Oman vs Scotland Weather Report And Pitch Report Of Antigua Stadium– ICC T20 World Cup 2024, Match 20

Antigua hosts the Oman vs Scotland T20 World Cup game on Sunday, June 9 from 10.30 pm IST. This is the very first game at the venue in this World Cup. Antigua will host 8 games in total including four Super 4 matches.

Oman lost to Namibia and Australia in their first two games. They lost in the Super Over against Namibia by 39 runs chasing 166 against Australia.

Thus their chances of qualifying for the next round from this group look tough from hereon. In Group B, Oman, and Scotland are placed alongside Australia, England, and Namibia.

Scotland had a stroke of tough luck against England as the match got washed out. They scored 90 with the bat and England had to chase 109 in 10 overs to win the match. Scotland would consider that an opportunity missed.

The previous match had many stop-starts and rain played its part in bringing the match to a close. Against Namibia, they won by five wickets to come back into the race. They should fancy their chances of winning against Oman to stay alive and challenge Australia.

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This is the very first game at Antigua. The matches played so far have not been high-scoring contests. Scores have been sort of middling around 160 and even lower in some games.

Ricky Ponting earlier said that the matches in this World Cup might not be high-scoring games given the conditions they are being played in. Pitches in the West Indies have been low and slow while those in the USA have been very poor.

Oman vs Scotland Weather Report And Pitch Report Of Antigua Stadium– ICC T20 World Cup 2024, Match 20

Oman vs Scotland Weather Report Of Antigua

The match starts from 1 pm local time in Antigua. The weather conditions will be mostly cloudy as per Accuweather in Antigua. The humidity will be around 67 percent and there is a slight 5 percent chance of rain.

Conditions will be mostly warm and humid, with a cloud cover of 87 percent. Rain might not impact the game in a big way.

Oman vs Scotland Pitch Analysis

This will be the very first match in Antigua in this World Cup. Thus it is very difficult to predict how exactly the pitch will play. Generally, the venues in the West Indies have been low and slow tracks with assistance for the spinners.

The venue has hosted 29 T20Is to date with 123 being the average first innings score and the second innings score even lower at 105. Thus in all aspects, this is a low-scoring ground.

Weather Impact on Oman vs Scotland, T20 World Cup 2024, Match 20

The weather conditions will be mostly cloudy in the afternoon. However, the rain threat is not a big concern as there is only a 5 percent chance of rain. The weather is expected to hold up pretty well for the match.

Conclusion

This is a crucial game for both teams and the teams would hope for rain to stay away especially Scotland who already had a game rain out against England that denied them a possible victory.

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