MATCH 22 (CTT21.066) NICOSIA FIGHTERS (NFCC) v SRI LANKAN LIONS (SLL) 1830 GMT | 2030 CET | 0000 IST
NFCC Last Five Matches: W L W W L (Avg Score For 99, Avg Score Against 88)
SLL Last Five Matches: L W W L L (Avg Score For 100, Avg Score Against 91)
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:
Abdullah Al Tasmin, right handed batter and left arm fast bowler, Top scorer for NFCC at FanCode European Cricket T10 Cyprus scoring 219 runs in eight games including an unbeaten 73 off 38 balls vs AMD.
Munna Rahman, another decent all-rounder, scored 98 runs in 10 innings and picked up three wickets in the recently concluded series. Joint top wicket taker for NFCC at the Encore picking up two wickets.
Saikat Al Amin, the right arm medium pacer ended joint highest wicket taker for NFCC picking up SIX wickets in nine games at FanCode European Cricket T10 Cyprus.
Parvez Miah, right handed batter, second highest scorer for NFCC at FanCode European Cricket T10 Cyprus with 139 runs in 12 innings. Also scalped FIVE wickets. Top scorer for NFCC at the Encore racking up 36 runs in two games.
SRI LANKAN LIONS (SLL)
Captain: Sachithra Pathirana
Wicketkeeper: Sachithra Pathirana
Projected Top Four: Sachithra Tharanga, BLCS Kumara, Roshan Sirwardana, Sachithra Pathirana
Projected Opening Bowlers: Kamal Raiz, Ruwan Manawasingha
SRI LANKAN LIONS Key Players:
Chamal Sadun, left handed opening batter, second highest scorer for SLLscoring 97 runs in four games. Has also picked up FIVE wickets.
Sachithra Tharanga, experienced right handed batter, top scorer for SLL muscling 138 runs in four games including a match winning 57 off 30 balls vs NCT.
Samith Mapalagama, the right arm medium pacer scalped SIX wickets in two games against NCT jointly leading the wickets column for SLL.
Roshan Sirwardana, the right arm medium pacer is the joint top wicket taker for SLL picking up SIX wickets in four games with a best return of 3-11.
Nicosia Fighters and Sri Lankan Lions have both enjoyed a 50% success rate so far. These sides are evenly-matched evenly and the stats could stay that way.
Last time they met: CTT21.020 | SLL 77(8.1) def NFCC 73 (25 Sep 2021)
Match Prediction: NFCC and SLL to share the spoils with a win a piece.
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