Scotland (SCO) will be hosting New Zealand (NZ) in a One-off ODI match at Grange Cricket Club in Edinburgh on Sunday. Scotland lost the last T20I match by a big margin of 102 runs. New Zealand registered their highest total in T20I cricket with 254 runs while batting first. Mark Chapman and Michael Bracewell smashed big fifties as the team managed to hit 18 sixes. Then Michael Rippon and James Neesham took two wickets each to restrict the hosts to just 152 runs. New Zealand have won all of their three ODI matches played against Scotland so far.
The average first innings score on this wicket is 301 runs.
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The team batting second doesn’t enjoy good records here. They have a winning percentage of 40 on this track.
The pitch in Edinburgh is a good surface for batting as was evident in the first T20 match. It is a high-scoring venue and teams might look to bat first.
The temperature is expected to hover around 17°C on the matchday with 62% humidity and 11 km/hr wind speed. There are no chances of precipitation during the game.
1.George Munsey, 2.Michael Jones, 3.Oliver Hairs, 4.Richie Berrington(C), 5.Matthew Cross(WK), 6.Chris Greaves, 7.Michael Leask, 8.Mark Watt, 9.Alasdair Evans, 10.Gavin Main, 11.Hamza Tahir
1.Martin Guptill, 2.Finn Allen, 3.Will Young, 4.Tom Latham(WK), 5.Henry Nicholls, 6.Glenn Phillips, 7.Michael Bracewell, 8.Mitchell Santner(C), 9.Ish Sodhi, 10.Matt Henry, 11.Adam Milne
Richie Berrington is a right-handed batsman and right-arm medium fast bowler from Scotland. He has smashed 2503 runs and took 39 wickets in his 96 matches OD career so far. He will be among the essential picks for this match.
Martin Guptill is a right-handed batsman from New Zealand. He has hammered 7207 runs in his 192 matches ODI career so far. He will be aiming to capitalize on the start here.
Finn Allen is a right-handed batsman from New Zealand. He has marked 99 runs in his 3 matches ODI career so far and can come in handy once again here.
Ish Sodhi is a right-handed batsman and right-arm leg-break bowler from New Zealand. He has hunted 48 wickets in his 37 matches ODI career so far. He will be a safe option to consider for this game.
