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vsWellington Firebirds odds
Toss Winner - Wellington Firebirds won the toss and chose to bowl first
Wellington Firebirds beat Northern Knights by 9 wickets
Northern Knights look to stop the Wellington Charge
Wellington will win hat-rick of matches
Tournament: Super Smash 2020-21 | Format: T20 | Venue: Bay Oval, Tauranga, New Zealand | Toss: To Bat
Bet NowIt is time for a new year and a new dawn awaits for us as we step into yet another year. Northern Knights and Wellington will take on each other in the New Year match which takes place on Jan 1. This match will have a distinction of the very first match to be played as New Zealand will be on the countries where sun rises first. Wellington are continuing the title defense with dominating performance in their first two matches and winning both of them. Northern Knights lost their opening encounter against Central Districts and will look to get their first points on board in this encounter.
Northern Knights batting unit faced a huge task of chasing a record 224 runs against Central Stags. Their top order crumbled to 56/5 with 5 of the 6 batsmen ending up with a low score Skipper Anton Devcich continued his lone battle to score a century but he received no support from other end as they ended with 178/9.
On the bowling front Randell and Joe Walker fared better with 2 wickets each and gave runs at just 7-8 RPO. Scott Kuggleijn, Zak Gibson, and Mathew Fisher were taken for a lot of runs and they had combined bowling figures of 12-0-154-2 I the match.
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Anton Devcich – Devcich scored 102 runs off 49 balls with 7 boundaries and 9 sixes. He was in unbelievable touch with the bat as he kept attacking the bowlers on one end despite wickets falling at the other end.
Joe Walker – Walker claimed 2 important wickets in the 7th and 9th over to attack the opposition at the end of the power play. He ended with bowling figures of 4-0-30-2 in a big scoring contest.
Tim Seifert (wk), Katene Clarke, Dean Brownlie, Henry Cooper, Anton Devcich (c), Brett Hampton, Scott Kuggeleijn, Zak Gibson, Joe Walker, Brett Randell, Matthew Fisher
Anton Devcich, Dean Brownlie, Brett Hampton, Henry Cooper, Zak Gibson, Tim Seifert, Scott Kuggeleijn, Brett Randell, Joe Walker, Katene Clarke, FL Walker
Wellington posted 175 runs on board against Central Districts batting first in the last game. Devon Conway guided the batting unit with his 67 runs in the 51 balls. Michael Bracewell (35 runs) and Jamie Gibson (20 runs) played some vital cameos in the middle order to help their team build partnerships.
Wellington bowlers brought their A-game in the last game as all bowlers gave less than 30 runs in their 4 overs last game. Hamish Bennett and Rachin Ravindra took 2 wickets each while the trio of Logan Van Beek, Peter Younghusband, and Jimmy Neesham chipped with a wicket each.
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Devon Conway – Conway announced his arrival with a superb fifty in the last game. Conway`s name has gained reputation the Kiwi circuit after his impressive showing in the recent T20I matches.
Hamish Bennett – Bennett has bowling figures of 1/28 & 2/20 in the two matches. His economy rate of 6 RPO despite bowling in power play and death overs is an impressive one.
Devon Conway (wk), Finn Allen, Rachin Ravindra, Troy Johnson, James Neesham, Michael Bracewell (c), Fraser Colson, Jamie Gibson, Logan van Beek, Peter Younghusband, Hamish Bennett
Rachin Ravindra, Hamish Bennett, Devon Conway, Logan van Beek, Ben Sears, PY Husband, Jamie Gibson, Michael Bracewell, Finn Allen, Troy Johnson, James Neesham
Tauranga has a slightly cloudy and overcast conditions on the match day. Rain and weather interruptions might make their appearances in this match.
Bay Oval Park is a flat track where batsmen will make merry scoring a lot of runs easily. New Zealand scored a massive 238 runs in their last completed T20I match splayed at this venue. We can expect a run feast in this match too.
The pitch might slow down a little as the match progresses and bowlers might exploit the slowness on the track. We expect both captains to bat first if they win the toss.
Northern Knights failed to put on a brave fight in the steep chase barring their skipper Anton Devcich last game. Their bowling unit really needs to look back at their performance last game and plug the run leaking holes effectively. Wellington has a well gelled unit with their batting and bowling units performing well in unison. Wellington have form, momentum, and confidence on their side in this crucial New Year match and we expect them to win this match.
Wellington will win hat-rick of matches
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