Wellington Firebirds vs Northern Knights - Match 30

Author: Shreyas
24 Jan 2022 04:11:05
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Wellington Firebirds vs Northern Knights - 30th Match of Super Smash 2021-22, at Basin Reserve, Wellington 

Weather Forecast
Mostly Cloudy - 22°C

1. TOURNAMENT STATS AND INFO 

(i) Points Table Scenario

WF - 9 - 5w/4l (3rd)
NK - 9 - 7w/1l/1nr (1st)

(ii) Top Performers 

WF

Michael Bracewell - 2nd highest run scorer (334), Avg (83.50) - 8M/8I
Finn Allen - 11th highest run scorer (204), Avg (22.66) - 9M/9I
Tim Robinson - 25th highest run scorer (143), Avg (17.87) - 8M/8I
Logan Van Beek - 26th highest run scorer (142), Avg (28.40) - 9M/6I
Troy Johnson - 27th highest run scorer (140), Avg (23.33) - 7M/7I

Ben Sears - 9th highest wicket taker (11), Avg (17.18), SR (13.3) - 8M/8I
Logan Van Beek - 17th highest wicket taker (9), Avg (28), SR (21.3) - 9M/9I
Hamish Bennett - 17th highest wicket taker (9), Avg (29), SR (21.3) - 9M/9I
Peter Younghusband - 22nd highest wicket taker (6), Avg (25), SR (23) - 8M/8I
Michael Bracewell - 22nd highest wicket taker (6), Avg (25.16), SR (23) - 8M/7I
Nathan Smith - 28th highest wicket taker (5), Avg (29), SR (16.8) - 9M/6I


NK

Colin De Grandhomme - 9th highest run scorer (215), Avg (35.83) - 8M/8I
Tim Seifert - 12th highest run scorer (202), Avg (33.66) - 8M/8I
Joe Carter - 17th highest run scorer (174), Avg (29) - 7M/7I
Jeet Raval - 20th highest run scorer (165), Avg (20.62) - 9M/9I
Katene Clarke - 23rd highest run scorer (153), Avg (30.60) - 6M/6I

Anurag Verma - 5th highest wicket taker (14), Avg (13), SR (10.5) - 8M/7I
Joe Walker - 9th highest wicket taker (11), Avg (13.27), SR (12.5) - 8M/7I
Scott Kuggeleijn - 13th highest wicket taker (10), Avg (18), SR (12.4) - 8M/7I
Ish Sodhi - 22nd highest wicket taker (6), Avg (22.16), SR (22) - 6M/6I
Mitchell Santner - 22nd highest wicket taker (6), Avg (12.33), SR (11) - 3M/3I
Frederick Walker - 28th highest wicket taker (5), Avg (11.60), SR (12.4) - 3M/3I
Matthew Fisher - 28th highest wicket taker (5), Avg (23), SR (20.4) - 6M/5I


2. VENUE AND PITCH INFO 

Venue - Basin Reserve, Wellington 

(i) Total Matches - T20s

Overall - 89

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 - 61 - 28w/33l
NK - 13 - 8w/5l

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

WF

Devon Conway - 2nd highest run scorer (758), Avg (54.14) - 21M/19I
Michael Bracewell - 3rd highest run scorer (527), Avg (29.28) - 27M/23I
Tom Blundell - 6th highest run scorer (424), Avg (21.20) - 22M/21I
Finn Allen - 21st highest run scorer (238), Avg (26.44) - 9M/9I
Troy Johnson - 26th highest run scorer (221), Avg (24.56) - 12M/12I
James Neesham - 34th highest run scorer (188), Avg (31.33) - 10M/9I
Logan Van Beek - 44th highest run scorer (158), Avg (17.56) - 24M/15I

Hamish Bennett - 4th highest wicket taker (28), Avg (24.50), SR (17.89) - 25M/25I
Logan Van Beek - 6th highest wicket taker (23), Avg (29.70), SR (22) - 24M/24l
Ben Sears - 8th highest wicket taker (20), Avg (12.7), SR (10.95) - 10M/10I
Ollie Newton - 9th highest wicket taker (18), Avg (21.56), SR (17.11) - 16M/15I
James Neesham - 11th highest wicket taker (16), Avg (15.19), SR (11.63) - 10M/10I
Michael Bracewell - 23rd highest wicket taker (9), Avg (20.44), SR (16.67) - 27M/9I
Rachin Ravindra - 34th highest wicket taker (7), Avg (39), SR (29) - 11M/11I
Peter Younghusband - 34th highest wicket taker (7), Avg (37.43), SR (29.14) - 13M/12I


NK

Tim Seifert - 62nd highest run scorer (119), Avg (39.67) - 4M/4I

Scott Kuggeleijn - 36th highest wicket taker (7), Avg (38), SR (25.71) - 9M/9I
Tim Southee - 57th highest wicket taker (5), Avg (11), SR (12.40) - 3M/3I


(iv) Recent Matches on this venue 

1) Otago Volts vs Wellington Firebirds - 6th January'2022
157/5 vs 119/2 (WF won by 8 wkts - DLS)

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

2) Auckland Aces vs Wellington Firebirds - 24th December'2021 
134/9 vs 121/8 (AA won by 13 runs)

Pacers - 6w+3w=9w
Spinners - 1w+5w=6w

3) 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

4) 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

5) 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

6) 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

7) 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

8) 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

9) 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

10) 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 - 47w
2nd Innings - 33w

Spinners 
1st Innings - 15w
2nd Innings - 19w

Overall
80w:34w (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), 0(2), 68(32)

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), 24(22), 12(15)*

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, 58(46)*&0w, 18(13)*&2w

5. Nathan Smith
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 16(16)&1w, 6(9)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 25(16)&1w, 0(3), 0w

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, 0(4)&1w, 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, 1w, 0w

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, 5(14)

9. Tim Robinson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 32(26)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(6), 9(7), 18(19)

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

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

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, 9(10)&1w

13. Jacob Bhula
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w

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, 0w

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

21. Devon Conway 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 25(21), 33(28), 63(48)*, 9(10), 69(52), 49(37), 45(35)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 53(36), 6(3)*, 32(23)*, 47(37), 14(15), 39(22), 2(10), 51(39), 9(5), 50(40), 69(50)*, 93(63)*


Northern Knights (NK)

1. Bharat Popli
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

2. Henry Cooper
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

3. Jeet Raval
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(5), 10(10)

4. Joe Carter
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(2)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(6)

5. Kane Williamson 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

6. Katene Clarke 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(2)

7. Brett Hampton
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5(3), 0(1)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 14(11), 3(5)&1w

8. Colin De Grandhomme 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

9. Joe Walker
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w

10. Mitchell Santner 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1(2)&0w, 0w

11. Kristian Clarke
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

12. Peter Bocock
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 29(23)*, 9(9)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

13. Tim Seifert 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 29(27)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 35(28), 53(41)

14. Anurag Verma
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 0w, 10(11)&1w, 2w, 1w, 13(10)&0w

15. Tim Southee
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

16. Trent Boult 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

17. Neil Wagner 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

18. Ish Sodhi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4w, 0w

19. Frederick Walker 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

20. Brett Randell 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

21. Matthew Fisher
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

22. Scott Kuggeleijn 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 10(7)&1w, 2w

23. Zak Gibson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w


3. HEAD TO HEAD 

(i) Overall
31 - 17w/14l (In favour of NK)

(ii) Last 5 Matches
5 - 3w/2l (In favour of WF)

(iii) On This Venue
13 - 8w/5l (In favour of NK)

(iv) Recent Head to Head Matches 

1) Wellington Firebirds vs Northern Knights - 16th January'2022
104/10 vs 105/4 (NK won by 6 wkts)

James Neesham - 20(21)
Tim Robinson - 18(19)
Michael Bracewell - 15(17) & 1w
Rachin Ravindra - 2w
Peter Younghusband - 1w
Colin De Grandhomme - 41(46)*
Henry Cooper - 17(19)*
Tim Seifert - 15(12)
Jeet Raval - 15(28)
Anurag Verma - 3w
Joe Walker - 2w
Mitchell Santher - 2w
Scott Kuggeleijn - 1w
Ish Sodhi - 1w

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

Finn Allen - 75(39)
Devon Conway - 45(35)
Tom Blundell - 22(20)
Michael Bracewell - 4w
James Neesham - 3w
Hamish Bennett - 2w
Rachin Ravindra - 1w
Tim Seifert - 53(41)
Joe Walker - 2w
Scott Kuggeleijn - 2w
Brett Hampton - 1w
Matthew Fisher - 1w

3) Northern Knights vs Wellington Firebirds - 1st January'2021 
148/6 vs 152/1 (WF won by 9 wkts)

Tim Seifert - 46(46)
Brett Hampton - 28(22)
Scott Kuggeleijn - 18(13)* & 1w
Finn Allen - 91(50)*
Rachin Ravindra - 40(31)* & 1w
Devon Conway - 13(15)
James Neesham - 2w
Logan Van Beek - 1w
Hamish Bennett - 1w
Peter Younghusband - 1w

4) Wellington Firebirds vs Northern Knights - 3rd January'2020
188/4 vs 136/10 (WF won by 52 runs)

James Neesham - 40(29)* & 1w
Rachin Ravindra - 39(20) & 1w
Michael Bracewell - 15(15)
Hamish Bennett - 3w
Ollie Newton - 2w
Logan Van Beek - 1w
Tim Seifert - 35(28)
Brett Hampton - 14(11)
Anurag Verma - 13(10)
Scott Kuggeleijn - 1w
Brett Randell - 1w

5) Wellington Firebirds vs Northern Knights - 1st January'2020 
161/8 vs 162/5 (NK won by 5 wkts)

Devon Conway - 32(23)
Jamie Gibson - 28(18)
Rachin Ravindra - 19(15) & 1w
James Neesham - 16(18) & 1w
Ollie Newton - 2w
Hamish Bennett - 1w
Tim Seifert - 30(32)
Ish Sodhi - 3w
Brett Randell - 3w
Anurag Verma - 1w


ON THIS VENUE 

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

Finn Allen - 75(39)
Devon Conway - 45(35)
Tom Blundell - 22(20)
Michael Bracewell - 4w
James Neesham - 3w
Hamish Bennett - 2w
Rachin Ravindra - 1w
Tim Seifert - 53(41)
Joe Walker - 2w
Scott Kuggeleijn - 2w
Brett Hampton - 1w
Matthew Fisher - 1w

2) Wellington Firebirds vs Northern Knights - 3rd January'2020
188/4 vs 136/10 (WF won by 52 runs)

James Neesham - 40(29)* & 1w
Rachin Ravindra - 39(20) & 1w
Michael Bracewell - 15(15)
Hamish Bennett - 3w
Ollie Newton - 2w
Logan Van Beek - 1w
Tim Seifert - 35(28)
Brett Hampton - 14(11)
Anurag Verma - 13(10)
Scott Kuggeleijn - 1w
Brett Randell - 1w

3) Northern Knights vs Wellington Firebirds - 12th January'2019
157/7 vs 145/6 (NK won by 12 runs)

Tom Blundell - 38(21)
Devon Conway - 14(15)
Ollie Newton - 3w
Ian McPeake - 1w
Logan Van Beek - 1w

4) Northern Knights vs Wellington Firebirds - 20th December'2017
145/6 vs 144/9 (NK won by 1 run)

Tim Seifert - 29(27)
Peter Bocock - 29(23)*
Ish Sodhi - 2w
Scott Kuggeleijn - 1w
Devon Conway - 53(36)
Michael Bracewell - 17(18) 
Anurag Verma - 1w


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

NK

Tim Seifert - 8th highest run scorer (259), Avg (25.90) - 13M/11I

Ish Sodhi - 5th highest wicket taker (13), Avg (22.5), SR (21.23) - 12M/12I
Scott Kuggeleijn - 5th highest wicket taker (13), Avg (32.08), SR (21.23) - 13M/13I
Tim Southee - 11th highest wicket taker (10), Avg (17), SR (15.2) - 7M/7I


WF

Tom Blundell - 13th highest run scorer (216), Avg (36) - 7M/7I
Devon Conway - 14th highest run scorer (211), Avg (30.14) - 7M/7I

Hamish Bennett - 8th highest wicket taker (11), Avg (21.91), SR (19.55) - 10M/10I
Ollie Newton - 13th highest wicket taker (8), Avg (14), SR (11.25) - 4M/4I
James Neesham - 13th highest wicket taker (8), Avg (15.25), SR (12) - 5M/5I


(vi) Toss Based Analysis (H2H)

Northern Knights (NK)

1. Bharat Popli
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

2. Henry Cooper
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 9(10)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 17(19)*

3. Jeet Raval
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 10(10), 15(28)

4. Joe Carter
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 32(21), 0(2)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 9(9)*, 0(1), 5(6), 0(1)

5. Kane Williamson 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

6. Katene Clarke 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 7(5), 0(2)

7. Brett Hampton
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5(3), 9(11), 0(1), 28(22)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(2), 8(9), 14(11), 3(5)&1w

8. Colin De Grandhomme 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 41(46)*

9. Joe Walker
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 2w

10. Mitchell Santner 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 22(13)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 7(8)&2w

11. Kristian Clarke
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

12. Peter Bocock
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 29(23)*, 1(2)*, 9(9)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

13. Tim Seifert 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(2), 29(27), 46(28), 46(46)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3(9), 30(32), 35(28), 53(41), 15(12)

14. Anurag Verma
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 10(11)&1w, 1w, 13(10)&0w, 3w

15. Tim Southee
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

16. Trent Boult 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

17. Neil Wagner 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

18. Ish Sodhi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0w, 2w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 51(36)&2w, 3w, 0w, 1w

19. Frederick Walker 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

20. Brett Randell 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 3w, 1w

21. Matthew Fisher
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 0w

22. Scott Kuggeleijn 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 1w, 1w, 18(13)*&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 10(7)&1w, 2w, 1w

23. Zak Gibson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 9(8)&0w


Wellington Firebirds (WF)

1. Finn Allen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 75(39), 7(6)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 91(50)*

2. Troy Johnson 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 18(19)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(11)

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

4. Michael Bracewell 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 56(28)*, 9(10), 15(15), 6(7)&4w, 15(17)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 17(18), 6(5), 9(9)

5. Jamie Gibson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 28(18), 13(8)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

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

7. Logan Van Beek
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w, 1w

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

9. Tim Robinson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(10)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

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

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

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

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

14. Ollie Newton 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 3w

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

16. Michael Snedden
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 

17. Rachin Ravindra 
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 19(15)&1w, 39(20)&1w, 6(4)&1w, 14(21)&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 40(31)*&1w

18. James Neesham
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 16(18)&1w, 40(29)*&1w, 5(5)&3w, 20(21)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 22(13)&1w, 2w

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

20. Tom Blundell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 4(9), 22(20)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 63(42), 69(43)*, 20(17), 38(21)

21. Devon Conway
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 32(23), 9(10), 45(35)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 53(36), 45(23), 14(15), 13(15)


4. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING 

A) WELLINGTON FIREBIRDS (WF) SQUAD: 

Probable XI

1) Finn Allen - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 16, 7, 4, 68, 0, 86, 32, 0, 8, 20

2) Devon Conway - LHB, RM, WK
Last 10 - 7, 46, 36*, 17, 1, 2*, 27, 20, 12, 22

3) Tom Blundell - RHB, Offbreak, WK
Last 10 - 41*, 53, 8, 0, 13, 2, 13, 17, 0, 22*, 4, 30*, 6

4) Michael Bracewell - LHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 54*, 15r 1w, 141r 0w, 18r 2w, 30r 2w, 10r 1w, 1r 0w, 58r 0w, 39r 3w, 20r 0w

5) James Neesham - LHB, RMF
Last 10 - 1w, 20r 0w, 5r 1w, 0w, 4r 2w, 3, 3r 0w, 13r 0w, 27r 1w

6) Rachin Ravindra - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0w, 14r 2w, 46r 0w, 4r 0w, 18r 3w, 13r 0w, 18r 0w, 7, 26r 1w, 70r 1w, 11r 1w, 17r 1w, 0r 0w

7) Nathan Smith - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 1w, 2, 0w, 47r 1w, 14, 38r 1w, 0, 28r 1w, 6r 0w, 25r 1w, 44r 0w

8) Logan Van Beek - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 2w, 0w, 37r 0w, 1w, 3w, 19r 0w, 1w, 1w, 2r 1w, 22r 2w

9) Hamish Bennett - LHB, RFM
Last 10 - 3w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 2w

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

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


BENCH 

12) Luke Georgeson - LHB, RMF
Last 10 - 51, 56, 1, 0, 44, 30, 28r 0w, 4, 1, 15, 1

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

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

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) Jakob Bhula - RHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 0w, 38, 9r 0w, 21r 1w, 27, 0, 29, 2, 6, 11, 13

18) Ollie Newton - LHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 3w, 1w, 9r 1w, 25r 2w, 11r 1w, 10r 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 3w, 14r 2w

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) Troy Johnson - RHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 18, 4, 12*, 8, 84, 18, 24, 88, 10, 54

21) Tim Robinson - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 12, 0, 18, 65, 9, 32, 5, 2

Safe C/VC choices
Michael Bracewell, Finn Allen


B) NORTHERN KNIGHTS (NK) SQUAD: 

Probable XI 

1) Tim Seifert - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 88*, 15, 10, 9, 1, 8, 15, 14, 14, 17

2) Katene Clarke - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 31, 32*, 11, 49, 2, 1, 82, 6, 31, 4, 13

3) Jeet Raval - LHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 36, 15, 11, 0, 97, 66*, 0, 0, 3, 33, 74

4) Joe Carter - RHB
Last 10 - 0, 32, 2, 105*, 32, 13, 75*, 20, 52, 20
/
Henry Cooper

5) Colin De Grandhomme - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 10*, 41*, 86, 126r 0w, 1w, 53r 0w, 4, 6, 7r 1w

6) Mitchell Santner - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 2w, 7r 2w, 2w, 74r 2w, 2w, 3w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w

7) Scott Kuggeleijn - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 0w, 15r 0w, 0w, 3w, 6r 0w, 4w, 14r 1w, 8, 11r 1w, 0w

8) Tim Southee - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 0w, 5w, 3w, 3w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 1w

9) Trent Boult - RHB, LF
Last 10 - 2w, 7r 2w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 3w, 2w, 2w

10) Ish Sodhi - RHB, Legbreak 
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 1w, 13r 0w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w

11) Joe Walker - RHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 1w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 4w, 0w, 1w, 11r 1w, 4w


BENCH 

12) Anurag Verma - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 3w, 11r 2w, 3w, 1w, 8r 2w, 1w, 22r 2w, 9r 0w, 0w

13) Brett Randell - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 1w, 50r 5w, 2w, 4w, 3w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 3w

14) Brett Hampton - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0r 1w, 11r 1w, 11r 1w, 0w, 1w, 21r 0w, 23r 2w, 0w, 63r 1w, 4r 0w, 2r 0w

15) Peter Bocock - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 5, 13*, 20, 28, 21, 28, 14, 22, 2, 22, 5

16) Henry Cooper - RHB
Last 10 - 17, 3, 4, 9*, 25*, 7, 3, 24, 19, 52, 200

17) Kane Williamson - RHB, Offbreak 
Last 10 - 18, 24, 85, 5, 40*, 28, 0, 33*, 25, 37

18) Neil Wagner - LHB, LFM
Last 10 - 2w, 1w, 1w, 3w, 25r 1w, 10r 2w, 32r 2w, 0w, 1w, 17r 4w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 19r 2w, 2w, 66r 0w, 3w, 2w, 4w

19) Frederick Walker - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0w, 2w, 3w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w

20) Zak Gibson - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 4w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 3w, 22r 3w, 3w, 10r 1w, 9r 0w, 1w, 3w

21) Matthew Fisher - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 2w, 3w

22) Bharat Popli - RHB
Last 10 - 2, 86, 1, 2, 38, 50, 40, 57*, 0, 16, 6, 23, 56

23) Kristian Clarke - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 7r 1w, 46r 4w, 9r 2w, 4r 0w, 21r 1w, 7r 0w, 21r 1w, 1w

Safe C/VC choices
Scott Kuggeleijn, Jeet Raval


Differential GL C/VC choices 

WF - Logan Van Beek, Devon Conway, Tom Blundell, Rachin Ravindra 
Risky - Jamie Gibson, James Neesham

NK - Colin De Grandhomme, Ish Sodhi, Joe Walker, Trent Boult
Risky - Brett Hampton, Tim Seifert

 

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