NK vs AA 21st Match Prediction

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Northern Knights

The Northern Districts team is currently lying in the number 5 or second last position in the points table. They are just one position above their opponents in this game Auckland Aces who are lying in the last position in the table. Their right-handed batsman Katene Clarke has been their best batter in the last year scoring 240 runs from 8 innings at an average of 30.00 Another right-hander that is doing a fine job for Northern Districts is Tim Seifert who has scored 230 runs from 8 innings with an average of 32.85.

Mitchell Santner has done a great job for Northern Knights scoring 199 runs from 5 innings with an average of 99.50. Jose Walker has been the most successful bowler for Northern Knights in T20 cricket in the last year as he picked up 9 wickets from 8 matches at an average of 21.22. Mitchell Santner has done an equally good job picking up 8 scalps from 6 matches with an average of 19.50. The right-arm medium-fast bowler Brett Hampton has picked up 7 wickets from the last 4 innings with an astounding average of 8.85.

The Northern Districts team played their last match against Canterbury only to lose the game comprehensively by 48 runs. Batting first Canterbury put together 154 runs on the board for the loss of 9 wickets. Northern Knights replied with 106 all from 18.1 overs. The most successful bowler for Northern districts during Canterbury innings was Brett Hampton. He picked up 3 wickets while conceding just a single run from 2 overs. He was ably supported by Scott Kuggeleijn who picked up 2 wickets for 31 runs.

Auckland Aces

Auckland Aces have not fared too well in the competition either and are lying at the bottom of the points table. They did win their last match against Wellington though. In their stipulated quota of 20 overs, Wellington scored 153 runs from the loss of 6 wickets. The Auckland Aces chased down the total in 19.3 overs with a couple of wickets to spare. Benjamin Lister was the top bowler for Auckland Aces during the Wellington innings. He picked up 2 wickets for 15 runs while Sean Solia picked up 2 wickets for 31 runs in his 4 overs.

George Worker and Cole Briggs got the Auckland Aces to a good start during their chase. Cole Briggs scored 35 runs from 33 balls with 2 sixes and 1 four. But the one inning that took the Auckland Aces team close to the target was from Robert O'Donnell the Auckland skipper. He smashed 59 runs from 27 balls with 3 sixes and 7 fours. The best bowlers for Wellington in the game were Peter Younghusband and Nathan smith who picked up 3 wickets apiece. They didn’t give away too many runs in their spell either.

The Auckland skipper Robert O'Donnell is a right-handed bat for the Auckland side. He has scored 235 runs from his last 7 innings with an average of 33.57. Cole Briggs is another right-hander that is doing a good job for Auckland with 180 runs from 6 innings with an average of 30.00. William O'Donnell has also scored 166 runs from 8 innings with an average of 20.75. Benjamin Lister has been the leading wicket-taker for Auckland Aces during the last year with 8 wickets from 6 innings with an average of 19.75. Sean Solia has also picked up 8 wickets from 8 innings with an average of 26.25.