Canterbury Kings vs Northern Knights, Super Smash 2019-20, Today Match Prediction 05 Jan 2020

ck vs nk Match Prediction & Analysis

Super Smash 2020 season has come to the crucial stage with the last 2-3 league matches for every team. Every win not only takes our team forward but also puts the opposition team on the back foot. Each team is separated by just 2 points respectively while each win will fetch them 4 vital points.

Canterbury is currently in the last position in the points table with just 6 points but to their advantage, they have played 2 fewer matches than the other teams.

While Northern Knights are in penultimate position after losing their previous encounter against Wellington by 52 runs. A win in this match will take Canterbury to the third position in the points table and Canterbury can move up with 4 crucial points in this encounter.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Canterbury Kings Preview

Canterbury lost despite putting up a massive score of 194 runs on board last match. Chad Bowes was the sublime with the bat last night scoring 90 runs off 42 runs and he dominated the 115 run opening partnership with the Jack Boyle. Jack Boyle scored a valiant 69 runs and carried his bat throughout the innings.

The rest of the batting unit has come up with the 20s and 30s but is yet to make a big score so far. Skipper Cole McConchie was the only effective bowler last night with figures of 4-0-23-1. All the other bowlers gave runs at over 10 RPO and were not able to control the run flow. Blake Coburn, Ed Nuttall, and Henry Shipley must contribute consistently with the ball in hand.

KEY PLAYERS: 

Chad Bowes – Bowes smashed 9 boundaries and 6 sixes on his route to 42-ball 90 and he was scoring at a strike rate of over 210 easily. He can take the game away from the opposition easily.

Cole McConchie – McConchie has bowling figures of 1/23, 2/32, 0/24, & 3/18 in the four matches he bowled so far. He has been very consistent with the ball in hand and will look to continue his good form.

Canterbury Kings Predicted Playing XI:

Andrew Ellis, Chad Bowes, Cam Fletcher (wk), Ed Nuttall, Leo Carter, Cole McConchie (c), Stephen Murdoch, Will Williams, Henry Shipley, Jack Boyle, Blake Coburn

Canterbury Kings Actual Playing XI:

Will Williams, Stephen Murdoch, Blake Peter Coburn, Cole McConchie, Ed Nuttall, Chad Bowes, Leo Carter, Andrew Ellis, Jack Boyle, Henry Burton Shipley, Cameron Fletcher

Northern Knights Preview

Northern Knights are in a precarious position and any further slip up will see them bowing out of the tournament earlier. Tim Seifert, Bret Hampton, and Daryl Mitchell are the top run scorers for the team and need to play a big role in their batting order. Presence of all-rounders Anton Devcich and Scott Kuggleijn give depth to their batting and bowling units.

Brett Randell is their leading wicket taker with 9 wickets this season. Ish Sodhi, Anurag Verma, Nad Daryl Mitchell aere amongst the wickets column consistently but they need to control the run flow to strangle the opposition batsmen.

KEY PLAYERS: 

Daryl Mitchell – Mitchell is having a good season with 151 runs at a strike rate of 150 and 8 wickets with the ball. His only issue will be his economy rate of 10 RPO so far. He will look to put up some more good performances in this season.

Tim Seifert – Seifert has 218 runs at a strike rate of 138 with 2 half-centuries so far. He has scores of 35, 30, 54, & 75 in the last 4 matches and is going through a purple patch with the bat in hand.

Northern Knights Predicted Playing XI:

Anton Devcich, Tim Seifert (wk), Dean Brownlie (c), Joe Carter, Brett Hampton, Daryl Mitchell, Daniel Flynn, Scott Kuggeleijn, Ish Sodhi, Anurag Verma, Brett Randell

Northern Knights Actual Playing XI:

Brett Randell, Ish Sodhi, Anurag Verma, Tim Seifert, Scott Kuggeleijn, Anton Devcich, Brett Hampton, Joe Carter, Dean Brownlie, Daryl Mitchell, Daniel Flynn

Weather Conditions

Christchurch will have a bright and sunny climate on the match day. We will have a full quota of overs without any interruption in this match.

Venue Details

Hagley Oval pitch will have true bounce and pace in it and pace bowlers will enjoy bowling with the new ball here. We can expect average scores of around 150-160 here.

Toss: To Bowl

Super Smash 2020 has 11-6 records in favor of batting first so far and we expect the captains to bat first in case of winning the toss here.