Match Preview
It is going to be IRE vs NL for the 9th game of the ICC Men’s ODI World Cup Qualifiers at Bulawayo.
Furthermore, talking about their last games, then Ireland beat the United States by five wickets to advance further.
Moreover, Harry Tector played a superb inning of 149 from 123 balls while Paul Stirling and Lorcan Tucker also contributed half-centuries.
With this, Ireland was able to chase down a daunting target of 313 with only 29 balls to spare.
Meanwhile, the Netherlands did not have the best of games as they lost to Sri Lanka by three wickets.
Batting first, the Dutch put up a decent score of 214 runs on the board and asked the Lankan Lions to chase down 215.
Additionally, they also very much in control as they reduced Sri Lanka to 98 for five. But, Dasun Shanaka’s 67 from 52 allowed the island nation to cross the finish line.
Thus, we will get a great game between these two sides today and it will be interesting to see who comes out on top.
Match Details
Match: Ireland vs Netherlands, ICC Men’s ODI World Cup Qualifiers, Match 9
Venue: Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Date: 15th June 2023
Time: 12:30 PM IST
Pitch Report
In the previous game, the wicket at Bulawayo was not a very good one for batters to bat on. Moreover, bowlers will once again get lots of help from the pitch. Therefore, the team winning the toss should look to bowl first at this venue.
Full Squads for IRE vs NL, ICC Men’s ODI World Cup Qualifiers, Match 9
Ireland
Andrew Balbirnie (c), Harry Tector, Paul Stirling, Andy McBrine, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Lorcan Tucker (wk), PJ Moor (wk), Barry McCarthy, Benjamin White, Craig Young, Graham Hume, Joshua Little, Mark Adair
Netherlands
Scott Edwards (c), Max O’Dowd, Logan van Beek, Vikramjit Singh, Aryan Dutt, Viv Kingma, Bas de Leede, Noah Cross, Ryan Klein, Teja Nidamanuru, Wesley Barresi, Shariz Ahmad, Clayton Floyd, Michael Levitt, Saqib Zulfiqar
Probable Playing XI for IRE vs NL, ICC Men’s ODI World Cup Qualifiers, Match 9
Ireland
Andrew Balbirnie (c), Harry Tector, Paul Stirling, Andy McBrine, Curtis Campher, Gareth Delany, George Dockrell, Lorcan Tucker (wk), PJ Moor (wk), Barry McCarthy, Benjamin White, Craig Young, Graham Hume, Joshua Little, Mark Adair
Netherlands
Scott Edwards (c), Max O’Dowd, Logan van Beek, Vikramjit Singh, Aryan Dutt, Viv Kingma, Bas de Leede, Noah Cross, Ryan Klein, Teja Nidamanuru, Wesley Barresi, Shariz Ahmad, Clayton Floyd, Michael Levitt, Saqib Zulfiqar
Match Prediction for IRE vs NL, ICC Men’s ODI World Cup Qualifiers, Match 9
From the team combinations and previous results, we can say that Ireland has a chance of winning this game.
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