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Scotland vs Netherlands Match Prediction, Super Sixes, Match 8 of ICC World Cup 2023, Playing 11, and Pitch Report
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Scotland vs Netherlands Match Prediction: Scotlands and Netherlands will go up against each other to fight for the last spot in the World Cup as they will play their last match at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, on July 6th, 2023.
Scotland turned around their fortune and defeated the favorites, Zimbabwe, by 31 runs after setting up a low total. It was a hard-fought victory for them, but they stuck together to give themselves an upper hand even for the next match, and now they are most likely to grab the 2nd spot as they have a 2-point advantage and also net run rate advantage.
Scotland started off quite well as they scored 101 with the loss of one wicket only, but after that, the middle order collapsed, and only Michael Leask was able to give them something to fight for as they ended up putting a total of 234 which was quite decent to chase down by the Zimbabwe team whose batting performances has been best in the tournament but from the first ball they chocked as Chris Sole took the wickets of Joylord Gumbie on the first ball of the match and soon took the wicket of Craig Ervine.
He then took the most important wicket of Sean Williams, who was in fiery form in the tournament smashing 500+ runs in just 5 matches. He got out on just 12 runs which changed the whole scenario of the match because he was the one who used to take out the Zimbabwe team from the trouble they faced with the batting unit in the past.
Brandon McMullen, the player who contributed most for the Scotland team in the tournament, took the wicket of Innocent Kaia to make Zimbabwe lose the 4th wicket on just 37. Scotland does drop a few catches, especially one of Sikandar Raza, who later on scored 34, but it was a blunder drop.
The Netherlands won their match against Oman by a huge margin, but still, they are on the back foot to get the 2nd spot in the World Cup because even if they win their next match against Scotland, they need to win by a big margin as their net run rate is in negative and Scotland net run rate is positive so they have given their all in the next match else they are going to be out of the World Cup.
They won their last match against Oman quite comfortably after giving an amazing performance with Bat and ball, setting up a total of 362.
Scotland vs Netherlands: Head-to-Head ODI Record
Scotland and Netherlands played 11 matches against each other in which Scotland won 7 matches, and the Netherlands won just 3, which is quite amazing because many fans think that the Netherlands is a stronger team than Scotland but never forget that Scotland even defeated England and many other big teams.
They both played their last match on May 20th, 2021, in which Scotland won the match by 6 wickets after getting the Netherlands out on just 172. George Munsey and Alasdair Evans were the best performers from the Scotland side. In the last 5 matches, Scotland won 4 out of them, and the Netherlands won just one match.
It is going to be a tough match, and any team can win the match. It’s all about which team player steps up to give their best performance because it is the last chance for them.
Pitch Report of Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe for ICC World Cup Qualifiers Super Six Match between Scotland vs Netherlands on July 6th, 2023
| Match Played | 91 matches |
| Batting first won | 38 matches won |
| Batting second won | 48 matches won |
| Average 1st innings scores | 234 runs |
| Highest Team innings total | 399/1 by Pakistan |
| Lowest Team innings total | 48/10 by Zimbabwe |
The pitch of Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, is suited for pace bowlers, but recently there have been cracks opening, which allowed spin bowlers to use it to get some assistance for their bowling style, and it might help them to pick some wickets. The pitch has gotten quite slow lately, as the average 1st innings score is 234 runs.
The pitch started to give assistance to spin bowlers, which was seen in the last match as 7 wickets were taken bt the spinners, but there was some movement for the swing bowlers who took advantage of it, as seen when Chris Sole swung the ball to take his 3 wickets against the top order batters.
Team Preview of Scotland
Scotland is going to be up-attacking as coming off winning against West Indies and Zimbabwe, the top contenders to go into World Cup, are out because Scotland won the match against them and knocked both top teams out of the world cup.
It is the best chance for them to secure their place in the next match, and if they win, they will surely go to India in October. Even if they lose today, they must have a close match and try not to be defeated by a huge margin. Even then, they will be able to qualify because their net run rate is quite good compared to the Netherlands.
Important players for Scotland in the match against the Netherlands
1- Chris Greaves gave a great performance in the last match after taking 2 important wickets from the West Indies. He took 16 wickets in his last 10 matches, and in the tournament, till now, he took 12 wickets. He also has batting skills, as his average in ODI is 24.15, but his potential is way better than that.
2- Michael Leask has been amazing for the Scotland team but did not perform quite well in the tournament. He gave an amazing performance in th last match against Zimbabwe, scoring 48 runs and taking two wickets. He scored 332 runs in the last 10 matches, and most of the time, he performed well whenever he was given the chance to bat, which is why he has an average of 55.33.
3- Brandon McMullen once again gave a decent performance in the last match scoring 34 runs and taking 2 wickets, also taking one most important catches of Ryan Burl. He had an amazing tournament till now as he scored 258 runs in 6 matches and also took 12 wickets which clearly shows.
Team Preview of Netherlands
The Netherlands has been amazing with their batting unit, which they showed in the last match, too, against the Oman team, and now it is their time to give all in the last match of the ICC World Cup Qualifiers because they are quite behind in terms of playoffs.
They are two points behind Scotland and have a negative net run rate, which will be a crucial factor for them even if they win the match against Scotland.
Important Players of Netherlands in the match against Scotland
1- Scott Edwards is one of the most consistent batters from the Netherlands side, as he scored in almost every match, and in his last 10 matches, he scored 405 runs with an average of 57.85 runs. He made 288 runs in the last 6 matches in the tournament with an average of 96 because, in most of the innings, he went not out.
2- Wesley Barresi has been amazing in his last three matches, especially in the last match against Oman, when he scored 97 runs but failed to reach his century. He played 43 ODI matches and scored 1182 runs with an average of 31.94, making him one of the good batters.
3- Bas de Leede has been one of the great all-rounders for the Netherlands team as he played 29 ODI matches scoring 642 runs with an average of 23.77, and took 19 wickets. In the last 4 matches, he scored 35+ in every match and also took 7 wickets.
Scotland vs Netherlands: Probable Playing 11 of Scotland
Matthew Cross(w), Christopher McBride, Brandon McMullen, George Munsey, Richie Berrington(c), Tomas Mackintosh, Michael Leask, Chris Greaves, Mark Watt, Safyaan Sharif, Chris Sole
Scotland vs Netherlands: Probable Playing 11 of Netherlands
Vikramjit Singh, Max ODowd, Wesley Barresi, Bas de Leede, Teja Nidamanuru, Scott Edwards(w/c), Saqib Zulfiqar, Logan van Beek, Ryan Klein, Aryan Dutt, Clayton Floyd
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