Pitch Report:
Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
This wicket should be balanced one with batters and pacers having some extra advantage. Generally pacers get more advantage than spinners on this wicket. Pace bowlers were getting some movement in the initial movement.
Last 6 games at this venue:
SCO: 109/8, NAM: 115/6 (Pace: 9 , Spin: 4)
RSA: 118/9, AUS: 121/5 (Pace: 8 , Spin: 5)
SL: 171/7, IRE: 101/10 (Pace: 5 , Spin: 2)
NAM: 166/4, NED: 164/4 (Pace:11 , Spin: 5)
NED: 106, IRE: 107/3 (Pace: 10 , Spin: 1)
NAM: 96/10, SL: 100/3 (Pace: 6 , Spin: 6)
Batting First 1, Batting 2nd: 4 (In this World Cup)
Favourites:
Pakistan
Pakistan Team Preview:
They are a good team of this format. They have shown their prowess in the 2 of the last 3 matches by defeating favourites India and Newzealand. Their pace bowlers and Openers are the main strengths of the team.
Probable 11:
Babar Azam: RHB
M Rizwan: RHB
Fakhar Zaman: LHB
M Hafeez: RHB+RAO
S Malik: RHB+RAO
Asif Ali: RHB
Imad Wasim: LHB+LAO
Shadab Khan: RHB+RAL
Hasan Ali: RHB+RAM
Haris Rauf: RAF
Shaheen Shah Afridi: LAM
Team Breakup:
Main Batters: Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan and Fakhar Zaman
Main Spinners: Shadab Khan and Imad Wasim (M Hafeez will assist them)
Main Pacers: Shaheen Afridi, H Rauf and Hasan Ali
Expected Death Overs: Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf
Stats and Performance of the Players:
M Rizwan(RHB):
H2H:
VENUE:
T20I: 46 M, 35 I, 1185 R, 39.37 A, 128.24 SR,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 6, 1, 40, 17 , 17 ,
RM, 13, 19, 79, 33,
S Ahmed(RHB):
H2H:
VENUE(T20I):
T20I: 60 M, 41 I, 812 R, 28.00 A, 126.67 SR,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 7, 54, 13, 0, 26,
B Azam(RHB)
H2H(ODI):
VENUE(T20I): 5 I, 104 R, 34.7 A, 106.1 SR
T20I: 64 M, 59 I, 2332 R, 47.59 A, 129.77 SR,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 65, 16, 105, 12, 59,
RM, 50, 15, 68*, 9, 51,
S Malik(RHB+RAO):
H2H(ODI):
VENUE(T20I): 5 I, 104 R 52.0 A, 111.8 SR+ 1 I, 2 O, 0 W,
T20I: 118 R, 107 I, 2361 R, 31.38 A, 124.26 SR + 48 I, 93 O, 28 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 31, 85, 40, 26, 19,
RM: 14, 28, 26* 19,
F Zaman(LHB):
H2H(ODI)
VENUE(T20I): 3 I 31 R, 10.3 A, 96.9 SR
T20I: 56 M, 50 I, 1062 R, 21.67 A, 134.26 SR,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 26, 1, 49, 12,
RM: 46, 52, 11, 30,
A Ali(RHB+RAM):
H2H(ODI):
VENUE(T220I): 2 I, 26 R, 13.0 A, 108.3 SR
T20I: 32 M, 29 I, 396 R, 18.85 A, 133.33 SR,
T20D: 210 M, 192 I, 3804 R, 24.70 A, 147.48 SR,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 10, 1, 28, 21, 21,
RM: 32, 27* 25*
Haider Ali(RHB):
H2H:
T20I:15 M, 14 I, 256 R, 19.69 A, 131.95 SR,
T20D: 66 M, 63 I, 1424 R, 24.98 A, 140.99 SR,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 91, 11, 0, 72, 37,
M Hafeez(RHB+RAO):
H2H(T20I):
VENUE(T20I): 8 I, 163 R, 23.3 A, 109.4 SR+ 7 I, 22 O, 5 W,
T20I: 116 M, 105 I, 2450 R, 26.06 A, 121.04 SR + 77 I, 209 O, 61 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 16+18/3, 5+10/0, 2/0, 30+20/1, 12,
RM: 0+13/0, 13, 12/0(2), 11+16/1(2), 10,
Imad Wasim (LHB+LAO):
H2H(ODI):
VENUE(T20I): 3 I, 16 R, 8.0 A, 177.8 SR+ 5 I, 20 O, 8 W,
T20I: 55 M, 37 I, 339 R, 13.03 A, 143.64 SR, + 54 I, 194 O, 54 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 18+22/2, 14+28/1, 15/0, 13+29/0, 40+40/1,
RM: 6/1, 19/2, 10/0(2), 11+24/1(4), 25/2(4),
S Khan(RHB+LES):
H2H(ODI): 1 I,11 R, 11.0 A, 64.7 SR+ 1 I, 10 O, 1 W,
VENUE(T20I): 5 I, 20 O, 9 W,
T20I: 55 M, 23 I, 226 R, 15.06 A, 126.25 SR, + 52 I, 192 O, 60 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 30+34/0, 34/1, 33/2, 46+33/1, 41/0,
RM: 7/0, 4+35/0, 22/1(4), 19/0(3), 0 +22/1(4),
M Wasim(RHB+RAM):
T20I:
T20D: 20 M, 10 I, 103 R, 34.33 A, 141.09 SR+ 20 I, 64 O, 19 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE(T20D): 11+32/1, 32/2, 34+24/1, 29/1, 12+35/0,
RM: 20/0,
S Afridi(LAF):
H2H:
VENUE(T20I): 2 I, 6 O, 2 W,
T20I: 33 M, 33 I, 120 O, 37 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 34/3, 39/2, 48/0, 30/2, 30/2,
RM: 41/2, 30/2, 31/3(4), 21/1(4), 22/1(4),
H Ali(RAF):
H2H(ODI):
VENUE(T20I): 4 I, 14.3 O, 9 W,
T20I: 44 M, 43 I, 148 O, 55 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 46/1, 18/0, 24/4, 31/2, 11+39/0,
RM: 21/2, 11+52/0, 44/2(4), 26/0(3), 38/1(4),
H Rauf(RAF):
H2H:
T20I: 26 M, 24 I, 91 O, 34 W,
VENUE(T20D): 5 I, 17 O, 8 W,(T20I): 1 I, 4 O, 1 W,
T20D: 85 M, 83 I, 301 O, 115 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 28/2, 37/1, 50/0, 22/1, 0+31/3,
RM: 32/2, 33/0, 25/1(4), 22/4(4), 37/1(4),
M Nawaz(LHB+LAO):
H2H(ODI):
VENUE(T20I): 1 I, 3 O, 1 W,
T20I: 24 M, 9 I, 70 R, 11.66 A, 100.00 SR, + 2 4, 77 O, 20 W,
T20D: 167 M, 117 I, 1828 R, 22.56 A, 121.05 SR,+ 155 I, 493 O, 137 W,
LAST FIVE MATCH SCORE: 30+23/0, 56+9/1, 41+291/, 51+26/2, 38+52/2,