WF vs NK 13th Match Prediction

WF vs NK Team Previews

Wellington Firebirds

As far as the batting department is concerned, the Wellington Firebirds will rely on the likes of skipper Troy Johnson, Tom Robinson, Nick Kelly, Tom Blundell, and all-rounder Rachin Ravindra for scoring most of the runs for their side. In an earlier game, Tom Blundell and Rachin Ravindra were the only players that could register scores in double digits as the Wellington outfit got bundled up for just 79 runs from 27.5 overs. As far as the bowling attack is concerned the Wellington Firebirds will rely on the likes of Michael Sneddon, Ollie Newton, Rachin Ravindra, Peter Younghusband, and Logan Van Beek to provide significant breakthroughs.

In their last encounter, the Firebirds bowler Logan van Beek was the top bowler. He picked up 3 scalps for 24 runs from his 8 overs. Apart from van Beek, another bowler that had a good outing was Ollie Newton who claimed one wicket but gave away just 17 runs in doing so. Wellington took a drubbing in this game at the hands of the Canterbury side. Batting first they got off to a decent start with Tom Blundell and Rachin Ravindra putting on 32 runs for the opening wicket. But after the fall of the first wicket, the entire Firebirds batting order collapsed and were bowled out for 79 runs.

Only Logan van Beek could score in double figures after the opening pair was out. There was little the Firebirds bowling could do in these circumstances with practically nothing on the board. However, van Beek managed to make early inroads into the Canterbury batting line-up by picking up vital wickets. But any hopes of a daring comeback into the match were whittled away with Cole McConchie and Leo Carter scoring 27 and 25 not out respectively. Canterbury reached their target easily in the end within 18.2 overs with 5 wickets to spare. 

Northern Knights

The Northern Knights team management will be keen to have their senior players back in form in this game. Players such as Tim Seifert and Jeet Raval are crucial for the fortunes of their side. As far as the batting department is concerned for Northern Knights, they will rely on the likes of Jeet Raval, wicketkeeper-batsman Tim Seifert, Brett Hampton, Katene Clarke, and Joe Carter to score most of the runs for their team in this match. The opening batsman Katene Clarke has scored 104 runs from his 4 innings for Northern Knights.

As far as the Northern Knights' bowling attack is concerned, the team will rely on the likes of Kristian Clarke, Tim Pringle, Scott Kuggeleijn, Brett Hampton, and Neil Wagner to get most of the wickets. The bowling figures for Northern Knights are currently led by the left-arm fast bowler Neil Wagner. He has claimed 9 wickets thus far in the competition with an economy rate of 3.83. The last match Northern Knights played was against Auckland Aces and the game ended with no result due to the rain interruption.

In this rain-curtailed game, Auckland scored 212 for 5 batting first from 41.2 overs before the rains came down. The Northern Knights were asked to score a revised target of 168 runs from 25 overs. When the team had reached 76 for 1 from 14.4 overs, the rain came down again and no further play was possible in the match. The game had to be abandoned without a result. After the early loss of Katene Clarke during the chase, the pair of Tim Seifert and Jeet Raval put on 75 runs for the second wicket before the rain.