Central Stags vs Canterbury Kings T20 Match Prediction & Betting Tips, Super Smash 2021
3rd placed Central Stags take on Canterbury Kings in 2nd at Pukekura Park, New Plymouth in the New Year’s Eve Super Smash game. The Stags were beaten by Canterbury Kings by 6 wickets at the same venue as this match on Thursday. Canterbury Kings won their last fixture, against Otago Volts on Boxing Day. Read on as we preview this game. The match begins at 14:40 local time.
Central Stags have lost successive games in the Super Smash and are starting to drop down the table. They need a win to keep pace with the teams around them.
Canterbury Kings have won three of their last four games in the competition and will come into this game full of confidence to make it four from their last five.
Central Stags vs Canterbury Kings T20 Live Streaming
Spark Sports will show this game in New Zealand. BT Sport will show the match in the UK with Fox Sports providing live coverage in Australia. Willow Sports have the rights in USA with Star Sports showing the game in India.
Super Smash 2021 Live Streaming: Fans can stream the match via the Fan code app.
CS vs CK Match Toss Prediction
Central Stags are always comfortable batting first in this format. We predict that whichever skipper calls correctly, Canterbury Kings will field first.
CS vs CK Pitch Report
The surface at Pukekura Park favours the bowlers slightly over the batters. Expect the bowling attacks to keep their economy rates down and a par score to be 150.
Weather Report
Sunny with some cloud popping up from time to time with the temperature at 21 degrees during this afternoon match.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Central Stags vs Canterbury Kings, Super Smash 2021
CS Team News
Ben Smith was left out of the Stags XI for their defeat to Northern Brave on Thursday with the experienced Doug Bracewell replacing him. Bracewell hit 36 not out from 28 balls as well as dismissing opener Tim Seifert so we do not expect to see any changes in the team for this game.
CS Key Players
- Greg Hay - The opener was run out for only 6 against Northern Brave but is one of only two players to have hit over 200 runs in the tournament so far.
- Dane Cleaver - All eyes will be on the tournament’s leading run scorer to repeat his 11 boundaries that we saw in Thursday’s game.
- Seth Rance - The medium pacer was expensive in the defeat to Northern Brave. However, we expect him to bowl in a similarly attacking manner in this match and add to his 10 wickets in the campaign.
CS Team Form
The Stags have lost three of their last four games but have a fine batting line-up who could help them turn their form around.
Greg Hay, Bayley Wiggins, Dane Cleaver (wk), Tom Bruce (c), Josh Clarkson, Christian Leopard, Doug Bracewell, Joey Field, Ajaz Patel, Seth Rance, Blair Tickner
Canterbury Kings Team News & Playing 11
CK Team News
In the win over Otago Volts, Cole McConchie kept faith with the same XI who were cruelly beaten by 1 wicket from the last ball against Northern Districts on December 23. With no new injuries or poor form in the side, we expect to see the same Canterbury Kings’ team in this match.
CK Key Players
- Chad Bowes - The opener hit 1 six and 7 fours in his half-century against Otago Volts. He is the leading run scorer for the Kings’ in the tournament.
- Matt Henry - The New Zealand international bowler returned very impressive figures of 2-19 against the Volts and dismissed Michael Rippon and Max Chu.
- Ed Nuttall - No bowler has taken more wickets than Nuttall in the Super Smash 2021-22. He was expensive but still picked up a key wicket in the win over Otago Volts.
CK Team Form
Canterbury Kings are one of the form sides in the competition after winning three of their last four games.
Canterbury Kings Predicted Playing 11
Chad Bowes, Ken McClure, Henry Nicholls, Leo Carter, Cole McConchie (c), Cam Fletcher (wk), Henry Shipley, Matt Henry, Todd Astle, Blake Coburn, Ed Nuttall
Central Stags vs Canterbury Kings Head to Head
Canterbury Kings have won the last two meetings and have a one game lead in the head to head.
CS vs CK Head to Head Stats in T20's
|
Matches Played |
CS Won |
CK Won |
Tie |
NR |
Overall |
31 |
13 |
14 |
0 |
4 |
Last 5 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
Central Stags vs Canterbury Kings Betting Odds
In spite of recent form, the Stags are favourites to get the victory in this game.
Who will win CS vs CK T20 Match?
Although the Stags have won only one of their last three games, it is still their batters who dominate the top of the run scorers list.
Central Stags vs Canterbury Kings Betting Rate
We are predicting the form book to go out of the window and a home win for Central Stags in this game. The surface in New Plymouth is quite hard to acclimatise to and the Stags have the advantage of playing on it the previous day. Expect Canterbury Kings to put in a strong performance but to come up short.
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