It will be the Multan Sultans who square off against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) for the third and T20 match which is also the final game of the tour. In the first T20 game the MCC took on Lahore Qalandars as they secured the win with four wickets to spare. The team they next competed against was the Pakistan Shaheens in 50 over game. The MCC unit could just manage to compile a score of 204 for the loss of nine wickets, as Shaheens chased it down with five wickets in hand. As the tour to Pakistan comes close to an end, the MCC will be looking to seal the deal with a win against the Sultans.
Date- February 19, Wednesday
Time- 1:30 PM (IST)
Venue-Aitchison College Cricket Ground – Lahore
Multan Sultans
Rille Rossouw, James Vince and Shan Masood Wayne Madsen can pack a punch up the order with the bat. Zeeshan Ashraf and Shahid Afridi will have the onus of getting big runs in the middle overs. Sohail Tanvir, Junaid Khan and M Irfan should be in charge of the fast bowling department, while Imran Tahir and Afridi’s spin can come in handy as well.
Squad: Michael Burgess, Kumar Sangakkara, Arron Lilley, Ross Witeley, Michael Leask, Roelot Van Der Merwe, Ravi Bopara, Samit Patel, Will Rhodes, Oliver Hannon Dalby, Satyaan Sharif, Fred Klaassen, Imran Qayyum
Kumar Sangakkara has scored 1382 from 53 T20I with a strike rate of 119.5
Shahid Afridi has featured in 91 T20I innings while scoring 1416 runs with a strike rate of 150. Afridi has also scalped 98 wickets in the process.
Grand League Tips
Ravi Bopara has been a part of 35 T20I innings and has scored 711 runs with a strike rate of 118.7.
Roelof van der Merwe has scored 454 runs from 29 T20I innings with a strike rate of 131.6. The left-arm spinner has also bagged 54 wickets from 43 T20I matches.