The 4th match of World Cup T20 2022 is scheduled to play between Zimbabwe and Ireland on Monday, 17th October 2022 at Bellerive Oval, Hobart.

Namibia lost the toss in the first match against Sri Lanka and was asked to bat first. The performance of their batting order was not much impressive but good. They scored 163 runs in 20 overs. Michael van Lingen and Divan la Cock open the batting inning for Namibia but failed to give a good opening start and both openers came back to the pavilion with a total of just 16 runs. Loftie-Eaton, Stephan Baard, Gerhard Erasmus, and Jan Frylinck took the charge and put a handsome total on the board. Jan Frylinck proved the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side scoring 44 runs on 28 balls with the help of four boundaries.

JJ Smit was the second-highest run-scorer from the side of Namibia. He scored 31 runs on just 16 balls with the help of two boundaries and the same huge sixes. Stephan Baard scored 26 runs while Loftie-Eaton and the skipper, Gerhard Erasmus scored 20 runs each. The way how the bowling unit of Namibia performed in their opening match of the ICC T20 World Cup was just outstanding. They defended the target of 164 runs and send the full team of Sri Lanka back to the pavilion on a total of just 108 runs in 19 overs. The strong batters of Namibia were helpless before the bowlers of Namibia. David Wiese, Bernard Scholtz, Ben Shikongo, and Jan Frylinck picked two wickets each while JJ Smit had one wicket to his name.

The Netherlands is coming to this match on the back of a massive win over the United Arab Emirates in their first match of the ICC T20 World Cup with a good margin of three wickets. This was a low-scoring match where they lost the toss and were asked to field first. The performance of their bowling unit was outstanding. They leaked just 111 runs in 20 overs. Almost all bowlers from their side performed well. Bas de Leede was the most successful and highest wicket-taker from their side who picked three wickets in three overs against 19 runs. Fred Klaassen was the other bowler who was just good with the ball. He picked up two wickets in four overs while he was charged with 13 runs.

Tim Pringle and van der Merwe picked one wicket each while van Beek and van Meekeren were the bowlers who failed to pick any wicket. The performance of the batting order of the Netherlands was not very good but they chased the target of 112 runs in 19.5 overs. The batting order of the Netherlands is not very strong and it can collapse if they lose some wickets early. Max’Dowd and Vikramjit Singh are star batters of this team but they were not good in the first match. Max ODowd scored 23 runs while the skipper, Scott Edwards could manage to score 16 runs. Tim Pringle scored 15 runs. The bowling unit of the Netherlands is very strong and is led by Bas de Leede, Logan van Beek, Fred Klaassen, and Tim Pringle but their batting order is not much strong and they have to improve things right before this match.

Namibia had played 2 matches against the Netherlands where they won one while the Netherlands also won one match.

Namibia is overall a strong team as compared to the Netherlands at least on paper. According to our match prediction, Namibia is the favorite team who will win this match. Many factors make Namibia a favorite team to win this match. Some of the key factors are mentioned as under:

• Namibia had a strong bowling unit which is in good form
• The batters of Namibia are also doing well
• Netherlands is also an improved team in the T20 format of cricket
• The batting and bowling departments of Namibia is batter they were good against Sri Lanka

Namibia is full of experienced and young players in the t20 format. The batting order of this team is also strong and some well-known hitters of the t20 format are part of the squad of this team, so the winning chances of today’s match against Namibia have been increased. The equation of who will win today’s cricket match prediction and who will win the cricket match today is mentioned as under.

Namibia has a 54% chance to win this match
The Netherlands has a 46% chance to win this match

The toss will play an important role in the decision of all matches of World Cup T20. Having a good total on the board is always a big advantage in these kinds of big matches. According to our toss prediction, the team who will win the toss may choose to bat first.

The 5th Match of World Cup T20 2022 is going to be held at Simonds Stadium, Geelong. We had observed in the previous matches played here that the pitch here at this venue is good for batting. The track is slower than the others we have seen and helps the spinners quite a bit. We are hoping that the surface is bound to get slower and be a bit more difficult for batting in this match. A score of 170 is going to be tough to chase.

The weather forecast in Geelong is predicting some clouds around on match day but the weather forecast does not predict rain. We should be able to have a full uninterrupted match.

Namibia: Michael van Lingen, Divan la Cock, Stephan Baard, Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, Gerhard Erasmus (c), Jan Frylinck, JJ Smit, David Wiese, Zane Green (wk), Bernard Scholtz, Ben Shikongo.

Netherlands: Max ODowd, Vikramjit Singh, Bas de Leede, Tom Cooper, Colin Ackermann, Scott Edwards (c & wk), Roelof van der Merwe, Tim Pringle, Logan van Beek, Fred Klaassen, Paul van Meekeren.

We will update you shortly.

• Date: Tuesday, 18th October 2022
• Time: 04:00 AM GMT / 03:00 PM LOCAL / 09:30 PM IST

• Stadium: Simonds Stadium
• Location: Geelong, Australia
• Known as: Kardinia Oval/ Shell Stadium/ Baytec Stadium/ Skilled Stadium
• Time Zone: UTC +11:00
• Home to: Victoria

• Total matches: 3
• Matches won batting first: 1
• Matches won bowling first: 2
• Average 1st Inns scores: 149
• Average 2nd Inns scores: 132
• Highest total recorded: 176/8 (20 Ov) by SL vs AUS
• The lowest total recorded: 108/10 (19 Ov) by SL vs NAM
• The highest score chased: 176/8 (20 Ov) by SL vs AUS
• The lowest score defended: 163/7 (20 Ov) by NAM vs SL

Stephan Myburgh, Shariz Ahmad, Timm van der Gugten, Teja Nidamanuru, Brandon Glover, Max ODowd, Vikramjit Singh, Bas de Leede, Tom Cooper, Colin Ackermann, Scott Edwards (c & wk), Roelof van der Merwe, Tim Pringle, Logan van Beek, Fred Klaassen, Paul van Meekeren.