AUSM vs SAM Match Prediction & Analysis
Across the history of T20 tournaments, teams have begun the group stage with poor form or with back to back defeats before kicking on and qualifying for the knockouts after an improvement in form.
This is what both Australia Masters and South Africa Masters will be targeting after they both lost their first two games in this 2025 International Masters League before convincing victories over India Masters and England Masters respectably.
For Australia Masters, their victory was all the more impressive as India Masters brought a 100% record into that clash, whereas South Africa Masters were expected to get off the mark against England Masters as the latter had been playing so poorly.
Both teams have got one win, the question is – which will double their tally to two in this game?Australia Masters Preview
Any team who can beat any India side in any format is one to be taken seriously and this Australia Masters side are certainly now going to be feared across the competition after they saw off India Masters by an incredible 95 run margin.
Considering India Masters had won all three of their games prior to the fixture and were sitting pretty with a two point cushion at the top, shows just how impressive Australia Masters were!
Shane Watson and Ben Dunk will both come into this game after hitting unbeaten centuries in the win over India Masters and between them they hit 17 sixes.
With the ball, Xavier Doherty will have his tail up after taking 5/25 and all but Nathan Coulter-Nile took a wicket in the famous win on Wednesday evening.
Australia Masters Predicted Playing XI:
Shane Watson (c), Shaun Marsh, Ben Dunk (wk), Nathan Reardon, Dan Christian, Ben Cutting, Ben Laughlin, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Xavier Doherty, Bryce McGain, Ben HilfenhausAustralia Masters Actual Playing XI:
Callum Ferguson, Nathan Reardon, Shane Watson, Daniel Christian, Ben Cutting, Ben Dunk, Benjamin Hilfenhaus, Ben Laughlin, Bryce McGain, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Xavier Doherty
South Africa Masters Preview
When two teams who have both lost all their games go head to head it is rarely pretty but South Africa Masters produced their best performance of the tournament to date when they saw off England Masters, winning by seven wickets with 11 balls remaining, on Monday.
The game could not have got off to a better start for South Africa Masters who dismissed both of England Masters’ openers for ducks and although there was then some resistance from the middle order, the bowlers all kept their economy rates below 10.00 and restricted England to 157/6. Garnett Kruger and Henry Davids were the most impressive but the whole unit will need to be better against Australia Masters.
With the bat, Hashim Amla and Alviro Petersen both come into this game after hitting half-centuries in the victory and make up an impressive top four batters.
South Africa Masters Predicted Playing XI:
Hashim Amla, Henry Davids, Jacques Kallis (c), Alviro Petersen, Farhaan Behardien, Jonty Rhodes, Dane Vilas (wk), Vernon Philander, Makhaya Ntini, Garnett Kruger, Thandi Tshabalala
South Africa Masters Actual Playing XI:
Alviro Petersen, Hashim Amla, Henry Davids, Jonty Rhodes, Thandi Tshabalala, Jacques Kallis, Vernon Philander, Dane Vilas, Garnett Kruger, Richard Levi, Ryan McLaren
Weather Conditions
The weather forecast for Friday in Vadodara is the same as we have seen throughout the competition. Wall to wall sunshine during the day with the temperature still up in the high twenties late into the evening.
AUSM vs SAM Pitch Report
Kotambi Cricket Stadium, Vadodara Pitch Report
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Overall this has been a very good batting wicket with the players who enjoy pace on the ball making the most of the surface. We expect more of the same in this game with a par score likely to be over 200 in the first innings of the match.
Toss: To Bowl
Although Australia Masters beat India Masters by batting first on Wednesday evening, more teams have won when chasing in this tournament so we predict that both teams will want to bowl first.
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