Today (June 7) at the T20 World Cup 2024, Netherlands will play South Africa in New York, Australia will play England in Barbados and Bangladesh West Indies will play Uganda in Guyana – here are the predicted XIs, team news, and today’s 2024 T20 World Cup live score for NED vs SA, AUS vs ENG & WI vs UGA.
NED vs SA, live score: Follow the live scorecard here
AUS vs ENG, live score: Follow the live scorecard here
WI vs UGA, live score: Follow the live scorecard here
NED vs SA, AUS vs ENG & WI vs UGA: Toss updates
NED vs SA: The toss will take place at 10:00am local time.
AUS vs ENG: The toss will take place at 12:30pm local time.
WI vs UGA: The toss will take place at 8:00pm local time.
NED vs SA, AUS vs ENG & WI vs UGA: T20 World Cup 2024 team news
Netherlands news
Netherlands opened their account at the T20 World Cup on Tuesday. In a match delayed by rain, they did well to bowl Nepal out for 106 in Dallas, but took their time to chase down the target. Logan van Beek, Tim Pringle and Max O'Dowd were the standouts in that match and will remain crucial as the Dutch now set their sights on South Africa.
South Africa news
South Africa's opening game of the tournament was against Sri Lanka in New York and they got off the mark with a win, although their chase of 78 was not as straightforward as it could have been. Now, they will take on their bogey team at the same venue. The Proteas have lost to Netherlands twice recently; in the 2023 ODI World Cup and the 2022 T20 World Cup.
Australia news
Australia's opener ended in a comfortable 39-run victory over Oman, but there were periods of the game in the firts innings where it seemed as though things could have gone sideways for them. Nevertheless, they wiill take heart from the performances of Marcus Stoinis and the bowling group as they gear up for a highly-anticipated clash against arch-rivals England.
England news
In a sense, England's match against Australia may as well be their first of the tournament. Their match against Scotland was heavily affected by rain and was eventually called off with the Scots having scored 90-0 in 10 overs. At least the bowlers had those 10 overs, though. England's batters have not had a go yet, and the Australia match will be a real test.
West Indies news
West Indies were given a real scare in their opening match against Papua New Guinea, who batted sensibly and then threatened to defend 136 in Guyana. They did come away with two points though, and another two from the upcoming match would put them in a strong position to qualify for the Super Eight stage from Group C.
Uganda news
After receiving a 125-run thrashing from Afghanistan, Uganda bounced back to record their first-ever Men's T20 World Cup victory, defeating Papua New Guinea by three wickets in a low scoring thriller. The Cricket Cranes enter their match against West Indies as underdogs, but will be hoping to put up a good show.
NED vs SA, AUS vs ENG & WI vs UGA: Predicted Playing XIs
NED: Michael Levitt, Max O'Dowd, Vikramjit Singh, Sybrand Engelbrecht, Scott Edwards (c & wk), Bas de Leede, Teja Nidamanuru, Logan van Beek, Tim Pringle, Paul van Meekeren, Vivian Kingma.
SA: Quinton de Kock (wk), Reeza Hendricks, Aiden Markram (c), Tristan Stubbs, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Ottneil Baartman.
AUS: Travis Head, David Warner, Mitchell Marsh (c), Glenn Maxwell, Marcus Stoinis, Tim David, Matthew Wade (wk), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Adam Zampa, Josh Hazlewood.
ENG: Phil Salt, Jos Buttler (c & wk), Will Jacks, Jonny Bairstow, Harry Brook, Moeen Ali, Liam Livingstone, Chris Jordan/Reece Topley, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood.
WI: Brandon King, Johnson Charles, Nicholas Pooran (wk), Roston Chase, Rovman Powell (c), Sherfane Rutherford, Andre Russell, Romario Shepherd, Akeal Hosein, Alzarri Joseph, Gudakesh Motie.
UGA: Roger Mukasa, Simon Ssessazi (wk), Robinson Obuya, Riazat Ali Shah, Alpesh Ramjani, Dinesh Nakrani, Juma Miyagi, Kenneth Waiswa, Brian Masaba (c), Frank Nsubuga, Cosmas Kyewuta.
ICC T20 World Cup 2024: Last day’s results
Canada vs Ireland - Canada won by 12 runs
Afghanistan vs New Zealand - Afghanistan won by 84 runs
Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka - Bangladesh won by 2 wickets with 6 balls remaining
ICC T20 World Cup 2024: Upcoming matches
India vs Pakistan – 10:30 am local time (New York)
Oman vs Scotland – 1:00 pm local time (Antigua)
NED vs SA, AUS vs ENG & WI vs UGA: Prediction for today’s T20 World Cup matches
NED vs SA
Netherlands have had the wood over South Africa in the sides' recent fixtures, and are a solid T20 outfit, especially on the bowling front. On a New York deck with enough in it for the seamers, expect the likes of Logan van Beek and Paul van Meekeren to trouble the Proteas. Even if they bowl well though, the Dutch will have to contend with South African pacers Anrich Nortje and Ottneil Baartman who are more than capable of running through them. Once again, South Africa will start as favourites but once again, Netherlands are looking to upset the applecart.
AUS vs ENG
Australia vs England is the first clash at this tournament between two of the favourites for the title, and it should be an exciting game. Both sides played their opening matches here, albeit at different times. They should still have a fair idea of what the pitch has in store for them. Australia are likely to bring Pat Cummins back into the side, after he was rested against Oman. In a game of tight margins, England's relative consistency could see them just pip the Aussies in this one.
WI vs UGA
West Indies vs Uganda is one of the more unbalanced ties in the group stage this time around. That being said, Uganda did show good skill and spirit to restrict Afghanistan's batters at the death in their opening game, before bowling Papua New Guinea out for 77. The co-hosts will be looking for a routine victory, while Uganda are on the look-out for a giant killing.
