Probable XI –
Otago Volts –
Hamish Rutherford (c), Josh Tasman Jones, Neil Broom, Nick Kelly, Anaru Kitchen, Llew Johnson, Michael Rippon, Max Chu (wk), Angus Mckenzie, Jacob Duffy, Matthew Bacon
Auckland Aces –
Martin Guptill, George Worker, Mark Chapman, Glenn Phillips, Robert O’Donnell (c), Ben Horne (wk), William Somerville, Lockie Ferguson, Louis Delport, Adithya Ashok, Ben Lister
Small League Combination 1 –
1. Glenn Phillips
2. Martin Guptill(VC)
3. Hamish Rutherford
4. Nick Kelly
5. Mark Chapman
6. Anaru Kitchen(C)
7. Jacob Duffy
8. Matthew Bacon
9. Lockie Ferguson
10. Benjamin Lister
11. Adithya Ashok
– Anarau Kitchen looks safest captain choice considering his three down batting and full overs with the bowl.
– Martin Guptill might be a good VC considering his current lethal form with bat and average of 55 in 12 H2H innings.
– Glenn Phillips might be a good punt as he’s expected to open the innings and averaged above 55 in 9 H2H innings.
– Taking punt on Nick Kelly who has done extremely well against opponent in 5 innings.
– Dropped Michael Rippon as he might not perform with both bat and ball in two consecutive innings.
– Matthew Bacon can give decent fantasy points considering his bowling in death overs.
– Can take George Worker at the place of Adithya Ashok especially if Auckland gets to bat first.
Small League Combination 2 –
1. Glenn Phillips(C)
2. Neil Broom
3. Martin Guptill
4. George Worker
5. Mark Chapman(VC)
6. Nick Kelly
7. Anaru Kitchen
8. Jacob Duffy
9. Lockie Ferguson
10. Matthew Bacon
11. Benjamin Lister
– Glenn Phillips might be another good captain choice considering his batting average of 56 in 9 H2H innings.
– Mark Chapman might be a decent VC choice as he’s batting at one down and bowling part time overs too.
– Dropped Hamish Rutherford to take Neil Broom as he’s due to play a good knock from last three innings.
– George Worker might be another decent punt as he’s getting failed from the last three innings.
– Must try Matthew Bacon and Benjamin Lister as C/VC in 10-20-339 members league.
Grand League Combination –
1. Glenn Phillips
2. Neil Broom(VC)
3. Robert O’Donnell(C)
4. Mark Chapman
5. Nick Kelly
6. William Somerville
7. Anaru Kitchen
8. Jacob Duffy
9. Matthew Bacon
10. Lockie Ferguson
11. Ben Lister/Delport
– Robert O’Donnell looks an open captain choice in GL as his due knock of the season might come in this match.
– Can go with anyone from Nick Kelly or Neil Broom as VC as both are due to play a top knock from a long time.
– Dropped Martin Guptill also as he might not go big in two consecutive innings.
– William Somerville might be a decent GL pick as he’s expected to bat at 4-5 down and bowl atleast a couple of overs.
– Must try Matthew Bacon and Glenn Phillips as C/VC in different combinations of GL.
