Coming off a thrilling victory over Ireland in the opening game, Scotland will eye to stay on the winning track when they take on United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the next game of the ICC 2023 ODI World Cup qualifiers. The match will be held at the Queen’s Sports Club in Harare on June 23. Scotland’s last game against Ireland witnessed a dramatic finish. They required 2 runs in the final delivery when Michael Leask smashed a boundary off Mark Adairet to pick up a last-gasp win, completing the chase of 287 runs. Leask was named the player of the match, courtesy of his unbeaten 91-run knock.
The Scottish bowling unit also enjoyed a memorable outing with pacer Brandon McMullen being the star performer. McMullen ripped through the Irish top order and folded up with a five-wicket haul.
The UAE are still yet to taste their maiden success in ODI World Cup qualifiers. They began their campaign with a humiliating 175-run defeat against a star-studded Sri Lanka. In their second appearance against Oman, the UAE displayed a great fighting spirit but ended up losing the game by 5 wickets. The UAE will need to pay more attention to their batting department, which looked quite pale in the previous matches. Another defeat in the qualifying campaign can hamper UAE’s chance of making it to the main event.
Dream11 Prediction:
Fantasy Player Picks for Scotland vs UAE
Captain: Brandon McMullen
Vice-captain: Rohan Mustafa
Wicketkeepers: Vriitya Aravind,
Batters: Christopher McBride, George Munsey, Muhammad Waseem, Asif Khan
All-rounders: Michael Leask, Rohan Mustafa, Brandon McMullen
Bowlers: Zahoor Khan, Mark Watt, Junaid Siddique
Scotland vs UAE Probable XIs:
Scotland Probable XI: Matthew Cross, Christopher McBride, Brandon McMullen, George Munsey, Richie Berrington (c), Tomas Mackintosh (wk), Michael Leask, Chris Greaves, Mark Watt, Safyaan Sharif, Chris Sole
UAE Probable XI: Muhammad Waseem (c), Rohan Mustafa, Vriitya Aravind (wk), Basil Hameed, Asif Khan, Rameez Shahzad, Ali Naseer, Aayan Afzal Khan, Karthik Meiyappan, Zahoor Khan, Junaid Siddique
Scotland vs UAE Full Squad-
Scotland Full Squad For ICC ODI World Cup Qualifiers 2023: Richie Berrington (c), Matthew Cross, Alasdair Evans, Chris Greaves, Jack Jarvis, Michael Leask, Tom Mackintosh, Chris McBride, Brandon McMullen, George Munsey, Adrian Neill, Safyaan Sharif, Chris Sole, Hamza Tahir, Mark Watt
UAE Full Squad For ICC ODI World Cup Qualifiers 2023: Mohammad Waseem (c), Ethan D’Souza, Ali Naseer, Vriitya Aravind, Rameez Shahzad, Jawadullah, Asif Khan, Rohan Mustafa, Aayan Khan, Junaid Siddique, Zahoor Khan, Sanchit Sharma , Aryansh Sharma, Karthik Meiyappan, Basil Hameed