Mighty Efate Panthers vs Ifira Sharks, Vanuatu T10 League, Today Match Prediction 30 May 2020

mep vs ifsh Match Prediction & Analysis

Vanuatu T10 blast enters the second week games with 4 games being played in the first week. Vanuatu T10 Blast is scheduled to happen every Saturday from here on with two back-to-back T10 games to attract people on weekends. All three teams played at least two matches and registered both their maiden wins and losses.

Mighty Efate Panthers after winning both the games on opening day lost to MT bulls the last match. Ifira Sharks got the better of MT bulls in their previous encounter after losing their opening match. Both teams will look to win this match and march ahead in the points table.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Mighty Efate Panthers Preview

Mighty Efate Panthers lost against MT Bulls by 5 wickets in their previous encounter. Joshua Rasu (69* runs) and Wesley Vira (48 runs) took on the charge from 1 /2 in the first over to finish at 130/3 in 10 overs. This is their second 125+ score in as many matches batting first so far. All their bowlers kept giving runs at over 10 RPO to end up losing despite a massive target on board. Tony Tamata was the pick of the bowlers with reasonable figures of 2-0-20-2 in the match. Their bowling unit will need to shrug it off as an off-off bad day and go about their work as usual.

Key Players:

Joshua Rasu– Joshua Rasu leads the batting charts with 103 runs in 3 matches at a strike rate of 220+. He also has 4 wickets to his name, but he was taken for more than 155 RPO in his last two matches. Tony Tamata–Tony Tamata has 5 wickets at an economy rate of just 6.5 RPO. He bowled well in all three matches with figures of 3/11, 0/2, & 2/20 played so far.

Mighty Efate Panthers Predicted Playing XI:

Joshua Rasu, Wesley Vira, Simpson Obed, Lazaro Carlot, Jarryd Alan, McMillan Markia , Selwyn Garae , Kendy Kenneth , Shem Sala , Kenny Tari , Tony Tamata

Ifira Sharks Preview

Nalin Nipiko steered his team home in the chase despite wickets falling around him regularly. Nalin Nipiko remained unbeaten at 33 at one end as they successfully chased the target of 62 runs. Bethan Moli and Apolinaire Stephen spent a little time increase to keep the chase moving. Obed Yoseph`s double strike in the first over pushed the opposition on the back foot very early. Stephane Sandy, Vince Vira, Apolinari Stephan, and Nalin Nipiko chipped in with a wicket each at a good economy rate to restrict the opposition to 61 runs in 10 overs.

Key Players:

Nalin Nipiko– Nipiko came up with an all-round performance of 33* runs (24 balls) &bowling figures of 2-0-10-1 to steer his team to victory. He will look to give another all-round performance to help his team win.

Obed Yoseph – Yoseph dismissed both MT bulls in first over to set the tone of the match. He had superb figures of 2-0-2-2 in the match and was almost unplayable with the new ball.

Ifira Sharks Predicted Playing XI:

Nalin Nipiko, Bethan Moli,Apolinaire Stephen, Obed Yoseph, Stephane Sandy, Vince Vira, Jamal Vira, William Yamak, Niko Unavalu, AmbongRakau, Fernando Laumae

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Vanuatu is expected to have cool and breezy weather on the match day with overcast skies. The weather forecasters predict some scattered rains on the match day.

Venue Details

The pitch is an absolute batting paradise were the run scoring is easy and saw scores nearly 100 in 4 out of the 8 innings so far. We can expect big scores in range of 100-120 runs in this match.

Toss: To Bowl

No target is safe in the Vanuatu league as we saw in the last encounter where 130+ runs were chased down successfully. Both captains will look to bat first in this match.