Expert Teams
We have opted for fantasy cricket teams on basis of probable XIs, recent performances, overall impact, and credit points.
Pitch Data
(Based on last three games at Queens Sports Club)
1st innings avg. score: 236/9
2nd innings avg. score: 271/6
Wins
Batting 1st: 33%
Batting 2nd: 67%
Seamers took 55% of the wickets, with 13 of 47 wickets falling in the first 10 overs and 14 between overs 10 and 25. Meanwhile, openers scored one of two centuries and two of five fifties.
Fantasy Tips of The Day
Dimuth Karunaratne has scored two fifties in as many matches against Scotland. In addition, his recent numbers are exemplary: two hundreds and four fifties in the last seven matches, with the lowest score of 47.
Only once has Lahiru Kumara gone wicketless since 2019, picking 24 wickets in 16 matches.
Kusal Mendis loves playing at the Queens Sports Club: he has generated the 50-run bonus in three of the four innings, overall scoring 229 runs at 57.
Wanindu Hasaranga has picked a five-for every time he has bowled at the venue.
Meanwhile, Safyaan Sharif has bagged seven wickets in three matches.
On the current tour, Brandon McMullen has scored 237 runs and scalped seven wickets in five matches.
Mark Watt (134 runs and 10 wickets) featured in the Best11 in each of the last five ODIs.
Only Watt (16) has picked more wickets for Scotland than Michael Leask (10) in 2023. In addition, Leask is his country’s highest run-scorer (279 at 70) in this period.
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England vs Australia, 2nd Ashes Test, 2023 Fantasy Tips
Probable XIs
Sri Lanka: Pathum Nissanka, Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Mendis (wk), Sadeera Samarawickrama, Charith Asalanka, Dasun Shanaka (c), Dhananjaya de Silva, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Lahiru Kumara
Scotland: Christopher McBride, Matthew Cross (wk), Brandon McMullen, Richie Berrington (c), Tomas Mackintosh, Michael Leask, Chris Greaves, Mark Watt, Safyaan Sharif, Chris Sole, Adrian Neill