Namibia will be up against Scotland in a Group B game, which is the 12th of the 2024 T20 World Cup. Get our latest expert PAK vs USA match betting tips, predictions and picks below.
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NAM vs SCO Match Information
- Venue: Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
- Date: Thursday, June 6
- Time: 3 pm local (7 pm GMT, 12.30 am IST next day)
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What Have The Two Teams Done So Far?
These two teams belong to Group B which has already seen Australia ease to a win over Oman in their opener, while Oman have played and lost two.
Scotland kick-started their campaign rather well with the bat but their game against England got rained off. On the other hand, Namibia looked to have stumbled their way to a loss but things were turned around in the Super Over that followed against Oman.
A win for either team will push them into a very good position – for Namibia, a victory will win they have beaten both the lesser teams in the group and will now need ‘just’ one other result go their way while if Scotland win they will know they have a good chance because they have already split their points with England.
Quick NAM vs SCO Preview
Namibia will hope to do better than what they did in their opener.
Expected to win against Oman, they looked to have taken those first few steps towards doing exactly that when they restricted their opponents to 109 thanks to Ruben Trumpelmann’s four-fer and David Wiese grabbing three.
However, they looked to have lost their way during their chase before managing to eke out a last-ball single to push the game into the Super Over.
Wiese was at it again as he hit a six in those final stages and then pumelled the Oman bowling in the tie-breaker that followed.
Against a well-oiled Scotland, they will need to do a lot better though.
Scotland are no pushovers, having made it through the Europe Qualifiers by winning all their games including one against Ireland.
And in their opener against England, the Scotland openers came together to score 90 in the first 10 overs before the game had to be called off because of persistent rains.
That George Munsey and Michael Jones hammered away the likes of Chris Jordan and Adil Rashid broke ample testimony to the fact they possess the skills in their arsenal to make it past the top teams too.
Namibia is anything but a top team at the moment.
NAM vs SCO Head-to-Head Stats
- Overall Namibia vs Scotland Head-to-head: There have been three previous T20Is between these two sides and Namibia have won them all.
- All these matches came on the slower pitches of UAE in 2019 and 2021.
- Interestingly, they have faced off six times in ODIs too and Scotland lead 5-1.
Possible Playing XIs
Namibia
Michael van Lingen, Nikolaas Davin, Jan Frylinck, Gerhard Erasmus, JJ Smit, David Wiese, Zane Green, Malan Kruger, Ruben Trumpelmann, Bernard Scholz, Tangeni Lungameni.
Scotland
George Munsey, Michael Jones, Brandon McMullen, Richie Berrington, Matthew Cross, Michael Leask, Chris Greaves, Mark Watt, Chris Sole, Brad Wheal, Brad Currie.
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NAM vs SCO Predictions with Latest Odds*
NAM vs SCO Match Winner
Scotland to win: 4/6 (sign up with 1xbet)
NAM vs SCO Top Batsman
- Top Namibia Batsman -JJ Smit: 4/1 (sign up with 1xbet)
- Top Scotland Batsman – Richie Berrington: 4/1 (sign up with 1xbet)
NAM vs SCO Top Bowler
- Top Namibia Bowler – Gerhard Erasmus: 7/2 (sign up with 1xbet)
- Top Scotland Bowler – Brad Wheal: 10/3 (sign up with 1xbet)
NAM vs SCO Toss Prediction
Scotland to win the toss: 10/11
NAM vs SCO Score Prediction
Total Match Runs – Over 268.5: 5/6
*odds correct at the time of writing.
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