New Zealand vs West Indies, West Indies tour of New Zealand, 2020, Today Match Prediction 30 Nov 2020

nz vs windies Match Prediction & Analysis

New Zealand have sealed the series with 2 dominating wins in the first 2 T20I matches of the series.  West Indies will be gutted with their losses in the first 2 matches and will look for a consolation win in the last T20I going ahead into the Tests. New Zealand have rested their regular players Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, and Kyle Jamieson are rested for the final T20I match for their workload management. West Indies will look to take advantage of this fact and register their first win in this tour. Despite being a dead rubber we can expect a cracking contest between two of the best T20 teams in the international stage.

TEAMS PREVIEW

New Zealand Preview

New Zealand scored a massive 238 runs in the second match. Glenn Philips scored his maiden century and he shared a massive 184-run partnership with Devon Conway (65 runs) after openers scored 50+ runs in the power play. Mark Chapman might play in place of Ross Taylor in this match.

All 6 bowlers used by New Zealand picked up at least a wicket in the match and restricted West indies to just 166/9 in their 20 overs to win comfortably by 72 runs. Kyle Jamieson, Ish Sodhi, and Lockie Ferguson were excellent with the ball with combined figures of 12-0-63-4 in the match.

Top players to bet on:

Glenn Philips – Glenn Philips has 130 runs in 2 matches at a strike arte of 225 so far. He scored the second fastest century in T20Is for New Zealand in the last match. He has hit 11 boundaries and 11 sixes in this series so far.

Lockie Ferguson – Ferguson has been the standout bowler among the two sides with 6 wickets in 2 matches at an economy rate of less than 6 RPO. His figures read 5/21 & 1/22 in the two matches.

New Zealand Predicted Playing XI:

Tim Seifert (wk), Mark Chapman, Martin Guptill, Glenn Philips, Devon Conway,  Jimmy Neesham, Mitchell Santner (c), Lockie Ferguson, Ish Sodhi, Doug Bracewell, Daryl Mitchell

New Zealand Actual Playing XI:

Mitchell Santner, Tim Seifert, Devon Conway, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Hamish Bennett, Martin Guptill, Lockie Ferguson, Scott Kuggeleijn, Ish Sodhi, James Neesham

West Indies Preview

West Indies batsmen were staring at a monumental task of chasing a massive 239 runs last night. Andre Fletcher, Kyle Mayers, Shimron Hetmyer, Kieron Pollard, and Keemo Paul scored 20+ cameos but everyone succumbed to scoring pressure with no one crossing the 30-run mark.  

All the bowlers used by West Indies gave away runs at more than 10 RPO.   Kieron Pollard, Oshane Thomas, and Fabian Allen picked up a wicket each but was never going to stop the Kiwi batsmen. Romario Shepherd might replace Keemo Paul after his figures of 0/64 &0/39 in the two matches.

Top players to bet on:

Kieron Pollard – Pollard has scores of 75 & 28in the 2 matches at a strike arte of 200in the two matches. He has smashed 12 maximums in the series so far which is second to none. He has picked up a wicket each in both matches with the ball too.

Oshane Thomas – Oshane Thomas has picked up 3 wickets in the 2 matches but he is going for runs ta an economy rate of nearly 10 RPO so far. He must look to bowl with more control in this match to stop the New Zealand batsmen.

West Indies Predicted Playing XI:

Kieron Pollard (c), Nicholas Pooran (wk), Shimron Hetmyer, Brandon King, Andre Fletcher, Fabian Allen, Keemo Paul/Romario Shepherd, Sheldon Cottrell, Kyle Mayers, Hayden Walsh, Oshane Thomas

West Indies Actual Playing XI:

Kieron Pollard, Brandon King, Nicholas Pooran, Oshane Thomas, Romario Shepherd, ADS Fletcher, Hayden Walsh, Rovman Powell, Kyle Mayers, Sheldon Cottrell, Fabian Allen

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

The rain is expected to make its appearance in the Mt. Maunganai with 70% chances as per the weather forecasters. we can expect a few interruptions due to the weather cauising just slight delays in the game. 

Venue Details

Bay Oval pitch was a flat as a highway in the last match with New Zealand players taking full toll on the West Indies bowlers. We can expect yet another run feast with 200+ runs in this match too.

Toss: To Bat

Teams batting first has 9-1 win-loss record at this venue so far. And the pitch is expected to slow down as the match progresses and team’s battings second will find it difficult to chase the total.