New Zealand vs Ireland
New Zealand are currently ranked first in their group and have five points from four matches, but are yet to make it to the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup 2022.
However, Ireland still have a chance to qualify for the knockout match, but only mathematically, with three points.
On Friday, both the teams will be looking for victory and they will have a chance to qualify for LAST-4.
At the Adelaide Oval, New Zealand and Ireland will face off in the Super 12 matchup of the ICC T20 World Cup 2022.
The toss between the teams will be held at 9 am Indian time.
New Zealand vs Ireland Probable Playing XI
New Zealand: Devon Conway (wk), Finn Allen, Kane Williamson (c), Glenn Phillips, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Trent Boult, Lockie Ferguson, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi.
Ireland: Paul Stirling, Andrew Balbirnie (c), Lorcan Tucker (wk), Harry Tector, Curtis Camper, George Dockrell, Gareth Delany, Simi Singh/Fionn Hand, Mark Adair, Barry McCarthy, Joshua Little.
New Zealand suffered its first T20 World Cup defeat after losing to England on Tuesday.
The Kane Williamson-led side are currently leading in Group 1 with five points from four matches.
Australia vs Afghanistan
To surpass England’s net run rate, Australia would need to win by a sufficient margin to turn their net run rate positive and surpass England or New Zealand.
Afghanistan is playing for its pride, which has already been decimated. Two of their games have already been canceled due to rain and the other two ended in defeat.
Australia vs Afghanistan Probable XI:
Australia: David Warner, Cameron Green/Aaron Finch, Mitchell Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade (wk), Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood.
Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Usman Ghani, Ibrahim Zadran, Najibullah Zadran, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi (c), Rashid Khan, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Fareed Ahmed, Fazlhaq Farooqui.
The match between the teams will take place at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
The toss will take place at 1 pm and the match will start at 1:30 pm IST.
The pitch at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide is a balanced pitch. The first innings average at this venue in the last 20 matches is 155.
The temperature is expected to hover around 13.8 degree Celsius and the humidity is expected to hover around 61%. Wind gusts of 3.22 m/s are expected.
Australia are third in Group 1 with 5 points but trailing by net run rate.
Even if Australia wins against Afghanistan, a win for New Zealand and England could knock them out.
In the Group 2 match at Sydney yesterday, Pakistan chased down a target of 142 to beat South Africa by 33 runs following the Duckworth-Lewis method.
Pakistan scored 185 runs in the allotted 20 overs and decided to bat first for the loss of nine wickets. Shadab Khan was adjudged player of the match.
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