NAM vs CAN Match Prediction & Analysis
The Namibia Cricket Ground in Windhoek has the honour of hosting the first ever T20I between Namibia and Canada as they embark on a five-game T20I series which begins on Tuesday.
For Namibia, this will be their first game in the format since last October when they lost twice to both UAE and USA during the Namibia T20 Tri-Series which came four months after they finished in fourth place in Group B at the T20 World Cup.
As in other formats, Namibia have struggled to adjust to life post-David Wiese who had been their star performer with both bat and ball across the last few years.
Canada were last in T20I action in October during the Canada T20 Tri-Series and produced some strong cricket in games against Nepal and Oman.
Namibia will have home advantage in this fixture, but it is Canada who bring the stronger form into the series.
Namibia Preview
With the David Wiese era now way behind Namibia, Gerhard Erasmus’ side have looked to the likes of himself, Jan Fryloinck and Bernard Scholtz to provide the experience and leadership to the team.
As yet, these players and others like Zane Green and JJ Smit have been unable to step up to keep Namibia competitive at international cricket!
Ahead of this match, we expect to see keeper-batter JP Kotze open up alongside Jan Frylinck with Shaun Fouche likely to be used as a ‘finisher’ and have a floating batting number in the line-up.
With the ball, Scholtz and Erasmus were the only bowlers to pick up wickets in Namibia’s last T20I but we expect Jan Balt alongside the pace of Jack Brassell to also be threatening.
Namibia Predicted Playing XI:
JP Kotze (wk), Jan Frylinck, Alexander Busing-Volschenk, Gerhard Erasmus (c), JJ Smit, Zane Green, Shaun Fouche, Jan Balt, Bernard Scholtz, Jack Brassell, Tangeni Lungameni
Canada Preview
This will be a very interesting opening game of the series for Canada who come into this match ranked in 21st place but on an upward trajectory on their cricketing journey!
After picking up plenty of new fans and admirers during the T20 World Cup, Canada have been playing a brand of positive and exciting cricket for a while and we expect that to continue in Namibia during this game.
With the bat, Canada have plenty of depth to their batting with Nicholas Kirton likely to come in at number six but more than capable of producing a long innings if required.
With the ball, Canada have a reputation for being extremely disciplined. Akhil Kumar, Parveen Kumar along with Harsh Thaker are very consistent wicket-takers at this level.
Canada Predicted Playing XI:
Kanwarpal Tathgur, Dilpreet Bajwa, Navneet Dhaiwal, Harsh Thaker, Shreyas Movva (wk), Nicholas Kirton (c), Ravinder Singh, Parveen Kumar, Saad Bin Zafar, Kaleem Sana, Akhil Kumar
Weather Conditions
According to the weather forecast, there will be plenty of cloud cover before, during and after the conclusion of this game. There could also be some rain interruptions.
NAM vs CAN Pitch Report
With the overhead conditions, there could be plenty of assistance for the quicker bowlers in this match. Whichever team bats first will be looking to post around 155-160 to be competitive.
Toss: To Bowl
This ground in Windhoek often loses a bit of pace across a full day of cricket but across 40 overs of a T20I there should not be a huge difference. As a result, we predict that both captains will want to bowl first.
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