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CLAIM NOWToss Winner - Central Stags won the toss and chose to bat first
Central Stags beat Northern Knights by 45 runs
Northern Knights start off their campaign against Central Districts
Northern Knights will win the match
Tournament: Super Smash 2020-21 | Format: T20 | Venue: Pukekura Park, New Plymouth, New Zealand | Toss: To Bat
Bet NowNorthern Knights are the last team to start off in the Super Smash league with all the other six teams already playing their opening games. Albeit they played a T20 game against the visiting Pakistan A team in the meantime. Their opponents Central Districts lost their opening game against Wellington and would look to bring their campaign back on track in this game. Both teams failed to qualify for the knockouts in the last season after ending up in the bottom half of the points table. They will look to get their first points on board with a win & look for the right playing XI that gives balance and depth to their team.
Central Districts top-3 George Worker (27 runs), Bayley Wiggins (17 runs), and Dane Cleaver (29 runs) started in good note but failed to accelerate the innings in a 176-run chase. Josh Clarkson was left stranded in his run-a-ball 30 runs while the wickets fell like a pack of cards at the other end eventually losing the match.
Blair Tickner and Joey Field were the pick of the bowlers as they claimed 2 wickets each and gave runs at less than 8 RPO in the middle overs. Doug Bracewell and Noema-Barnett took a wicket each but leaked runs to give opposition leeway in the crucial junctures. Their bowling unit needs to perform well as a unit to stop the opposition scoring big runs.
Top players to bet on:
Bayley Wiggins – Wiggins showed intent early in the innings with a four and a six but his knock was cut short for just 17 runs. He will look to give a good start to his team in this crucial encounter.
Blair Tickner – Tickner had bowling figures of 4-0-30-2 in the last match and picked up the crucial wickets of Finn Allen and Jimmy Neesham. He will need to take more wickets in the early phase of the match to trouble the opposition consistently.
George Worker, Bayley Wiggins, Dane Cleaver (wk), Tom Bruce (c), Josh Clarkson, Kieran Noema-Barnett, Doug Bracewell, Christian Leopard, Joey Field, Ajaz Patel, Blair Tickner
Dane Cleaver, Josh Clarkson, Ajaz Patel, George Worker, Doug Bracewell, Bayley Wiggins, Christian Leopard, Blair Tickner, Joey Field, Tom Bruce, Kieran Noema-Barnett
Northern Knights scored a massive 203 runs against the Pakistan A team. Tim Seifert lead from the front with his unbeaten 99 runs with a half a dozen boundaries and sixes respectively. Katene Clark (40 runs), Bocock (22 runs), and Anton Devcich (38* runs) played crucial hand at the other end to put a big score on board.
Josh Brown claimed three important wickets despite going for 45 runs to strangle the opposition in the chase. Joe Walker and Brett Hampton kept chipping away with 3 wickets in the middle overs to never allow any partnership to flourish for the visitors. Mathew Fisher claimed 2 wickets in the final over to finish the match.
Top players to bet on:
Tim Seifert – Tim Seifert has scores of 57*, 84, 35, & 99* in the last 4 T20 matches he played. He will look to continue his brilliant form with the bat in the Super Smash league too.
Brett Hampton – Hampton had figures of 2-0-11-2 and his 2 wickets in the middle overs completely shifted the momentum in their team`s favor in the chase.
Tim Seifert (wk), Katene Clarke, Peter Bocock, Anton Devcich (c), Henry Cooper, Brett Hampton, Josh Brown, Zak Gibson, Joe Walker, Brett Randell, Matthew Fisher
Matthew Fisher, Anton Devcich, Dean Brownlie, Brett Hampton, Henry Cooper, Zak Gibson, Tim Seifert, Scott Kuggeleijn, Brett Randell, Joe Walker, Katene Clarke
New Plymouth has a hot and sunny weather that are perfect for playing a T20 match. We expect no disturbances on the weather front in this match.
Pukkekura Park is a batting paradise and with shorter boundaries batsmen will feast on the bowlers at this venue. Last season teams batting first posted 190+ totals in both the matches.
Teams batting first won both the matches played here last season after scoring big runs. Teams tend to choke under the pressure of chasing big totals but any score below 180 runs will be easy to chase on this pitch.
Northern Knights have a strong batting line-up with 6-7 bowling options which gives them superb depth and balance in the playing XI. Central Districts batting unit does not have firepower in the lower order and lacks experience. They have a strong bowling attack then the opposition with a lot of big players like Tickner, Ajaz patel, Bracewell, and Noey Field. We expect Northern Knights to win this match owing to their all-round abilities and strong team on paper.
Northern Knights will win the match
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