ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019: Group B, Match 26, Hong Kong vs Jersey – Dream11 Fantasy Cricket Tips – Playing XI, Pitch Report & Injury Update

Match Details:

The 26th game in the Group B of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifiers, 2019 will be played between Hong Kong and Jersey at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.

The match starts at 7:30 PM local time (3:30 PM GMT) (9:00 PM IST).

This game can be live on Star Sports 3 in India and live streaming is available on Hotstar.

Preview:

Jersey is slowly showing the potential with which they entered the T20 World Cup Qualifiers as they stand at No.2 in the Group B table. They started with a huge 69-run win over Nigeria but were stumbled to a defeat by 53 runs against Canada. However, they bounced back with a result to remember as they thumped the home team the United Arab Emirates by a 35-run margin.

This win helped them to move ahead of Ireland, Oman and UAE in the table who are considered to be among the sides getting a ticket to Australia. They will now face Hong Kong in their 4th match in which they are expected to gain maximum points. The Hong Kong team lost all three matches they played and are placed ahead of only Nigeria in Group B due to a marginally better NRR.

Weather Condition/Report:

A dry night with high temperature is expected on Wednesday at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.

Pitch Condition/Report:

Canada scored 159/7 in their 20 overs against Nigeria on Monday night. It was only the 3rd instance in 15 T20Is at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium which played in night. The stat shows how tough it has been for the batsmen under the lights at this venue. Scores around 130 are might not be good enough to defend here.

Average first innings score: 145 (T20I matches since 2018 played in the night)

Record of chasing teams: Won – 2, Lost – 3

Injury and availability news:

(Will be added when there is an update)

Probable Playing XIs:

Hong Kong:

Ahsan Abbasi, Nizakat Khan, Kinchit Shah, Aizaz Khan (C), Waqas Barkat, Simandeep Singh, Haroon Arshed, Scott McKechnie (WK), Ehsan Khan, Kyle Christie, Nasrulla Rana.

Bench – Waqas Khan, Mohammad Ghazanfar, Aarush Bhagwat, Shahid Wasif, Raag Kapur, Ninad Shah.

Jersey:

Nick Ferraby, Harrison Carlyon, Ben Stevens, Jonty Jenner, Nick Greenwood, Benjamin Ward, Corey Bisson, Dominic Blampied, Anthony Hawkins-Kay, Charles Perchard (C), Jake Dunford (WK).

Bench – Elliot Miles, Rhys Palmer, Julius Sumerauer, William Robertson.

Top Picks:

Hong Kong’s senior players among the top-order – Nizakat Khan, Aizaz Khan and Kinchit Shah are expected to be top performers. Dominic Blampied and Benjamin Ward are similar in their own way of scoring runs down the order and taking wickets. The Jersey skipper Charles Perchard has got the brilliant numbers in the T20I format.

Captain and Vice-Captain Selection:

Captain – Kinchit Shah, Nick Ferraby, Benjamin Ward, Nizakat Khan.

Vice-Captain – Dominic Blampied, Ben Stevens, Aizaz Khan, Ehsan Khan.

Kinchit Shah has scored 121 runs in three games and also took a wicket at a decent economy of 7.57.

Suggested Playing XI No.1 for Fantasy Cricket:

Keeper – Scott McKechnie

Batters – Jonty Jenner (VC), Nick Greenwood, Nizakat Khan

All-Rounders – Kinchit Shah (C), Ben Stevens, Benjamin Ward, Dominic Blampied

Bowlers – Kyle Christie, Ehsan Khan, Charles Perchard

Suggested Playing XI No.2 for Fantasy Cricket:

Keeper – Jake Dunford

Batters – Jonty Jenner, Nick Greenwood, Nizakat Khan

All-Rounders – Benjamin Ward (C), Dominic Blampied (VC), Kinchit Shah, Aizaz Khan

Bowlers – Kyle Christie, Ehsan Khan, Charles Perchard

Expert Advice:

Hong Kong bundling out for a sub-100 total while batting first is probably the only case our suggested XIs might not work. The best scenario will be Hong Kong’s top four scoring runs and Jersey’s middle-order scoring 20s and 30s.

Probable Winners:

Jersey will start as favourites having defeated the hosts UAE on Tuesday.

*Disclaimer: This team is based on the understanding, analysis and instinct of the author. While selecting your team, consider the points mentioned and make your own decision.