NFCC Last Five Matches: L L L L W (Avg Score For 91, Avg Score Against 123)
SLL Last Five Matches: W L L W W (Avg Score For 86, Avg Score Against 94)
NICOSIA FIGHTERS (NFCC)
Captain: Alvi Chowdhury
Wicketkeeper: Noori Chowdhury
Projected Top Four: Parvez Miah, Kamrul Mahmud, Abdullah Al Tasmin, Alvi Chowdhury
Projected Opening Bowlers: Abdullah Al Tasmin, Sourav Ahmed
Spin Options: Munna Rahman, Mahamudul Sajib
NICOSIA FIGHTERS Key Players:
Parvez Miah, right handed batsman, top scorer for NFCC racking up 47 runs in two innings.
Abdullah Al Tasmin, right handed batsman and left arm fast bowler, has racked up 130 runs and picked up 10 wickets in 18 ECN matches. Scored 26 runs in two games.
Munna Rahman, another decent all-rounder, top wicket taker for NFCC at European Cricket Series Cyprus T10 picking up EIGHT wickets. He also scored 82 runs last summer. Scored 28 runs and picked up a wicket on Wednesday.
Sourav Ahmed, captain, right arm fast bowler, second highest wicket taker for NFCC at European Cricket Series Cyprus T10 picking up SIX wickets in six games. Picked up a couple of wickets on Wednesday.
SRI LANKAN LIONS (SLL)
Captain: Nalin Pathirana
Wicketkeeper: Nalin Pathirana
Projected Top Four: Mangala Gunasekara, Chamal Sadun, Nalin Pathirana, Roshan Sirwardana
Projected Opening Bowlers: Kamal Raiz, Ruwan Manawasingha
SRI LANKAN LIONS Key Players:
Denuwan Prartana, all-rounder, second highest scorer for SLL racking up 54 runs in two innings and picking up a wicket as well.
Pradad Liyanage, experienced right handed batsman, third highest scorer for SLL scoring 52 runs in two innings including a man of the match performance of 43 off 25 balls.
Chamal Sadun, left handed opening batsman, highest scorer for SLLscoring 58 runs in four games. He has also picked up two wickets.
Kamal Raiz, right arm pacer, joint second highest wicket taker in the tournament picking up SEVEN wickets in four games.
Both these teams are playing catch up in terms of the number of the games played, and will view this as a winnable double header to make a giant leap up the standings.
Last time they met: SLL 111(8.3) def NFCC 109 (28 Aug 2020)
Match Prediction: Nicosia Fighters and Sri Lankan Lions to share the spoils with a win a piece.
