NED vs PNG Dream11 : A grand affair comes to a culmination today as Netherlands and PNG vie it out in the prestigious summit clash.
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Spread over three weeks and conceptualised to give us the sides which will be partaking in next year’s IC T20 World Cup, the ICC Men’s World Cup Qualifier 2019 get ready to thrown down the curtains this Saturday. In what has been a gruelling, tedious, arduous and action packed competition, Netherlands and PNG find themselves facing off against each other in the closing tie to decide the champions of the marquee tournamnet.
After having previously sealed their berths for the world cup, both these sides ensured that they continued on their marauding ways as they emulated their resounding brand of cricket come the semi-finals. And both are familiar faces, well aware of each other’s resounding brand of cricket with the two previously meeting in Group A of the tournamnet with PNG handing over a 5 wicket defeat to Netherlands in that match.
They ended up topping the group courtesy of that result to earn direct qualification into the world cup, ensuing which they got the better of Namibia by 18 runs yesterday I their semi-final to cement their spot in the summit clash. Scoring 130 while batting first, the side restricted their opponents to 112 in what was an exquisite bowling effort by them, one which saw the African side never really get their foot in the chase.
Elsewhere, Netherlands got the better of Ireland by 21 runs as they successfully pulled of their defence of 158 by curtailing Ireland’s pursuit to 137.With both the side’s having tasted consummate success while defending yesterday in the wake of their faceoff today, this match promises to be a competitive and closely contested affair, one where each side will be looking to throw the kitchen sink and more at each other.
Pitch Conditions And Toss
What had started off as a pristine and sublime track for batting has slowly regressed, waned and unravelled with batting being a treacherous task over here. The ball slows up and grips before coming onto the bat given the massive brunt of cricket played on this surface, something which will see the side winning the toss opting to bat first.
Probable Playing 11
Netherlands
Max O’Dowd, Ben Cooper, Colin Ackermann, Ryan ten Doeschate, Pieter Seelaar (C), Roelof van der Merwe, Scott Edwards (WK), Brandon Glover, Paul van Meekeren, Fred Klaassen, Timm van der Gugten
Papua New Guinea
Tony Ura, Assad Vala (C), Lega Siaka, Charles Amini, Sese Bau, Riley Hekure, Kiplin Doriga (WK), Norman Vanua, Chad Soper, Jason Kila, Nosaina Pokana
Match Details
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019
Match: Netherlands Vs Papua New Guinea Final
Date And Time: 2nd November, Saturday- 9:00pm IST
Where To Watch: Star Sports 3
Pivotal Players
Netherlands
- Colin Ackermann, Ryan ten Doeschate, Pieter Seelaar, Roelof van der Merwe
Papua New Guinea
- Assad Vala, Lega Siaka, Charles Amini, Norman Vanua
Top 4 Batting Order
Netherlands
- Max O’Dowd, Ben Cooper, Colin Ackermann, Ryan ten Doeschate
Papua New Guinea
- Tony Ura, Assad Vala, Lega Siaka, Charles Amini
Clean Hitters
Netherlands
- Max O’Dowd, Ben Cooper
Papua New Guinea
- Tony Ura, Assad Vala
Death Overs Bowlers
Netherlands
- Paul van Meekeren, Timm van der Gugten
Papua New Guinea
- Norman Vanua, Nosaina Pokana
NED vs PNG Dream11 Wicket-Keeper
PNG’s Kiplin Doriga is our pick for this facet solely due to his higher batting order and his side’s vulnerability to losing wickets. He got a chance to come out to bat yesterday and we envisage him getting a good amount of balls out in the middle today as well to rope in good points for our Dream 11 outfit.
NED vs PNG Dream11 Batsmen
Our entire batting order is composed of picks from Netherlands with us bringing in a trio of players from the side. This is a track where batting will be a tricky ask with the conditions leaving the batters in tatters and Netherlands are clearly the more well equipped side to overcome the hurdles prevelant today.
Opener Max O’Dowd is the first pick from the side with the batter having consistently scored good runs across the course of the tournamnet. He finds company in counterpart Ben Cooper who scored 37 runs yesterday along with Ryan ten Doeschate who needed just 25 balls to get 43 runs for his side.
NED vs PNG Dream11 All-Rounders
A major reason for Ryan managing to play so successfully and open his arms with ease to amass a bagful of runs was due to Roelof van der Merwe who ensured the run-rate kept escalating with his expansive strokeplay. He scored 25 runs along with picking up the two wickets in an all round display to see him become our first pick in this section of our side.
The 3 wickets and 21 runs for captain Pieter Seelaar see him come in as well into our setup while the first of two players from PNG is opener Assad Vala. The 31 runs and 1 wicket for Charles Amini see him give him company for this clash with the player laying down a marker to emerge as a pivotal player for his side across their stay in the tournamnet.
NED vs PNG Dream11 Bowling Order
Both of the spearheads from Netherlands’ bowling attack have been selected by us for this clash in the form of Paul van Meekeren and Brandon Glover. PNG have showed they are always prone to guiltily losing their way and shambolically collapsing, a narrative which should see this partnership indulge us in a slew of wickets.
Meanwhile we are closing out our side with Norman Vanua from the other side after his restrictive spell of 2-16 yesterday saw him revel us in an ominous brand of wicket to wicket bowling.
Captain And Vice-Captain
Munsey is being selected by us as the captain for this one while David is the vice-captain.
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Dream 11 Disclaimer
All our selections are based on in-depth and astute analysis of the players partaking in the match, pitch report and a perusal of other reasoning. Please incorporate a slew of factors while crafting your own side with this article serving as a guide to the match and players.
