Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions: Canada Tour of Namibia 2025 - 1st T20I Match - Canada vs Namibia - 18th March

Here are the Fantasy Cricket Predictions and Betting Tips for the Canada Tour of Namibia, 1st T20I Match - Canada vs Namibia, to be played on the 18th of March at the Namibia Cricket Ground, Windhoek.

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Current Form Canada:

Canada are currently placed at the 21st position on ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings with a rating of 140.

Canada are in decent form. They won 1 match and lost 1 in the ICC World Cup League matches recently.

Canada have beaten big teams in the last 1 year. They are expected to dominate Namibia even though the matches are away from home.

Players to look out for:

1. Nicholas Kirton - Skipper Nicholas Kirton has been very consistent for Canada, especially in the T20I format. He is expected to be their top run getter in the tour.

2. Saad Bin Zafar - He is a very experienced spinner who can provide breakthroughs when it matters the most for his team.

Current Form Namibia:

Namibia on the other hand are currently placed at the 15th position on ICC Men's T20I Team Rankings with a rating of 182.

Namibia are in an ordinary form. They lost 1 and won 1 game in the ICC World Cup League matches held recently.

Namibia can't be discounted in their home conditions. They will start as favorites for the T20I Series.

Players to look out for:

1. Bernard Scholtz - He is an intelligent left arm spinner, who doesn't leak runs and picks up wickets in the middle overs.

2. Zane Green - He looked in good form in the CWC League 2. Green is expected to be amongst the runs in the T20I Series against Canada.

Let’s have a look at the squads:

Namibia: Zane Green (wk), Nikolaas Davin, JP Kotze, Gerhard Erasmus (c), Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton, JJ Smit, Malan Kruger, Jan de Villiers, Ruben Trumpelmann, Bernard Scholtz, Tangeni Lungameni, Shaun Fouche, Dylan Leicher, Ben Shikongo, Michael van Lingen, Lohandre Louwrens, Jan Frylinck

Canada: Yuvraj Samra, Navneet Dhaliwal, Pargat Singh, Harsh Thaker, Nicholas Kirton (c), Shreyas Movva (wk), Saad Bin Zafar, Dillon Heyliger, Parveen Kumar, Shahid Ahmadzai, Kaleem Sana, Jeremy Gordon, Rishiv Ragav Joshi, Ravinderpal Singh, Akhil Kumar, Ansh Patel, Dilpreet Bajwa

Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay

Who will win the toss? – Namibia

Who will win? - Namibia

Top Batter (Runs Scored) - JP Kotze (Namibia), Nicholas Kirton (Canada)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Bernard Scholtz (Namibia), Saad Bin Zafar (Canada)

Most Sixes – JP Kotze (Namibia), Nicholas Kirton (Canada)

Player of the Match- JP Kotze (Namibia)

Team Scores Batting first – Namibia 155+, Canada 145+

Match Handicap: Namibia

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*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.

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