Empire Cricket Club vs Greater Helsinki Cricket, Finnish Premier League, Today Match Prediction 09 Jun 2020

ec vs ghc Match Prediction & Analysis

Finnish Premier League has made a good viewership & interest among the cricketing fans in the middle of this pandemic. The cricket authorities will take a closer look at these leagues to find out effective ways to bring back to the field successfully. Empire CC takes on Greater Helsinki CC in the second group match of both teams. Empire CC started off the campaign with a win and will look to continue their form and momentum in this match. Greater Helsinki got their first taste of FPL last match and will look to get their maiden victory out of their way soon.  

TEAMS PREVIEW

Empire Cricket Club Preview

Empires CC team was stunned early in their match with their scorecard reading 25/4 in 8 overs. Jonathan Scamans (38 runs) and Muhammed Imran (20 runs) shared a valiant 51-run partnership to take their team to a total of 111 runs. Their batting unit made a below-par score in the match.

Their bowling unit brought out their A-game and successfully defended the target to win by 10 runs. Mahesh Tambe led the charge with his spell of 3/19 while Amjad Sher, Adbul Ghaffer, and Khushagara Bhatnagar chipped in with a wicket each. Almost all the bowlers put on chokehold on the opposition giving runs at less than 5 RPO.

Key Players:

Mahesh Balasaheb Tambe – Tambe took 3 wickets in the overs between 10 & 15 to never allow the opposition settles down. He also scored an important 13 runs off 9 balls to finish their innings with a flourish.  

Jonathan Scamans – Scamans scored 38 runs off 42 balls and was the only batsmen to in top-5 to score in double digits. His partnership 51-run with Muhammed Imran brought some stability to the team.

Empire Cricket Club Predicted Playing XI:

Vanraj Padhaal, Jonathan Scamans, Amjad Sher, Mahesh Tambe, Raaz Mohammed, Muhammed Imran, Abdul Gaffar, Zeerak Ijaz, Shoaib Qureshi, Kushagra Bhatnagar, Richard Savage

Greater Helsinki Cricket Preview

Greater Helsinki CC posted a good score of 132 runs on board against KK Stadin team. Ziaur Rehman carried his bat throughout the innings and scored 55 runs and Ghulfam Nazir (30 runs) and Abdullah Attique (17 runs) scored some valuable runs to build partnerships in the middle.

Their bowling unit failed in the task of defending 104 runs in 15 overs owing to rain interruption. Naveen Shahid and Sohail Amin gave a great start by reducing the opposition to 30/4 inside 4 overs. But, other bowlers failed to take a wicket and they eventually lost the match inside 14 overs.

Key Players:

Ziaur Rehman – Ziaur Rehman had a good match with bat and ball scoring 55 runs and then bowling a disciplined spell of 3-0-16-0 for the team. He will look o continue his good performance in this match too.

Naveen Shahid – Shahid created pressure on the opposition with his 3 wickets inside the power play and had superb figures of 3-0-16-3. But, the remaining bowlers failed to capitalize on the good start.

Greater Helsinki Cricket Predicted Playing XI:

Muhammed Ziaur Rehman, Abdullah Attique, Shahzad Shabbir, Gulfam Nazir, Naveen Shahid, Kashif Muhammed, Sohail Amin, Asad Ljas, Aitraz Hussain, Adnan Ahmad, Ronald Peter

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

The weather forecast predicts a 40% chance of rain on the match day. We expect rain to have a say in the playing conditions and a truncated match might be a possibility.     

Venue Details

Kerava Stadium is a bowler-friendly pitch and we can expect scores in the range of 120-140 runs. The batsmen will find it hard to time the ball due to slowness of track and uneven bounce on the track.

Toss: To Bowl

The pitch slows down considerably in the second innings and chasing becomes very tough in these conditions. Both captains will look to bat first if they win the toss.