McDonald’s Super Smash T20 — Round One
New Zealand’s entertaining Twenty20 showcase in New Plymouth, Auckland and Hamilton
Knights vs Wellington Firebirds
Match scheduled to begin at 14:00 local time (01:00 GMT | 06:00 PST | 06:30 IST | 07:00 BST)
The Knights host the Firebirds
If selected in the Knights’ playing XI, Zak Gibson will make his T20 debut.
If selected in the Knights’ playing XI, Australian left-hander Nathan Reardon will make his Knights debut. Reardon played two Twenty20 Internationals for Australia in 2014. The Knights are missing the services of Anton Devcich, sidelined for the season with a ligament injury; Scott Kuggeleijn and Daniel Flynn also unavailable this round due to injury. Hamish Marshall will make his Firebirds T20 captaincy debut on Firebirds T20 debut, against his former domestic team. England’s Jade Dernbach returns to the Firebirds after having played four games for the side last season.
Can you cricdict who will win this T20 Match Knights vs Wellington Firebirds?
Knights Squad
Dean Brownlie (c), Corey Anderson, James Baker, Peter Bocock, Jono Boult, Trent Boult, Joe Carter, Anton Devcich, Daniel Flynn, Zac Gibson, Tony Goodin, Brett Hampton, Nick Kelly, Scott Kuggeleijn, Ben Laughlin, Daryl Mitchell, Bharat Popli, Nathan Reardon, Mitchell Santner, Tim Seifert (w), Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Joe Walker, BJ Watling, Kane Williamson
Hamish Marshall (c), Brent Arnel, Hamish Bennett, Tom Blundell (w), Fraser Colson, Jade Dernbach, Grant Elliot, Evan Gulbis, Matt McEwan, Iain McPeake, Stephen Murdoch, Ollie Newton, Michael Papps, Jeetan Patel, Michael Pollard, Luke Ronchi, Matt Taylor, Anurag Verma, Luke Woodcock, Peter Younghusband