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Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions: ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022 - Namibia vs Netherlands - 5th match- 18th October

by CricDirect Sunday 16 October 2022

Netherlands batters - Cooper and Edwards

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The 5th match of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2022 will take place between Namibia and Netherlands on the 18th of October, 2022 at the Simonds Stadium, South Geelong, Victoria, Geelong.

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Namibia Form Guide:

Namibia are placed at the top position on Group A points table with 1 win to their credit.

The top run scorer for Namibia is Jan Frylinck with 44 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Namibia is David Wiese with 2 scalps under his belt.

Namibia defeated Sri Lanka in their first game of the tournament by 55 runs. Namibia batted first and they posted a total of 163 for 7 in 20 overs. The openers lost their wickets early on in the innings. Stephan Baard and Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton rebuilt the innings post that phase. Gerhard Erasmus in the middle order also scored important 20 runs. A real game changing knock was played by Jan Frylinck, who scored 44 runs in 28 balls to take Namibia to a respectable total of 163 in 20 overs.

During the chase, Sri Lanka got off to a terrible start and they lost 4 wickets for just 40 runs. Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Dasun Shanaka gave some hope to their team with knocks of 20 and 29 runs respectively but once they got out, Sri Lanka fell like a pack of cards and were bowled out for 108, losing the match by 55 runs.

Netherlands Form Guide:

Netherlands are placed at the second position on Group A points table with 1 win to their name.

The top run scorer for Netherlands is Max O'Dowd with 23 runs to his name.

The top wicket taker for Netherlands is Bas de Leede with 3 scalps under his belt.

Netherlands won their previous match against UAE by 3 wickets.

UAE batted first and they posted a modest total of 111 for 8 in 20 overs. Waseem Muhammad played a fine innings of 41 in 47 balls. However, he failed to find support at the other end as wickets kept falling in regular succession. The middle order simply failed terribly and UAE were restricted to a low total of 111 in 20 overs.

During the chase, Max O'Dowd and Vikramjit Singh started off very well and they scored 23 and 10 runs respectively. The middle order also lost wickets when it mattered the most and at one point, Netherlands were struggling at 76 for 6 in the 14th over. Tim Pringle played a decisive knock of 15 in the late order to rescue Netherlands and take them home in the 20th over with 3 wickets in hand.

Let’s have a look at the squads:

Namibia: Gerhard Erasmus (captain), JJ Smit, Divan la Cock, Stephen Baard, Nicol Loftie Eaton (wicket-keeper), Jan Frylinck, David Wiese, Ruben Trumpelmann, Zane Green (wicket-keeper), Bernard Scholtz, Tangeni Lungameni, Michael van Lingen, Ben Shikongo, Karl Birkenstock, Lohan Louwrens, Helao Ya France

Netherlands: Scott Edwards (captain/wicket-keeper), Colin Ackermann, Shariz Ahmad, Logan van Beek, Tom Cooper, Brandon Glover, Timm van der Gugten, Fred Klaassen, Bas de Leede, Paul van Meekeren, Roelof van der Merwe, Stephan Myburgh, Teja Nidamanuru, Max O’Dowd, Tim Pringle, Vikram Singh

Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay

Who will win the toss? – Netherlands

Who will win?- Netherlands

Top Batter (Runs Scored) – Max O'Dowd (Netherlands), Gerhard Erasmus (Namibia)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Fred Klaasen (Netherlands), Bernard Scholtz (Namibia)

Most Sixes – Max O'Dowd (Netherlands), Gerhard Erasmus (Namibia)

Player of the Match- Max O'Dowd (Netherlands)

Team Scores Batting first – Netherlands 150+, Namibia 140+

Match Handicap: Netherlands

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*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.

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