Scotland will take on the Netherlands next in the Super Six playoff game for a shot at the World Cup in India. The Scottish side are in better form, having won both their previous games in the Super Six stage of the World Cup qualifiers, against two of the biggest teams.
Queen Sports Club shall host the game on July 6. The in-game proceedings will begin at 12:30 PM IST. The Dutch will also be eager to take tomorrow’s victory for a chance at the World Cup in India.
Scotland finished runners-up to Sri Lanka in Group B of the World Cup qualifiers in Zimbabwe. They won three of their four group-stage games. In the first Super Six game, Scotland shook the entire cricketing fraternity, defeating West Indies by seven wickets. Brandon McMullen played a phenomenal game, scoring 69 runs while also taking three wickets. Scotland managed to impress again in their second Super Six game against Zimbabwe, beating them by 31 runs.
The Netherlands had also finished second in their group, trailing behind a promising Zimbabwe side. Despite a couple of good innings from Scott Edwards and Wesley Barresi, the Dutch side lost their first Super Six game against Sri Lanka by 21 runs. They bounced back with a convincing win against Oman in their second Super Six game, beating them by 74 runs.
Considering the scalps Scotland have managed to take in the World Cup qualifiers, they are surely the favourites to win Thursday’s clash. The Netherlands do stand a fair chance but it would take more than just a simple effort to take the Scottish side down.
NED vs SCO Dream11 Prediction
Captain: Brandon McMullen
Vice captain: Bas De Leede
Wicketkeepers: Scott Edwards, Matthew Cross
Batters: Vikramjit Singh, Max O Dowd, W Barresi, Scott Edwards, Matthew Cross
All-rounders: Brandon McCullen, Logan Van Beek, Michael Leask, Chris Greaves, Bas De Leede
Bowlers: Mark Watt
NED vs SCO Probable XIs:
NED Probable XI: Vikramjit Singh, Max O Dowd, Wesley Barresi, Bas de Leede, Teja Nidamanuru, Scott Edwards (c)(wk), Saqib Zulfiqar, Logan Van Beek, Ryan Klein, Aryan Dutt, Clayton Floyd
SCO Probable XI: Christopher McBride, Matthew Cross (wk), Brandon McMullen, George Munsey, Richie Berrington (c), Tomas Mackintosh, Michael leask, Chris Greaves, Mark Watt, Safyaan Sharif, Chris Sole
NED vs SCO Full Squad
Netherlands: Scott Edwards (C)(Wk), Wesley Barresi (Wk), Noah Croes (Wk), Max O’Dowd, Teja Nidamanuru, Vikramjit Singh, Bas de Leede, Michael Levitt, Saqib Zulfiqar, Shariz Ahmad, Aryan Dutt, Clayton Floyd, Logan van Beek, Ryan Klein, Vivian Kingma
Scotland: Christopher McBride, George Munsey, Brandon McMullen, Chris Greaves, Jack Jarvis, Michael Leask, Richie Berrington (c), Matthew Cross (wk), Tomas Mackintosh (wk), Adrian Neill, Alasdair Evans, Chris Sole, Hamza Tahir, Mark Watt, Safyaan Sharif