Bugibba Blasters will take on Gozo Zalmi in Match 55 of European Cricket Series Malta, Encore, 2023 on November 21 at Marsa Sports Club in Marsa, Malta, Malta. The match will start at 05:15 PM IST.

Pitch Report

The average score by the team batting first in the last 10 matches at the venue is 129.

Batting first should be the preferred option at this stadium, with the team batting first winning 60 percent of its matches.

Weather Report

The temperature at the Marsa Sports Club is expected to be 21.58C and 63% humidity.

Bugibba Blasters vs Gozo Zalmi squads

Bugibba Blasters: Azeem Sathi, Gaurav Maithani, Pradeep Puppala, Prajwal Kohad, Danish Siddique, Gautam Singh, Narendar Negi, Shiv Singh, Venkat Rao, Vikas Bisht, Agraharathil Soorya (wk), Imon Islam (wk), Anurag Tripathi, Devendra Negi, Jahidul Islam, Mukesh Mukesh, Partha Das and Suresh Dobal

Gozo Zalmi: Arman Afridi, Bikram Arora, Farrukh Mughal, Glenn Tavilla, Zeeshan Khan, Zeeshan Qaiser, Mehboob Ali, Nikhil Kaushal, Puneet Patial, Shakir Afridi, Varun Prasath, Waqar Ahmad, Waseem Abbas, Adnan Anwar (wk), Ijaz Ahmed (wk), Ajeesh Antony, Amandeep Ralhan, Attinder Singh, Fazil Rahman, Jaswinder Singh, Salman Sharjeel, Sawab Khan and Waqar Mehmood

Top Players

Gaurav Maithani: Bugibba Blasters batter Gaurav Maithani has scored 209 runs in 8 matches of European Cricket Series Malta, Encore, 2023 at an average of 29.86 and a strike rate of 240.23. He has scored 1 fifty and 0 centuries and achieved the top score of 66.

Zeeshan Khan: Gozo Zalmi’s Zeeshan Khan has amassed 298 runs in 8 matches and is the team’s number-one run-scorer this edition. He strikes at a rate of 214.39 and averages 49.67. He also has 3 50-plus scores and 0 centuries to his name in European Cricket Series Malta, Encore, 2023.

Narendar Negi: The Bugibba Blasters bowler scalped 8 wickets in 8 matches. Narendra Negi’s best spell for this edition is 3/10 and he averages 19.00.

Nikhil Kaushal: The bowler from Gozo Zalmi has picked up 11 wickets in 8 matches so far at an average of 11.18. Nikhil Kaushal’s 2/8 is his finest bowling show of the European Cricket Series Malta, Encore, 2023.

Bugibba Blasters vs Gozo Zalmi Head-To-Head

Bugibba Blasters and Gozo Zalmi have faced each other 2 times, with Gozo Zalmi winning 2 times. Gozo Zalmi has also won two of the last 2 matches against Bugibba Blasters.

European Cricket Series Malta, Encore, 2023 Points Table

Gozo Zalmi is ranked first in the B Group points table of European Cricket Series Malta, Encore, 2023 with 12 points and a net run rate of +4.231. They have won 6 of their 8 matches and lost 2.

Bugibba Blasters, meanwhile, are second with 10 points from 8 matches. They have won 5 matches and lost 3, with a net run rate of +0.377.

Prediction

Gozo Zalmi is predicted to win the upcoming fixture as they have won two of the last 2 matches against Bugibba Blasters.