NK vs CK 13th Match Prediction

NK vs CK Team Previews

Northern Knights

As far as the Northern Knights' batting order is concerned the team will rely on the batters such as Jeet Raval, Skipper Joe Carter, Bharat Popli, the wicketkeeper-batsman Tim Seifert, and Henry Cooper to do most of the run-getting for their team. Bharat Popli has scored 395 runs in the competition from 8 innings and is the leading run-getter at the moment for his team. Apart from Popli, Henry Cooper has also collected 332 runs from his performance in the tournament with an average of 41.50. He has hit 1 hundred and 2 fifties so far in the competition.

As far as the Knights’ bowling attack is concerned, the team will depend on bowlers such as Matthew Fisher, Brett Hampton, Tim Pringle, and Joe Walker to provide timely breakthroughs in the match. Northern Knights won their last match against Otago by a margin of 5 wickets. Batting first, Otago scored 181 runs all out. Northern Districts replied with 277 runs all out in their first innings. Otago scored 345 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in their second innings and declared the innings. Northern Knights chased down the target successfully by scoring 254 runs for the loss of 5 wickets to register a surprising win.

The Northern Knights bowlers provided a team effort in the Otago first innings with Brett Hampton, Kristian Clarke, and Frederick Walker picking up a couple of wickets each. All the Northern Knights bowlers that bowled in this innings were among wickets. The Northern Knights' first innings was marked by the superb 91 from Scott Kuggeleijn from just 98 balls with 6 fours and 5 sixes. He was helped by Fredrick Walker and skipper Joe Carter who hit the fifties in a supporting role. Neil Wagner was the most successful bowler in the Otago second innings for the Knights picking up 4 wickets for 69 runs.

Canterbury Kings

As far as the batting department is concerned, the Canterbury Kings will depend on the batters such as Chad Bowes, Leo Carter, Mitch Hay, Ken McClure, and Cole McConchie to do most of the run-getting for their team. Cole McConchie is the leading run-getter for Canterbury having scored 452 runs from just 5 innings in this year's Plunket Shield competition. In their maiden games against the Auckland side, Cole McConchie and Chad Bowes hit hundreds and helped their teams in putting together a massive total of 509 runs on the board.

As far as the Canterbury bowling attack is concerned, the team will rely on bowlers such as Zakary Foulkes, Sean Davey, Ed Nuttal, William O'Rourke, and Henry Shipley to provide the team will well-timed breakthroughs. During their last game. Henry Shipley was the top bowler for the team picking up 6 wickets in the match. The last match for Canterbury Kings was against Auckland. Batting first Auckland scored 438 runs. Canterbury also made good use of the batting track to hit 509 runs in their first innings.

The most successful bowler for Canterbury during the Auckland first innings was Henry Shipley who picked up a fifer while giving away 97 runs. He was well-supported in his effort by Sean Davey who took 3 wickets for 81 runs. Ed Nuttal and William O'Rourke picked up the remaining couple of wickets in the innings. Chad Bowes hit a brilliant hundred in the Canterbury first innings scoring 105 runs from 98 balls with as many as 19 fours. The skipper Cole McConchie also scored a hundred although he was more sedate in his approach.