Otago Volts vs Auckland Aces

McDonald’s Super Smash T20 — Match 27
New Zealand’s entertaining Twenty20 showcase in New Plymouth, Auckland and Hamilton

Jan 1, 2017 – at University Oval, Dunedin
Match scheduled to begin at 14:00 local time (01:00 GMT | 06:00 PST | 06:30 IST | 07:00 BST)

Can Otago Volts end their poor form against Auckland Aces?

The 27th fixture of the ongoing McDonald’s Super Smash 2016-17 will see Otago Volts take on the Auckland Aces. The match is scheduled to be played on January 1, 2017 at the University Oval, Dunedin. Otago Volts vs Auckland Aces live action starts at 2 PM local time. Coming into this match, Auckland had faced Central Stags on December 29 which they lost by 64 runs.

Toss

177 and 152 are the first-innings scores of the last two matches at the University Oval which suggests that the pitch has been a fairly good one to bat on lately. Both these games were won by the team that batted first and so whoever wins the toss is more likely to put up runs on the board firstup. Otago have played one match here this season which they won batting first. It would therefore be better to bet on Otago if they bat first on Sunday.

Otago Volts

Team News

All the players have been reported to be fit and the team is expected to go in with the same playing eleven that played Wellington Firebirds in the last match.

Key Players

With one century and an average of 30, Hamish Rutherford is currently on the list of top 5 batsmen this season. He made a well-compiled 47 in the last match against Wellington and we predict him to top-score for Otago in this match. Neil Wagner has been their most impressive bowler so far with nine wickets and he will be backed by his team to get the early breakthroughs.

Recent Form

Otago have lost their last three matches in a row. They are lying at the bottom of the points table after three wins and five losses from their eight league games so far, making it nearly impossible for them to finish among the top three.

Otago Volts Predicted XI

AK Kitchen, HD Rutherford (c), DC de Boorder (wk), TM Beaton, JL Finnie, MG Bracewell, BS Wilson, C Viljoen, N Wagner, SR Wells and NG Smith

Auckland Aces

Team News

No major changes are expected in their playing eleven. There are no injury scares in the side and they will be going full-strength against the Volts.

Key Players

While Glenn Phillips and Rob Nicol will ensure that Auckland get off to a good start, Mark Chapman will look to capitalize on that good start in the middle order. The team will need these three to make valuable contributions with the bat. Tarun Nethula and Tymal Mills are the ones in their bowling lineup that could trouble the Otago batsmen. Nethula is the season’s second-leading wicket-taker and we predict him to do well here.

Recent Form

Auckland Aces are comfortably placed on the second spot on the points table with four wins and three defeats from their seven league matches. They will need to improve on their bowling as they have conceded 170+ in three of their previous four matches.

Auckland Aces Predicted XI

ML Guptill-Bunce, GD Phillips (wk), RJ Nicol (c), JA Raval, MS Chapman, BJ Horne, SM Solia, DJ Grobbelaar, MJ Barry, TS Nethula and TS Mills

Otago Volts vs Auckland Aces Head-to-Head

Auckland Aces and Otago Volts have faced each other 21 times in the past. While the former have 11 wins, the latter have 7 with one of these games ending in a tie and two ending without a result. The last six completed fixtures between the two sides have been won by the Aces.

Otago Volts vs Auckland Aces Prediction

Auckland Aces and Otago Volts are two of the strongest teams in the tournament but the performances of both these teams have a taken a dip since the past few matches. Both will be coming into this match having suffered defeats in their last three and so there will be enormous pressure on them to get back on the winning track.

Otago will be playing in familiar conditions and they have won three of their last four matches at this ground while it has been a very long time since Auckland last played here. With that said, the latter have dominated the former the last six times they have played each other and they are likely to maintain their dominance when they meet them again on Sunday.

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Otago Volts

Will Win the Match

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Will Win the Toss

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