Netherlands vs United Arab Emirates, ICCCWCLT, Today Match Prediction 03 November 2024

NED vs UAE Match Prediction & Analysis

Netherlands are set for a historic match against the United Arab Emirates at the Al Amerat Cricket Ground Oman Cricket (Ministry Turf 1). This ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 match features two teams who are radically different in of recent form. Netherlands are battling for a place in the top three of the table while UAE are sitting at the bottom. The ODI match promises to deliver a key result for the two teams.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Netherlands Preview

Netherlands to produce an impressive performance to come out with a success against USA in the last match. The comfortable victory has put the team in a good spot when it comes to battle for the third places.

Max O'Dowd has been one of the crucial players for Netherlands so far in the campaign. He has managed 330 runs from his eight innings. He was able to come up with an impressive 77 runs in the match against USA. Vikramjit Singh has not been of the best form of late, but he has 189 runs so far been. Both players cannot be discounted by the opposition at any cost.

On the bowling front, the biggest success has gone to Aryan Dutt with 16 gets from his eight innings. Vivian Kingma has been able to manage 15 wickets and comes second in this list. Paul van Meekeren and Kyle Klein had a memorable outing in the last ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 match. On a surface expected to be friendly to the bowlers, both players are expected to be crucial for the Dutch once again.

Netherlands Predicted Playing XI:

Michael Levitt, Max O'Dowd, Vikramjit Singh, Musa Ahmad, Scott Edwards (c), Noah Croes, Kyle Klein, Aryan Dutt, Clayton Floyd, Paul van Meekeren, Vivian Kingma

United Arab Emirates Preview

UAE continue to struggle in the league with the team sitting at the bottom of the table. After having managed only two points from the eight matches so far in ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2, the only way for UAE to move is on the high side. They are three points behind Nepal who have played two games more. Even though this represents a great opportunity for the UAE to move away from the bottom, they are struggling for any kind of reform. In the last five matches of the series, UAE has only picked up one victory and have lost four.

Basil Hameed is the top scorer for UAE so far in the campaign. He has 202 runs from his eight innings.

Junaid Siddique and Basil Hameed have an excellent record when it comes to games at the Al Amerat Cricket Ground with the two players managing to feature in five innings. The latter has picked up eight wickets from these five matches at a strike rate of 19 while Siddique has five wickets from these five games at a strike rate of 45.

United Arab Emirates Predicted Playing XI:

Aryansh Sharma, Dhruv Parashar, Vriitya Aravind, Muhammad Waseem, Vishnu Sukumaran, Rahul Chopra (c), Basil Hameed, Aayan Afzal Khan, Ali Naseer, Muhammad Farooq, Junaid Siddique

Weather Conditions

The pitch has witnessed an average first innings score of 193 while the second innings score on average has been 183. It can be a surface that produces a lot of wickets in the early stages of the game. The weather in Oman will be reaching a maximum of 31°C with a humidity of 60%. This is likely to result in an excellent game of cricket.

NED vs UAE Pitch Report

Al Amerat Cricket Ground has been the source for 19 matches in recent times and the game has largely been in favour of the bowlers during this period. The pattern is unlikely to change for the fixture, which will be the first involving Netherlands and UAE in audio matches.

Toss: To Bowl

The games at this venue have witnessed a lot of advantages for teams batting second. The team batting first has come out successful only in four out of the 19 matches at this venue. The team batting second has had the upper hand with 13 wins. The toss winner is likely to pick bowling first.