The 13th match of Super Smash League 2022-23 is scheduled to play between Otago Volts and Northern Knights on Friday, 6th January 2023 at Seddon Park, Hamilton.

Northern Knights had beaten the best performing team of this tournament, Wellington Firebirds in their most recent match with a handsome margin of six wickets. They won the toss and decided to field first. The way how their bowling unit performed in the previous match was just outstanding. They leaked just 136 runs against the strong batting order of Wellington in 20 overs. Almost all bowlers from their side picked wickets. Tim Pringle was the most successful and highest wicket-taker from their side with three wickets to his name in four overs while he was charged for 23 runs.

Zak Gibson, Kristian Clarke, Joe Walker, Frederick Walker, and Brett Hampton picked one wicket each. The batting order of the Knights also performed well in the previous match and chased the target of 138 runs in 18.4 overs. Henry Cooper was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side with 52 runs to his name. He faced 45 balls and smashed five boundaries and two huge sixes. He remained not out till the chase of the target. Katene Clarke also performed well with the bat and scored 49 runs on 38 balls with the help of five boundaries and two huge sixes. Peter Bocock was the other batter who put some runs on the board. He scored 15 runs while the skipper, Jeet Raval had 10 runs to his name.

The previous match of Otago Volts was tied against Auckland Aces. There is no super overrule in Super Smash so the points of this match were divided between these two teams. Otago Volts lost the toss and were asked to bat first. The performance of their batting order was good and they scored 174 runs in 20 overs. Dean Foxcroft was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side scoring 69 runs on 56 balls with the help of four boundaries and three huge sixes. Llew Johnson also had an outstanding performance with the bat. He scored 46 runs on just 27 balls and smashed five huge sixes during his inning.

Josh Finnie scored 17 runs while the skipper, Hamish Rutherford could manage to score just 10 runs. No other batsmen from their side could manage to enter into the double figures. The bowling unit of Otago Volts failed to give the best performance but they defended the target of 175 runs and leaked 174 runs. Jacob Duffy was the most successful bowler from their side. He picked up two wickets in four overs against 27 runs. Matthew Bacon also picked two wickets but he leaked a lot of runs. He was charged for 46 runs in four overs. Michael Rae, Ben Lockrose, and Dean Foxcroft picked one wicket each while Jake Gibson was the only bowler from their side who could not manage to pick any wicket.

Total Matches: 29

• Northern Knights: 12
• Otago Volts: 17

According to our match prediction, Northern Knights is the favorite team to win this match. There are many factors that make Northern Knights a favorite team to win this match:

• Northern Knights had beaten the best-performing team of this tournament, Wellington by a handsome margin
• The batting order of Otago Volts is in good form
• Northern Knights had performed than Otago Volts in this tournament
• The key players of Northern Knights are in good form
• The bowling unit of Northern Knights is also strong and experienced

The performance of Northern Knights had been good in this edition of Super Smash League and their batting and bowling unit is also in good form, so the winning chances of today’s match for Northern Knights have been increased. The equation of winning the chances of both teams for today’s match is mentioned as under.

Northern Knights have a 56% chance to win this match
Otago Volts have a 44% chance to win this match

The toss can play an important role in the decision of this match as we had observed in the previous matches of this season of Super Smash League. As per toss prediction, the team who will win the toss may choose to field first.

The 13th match of Super Smash League is going to be held at Seddon Park, Hamilton. The pitch here at this venue should be good for batting as it is in most places around New Zealand. We should have a very high scoring match if we get some warm and sunny conditions. A score of more than 190 runs should be as par.

The weather forecast for Hamilton for today match is not good. There are some chances of rain but we are hoping that there will be no disturbance during this match.

It will be updated shortly

• Date: Friday, 6th January 2023
• Time: 02:00 AM GMT / 03:00 PM LOCAL / 07:30 AM IST

• Stadium: Seddon Park
• Location: Hamilton, New Zealand
• Opened: 1950
• Capacity: 10,000 with the flexibility to 30 000
• Known as: Trust Bank Park; WestpacTrust Park; Westpac Park
• Ends: Members End, City End
• Time Zone: UTC +13:00
• Home to: Northern Districts
• Other Sports: it is home to Hockey, Rugby, and Rugby League
• Floodlights: Yes
• Curator: Andy Brown

• Total matches: 16
• Matches won batting first: 7
• Matches won bowling first: 8
• Average 1st Inns scores: 168
• Average 2nd Inns scores: 156
• Highest total recorded: 212/4 (20 Ov) by NZ vs IND
• Lowest total recorded: 78/10 (17.3 Ov) by BAN vs NZ
• The highest score chased: 202/5 (19.4 Ov) by NZ vs ZIM
• The lowest score defended: 161/7 (20 Ov) by NZW vs INDW

Joe Carter, Mitchell Santner, Scott Kuggeleijn, Katene Clarke, Tim Seifert (wk), Jeet Raval (c), Henry Cooper, Peter Bocock, Brett Hampton, Zak Gibson, Frederick Walker, Tim Pringle, Joe Walker, Kristian Clarke.