AUK vs WEL Dream11 Team Prediction: Despite showing strong promise and having star-studded teams, Wellington and Auckland have failed to make an impact in the New Zealand ODD Ford Trophy. Both teams have won only 1 game each in 4 games so far. With the road to the semi-final getting tough, both teams will be desperate to win this game. So let’s look at the AUK vs WEL Prediction.
Fixture: Auckland vs Wellington; New Zealand ODD 2020
When: 13 December, 03:30 AM IST
Venue: Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland
Points table:
AUK: 5th place
WEL: 4th place
Live Stream Online: Auckland vs Wellington; New Zealand ODD live cricket streaming on NewZealand Cricket YouTube channel
AUK Team News: D Ferns returns for Auckland
Playing combination: M Guptill and SM Solia will open the innings. WT O’Donnell, GK Beghin and BJ Horne will form the middle order. B Lister, RM ter Braak, and L Delport will be the key bowlers.
AUK Playing 11:
M Guptill, S Solia, Robert O’Donnell (C), Ryan Harrison, Ben Horne, Ben Lister, Colin Munro, Will O’Donnell, R Braak, Brad Rodden, Will Somerville
WEL Team News:
Injuries, unavailability: Nick Greenwood, Adam Leonard, James Hartshorn and Finn Allen are included in Wellington’s squad
Playing combination: A Fletcher and L Johns are solid as openers. JNP Bhula was sensational at number 3 in the last game so he will continue to play number 3. Skipper M Bracewell, T Johnson, and F Colson will form the middle-order. I McPeake will form the bowling artillery.
WEL Playing 11:
Andrew Fletcher, Jakob Bhula, Troy Johnson, Michael Bracewell (c), Fraser Colson, Jamie Gibson, Lauchie Johns (wk), Peter Younghusband, Brett Johnson, Iain Mcpeake, James Hartshorn.
In AUK vs OTG Dream11 prediction, No batsman has clicked for Auckland so far in this tournament while in bowling R Harrison is the lone shining light. Wellington on the other hand will bank on M Bracewell and F Colson to get the runs while the bowling has been in shambles so far.
AUK vs WEL Dream11 Prediction:
Wicket-keepers: B Horne
Batsmen: W.O’Donnell, R O’Donnell, M Guptill, J Bhula
All-rounder:R Harrison, M Bracewell, P Younghusband
Bowlers: R ter Braak, W Somerville, I Mcpeake
Captain and vice-captain:
WT O’Donnell was very solid in the last match as he made 85 runs from 110 balls with 6 fours against Otago. Expect him to add to his runs tally in this game too.
JJNP Bhula scored 97 runs from 115 balls in the previous match and steered the team home against Central Districts. His good form makes him a solid choice for vice-captain.
M Guptill played a crisp knock of 40 runs off 31 balls with six fours in the last game. He looked in good touch while he was at the crease. He is a mighty experienced player with 246 List A appearances and 9441 runs including 27 hundreds.
P Younghusband was very effective in the last match. He bowled 10 overs and picked 3 wickets conceding 42 runs. He also picked a wicket in the previous game. So he has now 4 wickets in 2 games.
This should be a close contest. However, the strong top-order makes Auckland the better team. So in the AUK vs WEL Dream11 today match prediction, expect AUK to win the game.