ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 | 1st T20I match (Group A) | The match will be played between Sri Lanka and Namibia.
Date & Time- 16 Oct (Sunday) | 09:30 AM Venue – Simonds Stadium, Geelong Match Status- T20 International Tournament by (ICC) International Cricket Council
Team Overview Sri Lanka (Last 5 Matches ) – (W-W-W-W-W) Team Captain – Dasun Shanaka (c) Namibia (Last 5 Matches ) – (W-W-L-W-L) Team Captain – Gerhard Erasmus (C) Pitch Report – SL vs NAM The pitch at Simonds Stadium, Geelong is a balanced pitch which has been good for both of the departments so far, however, Bowling first should be the call as per the matches have done here a bit more advantage for Batting second and an average score on this pitch is likely to be 170+.
Total Match Played: 1 Batting First Won: 0 Batting Second Won: 01 Tie: 1 Average 1st Inns scores: 170 Probable Playing XI – SL vs NAM Sri Lanka (SL)-XI
Pathum Nissanka (RHB)(On going) – NA Recent Form All – (21), (8), (55*), (52), (35) H2H Bat –M-1, R-5, Ave-5, Sr-83 Venue Stats bat – NA Innings Ave/Sr- 1st Inn-15, R-460, Ave-30, Sr-113 | Inn-13, R-341, Ave-28, Sr-117 Overall T20I- M-29, R-801, Ave-29, Sr-115 Kusal Mendis (RHB/wk)(On going) – NA Recent Form All – (54), (0), (0), (57), (36) H2H Bat – NA Venue Stats bat – M-1, R-5, Ave-5, Sr-71 Innings Ave/Sr- 1st Inn-20, R-467, Ave-23, Sr-118 | 2nd Inn-21, R-369, Ave-18, Sr-138 Overall T20I- M-41, R-836, Ave-20, Sr-126 Charith Asalanka (LHB/OB)(On going) – NA Recent Form All – (DNB), (44 & 8 / 0w+0w), (0), (8), (1) H2H Bat – NA H2H Bowl – NA Venue Stats bat – NA Venue Stats bowl – NA Innings Ave/Sr- 1st Inn-11, R-249, Ave-22, Sr-122 | 2nd Inn-13, R-281, Ave-25, Sr-117 Overall T20I- M-24, R-530, Ave-24, Sr-119 | Inn-3, W-0 Dhananjaya de Silva (RHB/OB)(On going) – NA Recent Form All – (17+1w), (28+0w), (9+1w), (25+0w), (15+0w) H2H Bat – NA H2H Bowl – NA Venue Stats bat – NA Venue Stats bowl – NA Innings Ave/Sr- 1st Inn-8, R-143, Ave-17, Sr-109 (Inn-9, W-5, Sr-21) | 2nd Inn-16, R-306, Ave-21, Sr-108 (Inn-5, W-1, Sr-66) Overall T20I- M-25, R-249, Ave-20, Sr-108 | Inn-14, W-6, Sr-29 Bhanuka Rajapaksa (wk) (LHB)(On going) – NA Recent Form All – (17), (71), (24), (25), (31) H2H Bat – M-1, R-42*, Sr-155 Venue Stats bat – NA Innings Ave/Sr- 1st Inn-14, R-329, Ave-29, Sr-134 | 2nd Inn-10, R-222, Ave-27, Sr-148 Overall T20I- M-27, R-541, Ave-28, Sr-139 Dasun Shanaka (C) (RHB/RAM)(On going) – NA Recent Form All – (16), (2), (21), (33+2w), (10+0w) H2H Bat – M-1(DNB) H2H Bowl – M-1 (DNB) Venue Stats bat –NA Venue Stats bowl – NA Innings Ave/Sr- 1st Inn-40, R-583, Ave-20, Sr-116 (Inn-18, W-13, Sr-14) | 2nd Inn-30, R-543, Ave-21, Sr-120 (Inn-17, W_7, Sr-23) Overall T20I- M-74, R-1126, Ave-20, Sr-118 | Inn-35, W-20, Sr-17 Wanindu Hasaranga (RHB/LB)(On going) – NA Recent Form All – (37+0w), (21 & 56 / 0w+4w), (36+3w), (10+3w), (0w) H2H Bat – M-1 (DNB) H2H Bowl – M-1, Inn-1, W-2, Sr-12 Venue Stats bat – NA Venue Stats bowl – NA Innings Ave/Sr- 1st Inn-21, R-267, Ave-16, Sr-124 (Inn-19, W-30, Sr-14) | 2nd Inn-16, R-181, Ave-13, Sr-123 (Inn-23, W-41, Sr-12) Overall T20I- M-44, R-448, Ave-15, Sr-124 | Inn-42, W-71, Sr-13 Chamika Karunaratne (RHB/RAMF)(On going) – NA Recent Form All – (2w), (14+2w), (1w), (2w), (0w) H2H Bat – M-1 (DNB) H2H Bowl – M-1, Inn-1, W-1, Sr-24 Venue Stats bat – NA Venue Stats bowl – NA Innings Ave/Sr- 1st Inn-14, R-131, Ave-18, Sr-92 Inn-17, W-11, Sr-26) | 2nd Inn-11, R-94, Ave-15, Sr-140 (Inn-12, W-7, Sr-28) Overall T20I- M-31, R-225, Ave-17, Sr-108 | Inn-29, W-18, Sr-27 Maheesh Theekshana (RHB/OB)(On going) – NA Recent Form All – (2w), (1w), (2w), (1w), (1w) H2H Bat – M-1 (DNB) H2H Bowl – M-1, Inn-1, W-3, Sr-8 Venue Stats bat – NA Venue Stats bowl – NA Innings Ave/Sr- 1st Inn-12, W-14, Sr-18 | 2nd Inn-12, W-8, Sr-36 Overall T20I- M-24, Inn-24, W-22, Sr-25 Dilshan Madushanka (RHB/LAMF)(On going) – NA Recent Form All – (0w), (0w), (0w), (3w), (2w) H2H Bat – NA H2H Bowl – NA Venue Stats bat – NA Venue Stats bowl – NA Innings Ave/Sr- 1st Inn-4, W-6, Sr-16 | 2nd Inn-NA Overall T20I- M-6, Inn-6, W-6, Sr-20 Dushmantha Chameera (RHB/RAF)(On going) – NA Recent Form All – (0w), (1w), (2w), (0w), (0w) H2H Bat – M-1 (DNB) H2H Bowl – M-1, Inn-1, W-1, Sr-24 Venue Stats bat – NA Venue Stats bowl – NA Innings Ave/Sr- 1st Inn-23, W-29, Sr-18 | 2nd Inn-27, W-19, Sr-28 Overall T20I- M-50, Inn-50, W-48, Sr-22
Bench Players (SL)
Jeffrey Vandersay (RHB/LB)(On going) – NA Recent Form All – (DNB), (1w), (0w), (3w), (0w) H2H Bat –NA H2H Bowl – NA Venue Stats bat – NA Venue Stats bowl – NA Innings Ave/Sr- 1st Inn-6, W-4, Sr-34 | 2nd Inn-8, W-3, Sr-52 Overall T20I- M-14, Inn-14, W-7, Sr-42 Danushka Gunathilaka (LHB/OB)(On going) – NA Recent Form All – (17), (1), (0), (1), (33) H2H Bat –NA H2H Bowl – NA Venue Stats bat – NA Venue Stats bowl – NA Innings Ave/Sr- 1st Inn-28, R-549, Ave-19, Sr-120 (Inn-3, W-2, Sr-21) | 2nd Inn-16, R-192, Ave-12, Sr-120 (Inn-9, W-4, Sr-20) Overall T20I- M-45, R-741, Ave-16, Sr-120 | Inn-12, W-6, Sr-20 Promod Madushan (RHB/RAMF)(On going) – NA Recent Form All – (DNB), (4w), (2w), (0w), (1) H2H Bat –NA H2H Bowl – NA Venue Stats bat – NA Venue Stats bowl – NA Innings Ave/Sr- 1st Inn-1, W-2, Sr-6 | 2nd Inn-1, W-4, Sr-6 Overall T20I- M-2, Inn-2, W-6, Sr-6 Lahiru Kumara (Subject to fitness) (LHB/RAF)(On going) – NA Recent Form All – (DNB), (0w), (1w), (2w), (2w) H2H Bat – M-1 (DNB) H2H Bowl – M-1, Inn-1, W-2, Sr-10 Venue Stats bat – NA Venue Stats bowl – NA Innings Ave/Sr- 1st Inn-8, W-10, Sr-18 | 2nd Inn-10, W-13, Sr-16 Overall T20I- M-19, Inn-18, W-23, Sr-17
Namibia (NAM)-XI
Stephan Baard (RHB)(On going) – NA Recent Form All – (DNB), (13), (21), (53), (25) H2H Bat – M-1, R-7, Ave-7, Sr-63 Venue Stats bat – NA Innings Ave/Sr- 1st Inn-15, R-368, Ave-24, Sr-121 | 2nd Inn-10, R-297, Ave-42, Sr-106 Overall T20I- M-25, R-665, Ave-30, Sr-114 Divan la Cock (RHB/LB)(On going) – NA Recent Form All – (2), (1) (20+0w), (6), (48) H2H Bat – NA H2H Bowl – NA Venue Stats bat – NA Venue Stats bowl – NA Innings Ave/Sr- 1st Inn-1, R-14, Ave-14, Sr-107 | 2nd Inn-2, R-75, Ave-37, Sr-125 Overall T20I- M-3, R-89, Ave-29, Sr-121 | Inn-1, W-0 Michael van Lingen (LHB )(On going) – NA Recent Form All – (26), (0), (119*), (DNB), (8) H2H Bat – NA Venue Stats bat – NA Innings Ave/Sr- 1st Inn-2, R-26, Ave-13, Sr-118 | 2nd Inn-5, R-109, Ave-21, Sr-101 Overall T20I- M-10, R-135, Ave-19, Sr-104 | Inn-3, W-0 Gerhard Erasmus (C) (RHB/OB)(On going) – NA Recent Form All – (34), (49+3w), (68+1w), (87+1w), (27+0w) H2H Bat – M-1, R-20, Ave-20, Sr-105 H2H Bowl – M-1, Inn-1, W-0 Venue Stats bat – NA Venue Stats bowl – NA Innings Ave/Sr- 1st Inn-18, R-472, Ave-31, Sr-139 (Inn-10, W-6, Sr-27) | 2nd Inn-18, R-455, Ave-37, Sr-123 (Inn-9, W-13, Sr-12) Overall T20I- M-38, R-927, Ave-34, Sr-131 | Inn-19, W-19, Sr-17 Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton (LHB/LB)(On going) – NA Recent Form All – (15), (35+0w), (7+2w), (9+0w), (1+2w) H2H Bat – M-1, R-3, Ave-3, Sr-50 H2H Bowl – M-1, inn-1, W-0 Venue Stats bat – NA Venue Stats bowl – NA Innings Ave/Sr- 1st Inn-7, R-70, Ave-11, Sr-94 (Inn-5, W-3, Sr-46) | 2nd Inn-7, R-74, Ave-12, Sr-101 (Inn-NA, W-NA, Sr-NA) Overall T20I- M-19, R-144, Ave-12, Sr-97 | Inn-10, W-3, Sr-46 JJ Smit (RHB/LAMF)(On going) – NA Recent Form All – (18+0w), (29+0w), (0w), (49+2w), (1+3w) H2H Bat – M-1, R-12*, Sr-80 H2H Bowl – M-1, Inn-1, W-1, Sr-6 Venue Stats bat – NA Venue Stats bowl – NA Innings Ave/Sr- 1st Inn-13, R-393, Ave-35, Sr-165 (Inn-14, W-15, Sr-20) | 2nd Inn-11, R-132, Ave-26, Sr-109 (Inn-10, W-16, Sr-12) Overall T20I- M-29, R-525, Ave-32, Sr-146 | Inn-24, W-31, Sr-16 David Wiese (RHB/RAMF)(On going) – Recent Form All – (2w), (0+3w), (DNB), (12+0w), (33+0w) H2H Bat – M-1, R-6, Ave-6, Sr-85 H2H Bowl – M-1, Inn-1, W-0 Venue Stats bat – NA Venue Stats bowl – NA Innings Ave/Sr- 1st Inn-14, R-142, Ave-14, Sr-112 (Inn-17, W-18, Sr-20) | 2nd Inn-13, R-245, Ave-30, Sr-127 (Inn-19, W-20, Sr-18) Overall T20I- M-36, R-387, Ave-21, Sr-121 | Inn-36, W-38, Sr-19 Lohandre Louwrens (wk) (RHB)(On going) – NA Recent Form All – (DNB), (34), (28), (57), (5) H2H Bat – NA Venue Stats bat – NA Innings Ave/Sr- M-1, R-17, Ave-NA, Sr-113 | 2nd Inn-NA Overall T20I- M-1, R-17, Ave-NA, Sr-113 Ruben Trumpelmann (RHB/LAF)(On going) – NA Recent Form All – (2w), (2w), (1w), (1w), (1w) H2H Bat – M-1, R-1, Ave-1, Sr-33 H2H Bowl – M-1, Inn-1, W-1, Sr-18 Venue Stats bat – NA Venue Stats bowl – NA Innings Ave/Sr- 1st Inn-10, W-8, Sr-26 | Inn-5, W-4, Sr-22 Overall T20I- M-18, Inn-15, W-12, Sr-25 Jan Frylinck (LHB/LAFM)(On going) – NA Recent Form All – (26+2w), (14+2w), (2w), (0w), (22+3w) H2H Bat – M-1, R-2, Ave-2, Sr-50 H2H Bowl – M-1, Inn-1, W-0 Venue Stats bat – NA Venue Stats bowl –NA Innings Ave/Sr- 1st Inn-17, W-25, Sr-14 | 2nd Inn-17, W-26, Sr-12 Overall T20I- M-35, Inn-34, W-51, Sr-13 Bernard Scholtz (RHB/SLOA)(On going) – NA Recent Form All – (0w), (1w), (3w), (3w), (3w) H2H Bat – M-1, R-0 H2H Bowl – M-1, Inn-1, W-1, Sr-18 Venue Stats bat – NA Venue Stats bowl –NA Innings Ave/Sr- 1st Inn-19, W-18, Sr-21 | 2nd Inn-16, W-21, Sr-14_ Overall T20I- M-35, Inn-35, W-39, Sr-17
Bench Players (NAM)
Karl Birkenstock (LHB/RAMF)(On going) – NA Recent Form All – (DNB), (1+1w), (3+0w), (73+1w), (14+2w) H2H Bat – NA H2H Bowl – NA Venue Stats bat – NA Venue Stats bowl – NA Innings Ave/Sr- 1st Inn-4, R-81, Ave-27, Sr-180 | 2nd Inn-NA Overall T20I- M-9, R-81, Ave-27, Sr-180 | Inn-4, W-0 Pikky Ya France (RHH/OB)(On going) – NA Recent Form All – (DNB), (1+0w), (5+4w), (0w), (2+0w) H2H Bat – M-1, R-1, Ave-1, Sr-50 H2H Bowl – M-1, Inn-1, W-0 Venue Stats bat – NA Venue Stats bowl – NA Innings Ave/Sr- 1st Inn-6, R-11, Ave-2, Sr-100 (Inn-7, W-2, Sr-36) | 2nd Inn-4, R-21, Ave-7, Sr-80 (Inn-7, W-3, Sr-28) Overall T20I- M-18, R-32, Ave-4, Sr-86 | Inn-14, W-5, Sr-31 Zane Green (LHB/wk)(On going) – NA Recent Form All – (DNB), (31), (DNB), (4), (16) H2H Bat – M-1, R-8, Ave-8, Sr-61 Venue Stats bat – NA Innings Ave/Sr- 1st Inn-13, R-119, Ave-10, Sr-110 | 2nd Inn-12, R-124, Ave-12, Sr-80 Overall T20I- M-32, R-243, Ave-11, Sr-92 Ben Shikongo (RHB/RAMF)(On going) – NA Recent Form All – (3w), (0w), (1w), (0w), (1w) H2H Bat – NA H2H Bowl – NA Venue Stats bat – NA Venue Stats bowl – NA Innings Ave/Sr- 1st Inn-7, W-6, Sr-17 | Inn-11, W-8, Sr-21 Overall T20I- M-19, Inn-18, W-14, Sr-19 Tangeni Lungameni (LHB/LAM)(On going) – NA Recent Form All – (0w), (2w), (0w), (2w), (1w) H2H Bat –NA H2H Bowl – NA Venue Stats bat – NA Venue Stats bowl – NA Innings Ave/Sr- 1st Inn-6, W-2, Sr-42 | 2nd Inn-9, W-10, Sr-16 Overall T20I- M-15, Inn-15, W-12, Sr-21
Top Picks By H2H
Bhanuka Rajapaksa (wk) (LHB)H2H Bat – M-1, R-42*, Sr-155 Wanindu Hasaranga (RHB/LB)H2H Bowl – M-1, Inn-1, W-2, Sr-12 Maheesh Theekshana (RHB/OB)H2H Bowl – M-1, Inn-1, W-3, Sr-8 Gerhard Erasmus (C) (RHB/OB)H2H Bat – M-1, R-20, Ave-20, Sr-105 JJ Smit (RHB/LAMF)H2H Bowl – M-1, Inn-1, W-1, Sr-6
Top Dismissals:- SL vs NAM
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H2H Record:- SL vs NAM Total Matches Played in the Last 3 Years- 1 Matches Won By Sri Lanka – 1 Matches Won By Namibia – 0 Tie/No Results – 0
C & VC Selection:- SL vs NAM Safe Option W Hasaranga K Mendis D Wiese Risky Option J Smit J Frylinck M theekshana C Karunarate D de Silva C Asalanka Join us in our Official Telegram channel for fast team updates –
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