England vs Scotland T20 World Cup 2024 Match Today: Jos Buttler’s England will take on Richie Berrington’s Scotland at the Kensington Oval, Bridgetown in Barbados on Tuesday. While the former are favourites to defend their title the latter will hope to spring a few surprises in the campaign.
England though looked strong on paper needed to deliver the goods. Coming into the 50-over World Cup in 2023 they were in a similar position which is termed as favourites but the side did not reach their full potential like they did in T20 World Cup in 2022. As per Scotland, it is the same as other associate nations click as a collective and pull out an early surprise to stay in contention for the next round.
ENG vs SCO predicted XIs
England predicted XI: Phil Salt, Jos Buttler (c/wk), Will Jacks, Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Liam Livingstone, Moeen Ali, Sam Curran, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley
England player to watch out: Phil Salt has been in blistering form in the recently concluded Indian Premier League and his success at the top might dictate how England’s campaign will be unveiled. However, he has a reputation of being a formidable T20 player but is yet to prove on the international stage.
Scotland predicted XI: George Munsey, Ollie Hairs, Charlie Tear, Richie Berrington (c), Brandon McMullen, Matthew Cross (wk), Chris Greaves, Mark Watt, Christopher Sole, Safyaan Sharif, Bradley Currie
Scotland player to watch out: For all the power England’s batting order possesses one evident weakness is their lack of left-handers in the top four. And Scotland has Mark Watt who can trouble them. The left-arm spinner is accurate and has 6.91 runs in his T20I career. Barbados’s pitch recently has been conducive to spinners which might give Watt and added advantage.
Squads:
England Squad: Jos Buttler(w/c), Harry Brook, Ben Duckett, Jonny Bairstow, Will Jacks, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Sam Curran, Philip Salt, Mark Wood, Jofra Archer, Chris Jordan, Adil Rashid, Reece Topley, Tom Hartley
Scotland Squad: Matthew Cross(w), Michael Jones, George Munsey, Ollie Hairs, Richie Berrington(c), Michael Leask, Brandon McMullen, Jack Jarvis, Charlie Tear, Chris Greaves, Safyaan Sharif, Mark Watt, Brad Wheal, Bradley Currie, Christopher Sole
ENG vs SCO head-to-head
England and Scotland are yet to face in T20I cricket
ENG vs SCO Pitch Report
Kensington Oval has a lot of history associated with it and is one of the iconic cricketing venues. The pitch here offers bounce to pacers and for batters, they can hit through the line of the ball. Since the game is at 7:30 PM local time in Bridgetown dew factor might come into play in the second innings hence team batting first might opt to field and restrict the opposition to a decent total and chase it down as with the dew the ball will come nicely onto the bat in the second innings.
ENG vs SCO Weather Report
According to Accuweather, the maximum temperature is 31 degrees centigrade in the morning and the minimum temperature is 27 degrees. The weather promises to be humid and since it is a day game and there won’t be a dew factor teams winning the toss might opt to bat first.
ENG vs SCO livestreaming details
England vs Scotland T20 World Cup match will be streamed on the Hotstar App and telecast on the Star Sports Network on June 4, Tuesday from 8 PM IST.
