The 3rd T20 match of Desert Cup T20I Series 2022 is scheduled to be held on Tuesday, 15th November 2022 at Al Amerat Cricket Ground (Ministry Turf 1), Al Amerat.

Canada had a winning start to this tournament and beat Bahrain in their very first match of this 1st season of Desert Cup T20I Series 2022. The bowling unit and batting order of Canada performed well and that was the key reason why they won the match. On the other side, Saudi Arabia is a new team in T20 cricket and is playing its very first tournament. They were beaten by Oman in their very first match of this tournament.

Canada has some experience playing International cricket. They had a good start to this tournament and won their very first match against Bahrain with a handsome margin of four wickets. They won the toss and decided to field first. The performance of their bowling unit was not much impressive and they leaked 195 runs in 20 overs. Ammar Khalid was the most successful and highest wicket-taker from their side who picked three wickets in four overs against 38 runs. Kaleem Sana also performed well and picked two wickets in four overs while he was charged with 36 runs. The skipper, S Zafar had one wicket to his name but he leaked a lot of runs. He leaked 47 runs in four overs.

Harsh Thaker, Pargat Singh, and Nazar were the bowlers who failed to pick any wicket in the previous match. Canada won the previous match due to the best performance by their batting order. They chased the target of 196 runs in 19.2 overs. Almost all batters from their side performed well and scored some runs. Aaron Johnson was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side scoring 51 runs on just 28 balls with the help of six boundaries and two huge sixes. Pargat Singh was the other batter who put some runs on the board. He scored 26 runs on just 17 balls and smashed one boundary and two huge sixes during his inning. Matthew Spoors also scored 26 runs while Ravinderpal Singh had 24 runs to his name. The skipper, Saad Bin Zafar scored 27 runs on just seven balls with the help of four boundaries and two huge sixes.

Saudi Arabia had not played a lot of cricket on the international level and that was a key reason why they were beaten by Oman in the first match of this tournament. They won the toss and decided to bat first. The performance of their batting order was not much impressive. They could manage to score just 86 runs in 20 overs. The top batting order of this team totally failed to give the best performance in that match but their middle batting order performed well and put some runs on the board. Haseeb Ghafoor was the highest run-scorer from their side scoring 34 runs on 28 balls with the help of two boundaries and one huge six. He remained not out till 20th over.

Irfan Sarfaraz and Hisham Sheikh scored 13 runs each while no other batter from their side could even enter into the double figure. The batting order of Saudi Arabia also failed to give the best performance. They could not defend a low target on the board and leaked the target of 89 runs in just 10.1 overs. Muhammad Saqib was the only bowler from their side who had a wicket to his name. He picked up one wicket in three overs against just 15 runs. Atif Ur Rehman, Ishtiaq Ahmad, Zain Ul Abidin, and Hisham Sheikh were the bowlers who could not manage to pick any wicket. Saudi Arabia is totally a new team in international cricket and we are sure that they will perform well in the next matches against the teams like Oman and Canada.

Canada had played a total of 42 T20 matches so far. They won 20 matches while the other teams won 1 match. Their 1 match ended with no result.

Saudi Arabia had played 13 T20 International matches right now with 6 wins to their name. They had lost 7 matches.

This will be for the first time that Canada will play a T20 match against Saudi Arabia.

According to match prediction, Canada is the favorite team to win this match. The reasons why Canada is a favorite team in this match, are mentioned below:

• Canada won the first match of this tournament
• Canada has a lot of experienced players in their squad
• Saudi Arabia had not played much T20 cricket
• The batting order of Canada is strong and experienced

Canada has a strong batting order and bowling unit as compared to Canada and they are also playing at their home conditions, so the winning chances of Canada for today’s match have been increased. The equation of winning the chances of both teams for today’s match is mentioned as under.

Canada has a 70% chance to win this match
Saudi Arabia has a 30% chance to win this match

The toss can play an important role in the decision of this match. According to our toss prediction, the team who will win the toss may elect to bat first.

The 3rd T20 match between Canada and Saudi Arabia is going to be played at Al Amerat Cricket Ground (Ministry Turf 1), Al Amerat. The pitch at this stadium is excellent for batting. The boundaries at this venue are short and will bring the spinners into play. The pitch will continue to be good for batting throughout the match. A total of 180 can be a good total to defend.

The weather forecast in Al Amerat on match day is not very good for a cricket match. There are some chances of rain but and that is possible that we may have an interrupted match.

Canada: Aaron Johnson, Matthew Spoors, Pargat Singh, Samantha Wijeratne, Ravinderpal Singh, Harsh Thaker, Shreyas Movva (wk), Saad Bin Zafar (c), Salman Nazar, Ammar Khalid, Kaleem Sana.

Saudi Arabia: Abdul Waheed (c), Faisal Khan, Kashif Siddique, Hisham Sheikh, Saad Khan, Irfan Sarfaraz, Haseeb Ghafoor (wk), Zain Ul Abidin, Ishtiaq Ahmad, Atif Ur Rehman, Muhammad Saqib.

We will update you before the start of the match.

Date: Tuesday, 15th November 2022
Time: 12:00 PM GMT / 04:00 PM LOCAL / 05:30 PM IST

• Stadium: Al Amerat Cricket Ground (Ministry Turf 1)
• Location: Al Amerat, Oman
• Opened: 2012
• Known as: Oman Cricket Academy Ground
• Ends: Al Amerat End, Pavilion End
• Time Zone: UTC +04:00
• Home to: Oman
• Floodlights: Yes

• Total matches: 59
• Matches won batting first: 25
• Matches won bowling first: 33
• Average 1st Inns scores: 150
• Average 2nd Inns scores: 133
• Highest total recorded: 210/4 (20 Ov) by KUW vs BHR
• The lowest total recorded: 64/10 (11 Ov) by NEP vs OMAN
• The highest score chased: 199/6 (19.2 Ov) by CAN vs BHR
• The lowest score defended: 127/10 (20 Ov) by IRE vs NEP

Nikhil Dutta, Armaan Kapoor, Navneet Dhaliwal, Dillon Heyliger, Nicholas Kirton, Akhil Kumar, Aaron Johnson, Matthew Spoors, Pargat Singh, Srimantha Wijeratne, Ravinderpal Singh, Harsh Thaker, Shreyas Movva (wk), Saad Bin Zafar (c), Salman Nazar, Ammar Khalid, Kaleem Sana.