Scotland and Ireland will face off in the first of the twin clashes on Wednesday at the ICC Men's T20 World Cup. The two teams will meet at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart. While Scotland will come into this match having defeated two-time World Cup winner West Indies, Ireland will also walk into this match after their encounter against Scotland.
In this article, we will have a look at what the numbers suggest could happen in this match and who could come out on top.
1. Toss Prediction
Scotland lost their first toss against West Indies while Ireland won their toss against Zimbabwe. Thus predicting, Ireland to win the toss in this match too.
2. Win Possibility
This could be a tough one to crack. This is because while Scotland have defeated the most successful team in the T20 World Cup in their first match, Ireland have played some great cricket on their way to this tournament and also are the higher-ranked team. But the fact that Ireland has a better head-to-head record against Scotland makes them the predicted winner of this match.
3. Team of the Day
The Team of the Day is Ireland. The two teams have faced each other in 13 T20Is and while Ireland have won 7 of these matches, they have lost just 3 with 2 ending without any result and 1 ending in a tie.
4. Predicted powerplay score and Average first innings total
The average first innings score in Hobart in this competition is 160. The predicted powerplay score is expected to be 40-55.
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