Queensland vs NSW Final Prediction

Their top four - Hughes, Cowan, Maddinson and Henriques - hold the key to their batting. Cowan scored 66 against Western Australia at this ground and he also made a fifty against Queensland last week. So we feel he stands a better chance to top-score here. Hughes hit a hundred against Victoria and he nearly got to another hundred in the next game. Expect some fireworks from him as well.

The Queensland batsmen will be wary of Doug Bollinger who has been the most successful bowler for New South Wales. The pacer is one of the season's leading wicket-takers and he is most likely to finish as the top bowler for his side. Copeland and Hazlewood have also shown good performances with the ball and could do well in the final. Queensland won’t find themselves in a comfortable position if these three bowlers bowl well.

Queensland vs NSW Betting Odds

Though they lost three wickets in a span of two runs at the end, it was a pretty good batting effort from New South Wales to canter to an easy win over Victoria in the eliminator, courtesy D/L method. They are in hot form at the moment and taking into account the fact that Queensland have not managed to win against them in their previous five encounters, we would suggest placing a bet on them at best odds of 1.72 with bet365 who has Queensland as outsiders at 2.10. NSW and Queensland are both tied at 1.06 with 1xbet.

Queensland vs NSW Prediction

New South Wales recorded a comfortable four-wicket victory over Queensland in this year’s league-stage match. They also had the better of Queensland last season and in all the three games in the season before. This means that NSW have now beaten Queensland on five successive occasions. They will also be coming into this match with wins in their previous four matches. So both the psychological advantage as well as the momentum is going to be with NSW.

Furthermore, Queensland will be playing their first game at this ground this year while NSW have already played two games here, registering wins in both of them. So the advantage of knowing the ground conditions beforehand is also going to be with them.

Queensland will gain confidence from the fact that they finished as the best team at the end of the league stage and they had beaten New South Wales in the 2013 final. But we predict reigning champions NSW to win this final game and successfully defend their title.