OV vs WF 19th Match Prediction

OV vs WF Team Previews

Otago Volts

As far as the Otago Volts batting department is concerned the side will be dependent on batters such as the skipper Hamish Rutherford, Llew Johnson, Dale Phillips, Michael Chu, Michael Rippon, and Josh Finnie to do most of the run-getting. After having scored 109 runs from his 4 outings, the skipper Hamish Rutherford is leading the batting charts for Volts in this year's Ford Trophy. As far as the bowling attack is concerned the Otago charge will be in the hands of bowlers such as Michael Rae, Michael Rippon, Ben Lockrose, and Jacob Duffy to provide breakthroughs.

Jacob Duffy has 11 wickets to his credit so far and he is the leading wicket-taker for Otago Volts thus far in the season. The last game for Otago Volts ended with no result for Volts. Otago Volts won their last full game in the competition against Canterbury. Batting first Canterbury side was bowled out for a score of 160 runs from 37.3 overs. The destroyer in chief for Otago Volts was Michael Rippon. He picked up 4 wickets in the innings for 32 runs from 8.3 overs. He was helped in this effort by Jacob Duffy who picked up 3 wickets for 34 runs from his 10 overs.

Matthew Bacon also picked up a couple of wickets for 27 runs from his 7 overs. The Otago Volts' reply to this score could have run into troubled water only the skipper Hamish Rutherford held the innings firm with an unbeaten 76 from 102 balls to guide his side through without any mishaps. He hit 10 boundaries during his innings. He was helped in the lower middle order by the likes of Dale Phillips, Josh Finnie, and Michael Rippon. The Otago Volts won the match comfortably in the end by a margin of 5 wickets and with 88 balls to spare.

Wellington Firebirds

After receiving three defeats in a row, the Wellington Firebirds team management will be expecting their premier players will come to the party in this match. Batters such as Devon Conway, Finn Allen, and Tom Blundell will all be missing in action for this game because they are serving the New Zealand national team that is touring Pakistan. So, the Wellington Firebirds' batting department will rely on the likes of Nick Kelly, Tim Robinson, Callum McLachlan, Rachin Ravindra, and Troy Johnson for scoring most of the runs.

Nick Kelly is the top run-getter for Wellington Firebirds in this competition with 210 runs from 6 innings. As far as the bowling department is concerned the team will depend on bowlers such as Peter Younghusband, Logan van Beek, Rachin Ravindra, Michael Snedden, and Ollie Newton to pick up crucial wickets. Michael Snedden is the top wicket-taker for Wellington Firebirds with 12 scalps from 6 matches. He is bowling at an economy rate of 6.16 though. Wellington Firebirds played their encounter against Central Districts on 18th December.

Batting first, the Central Districts team managed to put a decent total on the board with 268 runs for the loss of 6 wickets from their quota of 47 overs. The game was curtailed due to rain and the Wellington Firebirds were asked to get 158 runs from 23 overs according to the Duckworth and Lewis method. Wellington Firebirds could muster just 140 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in that period. None of the Wellington Firebirds bowlers could make much of an impression in the Central Districts' innings. Luke Georgeson scored 54 runs in the Wellington innings from 62 balls with 7 fours.