Match Preview
It will be ZIM vs NL for the 5th game of the group stage of the ICC ODI World Cup Qualifier at Harare.
Talking about their warm-up games, then Zimbabwe emerged victorious in many of them and is a confident unit.
Meanwhile, the Netherlands won one and lost one game in the warm-up stages and will look to win this game to get a good start.
On paper, Zimbabwe is the better team between the two of them and they also have a home advantage in this tournament.
Therefore, the Netherlands will have to put up a special performance in order to win this game.
Thus, we will get a good game between these two sides tomorrow afternoon.
Match Details
Match: Zimbabwe vs Netherlands, Match 5
Venue: Harare Sports Club, Harare
Date: 20th June 2023
Time: 12:30 PM IST
Pitch Report
The pitch at Harare Sports Club is a suitable one for batters as it tends to go in their favor in the second innings. Moreover, batting second here has given more victories than batting first. Moreover, the average first innings score at this venue is 264. Therefore, the team winning the toss should opt to bowl first.
Full Squads for ZIM vs NL, Match 5
Zimbabwe
Joylord Gumbie, Clive Mandande (wk), Craig Ervine (c), Ryan Burl, Innocent Kaia, Tadiwanashe Marumani, Wesley Madhevere, Sikandar Raza, Sean Williams, Tendai Chatara, Brad Evans, Luke Jongwe, Wellington Masakadza, Blessing Muzarabani, Richard Ngarava
Netherlands
Max O’Dowd, Teja Nidamanuru, Vikramjit Singh, Bas de Leede, Michael Levitt, Saqib Zulfiqar, Shariz Ahmad, Noah Cross (wk), Scott Edwards (c & wk), Wesley Barresi (wk), Aryan Dutt, Clayton Floyd, Logan van Beek, Ryan Klein, Vivian Kingma
Probable Playing XI for ZIM vs NL, Match 5
Zimbabwe
Joylord Gumbie, Craig Ervine (c), Wesley Madhevere, Sean Williams, Sikandar Raza, Ryan Burl, Clive Mandande (wk), Wellington Masakadza, Richard Ngarava, Tendai Chatara, Blessing Muzarabani
Netherlands
Vikramjit Singh, Max O’Dowd, Saqib Zulfiqar, Bas de Leede, Teja Nidamanuru, Scott Edwards (c & wk), Shariz Ahmad, Aryan Dutt, Ryan Klein, Logan van Beek, Vivian Kingma
Match Prediction for ZIM vs NL, Match 5
From the team combinations and previous results, we can say that Zimbabwe will win this game.
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