CEP vs SOP Live Score, Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2020 Live Score, CEP vs SOP Live Cricket Score

Date:            26th December, 2020

Time:            10:30 AM IST.

Venue:          State Bank Stadium in Karachi.

Match Preview

Central Punjab are last on the points table, they have 54 points in 6 matches with just 1 win. They last played against Northern in which they lost by 9 wickets, while batting first they could manage only 159 runs, Ali Zaryab Asif was their highest scorer with 78 runs in first innings and 27 in the second innings, Ahmed Safi Abdullah took 5 wickets in that match.

Southern Punjab, on the other hand, has performed well and they are placed at third spot with 2 wins, they have 79 points. They played their last game against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, which they lost, Southern Punjab were following on to equal the score of 487 put up by the Khyber in the first innings and could only manage a lead of 5 runs. Aamer Yamin was their highest scorer, he scored 93 runs and took 1 wicket as well, Zahid Mahmood took 6 wickets in that match.

Central Punjab:

Ali Zaryab, Mohmmad Akhlaq, Usman Salahuddin, Muhammad Saad, Saad Nasim, Qasim Akram, Ali Shan, Hasan Ali, Bilawal Iqbal, Ahmed Safi Abdullah, Waqas Maqsood.

Southern Punjab:

Zain Abbas, Umar Siddiq, Mohammad Ilyas, Imran Rafiq, Saif Badar, Agha Salman, Mohammad Umair, Aamer Yamin, Hamza Akbar, Zahid Mehmood, Zia-ul-Haq.

Pitch and Weather Reports

The weather conditions for this match is expected to be great with the sun shining brightly in the sky and no chance of rainfall. The temperature will be around the 25 degree Celsius mark.

The predictions in terms of the pitch conditions are that the surface will be batsman-friendly and the pacers will be the ones enjoying the most amount of help when it comes to the bowlers. So, the spinners will be the ones targeted majorly by the batsmen.

CEP vs SOP Top picks

• Agha Salman is the third-highest run-getter of the tournament at the moment, with 917 runs to his name in 9 matches at an average of 58.35. Add to that, he has also taken 13 wickets while maintaining an economy rate of 3.15 runs per over.
• Zain Abbas is one of the most in-form batters of the tournament and has scored 508 runs in total during the course of the 6 matches that he has been a part of.
• Ahmed Safi Abdullah with 28 wickets to his name in 8 matches at a strike rate of 41.3 in 8 matches is one of the top performers for his team with the ball in hand. With the bat, he has also scored 210 runs with the highest score of 83 runs not out.
• Saif Badar, in just the 7 games that he has played for his team, has done well as a batsman and has taken charge whenever it was needed. He has scored 489 runs in total including 4 half-centuries.

Best Choice For Captain And Vice-Captain

Captain – Umar Siddiq, Hasan Ali.

Vice-Captain – Zahid Mahmood, Azhar

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Keeper – Kamran Akmal

Batsmen –  Umar Siddiq, Saif Badar, Zain Abbas

All-rounders – Ahmed Safi Abdullah, Qasim Akram, Agha Salman, Aamer Yamin (VC)

Bowlers – Umer Khan, Hasan Ali, Zahid Mehmood (C)