OV vs NK 12th Match Prediction

OV vs NK Team Previews

Otago Volts

The Otago Volts team will be trying for new players in this game and will be keen for a few changes to their playing 11 in the match. As far as their batting department is concerned, the side will rely on the likes of Michael Rippon, Dale Phillips, Thom Parker, and Dean Foxcroft to do most of the scoring for the team. The leading run-getter for Otago Volts is Thom Parkes with 224 runs from his five innings in the Otago middle order. He will try and make another useful contribution to the team total for Otago in this 4-day match.

In their last match, the Otago Volts batter Michael Rippon appeared to be in good form. He scored half-centuries in both innings of the match against Canterbury. As far as the Otago Volts' bowling attack is concerned, the team will rely on players such as Travis Miller, Dane Foxcroft, Michael Rippon, and Jacob Duffy to provide some timely breakthroughs for the side. Dale Phillips has been the best batter for the Otago Volts side in the recent past. From his last ten appearances for Otago, he has scored 679 runs with an average of 42.44.

The Otago skipper Hamish Rutherford has also scored 556 runs from 9 games with an average of 34.75. The top bowler for Otago has been Michael Rippon with 29 wickets from 9 matches he has played for Otago. He is bowling with a strike rate of 54.44. Jacob Duffy is another bowler that is doing a good job for the Otago Volts side with 29 wickets from his last 9 matches at a strike rate of 66.44. The opening batsman Hamish Rutherford and middle order batter Dale Phillips together with the all-rounder Michael Rippon will be looked up to contribute heavily in this game.

Northern Knights

The Northern Knight team management will be hoping against hope that their senior players on the side will display some responsibility and put forward an excellent performance in this game. As far as their batting department is concerned the team is relying on batters such as Henry Cooper, Tim Seifert, Colin de Grandhomme, Jeet Raval, and Bharat Popli to do most of the scoring in the match. Bharat Popli is the top run-getter for Northern Knights this season and has put together 311 runs from his last 6 innings in the middle order for Northern Knights.

Northern Knights will again look at Bharat Popli to score the big runs for them in the 4-day encounter. In their last encounter in the competition, their opening batter Jeet Raval appeared to be in good nick for the Northern Knights. He was successful in hitting a hundred in the second innings of the game. Apart from Jeet Raval, the other Knights batter Bharat Popli also hit a half-century in their first innings for the team. As far as their bowling attack is concerned, the team will rely on players such as Katene Clarke, Joe Walker, Scott Kuggeleijin, and Neil Wagner to provide wickets in the match.

Jeet Raval is an opening batsman for Northern Knight and another top-order batter for Northern Knights is Joe Carter. Colin Grandhomme is an all-rounder playing for the Northern Knights and Tim Seifert is the wicketkeeper-batsman for the side. Jeet Raval has scored 697 runs from his last 9 games for Northern Knights with an average of 43.56. Another batter that is doing well for Northern Knights is Henry Cooper with 623 runs with an average of 41.53. The top bowler for Northern Knights has been Joe Walker with 23 wickets from his last 9 appearances for the side at a strike rate of 62.47.