Namibia vs Uganda Match Prediction & Betting Tips, T20 World Cup Warm Up 2024
The 3rd warm-up match of the T20 World Cup 2024 will take place between Namibia and Uganda. The match is set to be held at Brian Lara Stadium in Trinidad on 27th May 2024, starting at 4:30 AM (May 28) IST.
Both the sides entered the tournament by qualifying in the Africa Qualifier of the T20 World Cup 2024 which took place in November 2022. Namibia will be participating in the T20 World Cup for the 3rd time after the 2021 and 2022 edition while Uganda will be making its first appearance.
Gerhard Erasmus will lead the Namibia team while Uganda will be led by Brian Masaba.
NAM vs UGA, Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, Trinidad Pitch Report
Brian Lara Stadium pitch is a good surface that helps the batters in the first few overs. As the game goes on, the pitch becomes slower, which benefits the spin bowlers. 175 is the average innings score. We saw England smashing 267 in 20 overs at this venue last year.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Namibia vs Uganda, T20 World Cup Warm Up Match 2024
Namibia Team News & Playing 11
NAM Team News
Namibia will use the line-up which they used recently in the T20I series against Oman. There are no reports of injury so far.
NAM Team Batting
The top batsmen in the Namibia team are JJ Smit and Gerhard Erasmus. Smit is a bowling all-rounder and he has scored 826 runs in 47 T20Is at an impressive strike rate of 148.83. He has picked 46 wickets as well. Skipper Erasmus has scored 1339 runs in 57 T20Is at a strike rate of 122.96.
NAM Team Bowling
In bowling, the top players for Namibia will be Jan Frylinck and Bernard Scholtz. Left arm pacer Frylinck has taken 63 wickets in 57 T20Is at an average of 17.95. Scholtz is also a left arm spin bowler and he has picked 64 wickets in 58 matches at 18.55 average.
NAM Team Form
Namibia looks in good form after their recent series win against Oman in April 2024.
Namibia Predicted Playing 11
JP Kotze, Malan Kruger, Gerhard Erasmus (c), Jan Frylinck, Zane Green (wk), David Wiese, Dylan Leicher, Ruben Trumpelmann, Bernard Scholtz, Jack Brassell, Tangeni Lungameni
Uganda Team News & Playing 11
UGA Team News
This will be a debut for Uganda in the T20 World Cup and they entered the tournament with their promising performance in the Africa Qualifier. They will not try to make big changes to their latest playing 11.
UGA Team Batting
UGA Team Batting
The top batters from Uganda will be Simon Ssesazi and Roger Mukasa. Sessazi has scored more than 2000 runs in 76 T20I matches at a strike rate of 124.23. Mukasa has scored 1150 runs in 54 T20I matches at 24.47 average.
UGA Team Bowling
In the bowling department, we have shortlisted Bilal Hassan and Henry Ssenyondo as the top bowlers for Uganda. Right arm fast bowler Bilal Hassan has taken 65 wickets in 43 T20I matches at 13.51 average. Ssenyondo has picked 91 wickets in 74 T20I matches at 14.84. In the Africa Cricket Association Cup 2023, Ssenyondo was the highest wicket taker with 16 wickets in just 5 games.
UGA Team Form
Uganda has been an impressive team in the last year and they finished the year by lifting the trophy at Africa Cricket Association Cup in December 2023.
Uganda Predicted Playing 11
Roger Mukasa, Simon Ssesazi, Robinson Obuya, Riazat Ali Shah, Dinesh Nakrani, Kenneth Waiswa, Alpesh Ramjani, Brian Masaba (c), Fred Achelam (wk), Bilal Hassan, Henry Ssenyondo
🏆 Namibia vs Uganda Prediction
Uganda has been getting some recognition now in international cricket and they will be participating in the T20 World Cup for the first time while Namibia is an established cricket team and they have a stronger squad which looks confident to take over Uganda. In the head to head records, Namibia has defeated Uganda 8 out of 9 total face-offs. We back Namibia to win this match against Uganda.
