Samoa vs Cook Islands Predictions - Dickson to score big again

Simon Lewis

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Last updated: 22 Aug 2024

Simon Lewis 22 Aug 2024

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Hayden Dickson's unbeaten 112* off 57 balls boosts Samoa's confidence.
Samoa aims to maintain their top position in the East Asia-Pacific T20 CWC qualifiers.
Critical match against the Cook Islands to determine Samoa's standing.

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Hayden Dickson watches as Aue Parima hits a six (credit: Facebook)

Samoa vs Cook Islands Predictions

Both sides have won three of their four matches in qualifying, but the Cook Islands have beaten Samoa in their last two matches, including in the earlier qualifying match five days ago.

Cook Islands’ Hayden Dickson has scored 112*, 30 & 16 in his last 4 innings.
Cook Islands’ Ma'ara Ave has scored 36* & 44* in his last 4 innings.
Samoa’s Darius Visser has scored 30*, 21, 132 & 72 in his last 4 innings.
Samoa’s Sean Cotter has scored 45, 24* & 22 in his last 5 innings.

Head-to-Head

Samoa won the first T20I between the sides in 2022, but the Cook Islands won the second match four days later as well as the qualifying match five days ago.

Samoa Form

After losing to the Cook Islands by seven wickets, Samoa won their next two matches on the bounce, first beating Vanuatu by 10 runs and then Fiji by 73 runs.

Samoa racked up 183/5 off their 20 overs, Darius Visser top-scoring for a second match in a row, this time scoring 72 off just 39 balls, including six sixes.

Fiji started well to reach 93/3 off 11.5 overs before Saumani Tiai (5/27) and Darius Visser (3/31) knocked over the last seven wickets for just 17 runs to complete the 73-run win.

Samoa Team News

Samoa are relying a lot on their exciting new player, Darius Visser, who is performing with bat and ball. He will need support from the rest of the side if Samoa are going to overturn the Cook Islands’ two-match winning streak over them.

Cook Islands Form

After losing to Fiji by 104 runs, the Cook Islands beat Vanuatu by seven wickets to make it three wins from four matches.

Oscar Taylor (5/17, econ 4.25) ran through the Vanuatu batting line up, dismissing three of their batters for ducks before they ended their 20 overs on 125/9.

The Cook Islands raced to the win off just 16.2 overs, Thomas Parima (35 off 26 balls) and Ma'ara Ave (44* off 32 balls) taking them home to a seven-wicket win.