Otago Volts are favourites to win
The 22nd match of the Super Smash will be played between Otago and Wellington on December 28, 2016. The match will be played at the Molyneux Park in Alexandra and the live action will begin at 14:00 local time.
Read ahead for our prediction for the Otago vs Wellington match of the Super Smash 2016.
The pitch will be good for bowlers, so the team that wins the toss is recommended to bowl first, in order to limit the score of the opponent team, and in turn make the chase easier.
No big changes are expected in the Otago squad for this match against Wellington, and none of the players have been injured recently.
The batting side has given a decent performance so far in the season. James Neesham, Anaru Kitchen, Neil Broom, and Derek de Boorder have scored well for the team and are expected to perform well in this match as well. Christi Viljoen, Warren Barnes and Neil Wagner have taken important wickets in the past but the bowling side needs to work collectively in order to make a powerful impact on the opponent teams.
Otago has won just 3 games out of the 7 they have played in this season, and are not doing so well either. They’re currently on the 4th position on the points table and will have to start winning more matches in order to get close to the final.
Anaru Kitchen, Hamish Rutherford (c), Michael Bracewell, Derek de Boorder (wk), Josh Finnie, Brad Wilson, Tom Beaton, Neil Wagner, Sam Wells, Nathan Smith, Christi Viljoen.
Peter Gulbis and Jade Dernbach have been released out of their contracts and will no longer be playing for Wellington Firebirds.
Tom Blundell, Luke Ronchi, Michael Papps, and Hamish Marshall have been the most successful batsmen for Wellington in this season so far. There have been a few hits and misses, and there is a lack of consistency among the players, but the batting side certainly has the potential to do more. The bowlers have not shown any extraordinary performance as well, but have played decently to showcase some good bowling from a few players. Jade Dernbach, Luke Woodcock and Brent Arnel have taken some important wickets but the team really needs to work as a whole to win some matches.
Out of the 7 matches played so far, Wellington has won only 2. The team is on the last position on the points table and it will be difficult for them to win the season if they continue in this form.
Michael Papps, Hamish Marshall (c), Stephen Murdoch, Tom Blundell (wk), Grant Elliott, Michael Pollard, Matt Taylor, Luke Woodcock, Jeetan Patel, Hamish Bennett, Brent Arnel.
This is the first time in this season when Otago will be playing against Wellington. Although they did play against each other twice in the last season, where Otago won both matches against Wellington.
Otago has won more matches than Wellington and the players have been playing decently as well. Wellington, on the other hand, have been struggling since the beginning of the season and are behind Otago in a few ways that can cost them this match.
Otago has a stronger batting side as compared to Wellington and we predict them to win this match.
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