Match Preview
It will be GER vs AU for the 5th game of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Europe Qualifier in two days’ time at Edinburgh.
Moreover, looking back at their previous games, Germany defeated Austria in a 2-match T20I series and won it 2-0.
Furthermore, Austria last played a T20I series against the Isle of Man but lost it 2-0 with one game ending in no result.
Therefore, both these teams will be looking to make a strong start to this tournament and go all the way to the final as well.
Thus, we will get a great game between these two sides on the 21st of July.
Match Details
Match: Germany vs Austria, Match 5
Venue: Goldenacre, Edinburgh
Date: 21st July 2023
Time: 3:00 PM IST
Pitch Report
The wicket at Goldenacre is a balanced one for both batters and bowlers. Furthermore, batters will find it easy to play their shots here because the ball comes nicely onto the bat. Moreover, spinners will be effective throughout the game as well. Additionally, the average first innings score at this venue is 167 runs. Therefore the team winning the toss should opt to bat first here.
Full Squads for GER vs AU, Match 5
Germany
Abdul-Shakoor Rahimzei, Faisal Mubashir, Joshua van Heerden, Sahir Naqash, Vijayshankar Chikkannaiah, Dylan Blignaut, Rohit Singh, Venkatraman Ganesan (c), Michael Richardson (wk), Sachin Mandy Gangareddy (wk), Dieter Klein, Vishnu Elam Bharathi, Muslim Yar, Ghulam Ahmadi, Zahid Zadran
Austria
Iqbal Hossain, Mirza Ahsan, Navin Wijesekera, Razmal Shigiwal, Abdullah Akbarjan, Aqib Iqbal, Armaan Randhawa, Sahel Zadran, Shahil Momin, Arsalan Arif (wk), Mark Simpson-Parker (wk), Mehar Cheema (wk), Tariq Adeel, Amit Nathwani, Divith Senath Wijesekera, Itibarshah Deedar, Jaweed Zadran
Probable Playing XI for GER vs AU, Match 5
Germany
Venkatraman Ganesan (c), Joshua van Heerden, Michael Richardson (wk), Faisal Mubashir, Ghulam Ahmadi, Muslim Yar, Vishnu Elam Bharathi, Abdul Bashir, Sachin Mandy Gangareddy, Sahir Naqash, Harmanjot Singh
Austria
Razmal Shigiwal (c), Iqbal Hossain, Mark Simpson-Parker, Shahil Momin, Armaan Randhawa, Aqib Iqbal, Mirza Ahsan, Mehar Cheema (wk), Umair Tariq, Amit Nathwani, Jaweed Zadran
Match Prediction for GER vs AU, Match 5
From the team combinations and previous results, we can say that Germany will win this game.
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