Toronto Nationals vs Winnipeg Hawks Prediction

Team News

Winnipeg Hawks play two games in two days, with team selection likely to depend on how they come through the match against Vancouver Knights. In their first game, David Warner made a low-key return to senior cricket as compatriot Ben McDermott outshone him in Winnipeg’s 46-run win.

Key Players

Australian wicket-keeper Ben McDermott was Winnipeg’s star man in the first game, continuing the form he showed in the Surrey XI vs Aboriginal XI match at the Oval earlier in June as he top-scored with 68 for the Hawks.

His compatriot David Warner remains a danger man on his return, and he and fellow big-hitting opener Lendl Simmons will look to make the difference against Vancouver. Darren Bravo also hit a half-century in the last match (54 from 29 balls) while David Miller smashed 35* from 15 balls.

With the ball, both Dwayne Bravo (3-24) and Junaid Siddiqui (3-35) picked up three wickets, while USA international Ali Khan’s economical 2-18 from four overs set the tone for their comfortable win perfectly.

Team Form

Winnipeg Hawks won their first match thanks to a great all-round display. Lendl Simmons hit 36 at the top of the order and Ben McDermott (68 from 46 balls) and Darren Bravo (54 from 29) rallied in the middle overs. A late flurry from David Miller helped them to 203/4.

In Montreal Tigers’ reply, Ali Khan took a wicket with the second ball of the innings and Winnipeg struck consistently from there on – Khan, Dwayne Bravo and Junaid Siddiqui sharing eight of the ten wickets between them as the Tigers were dismissed for 157 – 46 runs short.

Winnipeg’s second game is against Vancouver Knights before they face Toronto in this match the following day.