Auckland Aces are favorites to win
The sixth game of the Super Smash 2018-19 will see Central Stags lock horns with Auckland Aces. The match will be played on December 29 at the Pukekura Park in New Plymouth. Live telecast is scheduled to begin at 4 PM local time.
TV channels: Star Sports, Sky Sport NZ
Live Streaming: Bet365, Hotstar, Sky Go
Read on for team previews, betting odds, betting tips and match prediction for Central Stags vs Auckland Aces, Super Smash 2018-19...
The top three - George Worker, Dane Cleaver and Will Young - collectively scored just 16 runs in the first game against the Knights and the team will need at least one of them to score big in this match against Auckland Aces. Young was the second-highest run-getter of the tournament last time and he will be expected to produce a quality knock this time. Skipper Tom Bruce smashed an unbeaten 88 and he will look to continue from where he left off. Central Stags' bowling will depend mainly on pace bowlers Blair Tickner, Seth Rance and Ben Wheeler. Tickner, who was the tournament's leading wicket-taker last year with 21 wickets, notched up impressive figures of 3-32 from four overs and he will continue to remain the trump card in this attack. Rance and Wheeler will once again share the new ball and the duo will look to hurt Auckland with a few early strikes.
Dane Cleaver (wk), George Worker, Will Young, Tom Bruce (c), Josh Clarkson, Doug Bracewell, Kieran Noema-Barnett, Ben Wheeler, Seth Rance, Felix Murray, Blair Tickner
The team's top-order batting will depend largely on Colin Munro and Martin Guptill while the middle order will be reliant on Mark Chapman and Robert O'Donnell. Guptill and Munro are dangerous batsmen in white-ball cricket and both have the ability to score at a brisk pace and take the game away from the opposition. Chapman finished amongst the tournament's top five batsmen last season with 307 runs which included a century and a couple of fifties. With the ball, Auckland will expect Benjamin Lister, Ronnie Hira and Lockie Ferguson to take wickets and push the Stags on the back foot. Lister was the team's most successful bowler last year with 13 wickets in 9 matches and the seamer seems to be the biggest threat in this bowling group. Hira took 10 wickets in 6 matches in the previous edition and he too could trouble the batsmen with his left-arm spin.
Martin Guptill, Colin Munro, Craig Cachopa (c), Robert O'Donnell, Mark Chapman, Glenn Phillips (wk), Matthew Quinn, Benjamin Lister, Lockie Ferguson, Ronnie Hira, Donovan Grobbelaar
Auckland Aces are favorites to win this sixth match of the Super Smash 2018-19 at odds of 1.69 on Betfair and 1.80 on both Betway and Bet365. Central Stags, despite winning their campaign opener against the defending champions Knights, find themselves as the bookmakers' underdogs and they are being offered at a higher price of 1.90 on Betway, 2 on Bet365 and 2.10 on Betfair.
The Central Stags have started their Super Smash campaign on a positive note and having beaten the reigning champions Knights in their opening match will give them confidence heading into this match. Thursday's five-wicket win also means that the Stags have now won five of their last six matches in the tournament. However, Auckland Aces have a decent head-to-head record with 12 wins in the 21 meetings. Though the Stags will be playing at one of their home grounds, they will be wary of the fact that they have lost three of their last four matches here. With Munro and Guptill at the top, Auckland have a much stronger batting line-up and we feel they have a better chance of winning this match.
Final Verdict: Back Auckland Aces to beat Central Stags at 1.69 with Betfair and 1.80 with both Betway and Bet365.
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