New Zealand One Day Trophy, 2nd Match, and the match is going to be played between Wellington Firebirds and Otago Volts at Basin Reserve, Wellington.

Preview

Hello and welcome to another match of the Ford Trophy series and this is the 2nd match which is all set to take off by DEC-1, 3:30 AM.

Wellington Firebirds had a great previous session they were able to reach a knock-off round however they were failed to win over Northern Districts by (DL method) however they will look to go with a good performance in this series and also the 12 men squad will be led by Hamish Bannett.

On the other hand, Otago Sparks also have declared their 13 men squad and which will be led by Hamish Rutherford, they had played 10 matches in the last edition of Ford Trophy where they were able to get 5 of it and lost the other 5 as well however they will look to give their best performance against Wellington Firewords.

Pitch Report – WF vs OV

The pitch is definitely for the batters because the records are quite a favouring batter and whoever wins the toss should go for the batting because chasing at such pitches is not that possible and also was not chased in many matches and also seamers should get some early wickets as well in this venue.

Probable Playing XI – WF vs OV

Wellington Firewords

  • Finn Allen
  • Luke Georgeson – LHB
  • Jakob Bhula
  • Michel Bracewell – LHB
  • Jamie Gibson
  • Troy Johnson
  • Nathan Smith
  • Logan van Beek
  • Peter Younghusband
  • Ben Sears
  • Hamish Bannett (LHB, LAF) (C)

Otago Volts

  • Hamish Rutherford (C) (LHB)
  • Nick Kelly (LHB)
  • Neil Broom (RHB)
  • Anaru Kitchen (LAO)
  • Dale Phillips (RHB)
  • Josh Finnie (OB)
  • Michael Rippon (LAC)
  • Travis Muller (RMF)
  • Jacob Duffy (RMF)
  • Max Chu (LHB)
  • Matt Bacon (RMF)
  • Jake Gibson (RMF)
  • Angus Mckenzie (RMF)

Best Picks – WF vs OV

(WF) – Finn Allen is a great talented young wicketkeeper batter. He had a good last session with the bat for Wellington Firebirds. In 7 matches, he struck 241 runs at an average of 34.42 with the best score of 128.

(WF) – Troy Johnson was the leading run-scorer for Wellington Firebirds in the last season. In 10 matches, he mustered 370 runs at an average of 41.11 with the highest score of 113.

(OV) – Neil Broom was the top performer for Otago Volts in the previous edition. In 10 matches, he racked up 328 runs at an average of 36.44 which included four 50’s.

(OV) – Hamish Rutherford should be the key batsmen man for Otago Volts at the top of the order as a captain because, In 7 matches in the last season, he amassed 281 runs at an average of 40.14 with the best score of 102.

Must Picks – WF vs OV

PLAYERSSTATS (FORD TROPHY-LAST EDITION)
(WF) – Michel BracewellM-8, Runs-244, Ave-49.14, W-9
(WF) – Troy JohnsonM-10, R-370, Ave-41.11
(WF) – Finn AllenM-7, R-241, Ave-34.42
(WF) – Peter YounghusbandM-10, W-15, Bowl.Ave-28
(OV) – Nathan SmithM-5, R-148, Ave-49.33, W-5
(OV) – Michael RipponM-9, R-306, Ave-43.71, W-7
(OV) – Hamish RutherfordM-7, R-281, Ave-40.14
(OV) – Anaru KitchenM-10, R-266, Ave-33.25, W-13

C & VC Selection – WF vs OV

Safe Options

  • Michael Bracewell
  • Anaru Kitchen
  • Michael Rippon
  • Hamish Rutherford

Risky Optins

  • Finn Allen
  • Nathan Smith
  • Jacob Duffy
  • Nick Kelly
  • Neil Broom

Suggested XI – WF vs OV

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