Namibia hasn’t seen defeat in any of the T20 international they have played till daye and now they would keep their consistency alive when they meet Papua New Guinea in the first T20 fixture of Papua New Guinea v Namibia in the USA, 2019 on Wednesday.
Both the have played a couple of T20Is against each other in the past with both the teams having won once each.
Talking about the recent run, PNG had a disappointing campaign after they failed to win a single game in the World Cup League 2 tournament, while Namibia finished second with 3 wins from 4 matches and now this makes them a superior side clearly.
The match is set to be played at Lauderhill in Florida around 11:30 PM IST.
PNG vs NAM, 1st T20, Papua New Guinea v Namibia in USA, 2019
Lauderhill in Florida
25th Sept 2019, 11:30 PM IST
The pitch at Lauderhill has shown us a lot of high scoring games in the past. As many as four t20 games have been played at this venue with 150+ score in all the games. The team batting first has won the maximum games also, the pitch may get a bit slower in the second innings.
PNG: L L L L L
NAM: W W W W W
PNG Squad
Assad Vala(c), Tony Ura, Simon Atai, Alei Nao, Lega Siaka, Chad Soper, Charles Amini, Kiplin Doriga(w), Riley Hekure, Hiri Hiri, Norman Vanua, Nosaina Pokana, Jason Kila, Gaudi Toka.
NAM Squad
Gerhard Erasmus(c), Stephan Baard, JP Kotze, Craig Williams, Ben Shikongo, Zane Green(w), JJ Smit, Jan Frylinck, Pikky Ya France, Karl Birkenstock, Bernard Scholtz, Zhivago Groenewald, Tangeni Lungameni, Christi Viljoen.
Namibia:
Jan Frylinck, Pikky Ya France, Zane Green, Bernard Scholtz, Zhivago Groenewald, Ben Shikongo, Christi Viljoen, JP Kotze (wk), Gerhard Erasmus (c), Craig Williams, Stephan Baard
PNG:
Hiri Hiri, Jason Kila, Kiplin Doriga (wk), Chad Soper, Riley Hekure, Nosaina Pokana,Tony Ura, Norman Vanua, Assad Vala (c), Charles Amini, Lega Siaka
NAM vs PNG Dream11 Team Prediction:
Key players:
T Ura has scored 477 runs in 15 matches and has an average of 43.36 for PNG.
Charles Amini is one of the leading run-getter in the format with 277 runs. He even has 12 T20 wickets.
Norman Vanau has a blasting strike rate of 178.44 in the T20 format and has also bagged 25 wickets at an economy of 6.39.
Stephan Baard has an average of 58.75 along with a couple of half-centuries from last month season against Botswana.
Skipper Gerhard Erasmus has amassed 139 runs from 7 T20Is and also scalped 8 wickets.
Bernard Scholtz has picked seven wickets in five T20Is.
Captain and Vice-Captain: T Ura & Z Green
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