakes(RHB+RAM):
H2H: 2 I, 9 R, 9.0 A, 81.8 SR+ 2 I, 7 O, 1 W,
VENUE:
T20I: 8 M, 7 I, 91 R, 30.33 A, 144.44 SR+ 8 I, 27 O, 7 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 42/0, 8, 37/1, 38/2, 22/0,
L Dawson(RHB+LAO):
H2H:1 I, 4 O, 3 W,
VENUE:
T20D: 173 M, 130 I, 1979 R, 19.98 A, 114.39 SR+ 146 I, 464 O, 122 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 33+15/0, 9+28/1, 17+17/1, 16+30/0, 23+54/0,
S Billings(RHB):
H2H:
VENUE: 2 I, 14 R, 7.0 A, 77.8 SR
STATS T20I: 30 M, 27 I, 391 R, 17.0 A, 133.44 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 34 , 18, 11, 14, 30,
L Livingstone(RHB+RAL):
H2H:
VENUE: 1 I, 0 R,
T2OD: 133 M, 128 I, 3387 R, 28.70 A, 140.48 SR+ 49 I, 127 O, 50 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 94+22/1, 25+29/1, 25+29/0, 45+30/0, 65+25/1,
Srilanka Team Preview:
They generally remain inconsistent in the T20s and are a very weak team. They have done plenty of changes again.
Probable 11 :
D Gunathilika: LHB+RAO
Avishka Fernando: RHB
K Perera: LHB
K Mendis: RHB
N Dickwella: LHB
D De Silva: RHB+RAO
D Shanaka: RHB+RAM
W Hasaranga: LHB+LS
I Udana: RHB+RAM
D Chameera: RAF
N Pradeep: RAM
Team Breakup:
Main Batters: Kusal Perera, D Gunathilaka, Avishka Fernando
Main Spinners: W Hasaranga (D De Silva will assist him)
Main Pacers: D Chameera, N Pradeep and I Udana
Expected Death Overs: I Udana and D Chameera/N Pradeep
H2H and Venue Stats of the Players:
Kusal Perera(LHB):
H2H: 3 I, 26 R, 8.7 A, 83.9 SR
VENUE:
T20I: 47 M, 46 I, 1293 R, 28.10 A, 135.25 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(ODI): 30, 14, 120,
N Dickwella(LHB):
H2H: 1 I, 3 R, 3.0 A, 42.9 SR
VENUE:
T20I: 26 M, 25 I, 466 R, 19.41 A, 135.46 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(ODI): 7,
D Gunathilaka(LHB+RAO):
H2H: 1 I, 26 R, 26.0 A, 162.5 SR
VENUE:
STATS T20I: 27 M, 26 I, 542 R, 20.84 A, 121.79 SR+ 11 I, 19.4 O, 6 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(ODI): 21+5/1, 24, 39,
K Mendis(RHB):
H2H: 2 I, 22 R, 11.0 A, 115.8 SR
VENUE:
STATS T20I: 26 M 26 I, 484 R, 18.61 A, 131.52 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(ODI): 24, 15, 22, (LISTA), 43, 69,
A Fernando(RHB):
H2H:
VENUE:
STATS T20D: 50 M, 48 I, 1267 R, 27.54 A, 137.12 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(LISTA): 23, 42, 132, 5, 32,
O Fernando(RHB):
H2H:
VENUE:
STATS T20D: 22 M, 19 I, 295 R, 17.35 A, 113.89 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE:
C Asalanka(LHB+RAO)):
H2H:
VENUE:
STATS T20D: 26 M, 24 I, 479 R, 23.95 A, 127.39 SR+ 14 I, 38 O, 15 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(LISTA): 13, 38, 101+21/0, 17+24/0, 13,
P Nissanka(RHB):
H2H:
VENUE:
STATS T20D: 21 M, 20 I, 530 R, 26.50 A, 127.09 SR
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(ODI): 8, 20, 0,
Dhananjaya De Silva(RHB+RAO):
H2H: 1 I, 17 R, 17.0 A, 89.5 SR+ 1 I, 2 O, 1 W,
VENUE:
STATS T20I: 16 M, 15 I, 331 R, 22.06 A, 109.96 SR+ 9 I, 18 O, 5 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(ODI): 9+45/3, 10+23/0, 55+14/0,
W Hasaranga(RHB+LS):
H2H:
VENUE:
STATS T20D: 54 M, 45 I, 724 R, 20.68 A, 137.12 SR+ 49 I, 164 O, 71 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(ODI): 74+48/0, 6+33/1, 18+47/2,
D Shanaka(RHB+RAM):
H2H: 3 I, 26 R, 8.7 A, 113.0 SR+ 1 I, 1 O, 0 W,
VENUE:
STATS T20I: 40 M, 39 I, 483 R, 15.58 A, 111.03 SR+ 16 I, 29 O, 11 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(ODI): 22, 14, 11+38/0, (LISTA): 13+14/1, 1+31/0,
I Jayaratne(RHB+RAM):
H2H:
VENUE:
STATS T20I: 51 M, 32 I, 478 R, 22.76 A, 149.84 SR+ 46 I, 161 O, 68 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(LISTA): 44/1, 2+53/4, 52/2, 31/5, 52/3,
R Mendis(RHB+RAO):
H2H:
VENUE:
STATS T20I: 37 M, 30 I, 583 R, 27.76 A, 128.98 SR+ 31 I, 87 O, 30 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 10+25/1, 21/1, 30/1, 13+28/2, 26+10/1,
D Lakshan(LHB+RAM, One of the top wicket takers of the Sri Lanka Premier league):
H2H:
VENUE:
STATS T20D: 29 M, 23 I, 294 R, 15.47 A, 127.82 SR+ 17 I, 46 O, 17 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(LISTA): 70+20/0, 69+23/0, 26+22/2, 77+18/0, 6+24/0,
I Udana(LHB+LAM):
H2H: 1 I, 3 O, 1 W,
VENUE:
STATS T20I: 30 M, 21 I, 230 R, 19.16 A, 144.65 SR+ 27 I, 88 O, 24 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(LISTA): 16/2, 33+37/2, 47+40/1, (ODI): 21+64/0, 18+49/2,
N Pradeep(RAF):
H2H: 1 I, 2 O, 0 W,
VENUE:
STATS T20D: 54 M, 54 I, 162 O, 55 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(ODI): 46/0, 66/2, (LISTA): 50/2, 46/1
D Chameera(RAF):
H2H: 1 I, 4 O, 0 W,
VENUE:
STATS T20I: 22 M, 22 I, 78 O, 20 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(ODI): 45/1, 39/1, 44/3, 16/5,
A Dananjaya(RAO):
H2H: 1 I, 4 O, 2 W,
VENUE:
STATS T20I: 25 M, 25 I, 91 O, 26 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(LISTA): 26/3, 22/4, 70/1, 29/1, 32/0,
L Sandakan(Chinaman):
H2H: 1 I, 4 O, 1 W,
VENUE:
STATS T20I: 19 M, 19 I, 72 O, 23 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(ODI): 36/1, 52/0, 59/1, 55/1, 54/3,
B Fernando(LAM):
H2H:
VENUE:
STATS T20D: 50 M, 49 I, 169 O, 66 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(LISTA): 47/3, 30/3, 55/3,(ODI): 33/1,
Asitha Fernando(RAM):
H2H:
VENUE:
STATS T20D: 24 M, 23 I, 74 O, 30 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(ODI): 62/0, (LISTA): 50/0, 27/1,
C Karunaratne(RAM):
H2H:
VENUE:
STATS T20D: 23 M, 18 I, 44 O, 15 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(LISTA): 23/2, 65/2, 37/4, 35+40/3, (ODI): 34/0,
P Jayawickrama(LAO):
H2H:
VENUE:
STATS T20D: 8 M, 8 I, 23 O, 9 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(LISTA): 65/3, 46/3, 17/4, 49/2, 33/0,
S Fernando(RAM):
H2H:
VENUE:
STATS T20D: 15 M, 15 I, 57 O, 27 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 22/1, 41/3, 55/1, 66/0, 53/0,
