Auckland Aces vs Wellington Firebirds - Match 12

Author: Shreyas
24 Dec 2021 06:00:44
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Wellington Firebirds vs Auckland Aces - 12th Match of Super Smash 2021-22, at Basin Reserve, Wellington 

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1. VENUE AND PITCH INFO

Venue - Basin Reserve, Wellington 

(i) Total Matches - T20s

Overall - 85

Avg 1st Innings - 162
Avg 2nd Innings - 141

Highest total - 213/5 (Wellington Firebirds vs Central Stags - 25th December'2012)

(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground

WF - 59 - 27w/32l
AA - 11 - 6w/5l

(iii) Top Performers on this venue from the current squads - T20s

WF

Michael Bracewell - 3rd highest run scorer (469), Avg (26.06) - 26M/22I
Tom Blundell - 6th highest run scorer (424), Avg (21.20) - 22M/21I
Finn Allen - 21st highest run scorer (238), Avg (29.75) - 8M/8I
Troy Johnson - 31st highest run scorer (197), Avg (24.63) - 11M/11I
James Neesham - 34th highest run scorer (188), Avg (31.33) - 10M/9I

Hamish Bennett - 3rd highest wicket taker (27), Avg (24.74), SR (17.89) - 24M/24I
Logan Van Beek - 6th highest wicket taker (22), Avg (30.18), SR (22.18) - 23M/23I
Ben Sears - 8th highest wicket taker (17), Avg (13.59), SR (11.47) - 9M/9I
Ollie Newton - 8th highest wicket taker (17), Avg (21.29), SR (17.06) - 15M/14I
James Neesham - 10th highest wicket taker (16), Avg (15.19), SR (11.63) - 10M/10I
Rachin Ravindra - 34th highest wicket taker (7), Avg (39), SR (29) - 11M/11I
Peter Younghusband - 42nd highest wicket taker (6), Avg (40.67), SR (31) - 12M/11I

AA

George Worker - 14th highest run scorer (297), Avg (37.13) - 8M/8I
Mark Chapman - 54th highest run scorer (138), Avg (69) - 5M/4I
Martin Guptill - 56th highest run scorer (136), Avg (27.20) - 6M/5I

Michael Bracewell - 23rd highest wicket taker (9), Avg (27), SR (20.67) - 26M/8I
Kyle Jamieson - 34th highest wicket taker (7), Avg (26), SR (17.14) - 5M/5I

(iv) Recent Matches on this venue

1) Wellington Firebirds vs Canterbury Kings - 19th December'2021
151/9 vs 157/4 (CK won by 6 wkts)

Pacers - 7w+4w=11w
Spinners - 2w+0w=2w

2) Central Stags vs Wellington Firebirds - 5th December'2021
190/4 vs 176/7 (CS won by 14 runs)

Pacers - 4w+6w=10w
Spinners - 0w+1w=1w

3) Canterbury Kings vs Wellington Firebirds - 13th February'2021
175/8 vs 178/5 (WF won by 5 wkts)

Pacers - 6w+3w=9w
Spinners - 2w+2w=4w

4) Central Stags vs Wellington Firebirds - 31st January'2021
164/7 vs 170/2 (WF won by 8 wkts)

Pacers - 6w+1w=7w
Spinners - 1w+1w=2w

5) Canterbury Kings vs Wellington Firebirds - 25th January'2021
153/7 vs 154/3 (WF won by 7 wkts)

Pacers - 5w+2w=7w
Spinners - 1w+1w=2w

6) Otago Volts vs Wellington Firebirds - 24th January'2021
137/9 vs 140/6 (WF won by 4 wkts)

Pacers - 6w+5w=11w
Spinners - 1w+0w=1w

7) Wellington Firebirds vs Northern Knights - 9th January'2021
185/7 vs 105/10 (WF won by 80 runs)

Pacers - 4w+5w=9w
Spinners - 2w+5w=7w

8) Auckland Aces vs Wellington Firebirds - 24th December'2020
176/3 vs 178/6 (WF won by 4 wkts)

Pacers - 2w+3w=5w
Spinners - 1w+3w=4w

SUMMARY

Pacers
1st Innings - 40w
2nd Innings - 29w

Spinners
1st Innings - 10w
2nd Innings - 13w

Overall
69w:23w (Pacers:Spinners)

(v) Toss Based Analysis on this venue

Wellington Firebirds (WF)

1. Finn Allen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 75(39), 20(9)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 53(23), 4(3), 4(9), 66(27), 16(11), 0(1)

2. Luke Georgeson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(3)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(1)

3. Troy Johnson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(11), 1(1)*, 10(7)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(11), 5(9), 50(44)*, 2(7), 24(22), 7(7)*, 28(15), 54(46)

4. Michael Bracewell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 69(34), 27(14), 70(40), 15(15), 34(20)&1w, 23(17)*, 6(7)&4w, 20(22)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 9(9), 6(5), 11(11), 13(14), 1(4)&0w, 47(43)*&0w, 5(5)*&1w, 1w, 4(5)&3w

5. Nathan Smith
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 16(16)&1w, 6(9)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 25(16)&1w

6. Logan Van Beek
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 18(12)*&1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 15(8)*&3w, 0w, 22(14)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w, 1w, 10(7)&0w, 0w, 17(10)*&1w, 0w, 3w, 3w, 61(33)*&1w

7. Hamish Bennett
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 0w, 1w, 3w, 1w, 3w, 2w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w, 12(8)*&1w, 3w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w

8. Jamie Gibson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5(5), 1(2), 13(8), 10(12)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 23(13), 13(11), 24(14), 6(10), 1w, 16(10)*, 0(1)&0w

9. Tim Robinson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 32(26)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(6)

10. Peter Younghusband
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0w, 21(15)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 0w

11. Ben Sears
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4w, 2w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 4w, 3w, 1w, 0w, 1w

12. Ollie Newton
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 14(12)&1w, 10(8)*&1w, 0w

13. Jacob Bhula
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

14. Callum McLachlan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

15. Nick Greenwood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 9(11)

16. James Neesham
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(5)&0w, 47(32)*&2w, 40(29)*&1w, 22(13)&1w, 5(5)&3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 37(20)&0w, 18(12)&1w

17. Rachin Ravindra
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 39(20)&1w, 30(20)&0w, 14(11)&1w, 6(4)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(1)&1w, 9(7)&0w, 11(10)&2w, 3(6)&0w, 29(20)*&1w, 0w

18. Tom Blundell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(3), 4(5), 14(12), 25(21), 22(20)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 38(21), 0(1), 19(11), 62(42)*, 24(14), 0(2)

19. Ian McPeake
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

20. Michael Snedden
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

Auckland Aces (AA)

1. Martin Guptill
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(1), 10(10), 60(53)

2. George Worker
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 44(24), 8(6), 49(45)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

3. Mark Chapman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 47(41)*, 58(31)*&2w, 8(10)&0w

4. Sean Solia
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 75(56)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

5. Glenn Phillips
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 10(8), 2(3), 7(7)

6. Ben Horne
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(2)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

7. Cole Briggs
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

8. Robert O'Donnell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 27(15)*&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 18(19)*, 1(1)*, 0(1)

9. William O'Donnell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 29(24)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

10. Ben Lister
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

11. Danru Ferns
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

12. William Somerville
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 0w, 1w

13. Lockie Ferguson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

14. Ross Ter Braak
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

15. Adithya Ashok
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

16. Louis Delport
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

17. Kyle Jamieson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(4)&1w, 3w, 10(6)*&1w

18. Matthew Gibson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

19. Ollie Pringle
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

20. Ryan Harrison
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

21. Graeme Beghin
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 32(23)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

2. HEAD TO HEAD

(i) Overall
29 - 16w/13l (In favour of AA)

(ii) Last 5 Matches
5 - 4w/1l (In favour of WF)

(iii) On This Venue
11 - 6w/5l (In favour of AA)

(iv) Recent Head to Head Matches

1) Wellington Firebirds vs Auckland Aces - 7th February'2021
230/2 vs 191/10 (WF won by 39 runs)

Finn Allen - 73(35)
Tom Blundell - 46(23)
James Neesham - 3w
Peter Younghusband - 2w
Logan Van Beek - 2w
Hamish Bennett - 2w
Jamie Gibson - 1w
William O'Donnell - 38(24)
William Somerville - 26(9)
Robert O'Donnell - 20(12)
Sean Solia - 17(9) & 1w
Ben Horne - 17(18)
Kyle Jamieson - 17(12)
Mark Chapman - 16(14)
Glenn Phillips - 15(7)
Ross Ter Braak - 1w

2) Auckland Aces vs Wellington Firebirds - 24th December'2020
176/3 vs 178/6 (WF won by 4 wkts)

Sean Solia - 75(56)
Graeme Beghin - 32(23)
William O'Donnell - 29(24)
Robert O'Donnell - 27(15)* & 1w
William Somerville - 2w
Danru Ferns - 2w
Ollie Pringle - 1w
Finn Allen - 53(23)
Troy Johnson - 50(44)*
Jamie Gibson - 24(14)
Peter Younghusband - 1w
Michael Snedden - 1w
Hamish Bennett - 1w

3) Wellington Firebirds vs Auckland Aces - 19th January'2020
168/7 vs 146/9 (WF won by 22 runs)

Tom Blundell - 25(21)
Michael Bracewell - 23(17)*
James Neesham - 22(13) & 1w
Logan Van Beek - 15(8)* & 3w
Rachin Ravindra - 14(11) & 1w
Hamish Bennett - 3w
Martin Guptill - 60(53)
Kyle Jamieson - 1w
William Somerville - 1w

4) Wellington Firebirds vs Auckland Aces - 12th January'2020
165/7 vs 166/4 (AA won by 6 wkts)

Michael Bracewell - 34(20) & 1w
Rachin Ravindra - 30(20)
Logan Van Beek - 1w
Ollie Newton - 1w
Hamish Bennett - 1w
Mark Chapman - 58(38)* & 2w
Kyle Jamieson - 3w

ON THIS VENUE

1) Auckland Aces vs Wellington Firebirds - 24th December'2020
176/3 vs 178/6 (WF won by 4 wkts)

Sean Solia - 75(56)
Graeme Beghin - 32(23)
William O'Donnell - 29(24)
Robert O'Donnell - 27(15)* & 1w
William Somerville - 2w
Danru Ferns - 2w
Ollie Pringle - 1w
Finn Allen - 53(23)
Troy Johnson - 50(44)*
Jamie Gibson - 24(14)
Peter Younghusband - 1w
Michael Snedden - 1w
Hamish Bennett - 1w

2) Wellington Firebirds vs Auckland Aces - 19th January'2020
168/7 vs 146/9 (WF won by 22 runs)

Tom Blundell - 25(21)
Michael Bracewell - 23(17)*
James Neesham - 22(13) & 1w
Logan Van Beek - 15(8)* & 3w
Rachin Ravindra - 14(11) & 1w
Hamish Bennett - 3w
Martin Guptill - 60(53)
Kyle Jamieson - 1w
William Somerville - 1w

3) Wellington Firebirds vs Auckland Aces - 12th January'2020
165/7 vs 166/4 (AA won by 6 wkts)

Michael Bracewell - 34(20) & 1w
Rachin Ravindra - 30(20)
Logan Van Beek - 1w
Ollie Newton - 1w
Hamish Bennett - 1w
Mark Chapman - 58(38)* & 2w
Kyle Jamieson - 3w

4) Wellington Firebirds vs Auckland Aces - 18th January'2019
122/10 vs 123/4 (AA won by 6 wkts)

Michael Bracewell - 27(14)
Ben Sears - 2w
Ollie Newton - 2w
Mark Chapman - 47(41)*
Robert O'Donnell - 18(19)*

(v) Top Performers from current squads when both these sides meet

WF

Hamish Bennett - 10th highest wicket taker (8), Avg (19), SR (16.25) - 6M/6I
Ollie Newton - 12th highest wicket taker (7), Avg (27), SR (19.71) - 7M/6I

AA

Martin Guptill - 3rd highest run scorer (363), Avg (27.92) - 14M/13I
Mark Chapman - 9th highest run scorer (288), Avg (48) - 9M/8I

(vi) Toss Based Analysis (H2H)

Wellington Firebirds (WF)

1. Finn Allen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 73(35)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 53(23)

2. Luke Georgeson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

3. Troy Johnson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(11)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 50(44)*

4. Michael Bracewell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(4), 27(14), 34(20)&1w, 23(17)*, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(21)&2w, 1(4)&0w

5. Nathan Smith
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

6. Logan Van Beek
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 1w, 15(8)*&3w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 0w

7. Hamish Bennett
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 1w, 3w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w

8. Jamie Gibson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5(5), 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 24(14)

9. Tim Robinson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

10. Peter Younghusband
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

11. Ben Sears
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

12. Ollie Newton
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 2w, 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

13. Jacob Bhula
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

14. Callum McLachlan
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

15. Nick Greenwood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

16. James Neesham
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(5)&0w, 22(13)&1w, 6(5)*&3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 23(24)*&1w

17. Rachin Ravindra
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 30(20)&0w, 14(11)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 10(8)&1w, 3(6)&0w

18. Tom Blundell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(6), 61(41), 11(14), 4(5), 14(12), 25(21), 46(23)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

19. Ian McPeake
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

20. Michael Snedden
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

Auckland Aces (AA)

1. Martin Guptill
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 42(34)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(5), 29(22), 0(1), 10(10), 60(53)

2. George Worker
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

3. Mark Chapman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 16(11)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 25(16)&0w, 54(30)&0w, 64(24), 47(41)*, 58(38)*&2w, 8(10)&0w, 16(14)

4. Sean Solia
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(4)&0w, 75(56)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 9(7), 14(9)*, 17(9)&1w

5. Glenn Phillips
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(10)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 19(10), 5(4), 1(2), 10(8), 2(3), 7(7), 15(7)&0w

6. Ben Horne
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(2)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(2)*, 8(9)&2w, 17(18)

7. Cole Briggs
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

8. Robert O'Donnell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 27(15)*&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 9(12), 18(19)*, 1(1)*, 0(1), 20(12)

9. William O'Donnell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 29(24)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 38(24)

10. Ben Lister
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

11. Danru Ferns
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 13(10)&0w

12. William Somerville
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 21(19)*&0w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 0w, 1w, 26(9)&0w

13. Lockie Ferguson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

14. Ross Ter Braak
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

15. Adithya Ashok
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

16. Louis Delport
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

17. Kyle Jamieson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 10(6)*&1w, 17(12)&0w

18. Matthew Gibson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

19. Ollie Pringle
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

20. Ryan Harrison
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

21. Graeme Beghin
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 32(23)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

3. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING

A) WELLINGTON FIREBIRDS (WF) SQUAD:

Probable XI

1) Finn Allen - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 8, 20, 0, 23, 57, 33, 8, 17, 38  21, 44, 18, 4, 41

2) Luke Georgeson - LHB, RMF
Last 10 - 1, 0, 44, 30, 28r 0w, 4, 1, 15, 1, 0, 74, 128r 1w, 1r 2w

3) Troy Johnson - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 88, 10, 54, 73, 78, 28, 46*, 39*, 58*, 114, 3, 1, 30, 17

4) Michael Bracewell - LHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 39r 3w, 20r 0w, 4, 27r 3w, 51r 0w, 46r 0w, 2r 3w, 8, 14r 0w, 0r 0w, 30r 0w, 24, 105r 0w, 119r 0w, 1r 0w

5) Jamie Gibson - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 2, 10, 0r 0w, 21r 1w, 22*, 1, 23r 0w, 6r 0w, 25r 2w, 18r 2w, 6r 0w, 14r 0w, 8*, 23r 1w, 17r 0w

6) Nathan Smith - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 28r 1w, 6r 0w, 25r 1w, 44r 0w, 4r 2w, 56r 3w, 72r 0w, 5r 2w, 1r 2w, 8r 5w, 0r 0w, 10r 3w, 6w, 34r 0w

7) Logan Van Beek - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 2r 1w, 22r 2w, 61r 1w, 13r 1w, 17r 1w, 2r 0w, 11r 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w

8) Hamish Bennett - LHB, RFM
Last 10 - 2w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 0w

9) Tim Robinson - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 32, 5, 2

10) Peter Younghusband - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 21r 0w, 8r 0w, 3w, 1w, 15r 0w, 11r 1w, 0w, 72r 0w, 6r 1w, 17r 1w, 2w, 0w

11) Ben Sears - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 15r 0w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 7r 5w, 2w, 24r 3w, 3w, 15r 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w

BENCH

12) Ollie Newton - LHB, RFM
Last 10 - 25r 2w, 11r 1w, 10r 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 3w, 14r 2w, 1w, 4w, 11r 1w, 3w, 2w, 0w

13) Nick Greenwood - RHB
Last 10 - 9, 14, 23, 26, 9, 21, 14, 13, 4, 10r 0w, 102, 0r 0w, 40r 0w

14) Jakob Bhula - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 21r 1w, 27, 0, 29, 2, 6, 11, 13, 17, 55, 2r 0w, 20, 60r 0w, 47r 3w

15) Callum McLachlan - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 0, 25, 0, 0, 23, 15, 3

16) Michael Snedden - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 7r 1w, 0w, 16r 3w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 1w, 3w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 2w

17) Rachin Ravindra - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 46r 0w, 4r 0w, 18r 3w, 13r 0w, 18r 0w, 7, 26r 1w, 70r 1w, 11r 1w, 17r 1w, 0r 0w, 20r 1w, 10r 3w

18) James Neesham - LHB, RMF
Last 10 - 3, 3r 0w, 13r 0w, 27r 1w, 1w, 35r 1w, 10*, 1r 0w, 31r 0w

19) Ian McPeake - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 5r 0w, 0w, 15r 2w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 1w

20) Tom Blundell - RHB, Offbreak, WK
Last 10 - 53, 8, 0, 13, 2, 13, 17, 0, 22*, 4, 30*, 6, 2, 34

Safe C/VC choices
Michael Bracewell, Finn Allen

B) AUCKLAND ACES (AA) SQUAD:

Unavailable - Colin Munro (BBL)

Probable XI

1) Martin Guptill - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 4, 47, 51, 31, 70, 28, 4, 28, 18, 93

2) George Worker - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 5, 36, 13, 64, 13, 21, 0, 8, 0, 49, 66, 0, 17r 0w

3) Mark Chapman - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 8, 22r 1w, 0, 21, 63, 1, 0*, 7, 57

4) Robert O'Donnell - RHB
Last 10 - 7, 22, 142, 1, 93, 107*, 128, 2, 5, 1, 18

5) Cole Briggs - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 1, 6, 13, 4, 22, 22*, 30, 29, 23
/
Glenn Phillips

6) Sean Solia - LHB, RM
Last 10 - 5r 2w, 1r 0w, 21r 0w, 23r 0w, 29, 0, 25, 57r 1w, 121r 0w, 17r 1w

7) Ben Horne - RHB, LAO, WK
Last 10 - 8, 4, 24, 1, 4, 15, 8, 4, 21, 29*

8) Adithya Ashok - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 1w, 0w, 3w, 9r 0w, 1w, 0w, 6r 0w, 3w, 3w

9) Ben Lister - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 17r 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 0w

10) Louis Delport - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 1w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 3w, 1w, 1w, 7w, 0w, 16r 1w, 3w, 3w

11) Lockie Ferguson - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 26r 0w, 7r 2w, 14r 1w, 0w, 1w, 18r 0w, 1w, 2w, 3w

BENCH

12) Ryan Harrison - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 12r 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 3, 1w, 1w, 13r 0w, 1w, 0w, 7r 1w

13) Kyle Jamieson - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 17r 0w, 0w, 23r 3w, 5r 3w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 9r 0w, 31r 1w

14) William O'Donnell - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 117, 137*, 0, 60, 5, 5, 51*, 79, 8, 81, 0, 38, 40

15) Glenn Phillips - RHB, Offbreak, WK
Last 10 - 0, 34, 0, 18, 2r 0w, 39*, 33, 13

16) Matthew Gibson - RHB, LFM
Last 10 -

17) Ollie Pringle - RHB, RMF
Last 10 -

18) William Somerville - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 0w, 36r 0w, 4w, 59r 2w, 2w, 1w, 23r 2w, 9r 1w, 9r 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w

19) Graeme Beghin - RHB, RM, WK
Last 10 - 11, 83, 42, 10, 2, 8*, 9, 4, 32, 10, 20

20) Danru Ferns - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 2w, 2w, 0w, 10r 0w, 13r 0w, 1w, 3w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 3w

21) Ross Ter Braak - RHB, LFM
Last 10 - 4w, 0w, 58r 1w, 1w, 0w, 17r 0w, 32r 2w, 4r 2w, 18r 3w, 0w, 1w, 2w

Safe C/VC choices
Martin Guptill, George Worker

Differential GL C/VC choices

WF - Luke Georgeson, Logan Van Beek, Nathan Smith
Risky - Jamie Gibson, Troy Johnson

AA - Mark Chapman, Robert O'Donnell, Louis Delport
Risky - Sean Solia, Lockie Ferguson

My Fantasy Team (SL)
(Pre Toss)

Wk - Allen
Bat - Guptill, Worker, Chapman, Bracewell, Johnson
AR - Solia, Van Beek
Bowl - Ferguson, Delport, N Smith

Options - Bennett

GL Picks - Georgeson, Sears, Lister, Younghusband

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Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:45:25 GMT
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Wed, 19 Feb 2025 08:43:56 GMT
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Sun, 16 Feb 2025 18:04:37 GMT
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Sun, 16 Feb 2025 10:09:59 GMT
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Fri, 14 Feb 2025 07:05:18 GMT
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Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:23:35 GMT
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Thu, 20 Feb 2025 09:45:03 GMT
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Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:12:47 GMT
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Wed, 12 Feb 2025 16:29:23 GMT
Visitors were 126 for 2 after 18 overs in pursuit of 357, but eventually folded for 214
Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:37:50 GMT
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Wed, 12 Feb 2025 07:17:13 GMT
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Tue, 11 Feb 2025 09:40:31 GMT
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Mon, 10 Feb 2025 10:20:54 GMT
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Mon, 10 Feb 2025 11:22:25 GMT
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Sun, 09 Feb 2025 20:09:09 GMT
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Sun, 09 Feb 2025 17:54:12 GMT
India chased down their target of 305 with 33 balls to spare as Rohit and Shubman Gill reuinited at the top of the order with a 136-run stand
Sun, 09 Feb 2025 17:39:13 GMT
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Sat, 08 Feb 2025 14:45:42 GMT
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Sat, 08 Feb 2025 13:56:24 GMT
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Fri, 07 Feb 2025 14:07:58 GMT
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Fri, 07 Feb 2025 13:40:39 GMT
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Fri, 07 Feb 2025 06:48:56 GMT
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Thu, 06 Feb 2025 19:42:42 GMT
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Thu, 06 Feb 2025 19:01:27 GMT
Harshit Rana and Ravindra Jadeja picked up three wickets each to restrict England to a very gettable 248
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 18:13:05 GMT
Adil Rashid lost his spot as the leader in the bowling charts, while Jofra Archer dropped four places to tenth
Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:57:11 GMT
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Wed, 05 Feb 2025 16:05:56 GMT
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Wed, 05 Feb 2025 15:49:33 GMT
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Wed, 05 Feb 2025 14:57:13 GMT
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Wed, 05 Feb 2025 07:34:48 GMT
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Tue, 04 Feb 2025 23:59:20 GMT
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Tue, 04 Feb 2025 14:20:41 GMT
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Mon, 03 Feb 2025 03:41:01 GMT
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Sun, 02 Feb 2025 22:16:40 GMT
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Sun, 02 Feb 2025 18:27:08 GMT
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Sun, 02 Feb 2025 17:10:08 GMT
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Sun, 02 Feb 2025 12:29:28 GMT
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Sun, 02 Feb 2025 10:57:25 GMT
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Sun, 02 Feb 2025 03:15:28 GMT
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Sat, 01 Feb 2025 17:16:04 GMT
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Sat, 01 Feb 2025 15:07:42 GMT
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Sat, 01 Feb 2025 05:20:17 GMT
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Sat, 01 Feb 2025 03:02:35 GMT
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Fri, 31 Jan 2025 13:43:29 GMT
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Fri, 31 Jan 2025 10:04:55 GMT
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Fri, 31 Jan 2025 15:36:02 GMT
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Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:47:52 GMT
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Thu, 30 Jan 2025 15:41:27 GMT
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Thu, 30 Jan 2025 07:37:44 GMT
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Wed, 29 Jan 2025 10:10:00 GMT
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Thu, 30 Jan 2025 13:52:07 GMT
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Wed, 29 Jan 2025 03:28:46 GMT
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Mon, 27 Jan 2025 17:33:05 GMT
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Mon, 27 Jan 2025 15:30:40 GMT
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Mon, 27 Jan 2025 13:58:50 GMT
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Mon, 27 Jan 2025 12:41:05 GMT
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Sun, 26 Jan 2025 14:50:03 GMT
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Sun, 26 Jan 2025 03:46:53 GMT
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Sat, 25 Jan 2025 14:41:24 GMT
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Sat, 25 Jan 2025 12:27:58 GMT
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Sun, 26 Jan 2025 04:04:45 GMT
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Fri, 24 Jan 2025 18:54:06 GMT
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Fri, 24 Jan 2025 17:17:00 GMT
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Fri, 24 Jan 2025 15:49:43 GMT
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Fri, 24 Jan 2025 02:42:52 GMT
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Thu, 23 Jan 2025 14:55:47 GMT
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Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:17:05 GMT
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Thu, 23 Jan 2025 03:50:21 GMT
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Wed, 22 Jan 2025 13:15:28 GMT
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Wed, 22 Jan 2025 09:28:13 GMT
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Fri, 24 Jan 2025 08:23:42 GMT
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Wed, 22 Jan 2025 02:05:08 GMT
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Mon, 20 Jan 2025 18:15:41 GMT
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Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:19:30 GMT
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Mon, 20 Jan 2025 14:36:43 GMT
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Tue, 21 Jan 2025 14:05:01 GMT
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Sun, 19 Jan 2025 16:08:15 GMT
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Sun, 19 Jan 2025 09:21:09 GMT
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Sat, 18 Jan 2025 17:22:55 GMT
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Sat, 18 Jan 2025 17:22:06 GMT
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Sat, 18 Jan 2025 17:20:52 GMT
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Sat, 18 Jan 2025 16:51:35 GMT
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Sat, 18 Jan 2025 11:41:20 GMT
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Sat, 18 Jan 2025 04:08:20 GMT
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Fri, 17 Jan 2025 13:21:32 GMT
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Fri, 17 Jan 2025 12:22:22 GMT
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Thu, 16 Jan 2025 15:59:46 GMT
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Thu, 16 Jan 2025 12:04:01 GMT
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Thu, 16 Jan 2025 11:03:57 GMT
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