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Super Smash T20 2018-19 | NK vs WEL Dream11 Match Prediction

Northern Knights vs Wellington  Match Preview | Who Will Win Today Match

Wellington, January 12 at 08:40 AM IST 

The fifteenth fixture of New Zealand’s Super Smash T20 will witness Northern Knights and Wellington Firebirds locking horns of the second time in this season. Both the sides will go head to head at Basin Reserve, Wellington on Saturday morning.

Placed at the top, Knights have accumulated 16 points from four wins outs of five fixtures. They are on a three-match winning streak and the only defeat came in the second fixture against Central Districts where hey faced 5 wicket defeats while defending 156 runs on the board.

Wellington is placed just beneath Knights at the second spot with 10 points coming off two wins and two losses in five games. They had a rough start to the campaign but have bounced back well. Wellington started their campaign with 45 runs defeat against Northern Knights in the first encounter followed with a no result against Auckland and 1 run loss against Otago. However, they have registered two wins against Central Districts and Canterbury in the last two encounters and are looking good. 

Previous meeting:

Both the sides started their Super Smash T20 campaign against each other at Seddon Park, Hamilton in the tournament opener. After winning the toss, Wellington opted to bowl and invited Knights to set the target. With the help of skipper Dean Brownlie’s 99 of 46 deliveries and Tim Siefert’s 46 of 28, Knights posted a massive total of 215-6 in 20 overs. 

Coming to chase, Wellington got bowled out for 170 in 18.1 overs falling short by 45 runs. Anton Devcich was the pick of the bowler for the Knights finishing with 4-27. Ish Sodhi and D Mitchell also shared two wickets each.  

With a couple of key players missing out from both the sides, it will be interesting to watch both the sides go head to head again. Till then, let’s check out the team news, playing11 and Dream11 team. 

Form Guide (recent first):

Northern Knights – W, W, W, L, W

Wellington –  W, W, L, NR, L   

NK vs WEL Team News:

• Anton Devcich and Chris Jordan are missing out from the Knights squad
• Malcolm Nofal is missing out from Wellington 

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NK vs WEL Playing 11:

The probable NK vs WEL playing 11 is listed below.

Northern Knights-

Wicket-keeper – PD Bocock

Batsmen – Corey Anderson, Daryl Mitchell, Daniel Flynn (c),

All-rounder – Brett Hampton, 

Bowlers – Neil Wagner, Tarun Nethula,

Wellington-

Wicket-keeper – Tom Blundell

Batsmen – Devon Conway, Adam Hose, Michael Bracewell, Michael Pollard

All-rounder – 

Bowlers – Hamish Bennett (c), Jeetan Patel, Ollie Newton, Logan van Beek, Ben Sears

Squads:

Northern Knights –

Wellington – 

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NK vs WEL Dream11 Team:

Fantasy picks from Northern Districts –

D Brownlie – 156 runs in 4 innings || D Mitchell – 163 in 5 innings

B Randell – 2 wickets in 3 innings || T Nethula and N Wagner 

**Anton Devcich and Chris Jordan are missing out from the squad. 

Fantasy picks from Wellington –

M Bracewell – 209 runs 4 innings || D Conway – 161 runs in 4 innings || A Hose – 105 runs in 4 innings  

Hamish Bennett – 7 wickets in 4 innings || Jeetan Patel & Ollie Newton – 5 wickets each 

**M Nofal and J Neesham are missing out from the squad. 

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