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CLAIM NOWNamibia vs Papua New Guinea, ICCWCWARMUP, Today Match Prediction 31 May 2024
NAM vs PNG Win Probability
Toss Winner - Namibia won the toss and choose to bowl first
Namibia beat Papua New Guinea by 3 runs (D/L) method
Namibia and Papua New Guinea look for batting gains
- Both teams are struggling with the bat
- Namibia finished with 119 while PNG scored 137 for 9 in their last outing
- PNG lead 2-1 in head-to-head encounters
Papua New Guinea to win the match
| Tournament: | ICC Mens T20 World Cup Warm-up Matches 2024 |
| Format: | t20 |
| Venue: | Brian Lara Cricket Academy, San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Toss Prediction: | To Bat |
| Weather: | 27.0°C|Partly cloudy |
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NAM vs PNG Match Prediction & Analysis
Namibia and Papua New Guinea will lock horns in the T20 World Cup Warm-Up Match 2024. They will meet at the Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba where Papua New Guinea played their last match against Oman.
It is not a high-scoring venue and Oman lost 7 wickets while chasing a 138-run target against PNG. The bowlers will be crucial in this contest. There is great variety in the bowling attacks of both teams.
This can be a close encounter between two well-matched teams. However, the batting isn’t consistent and not very reliable. As a result, we are likely up for some surprises as the batters from both teams come to the crease.
There is depth in the batting lineups and there are some well-known and experienced batters in both squads. But currently, they’ve been struggling to find rhythm and on a pitch like this, they will find it even more difficult to get going.
RECENT PERFORMANCE
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Namibia Preview
Namibia failed to defend 119 runs against Australia in their last outing. While this loss wasn’t a surprise given the low score, the nature of this loss surely raised some concerns regarding Namibia’s bowling prospects.
They made a huge impact with the ball in UAE against top teams with some brilliant spells from their key bowlers. And since then, they’ve been expected to deliver if not match-winning, at least interesting bowling spells that make the game exciting.
They’ve got experienced players like David Wiese in their squad who can deliver with both bat and ball. However, they were completely outplayed by Australia as the latter chased down a 120-run target in just 10 Overs.
While Bernard Scholz picked up a couple of wickets for 16 runs from his 2 Overs, the other key bowler in this attack, Ruben Trumplemann was very expensive.
As they take on Papua New Guinea, skipper Gerhard Erasmus will be hoping for a comeback from his batters. The batting lineup is deep but the openers’ form is what will be under scanner.
Michael van Lingen and Niko Davin are the ones to watch out for. In the lower middle order, JJ Smit and David Wiese will be crucial to help finish on a high.
Namibia Predicted Playing XI:
Gerhard Erasmus (c), Zane Green (wk), Michael van Lingen, Nikolaas Davin, JP Kotze, JJ Smit, David Wiese, Jan Frylinck, Bernard Scholtz, Tangeni Lungameni, Ruben Trumpelmann
Namibia Key Players From Previous Game Of ICC Mens T20 World Cup Warm-up Matches 2024
Namibia Actual Playing XI:
Malan Kruger, Michael Van Lingen, Nikolaas Davin, David Wiese, Gerhard Erasmus, Jan Frylinck, Jean-Pierre Kotze, Zane Green, Ben Shikongo, Bernard Scholtz, Dylan Leicher, Jack Brassell, Peter Daniel Blignaut, Ruben Trumpelmann, Tangeni Lungameni, Jonathan Smit
Papua New Guinea Preview
PNG have a 2-1 lead in the head-to-head encounters against Namibia in T20Is. The last time these two teams met was in 2021 during the UAE Summer T20 Bash.
Papua New Guinea lost that match by 14 runs while chasing a target of 175 runs. Tony Ura was the top batter for PNG in that match. Skipper Assad Vala is a key player at number 3. He’s got experience and has scored over 1000 runs in T20Is.
PNG has a similar squad from the last time and should back themselves to continue their dominance over Namibia. Assad Vala also has a role to play with the ball along with Charles Amini.
These two all-rounders are crucial to PNG’s win. The middle-order features Sese Beau and Norman Vanua in addition to Amini. And these two middle-order batters also contribute with the ball.
The number of all-rounders in this squad makes them a solid overall side. Papua New Guinea skipper has a great number of options in the bowling attack.
Two new names Kabua Morea and Alei Nao, who weren’t part of the squad earlier delivered an impressive performance against Oman and will be ones to watch out for in this bowling attack.
Papua New Guinea Predicted Playing XI:
Lega Siaka, Tony Ura, Assad Vala (c), Charles Amini, Norman Vanua, Sese Bau, Kiplin Doriga (wk), Hila Vare, Kabua Morea, Alei Nao, Semo Kamea
Papua New Guinea Key Players From Previous Game Of ICC Mens T20 World Cup Warm-up Matches 2024
Papua New Guinea Actual Playing XI:
Jack Gardner, John Kariko, Assad Vala, Charles Amini, Lega Siaka, Norman Vanua, Hila Vare, Kiplin Doriga, Tony Ura, Alei Nao, Chad Soper, Kabua Morea, Semo Kamea, Hiri Hiri, Sese Bau
PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS
Weather Conditions
It is a bowling-friendly pitch that will trouble the batters a great deal. It is quite challenging to score runs here. There will be scattered showers on the match day in Tarouba with a high of 31 degrees Celsius.
NAM vs PNG Pitch Report
Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba, Trinidad will be the venue for this warm-up match between Namibia and Papua New Guinea. The average 1st innings score on this ground is 161 runs. We reckon this score would be a match-winning total in this contest.
Toss: To Bat
There is no clear advantage to either batting first or second on this ground as batting is quite tough in both innings. However, given the current batting form of both sides, we reckon they would be more comfortable defending a total rather than chasing one down.
NAM vs PNG
Winning Prediction
It is tricky to choose between two teams that haven’t got any reliable or in-form players. Nevertheless, PNG, with their overall squad strength, variety in the bowling attack, and batting depth will have a slight edge over Namibia in our match prediction.
Papua New Guinea to win the match
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