Australia vs New Zealand - FINAL!

Author: Shreyas
14 Nov 2021 14:51:03
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Australia vs New Zealand - Final of the ICC Men's T20I World Cup'2021, at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai 

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1. TOURNAMENT STATS AND INFO

(i) Points Table Scenario

AUS - 5 - 4w/1l (2nd - Group 1)
NZ - 5 - 4w/1l (2nd - Group 2)

(ii) Top Performers

AUS

David Warner - 4th highest run scorer (236), Avg (47.20) - 6M/6I
Aaron Finch - 26th highest run scorer (130), Avg (21.67) - 6M/6I

Adam Zampa - 2nd highest wicket taker (12), Avg (11), SR (11.5) - 6M/6I
Mitchell Starc - 5th highest wicket taker (9), Avg (21), SR (15.3) - 6M/6I
Josh Hazlewood - 13th highest wicket taker (8), Avg (19.87), SR (15) - 6M/6I

NZ

Daryl Mitchell - 8th highest run scorer (197), Avg (39.40) - 6M/6I
Martin Guptill - 10th highest run scorer (180), Avg (30) - 6M/6I
Kane Williamson - 24th highest run scorer (131), Avg (32.75) - 6M/6I

Trent Boult - 3rd highest wicket taker (11), Avg (14.09), SR (12.9) - 6M/6I
Ish Sodhi - 5th highest wicket taker (9), Avg (17.11), SR (14) - 6M/6I
Tim Southee - 13th highest wicket taker (8), Avg (17.25), SR (18) - 6M/6I

(iii) Toss Based Analysis

Australia (AUS)

1. David Warner
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(2)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 14(15), 65(42), 18(14), 89(56)*, 49(30)

2. Aaron Finch
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 44(49)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(5), 37(23), 40(20), 9(11), 0(1)

3. Mitchell Marsh
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(17), 16(5)*, 53(32)&0w, 28(22)&0w

4. Steven Smith
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(5)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 35(34), 28(26)*, 5(6)

5. Glenn Maxwell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(9)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 18(21)&1w, 5(6)&0w, 1w, 0w, 7(10)&0w

6. Matthew Wade
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 18(18)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 15(10)*, 41(17)*

7. Marcus Stoinis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 24(16)*, 16(7)*&0w, 40(31)*

8. Adam Zampa
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 2w, 5w, 1w, 1w

9. Ashton Agar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 18(18)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

10. Pat Cummins
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(3)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 1w

11. Mitchell Starc
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 13(6)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 2w

12. Josh Hazlewood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 0w, 2w, 4w, 0w

13. Josh Inglis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

14. Mitchell Swepson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

15. Kane Richardson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

New Zealand (NZ)

1. Martin Guptill
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 17(20), 93(56), 18(18)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 20(17), 28(23), 4(3)

2. Daryl Mitchell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 27(20), 13(11), 19(15)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 49(35), 17(12), 72(47)*

3. Kane Williamson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 25(26), 0(4), 28(25)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 33(31)*, 40(42)*, 5(11)

4. Mark Chapman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

5. James Neesham
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(2)&0w, 10(6)*, 35(23)*&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 27(11)&1w

6. Mitchell Santner
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(5)&1w  2(3)*&0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 0w, 0w

7. Glenn Phillips
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 13(15), 33(37), 39(21)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(4)&0w

8. Kyle Jamieson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

9. Tim Seifert
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 8(8)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

10. Tim Southee
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w, 1w

11. Trent Boult
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 2w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 3w, 0w

12. Adam Milne
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w, 1w

13. Ish Sodhi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 2w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w, 1w

14. Todd Astle
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

2. VENUE AND PITCH INFO

Venue - Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai 

(i) Total Matches - T20s

Overall - 194

Avg 1st Innings - 158
Avg 2nd Innings - 134

Highest total - 219/2 (Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Delhi Capitals - 28th October'2020)

(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground

AUS - 11 - 5w/6l
NZ - 8 - 3w/5l

(iii) Top Performers on this venue from the current squads - T20s

AUS

David Warner - 8th highest run scorer (620), Avg (38.75) - 18M/18I
Aaron Finch - 28th highest run scorer (379), Avg (27.07) - 15M/15I
Glenn Maxwell - 35th highest run scorer (346), Avg (23.07) - 19M/18I
Marcus Stoinis - 68th highest run scorer (226), Avg (28.25) - 13M/11I

Pat Cummins - 39th highest wicket taker (14), Avg (15), SR (12.9) - 9M/9I
Mitchell Starc - 55th highest wicket taker (11), Avg (15), SR (16.5) - 5M/5I
Adam Zampa - 58th highest wicket taker (10), Avg (17), SR (13.8) - 6M/6I
Glenn Maxwell - 68th highest wicket taker (9), Avg (31), SR (25) - 19M/14I
Josh Hazlewood - 75th highest wicket taker (8), Avg (27.63), SR (23.25) - 9M/9I

NZ

Kane Williamson - 34th highest run scorer (343), Avg (42.88) - 12M/12I

Trent Boult - 41st highest wicket taker (13), Avg (14.9), SR (12) - 7M/7I

(iv) Recent Matches on this venue

1) Pakistan vs Australia - 11th November'2021
176/4 vs 177/5 (AUS won by 5 wkts)

David Warner - 49(30)
Matthew Wade - 41(17)*
Marcus Stoinis - 40(31)*
Mitchell Marsh - 28(22)
Mitchell Starc - 2w
Pat Cummins - 1w
Adam Zampa - 1w

Pacers - 3w+1w=4w
Spinners - 1w+4w=5w

2) Namibia vs India - 8th November'2021
132/8 vs 136/1 (IND won by 9 wkts)

Pacers - 2w+1w=3w
Spinners - 6w+0w=6w

3 Scotland vs India - 5th November'2021
85/10 vs 89/2 (IND won by 8 wkts)

Pacers - 5w+1w=6w
Spinners - 4w+1w=5w

4) Bangladesh vs Australia - 4th November'2021
73/10 vs 78/2 (AUS won by 8 wkts)

Aaron Finch - 40(20)
David Warner - 18(14)
Adam Zampa - 5w
Josh Hazlewood - 2w
Mitchell Starc - 2w
Glenn Maxwell - 1w

Pacers - 4w+2w=6w
Spinners - 6w+0w=6w

5) New Zealand vs Scotland - 3rd November'2021
172/5 vs 156/5 (NZ won by 16 runs)

Martin Guptill - 93(56)
Glenn Phillips - 33(37)
Ish Sodhi - 2w
Trent Boult - 2w
Tim Southee - 1w

Pacers - 4w+3w=7w
Spinners - 1w+2w=3w

6) India vs New Zealand - 31st October'2021
110/7 vs 111/2 (NZ won by 8 wkts)

Daryl Mitchell - 49(35)
Kane Williamson - 33(31)*
Martin Guptill - 20(17)
Trent Boult - 3w
Ish Sodhi - 2w
Tim Southee - 1w
Adam Milne - 1w

Pacers - 5w+2w=7w
Spinners - 2w+0w=2w

7) Australia vs England - 30th October'2021
125/10 vs 126/2 (ENG won by 8 wkts)

Aaron Finch - 44(49)
Ashton Agar - 20(20) & 1w
Matthew Wade - 18(18)
Adam Zampa - 1w

Pacers - 7w+0w=7w
Spinners - 2w+2w=4w

8) Afghanistan vs Pakistan - 29th October'2021
147/6 vs 148/5 (PAK won by 5 wkts)

Pacers - 3w+1w=4w
Spinners - 3w+4w=7w

9) Sri Lanka vs Australia - 28th October'2021
154/6 vs 155/3 (AUS won by 7 wkts)

David Warner - 65(42)
Aaron Finch - 37(23)
Steven Smith - 28(26)*
Adam Zampa - 2w
Pat Cummins - 2w
Mitchell Starc - 2w

Pacers - 4w+1w=5w
Spinners - 2w+2w=4w

10) West Indies vs South Africa - 26th October'2021
143/8 vs 144/2 (SA won by 8 wkts)

Pacers - 5w+0w=5w
Spinners - 2w+1w=3w

SUMMARY

Pacers
1st Innings - 39w
2nd Innings - 12w

Spinners
1st Innings - 27w
2nd Innings - 12w

Overall
51w:39w (Pacers:Spinners)

(v) Toss Based Analysis on this venue

Australia (AUS)

1. Aaron Finch
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 88(53)*, 16(15), 29(27), 52(35), 2(9), 15(11), 44(49)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(9), 3(10), 1(3), 20(21), 13(14), 14(11), 37(23), 40(20), 0(1)

2. David Warner
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 58(45)*, 65(51), 28(29), 52(40), 48(38), 66(34), 0(3), 1(2)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 53(39)*, 6(6), 9(13), 4(4), 35(20), 65(42), 18(14), 49(30)

3. Mitchell Marsh
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 21(23)&0w, 21(24)&2w, 0w, 16(5)*, 28(22)&0w

4. Matthew Wade
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 18(18)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 41(17)*

5. Josh Inglis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

6. Steven Smith
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 57(36), 19(15), 1(5)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 19(20), 3(6), 3(7), 5(6), 1(4), 4(4), 28(26)*, 5(6)

7. Glenn Maxwell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5(6)&1w, 11(7)*, 12(13), 56(37)&2w, 6(9)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 6(6)&0w, 17(10)&3w, 52(37)&0w, 4(8), 1(4), 7(12)&0w, 0(2)&0w, 32(24)&1w, 50(30)*&0w, 51(33)*&0w, 5(6)&0w, 1w, 7(10)&0w

8. Marcus Stoinis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 53(21)&2w, 5(3)*, 53(26)*, 18(19), 9(10)&0w, 2(3)&0w, 0(1)&1w, 0(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 5(6)&0w, 65(46)&1w, 0w, 16(7)*&0w, 40(31)*

9. Ashton Agar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 20(20)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

10. Adam Zampa
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w, 2w, 5w, 1w

11. Pat Cummins
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(10)&1w, 2w, 15(11)&4w, 12(3)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 0w, 1w

12. Mitchell Swepson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

13. Kane Richardson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

14. Mitchell Starc
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 13(6)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 2w

15. Josh Hazlewood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 0w

New Zealand (NZ)

1. Martin Guptill
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 32(30), 93(56)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 20(17)

2. Daryl Mitchell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 13(11)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 49(35)

3. Kane Williamson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0(1), 32(31), 37(34), 9(13), 20(10)*, 22(12)*, 11(10)*, 18(26), 26(21), 0(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 60(38), 57(39), 33(31)*

4. Mark Chapman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

5. Tim Seifert
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 11(7), 2(4)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(1)

6. James Neesham
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(9)&0w, 7(4)*&3w, 10(6)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 10(8)*&1w

7. Mitchell Santner
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(3)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1w, 0w

8. Tim Southee
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 2w, 1w

9. Glenn Phillips
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5(12), 33(37)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 26(24)

10. Adam Milne
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 2w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 1w, 1w

11. Todd Astle
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

12. Kyle Jamieson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(2)*&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

13. Ish Sodhi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(9)*&0w, 2w

14. Trent Boult
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 2w, 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 3w, 3w, 2w, 1w, 3w

3. HEAD TO HEAD

(i) Overall
14 - 9w/5l (In favour of AUS)

(ii) Last 5 Matches
5 - 3w/2l (In favour of NZ)

(iii) On This Venue
Not Played Yet

(iv) Recent Head to Head Matches

1) Australia vs New Zealand - 7th March'2021
142/8 vs 143/3 (NZ won by 7 wkts)

Matthew Wade - 44(29)
Aaron Finch - 36(32)
Marcus Stoinis - 26(26)
Martin Guptill - 71(46)
Glenn Phillips - 34(16)*
Ish Sodhi - 3w
Tim Southee - 2w
Trent Boult - 2w
Mark Chapman - 1w

2) Australia vs New Zealand - 5th March'2021
156/6 vs 106/10 (AUS won by 50 runs)

Aaron Finch - 79(55)*
Marcus Stoinis - 19(13)
Kane Richardson - 3w
Glenn Maxwell - 2w
Adam Zampa - 2w
Ashton Agar - 2w
Kyle Jamieson - 30(18)
Tim Seifert - 19(28)
Ish Sodhi - 3w
Trent Boult - 2w
Mitchell Santner - 1w

3) Australia vs New Zealand - 3rd March'2021
208/4 vs 144/10 (AUS won by 64 runs)

Glenn Maxwell - 70(31)
Aaron Finch - 69(44)
Ashton Agar - 6w
Adam Zampa - 1w
Kane Richardson - 1w
Martin Guptill - 43(28)
Ish Sodhi - 2w
Trent Boult - 1w
Tim Southee - 1w

4) New Zealand vs Australia - 25th February'2021
219/7 vs 215/8 (NZ won by 4 runs)

Martin Guptill - 97(50)
Kane Williamson - 53(35)
James Neesham - 45(16)* & 2w
Mitchell Santner - 4w
Ish Sodhi - 1w
Tim Southee - 1w
Marcus Stoinis - 78(37)
Matthew Wade - 24(15)
Kane Richardson - 3w
Adam Zampa - 1w

(v) Top Performers from current squads when both these sides meet

AUS

Aaron Finch - 2nd highest run scorer (251), Avg (62.75) - 7M/7I
Glenn Maxwell - 4th highest run scorer (206), Avg (29.42) - 9M/9I
David Warner - 6th highest run scorer (158), Avg (22.57) - 7M/7I
Marcus Stoinis - 7th highest run scorer (144), Avg (28.80) - 8M/6I

Ashton Agar - 2nd highest wicket taker (13), Avg (16), SR (13.3) - 9M/9I
Kane Richardson - 3rd highest wicket taker (11), Avg (21), SR (14.7) - 8M/8I
Adam Zampa - 9th highest wicket taker (5), Avg (34), SR (23.4) - 7M/7I

NZ

Martin Guptill - Highest run scorer (435), Avg (36.25) - 12M/12I
Kane Williamson - 11th highest run scorer (124), Avg (13.77) - 9M/9I

Ish Sodhi - Highest wicket taker (16), Avg (15.68), SR (12.7) - 9M/9I
Trent Boult - 4th highest wicket taker (10), Avg (22.70), SR (17.3) - 8M/8I
Mitchell Santner - 5th highest wicket taker (9), Avg (20), SR (16.7) - 7M/7I
Tim Southee - 5th highest wicket taker (9), Avg (37), SR (24) - 10M/10I

(vi) Toss Based Analysis (H2H)

Australia (AUS)

1. David Warner
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 6(11), 6(8), 59(24), 25(23)

2. Aaron Finch
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 69(44), 79(55)*, 36(32)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 36(14)*, 18(13)*, 1(2), 12(14)

3. Mitchell Marsh
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6(6)*, 6(6), 10(9)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 24(23)&1w, 45(33), 0(1)

4. Steven Smith
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 6(7)

5. Glenn Maxwell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 70(31)&0w, 18(9)&2w, 1(2)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 22(23)&2w, 40(24)*, 31(14), 20(18)*, 1(5)&0w, 3(5)

6. Matthew Wade
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5(6), 14(10), 44(29)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 12(12), 24(15)

7. Marcus Stoinis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 9(8)*&0w, 19(13), 26(26)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 4(5)&0w, 1w, 8(11)&1w, 78(37)&0w

8. Adam Zampa
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 2w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w, 13(8)*&0w, 1w

9. Ashton Agar
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 6w, 2w, 6(7)&0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 9(8)&0w, 1w, 1w, 3w, 23(13)&0w, 0w

10. Pat Cummins
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

11. Mitchell Starc
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

12. Josh Hazlewood
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

13. Josh Inglis
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

14. Mitchell Swepson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

15. Kane Richardson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 3w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 3w

New Zealand (NZ)

1. Martin Guptill
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 39(27), 5(5), 105(54), 21(15), 0(3), 97(50)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 43(28), 7(10), 71(46)

2. Daryl Mitchell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

3. Kane Williamson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 24(20), 8(21), 1(2), 9(9), 12(13), 53(35)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 9(6), 8(12), 0(1)

4. Mark Chapman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 16(14), 8(9)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 18(10), 1(2)*&1w

5. James Neesham
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 26(15)&0w, 45(16)*&2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(1)&0w, 3(5)

6. Mitchell Santner
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 0w, 1w, 7(5)*&1w, 4w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 0w

7. Glenn Phillips
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 30(20), 8(6)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 13(10), 1(3)  34(16)*&0w

8. Kyle Jamieson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 11(9)&0w, 30(18)&0w

9. Tim Seifert
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(6), 3(8), 1(5), 3(6)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(4), 19(28)

10. Tim Southee
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 0w, 2w

11. Trent Boult
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w, 2w

12. Adam Milne
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

13. Ish Sodhi
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 0w, 1w, 13(16)&1w, 4w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2w, 3w, 3w

14. Todd Astle
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 
 

4. PLAYER BATTLES

AUS BATTING vs NZ BOWLING

1. David Warner
vs Boult - 37r, 38b, 1w
vs Southee - 86r, 47b, 1w
vs Sodhi - 9r, 8b, 2w
vs Milne - 30r, 13b, 0w
vs Santner - 6r, 8b, 1w
vs Neesham - 25r, 19b, 0w (ODIs)

2. Aaron Finch
vs Boult - 64r, 44b, 1w
vs Southee - 86r, 65b, 1w
vs Sodhi - 45r, 37b, 3w
vs Milne - 48r, 33b, 1w
vs Santner - 25r, 25b, 0w
vs Neesham - 25r, 17b, 0w

3. Steven Smith
vs Boult - 16r, 13b, 0w
vs Southee - 48r, 30b, 0w
vs Sodhi - 4r, 12b, 1w
vs Milne - 2r, 3b, 0w (ODIs)
vs Santner - 6r, 10b, 1w
vs Neesham - 16r, 9b, 1w

4. Mitchell Marsh
vs Boult - 12r, 10b, 0w
vs Southee - 16r, 11b, 1w
vs Sodhi - 11r, 17b, 1w
vs Milne - 3r, 7b, 0w
vs Santner - 23r, 18b, 1w
vs Neesham - 8r, 5b, 0w

5. Glenn Maxwell
vs Boult - 24r, 24b, 2w
vs Southee - 68r, 37b, 3w
vs Sodhi - 48r, 36b, 2w
vs Milne - 46r, 22b, 0w
vs Santner - 15r, 16b, 1w
vs Neesham - 34r, 11b, 0w

6. Marcus Stoinis
vs Boult - 31r, 26b, 1w
vs Southee - 29r, 17b, 0w
vs Sodhi - 42r, 28b, 3w
vs Milne -
vs Santner - 19r, 17b, 0w
vs Neesham - 7r, 5b, 1w

7. Matthew Wade
vs Boult - 37r, 23b, 3w
vs Southee - 23r, 22b, 1w
vs Sodhi - 11r, 6b, 0w
vs Milne - 29r, 29b, 1w (ODIs)
vs Santner - 7r, 6b, 1w (4r, 15b, 2w - ODIs)
vs Neesham - 19r, 4b, 0w (ODIs)

NZ BATTING vs AUS BOWLING

1. Martin Guptill
vs Starc - 1r, 3b, 0w
vs Cummins - 87r, 99b, 2w (ODIs)
vs Zampa - 63r, 34b, 1w
vs Hazlewood - 118r 130b, 1w (ODIs)
vs Maxwell - 8r, 9b, 0w
vs Marsh - 39r, 43b, 1w (ODIs)

2. Daryl Mitchell
vs Starc -
vs Cummins -
vs Zampa -
vs Hazlewood -
vs Maxwell -
vs Marsh -

3. Kane Williamson
vs Starc - 53r, 69b, 1w (ODIs)
vs Cummins - 27r, 19b, 0w
vs Zampa - 37r, 38b, 2w
vs Hazlewood - 5r, 2b, 0w (42r, 79b, 2w - ODIs)
vs Maxwell - 6r, 10b, 2w
vs Marsh - 35r, 34b, 0w (ODIs)

4. Tim Seifert
vs Starc -
vs Cummins -
vs Zampa - 4r, 8b, 0w
vs Hazlewood -
vs Maxwell -
vs Marsh -

5. Glenn Phillips
vs Starc -
vs Cummins -
vs Zampa - 29r, 15b, 0w
vs Hazlewood -
vs Maxwell - 8r, 4b, 0w
vs Marsh -

6. James Neesham
vs Starc - 16r, 18b, 1w (ODIs)
vs Cummins - 32r, 41b, 1w (ODIs)
vs Zampa - 8r, 4b, 1w
vs Hazlewood - 27r, 31b, 4w (ODIs)
vs Maxwell - 8r, 7b, 0w
vs Marsh - 27r, 24b, 0w (ODIs)

5. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING

A) AUSTRALIA (AUS) SQUAD:

Probable XI

1) David Warner - LHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 49, 89*, 18, 1, 65, 14, 1, 0, 2, 0

2) Aaron Finch - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 0, 9, 40, 44, 37, 0, 8, 24, 34, 53

3) Mitchell Marsh - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 28r 0w, 53r 0w, 16*, 11, 0r 0w, 24r 0w, 111r 1w, 4, 11, 51r 0w

4) Steven Smith - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 5, 1, 28*, 35, 57, 35, 9

5) Glenn Maxwell - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 7r 0w, 0w, 1w, 6, 5r 0w, 18r 1w, 37r 0w, 15r 0w

6) Marcus Stoinis - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 40*, 0, 16r 0w, 24*, 41r 0w, 28, 18, 0w

7) Matthew Wade - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 41*, 18, 15*, 4*, 0, 22, 2, 1

8) Adam Zampa - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 5w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 1w, 2w

9) Pat Cummins - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 0w, 12r 0w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 11r 3w, 2w

10) Mitchell Starc - LHB, LF
Last 10 - 2w, 1w, 2w, 13r 0w, 2w, 2w, 0w, 13r 1w, 13r 1w, 14r 2w

11) Josh Hazlewood - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 4w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 2w

BENCH

12) Ashton Agar - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 20r 1w, 1w, 23r 1w, 11r 2w, 2r 1w, 27r 1w, 0w, 1w, 7r 0w, 19r 2w

13) Josh Inglis - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 8*, 28, 13, 3, 72, 2, 19, 2, 55, 13

14) Mitchell Swepson - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 0w, 3w, 14r 1w, 0w, 3w, 25r 2w, 4w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 2w

15) Kane Richardson - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 3w, 18r 2w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 1w, 3w, 0w, 2w

Safe C/VC choices
Glenn Maxwell, Aaron Finch

B) NEW ZEALAND (NZ) SQUAD:

OUT - Lockie Ferguson, Devon Conway
IN - Adam Milne

Probable XI

1) Martin Guptill - RHB
Last 10 - 4, 28, 18, 93, 20, 17, 41, 30, 0, 5

2) Daryl Mitchell - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 72*, 17, 19, 13, 49, 27, 2r 0w, 33*, 43, 2, 38r 2w, 23r 1w

3) Kane Williamson - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 5, 40*, 28, 0, 33*, 25, 37, 31, 26, 11, 51*

4) Tim Seifert - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 8, 8, 2, 10, 11, 1, 12, 24*
/
Mark Chapman

5) Glenn Phillips - RHB, Offbreak, WK
Last 10 - 2r 0w, 39*, 33, 13, 7r 1w, 2, 8r 1w, 14r 0w, 80*

6) James Neesham - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 27r 1w, 1w, 35r 1w, 10, 1r 0w, 31r 0w, 2w, 3w, 0w, 6r 1w

7) Mitchell Santner - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 1r 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 0w, 0w, 0w

8) Tim Southee - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 10r 1w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 1w, 4w

9) Adam Milne - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 15r 2w, 1w, 2w, 2w

10) Ish Sodhi - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 1w, 2w, 2w, 2w, 25r 3w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 13r 6w

11) Trent Boult - RHB, LF
Last 10 - 0w, 3w, 2w, 2w, 3w, 1w, 2w, 1w, 0w, 1w

BENCH

12) Kyle Jamieson - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 31r 1w, 0w, 0w

13) Mark Chapman - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 1, 0*, 7, 0w, 57, 19*, 1w, 18, 16, 36

14) Todd Astle - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 16r 0w, 0w, 4w, 1w, 17r 3w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 1w, 1w

Safe C/VC choices
Martin Guptill, Ish Sodhi

Differential GL C/VC choices

AUS - David Warner, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Marsh, Adam Zampa

NZ - Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Kane Williamson, Trent Boult, Glenn Phillips

My Fantasy Team (SL)
(Pre Toss)

Wk - Wade/Seifert
Bat - Warner, Finch, Williamson, Guptill, Mitchell
AR - Marsh, Neesham
Bowl - Sodhi, Zampa/Boult, Starc

Options - Maxwell, Southee

GL Picks - Hazlewood, Cummins, Smith, Phillips

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