Preview
- Canada will take on USA in game number 3 at the Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek
- Both teams won their first games & would be looking to build on their performance
Squads
Canada
Saad Bin Zafar (c), Aaron Johnson, Matt Spoors, Dilon Heyliger, Harsh Thaker, Jeremy Gordon, Kaleem Sana, Nicholas Kirton, Nikhil Dutta, Pargat Singh, Ravinderpal Singh, Parveen Kumar, Shreyaas Movva, Srimantha Wijeyeratne
USA
Monank Patel (c, wk), Aaron Jones, Shayan Jahangir (wk), Nosthush Kenjige, Ali Khan, Sushant Modani, Saiteja Mukkamalla, Saurabh Netravalkar, Nisarg Patel, Kyle Philip, Usman Rafiq, Gajanand Singh, Jasdeep Singh, Steven Taylor
Venue: Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek (Last 10 Games)
| Matches Played | 10 |
| Bat 1st Won | 6 |
| Bat 2nd Won | 4 |
Avg. 1st Innings score: 222
Pace vs Spin
| Pace | Overs- 415 | Wkts- 75 | SR- 33.4 |
| Spin | Overs- 280 | Wkts- 42 | SR- 40.1 |
Record in One Day Cricket ( Since Jan’22 )
Canada Batters
| Player | Inns | Runs | Avg |
| Nicholas Kirton | 14 | 438 | 39.82 |
| Harsh Thaker | 10 | 347 | 43.38 |
| Srimantha Wijeyeratne | 6 | 272 | 45.33 |
| Navneet Dhaliwal | 5 | 229 | 57.25 |
| Nikhil Dutta | 6 | 194 | 38.8 |
| Ravinderpal Singh | 10 | 178 | 29.67 |
| Saad Bin Zafar | 9 | 164 | 27.33 |
| Shreyas Movva | 7 | 129 | 25.8 |
| Matthew Spoors | 8 | 125 | 15.63 |
| Aaron Johnson | 6 | 115 | 19.17 |
Canada Bowlers
| Bowler | Inns | Overs | Wkts |
| Saad Bin Zafar | 13 | 96.5 | 25 |
| Jeremy Gordon | 12 | 71.5 | 20 |
| Kaleem Sana | 6 | 40.2 | 17 |
| Nikhil Dutta | 8 | 56.3 | 16 |
| Dillon Heyliger | 10 | 51.2 | 11 |
| Ammar Khalid | 4 | 18 | 2 |
| Harsh Thaker | 8 | 42 | 2 |
| Nicholas Kirton | 7 | 35 | 1 |
USA Batters
| Player | Inns | Runs | Avg |
| Aaron Jones | 20 | 806 | 44.78 |
| Monank Patel | 20 | 769 | 38.45 |
| Gajanand Singh | 20 | 585 | 36.56 |
| Steven Taylor | 20 | 575 | 28.75 |
| Sushant Modani | 16 | 518 | 32.38 |
| Nosthush Kenjige | 15 | 222 | 24.67 |
| Nisarg Patel | 16 | 220 | 24.44 |
| Saiteja Mukkamalla | 8 | 150 | 18.75 |
USA Bowlers
| Bowler | Inns | Overs | Wkts |
| Saurabh Netravalkar | 20 | 180.2 | 33 |
| Steven Taylor | 19 | 132.4 | 21 |
| Nisarg Patel | 18 | 126.1 | 17 |
| Ali Khan | 7 | 56.1 | 16 |
| Nosthush Kenjige | 19 | 157 | 15 |
| Jessy Singh | 9 | 68 | 11 |
| Gajanand Singh | 2 | 6 | 2 |
Top Picks
Saad Bin Zafar
- Captain of the team & is the most important bowler for the team
- Generally bowls his full quota and scores handy runs in the middle/ lower middle order
- Took 3 wickets in the 1st game against Canada
Harsh Thaker
- Is an all-rounder and has slowly converted himself into more of a batting AR
- Is mainstay of the batting and can bowl some crucial overs
- Scored 27(47) in the 1st game & bowled 7 overs
Srimantha Wijeyeratne
- Is a top order batsman who keeps wickets as well
- Was in great form in the T20 tournament last played in the gulf along with A Johnson where both of them formed a formidable opening partnership
Nikhil Dutta
- Can spin a web around the opposition with his variations
- Is a crucial bowler in the middle overs
Saurabh Netravalkar
- Mainstay of the USA bowling lineup
- Good record in One Day Cricket in the past year
- Good performance in the last game: 8-1-13-1
Nisarg Patel
- Took 3 wickets in the 1st game against Namibia
- Bowls his full quota of overs
- A handy batter lower down the order
Differential Pick
Gajanand Singh
- Bats in the middle order
- Scored 53(63) in the last game
- Can contribute with the ball too. Took 1 wicket in 4 overs in the last game
Safe Captaincy Picks
- Nikhil Dutta
- Saad Zafar
Differential Captaincy Pick
Harsh Thaker
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