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Sri Lanka vs Scotland Match Prediction, 19th Match of ICC World Cup Qualifiers 2023, Playing 11 and Pitch Report
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Sri Lanka vs Scotland Match Prediction: Sri Lanka will take on Scotland in the Match 19th of ICC World Cup Qualifiers 2023 on June 27th, 2023, at Queens Sports Club Bulawayo.
Sri Lanka is already through to the qualifiers group stage, and now their aim will be winning the super six stage, which is going to start on June 28. Their next match is against Scotland, who are also through to Super Six, and both teams might give chances to other players so their senior players can rest for one match as it is going to be a long tournament.
Sri Lanka won their last match against Ireland by a huge margin of 133 runs which clearly showed their all-round team contribution, but the star players of the match were Dimuth Karunaratne and Wanindu Hasaranga, as they gave an amazing performance for the team. Karunaratne scored a century, which helped his team to reach a total of 325, and Hasaranga took fiver to defend the target.
Sri Lanka had a decent start, but on 48, their two wickets were got out on back-to-back balls by Barry McCarthy, then the new blood Samarawickrama played an amazing knock of 82 with Karunaratne to take his team to 216, but on 82, he got out. Asalanka and Dhananjaya de Silva contributed some runs, but the lower order failed to do anything for the team, which is why they got all out on 325 runs.
The bowling department of Sri Lanka started off quite well, and soon, they were able to all out the Ireland team on just 192. Hasaranga once again showed his googly skill and took 5 wickets.
Scotland had an amazing win over Oman, who were on a winning run in the ICC World Cup Qualifiers, winning two in two matches but against Scotland, they seemed not pretty well prepared, and Scotland won the match by 76 runs, which is quite a big margin.
Scotland Brandon McMullen single-handly crushed the Oman bowlers with his amazing skill to register his maiden ODI century in just the 11th match of his playing career and also took 1 wicket in his 5-over spell.
Michael Leask of Scotland also gave an amazing performance with the ball as he took 5 wickets in his 10-over spell to stop Oman from chasing the total. He gave an amazing performance with the bat in the last match. They qualified for the Super Six, which is an amazing achievement, but they need to keep performing well to get their spot in the main event of the World Cup.
Sri Lanka vs Scotland: Head-to-Head ODI Record
Sri Lanka and Scotland played three ODI matches against each other in which Sri Lanka won 2 matches, and one match was abandoned. The last ODI match they played against each other was on May 21, 2019, in which Sri Lanka won by 35 runs.
Sri Lanka will be the favorite to win their next match, but it can also go to the other side because their next match is not an important match, so that we might see few changes in their team.
Pitch Report of Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe for ICC World Cup Qualifiers Match between Sri Lanka vs Scotland on June 27, 2023
| Match Played | 86 matches |
| Batting first won | 34 matches won |
| Batting second won | 47 matches won |
| Average 1st innings scores | 233 runs |
| Highest Team innings total | 399/1 by Pakistan |
| Lowest Team innings total | 48/10 by Zimbabwe |
The pitch of Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, is now giving more assistance to the spin bowlers as many matches have already been played on the same pitch which opened up a few cracks that give spinner to grip the ball better and make it hard for the batter to score the runs, especially in the second innings.
The last match between Sri Lanka and Ireland on this pitch had some turn for the bowlers in the 2nd innings as Sri Lankan spinners Wanindu Hasaranga took 5 wickets and Maheesh Theekshana took 2 wickets in 6 overs.
Team Preview of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka will be looking to do some changes in the next match against the Scotland team, as it is going to be a free-flowing match for them because they already qualify for the Super Six, and in this match, they can test some new talent who might come handy in the important matches in Super six or in the main event.
The team is coming good together. All they need to keep the team performance going like this, but if they want to fight against the big giants like India and Australia in the World Cup main event, they need to improve their batting more.
Important players for the Sri Lanka team in the match against UAE
1- Wanindu Hasaranga has been in sensational form in the World Cup Qualifiers as in just 3 matches, he took 16 wickets, which is something no bowler can achieve, even from the top countries. He is just making every batter spin on his fingers to show them the dressing room route.
2- Pathun Nissanka needs to score a big score because, in the last 3 matches, he did not perform quite well and gave up his wickets quite easily to the opponents. His last 3 scores are 57, 37, and 20, which is not really a good score against the lower-rank team like Oman and UAE.
Team Preview of Scotland
Scotland gave an amazing performance in the ICC World Cup Qualifiers to put themselves in top 2 finishing contention, but it is going to be quite tough for them when they will face Sri Lanka and West Indies in the Super six, but if they are able to come over the top in any of these challenges, then they might have the chance to be in the main event of the ICC World Cup that will be going to happen in India.
They played quite well together as a team in the last match, but their other players need to perform better because their pace bowling unit is quite weak to bowl against the top side, which can be a huge challenge for the team.
Important players for Scotland in the match against Sri Lanka
1- Brandon McMullen made a name for himself in big events like Qualifiers and took his team to the heights after giving an amazing performance with bat ball in the tournament. He is a young talent from Scotland and showed his amazing batting skill in the last match as he scored 136 runs and also took one wicket. In his first match, he took five wickets in the tournament, and in the last, he scored a century.
2- Mark Watt is an intelligent spin bowler, and the pitch will help his bowling style because it will be a 6-7 match on the same pitch. He took 23 wickets in his last 10 matches, which clearly shows his capability to take wickets, and that too with a low economy rate.
Sri Lanka vs Scotland: Probable Playing 11 of Sri Lanka
Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis(w), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dasun Shanaka(c), Dhananjaya de Silva, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Lahiru Kumara
Sri Lanka vs Scotland: Probable Playing 11 of Scotland
Christopher McBride, Matthew Cross(w), Brandon McMullen, Richie Berrington(c), Tomas Mackintosh, Michael Leask, Chris Greaves, Mark Watt, Safyaan Sharif, Chris Sole, Adrian Neill
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