Scotland vs New Zealand, T20 match 1 of 2, 27th July 2022 – Fantasy Prediction

July 26, 2022

Match: Scotland vs New Zealand, T20 match 1 of 2

Date: 27^th July 2022

Time: 07:00 PM IST

Venue: The Grange Cricket Club, Edinburgh.

Pitch Condition: The 1^st T20 match will be played in The Grange Cricket Club, Edinburgh. The pitch here is a balanced one that equally favors both batters and bowlers however spinners with some variations may get some early wicket in the powerplay if they get some turn on the pitch. An average score on this pitch is likely to be par 170. The one who wins the toss may choose to bat first.

Scotland vs New Zealand – Squad

Scotland: Calum MacLeod, George Munsey, Michael Jones, Ollie Hairs, Chris Greaves, Michael Leask, Richie Berrington©, Craig Wallace(w), Matthew Cross(w), Adrian Neill, Alasdair Evans, Chris Sole, Christopher McBride, Gavin main, Hamza Tahir, Mark Watt, Safyaan Sharif.

New Zealand: Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Martin Guptill, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Michael Bracewell, Michael Ripon, Mitchell Santner©, Dane Cleaver(w), Finn Allen(w), ben Sears, Blair Tickner, Ish Sodhi, Jacob Duffy, Lockie Ferguson.

Scotland vs New Zealand – Team Performance in the Past Matches

New Zealand has a successful outing against Ireland recently as they won all the matches with Ireland including T20Is and ODIs. They will replicate the same performance in the upcoming T20I series against Scotland. Meanwhile, Scotland will be playing without the senior-most player Kyle Coetzer as the batter recently announced his retirement from T20I cricket. Scotland looked confident in their last tournament resulting in 3 wins from their last 5 matches which should keep them focused on maintaining their form in the series.

Scotland vs New Zealand – Face to Face

New Zealand and Scotland have faced each other in 2 matches in ICC T20 World Cup tournaments. Out of the 2 games, New Zealand won 2 whereas Scotland failed to score. New Zealand and Scotland have faced each other in 3 ODI matches and New Zealand won all.