London Lions will take on Spades Real Estate in the 36th match of the ICCA Arabian Cricket League 2024 on Friday (February 9) at the ICC Academy in Dubai. Both teams are in the Plate group and will be facing each other for the first time. The Lions have won and lost one game each and are in 7th position in the points table. The Spades have won two out of three matches so far and are in fourth place in the points tally.

The Lions faced Suncorp in their last match and elected to bowl after winning the toss. Suncorp were bundled out for 108 runs in 16.4 overs and only three batters managed to make a double-digit score. Muhammad Sagheer Afridi was the pick of the bowlers for the Lions and took three wickets for 19 runs in four overs. The Lions chased down the target of 109 runs easily in 17.3 overs with two wickets in hand. Afridi won the Player of the Match award.

Spades played their last match against AZ Sports, where AZ Sports elected to bowl after winning the toss. Spades posted a total of 176 runs for the loss of nine wickets in 20 overs. Abdullah Azhar was the highest scorer for the team and made 66 runs off 44 deliveries. AZ Sports were bundled out for 154 runs in 18.3 overs and lost the match by 22 runs. Rahul Bhatia was the pick of the bowlers for the Spades and took three wickets for 23 runs in four overs.

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The surface at the ICC Academy will likely remain balanced throughout this match. The average first innings score in the last 10 T20 matches here has been 151 runs. The team winning the toss might look to bowl.