Otago Volts vs Auckland Aces - Match 16

Author: Shreyas
29 Dec 2021 04:52:26
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Otago Volts vs Auckland Aces - 16th Match of Super Smash 2021-22, at John Davies Oval, Queenstown 

Weather Forecast
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1. VENUE AND PITCH INFO

Venue - John Davies Oval, Queenstown 

(i) Total Matches - T20s

Overall - 4

Avg 1st Innings - 158
Avg 2nd Innings - 155

Highest total - 174/3 (Otago Volts vs Wellington Firebirds - 30th December'2011)

(ii) Performance of both teams on this ground

OV - 4 - 2w/2l
AA - 1 - 0w/1l

(iii) Recent Matches on this venue

1) Otago Volts vs Wellington Firebirds - 28th December'2021
166/7 vs 170/5 (WF won by 5 wkts)

Hamish Rutherford - 12(10) & 1w
JJ Tasman-Jones - 35(26)
Neil Broom - 6(9)
Nick Kelly - 8(7)
Llew Johnson - 0(1)
Anaru Kitchen - 54(34) & 1w
Michael Rippon - 28(25)* & 2w
Max Chu - 9(8)
Matthew Bacon - 1w
Jacob Duffy - 0w
Angus McKenzie - 0w

Pacers - 6w+1w=7w
Spinners - 1w+4w=5w

2) Otago Volts vs Auckland Aces - 30th December'2012
157/7 vs 144/9 (OV won by 13 runs)

Hamish Rutherford - 5(6)
Neil Broom - 14(18)
Jacob Duffy - 4w
Anaru Kitchen - 3(5)

Pacers - 4w+7w=11w
Spinners - 0w+0w=0w

3) Wellington Firebirds vs Otago Volts - 30th December'2011
170/3 vs 174/3 (OV won by 7 wkts)

Neil Broom - 13(10)*
James Neesham - 0w

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

4) Otago Volts vs Wellington Firebirds - 28th December'2010
147/8 vs 148/7 (WF won by 3 wkts)

Hamish Rutherford - 1(2)

Pacers - 5w+3w=8w
Spinners - 2w+3w=5w

SUMMARY

Pacers
1st Innings - 17w
2nd Innings - 13w

Spinners
1st Innings - 4w
2nd Innings - 8w

Overall
30w:12w (Pacers:Spinners)

2. HEAD TO HEAD

(i) Overall
27 - 16w/11l (In favour of AA)

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

(iii) On This Venue
1 - 1w/0l (In favour of OV)

(iv) Recent Head to Head Matches

1) Auckland Aces vs Otago Volts - 1st February'2021
183/7 vs 80/10 (AA won by 103 runs)

William O'Donnell - 40(30)
Mark Chapman - 36(23)
Sean Solia - 27(15)
Robert O'Donnell - 21(14)
Kyle Jamieson - 21(12)* & 3w
Glenn Phillips - 20(17)
Ross Ter Braak - 2w
William Somerville - 2w
Louis Delport - 1w
Danru Ferns - 1w
Nick Kelly - 38(29)
Michael Rae - 1w
Michael Rippon - 1w

2) Otago Volts vs Auckland Aces - 28th December'2020
219/7 vs 174/10 (OV won by 45 runs)

Llew Johnson - 72(44)
Mitch Renwick - 42(22)
Neil Broom - 30(13)
Nick Kelly - 27(18)
Hamish Rutherford - 25(13)
Matthew Bacon - 3w
Jacob Duffy - 1w
Anaru Kitchen - 1w
Michael Rippon - 1w
Ben Horne - 63(35)
Sean Solia - 30(29)
William O'Donnell - 23(15)
Robert O'Donnell - 18(12)
Danru Ferns - 3w
Glenn Phillips - 2w
Ollie Pringle - 1w
William Somerville - 1w

3) Otago Volts vs Auckland Aces - 17th January'2020
174/8 vs 178/7 (AA won by 3 wkts)

Nick Kelly - 60(44)
Anaru Kitchen - 21(13)
Michael Rae - 3w
Michael Rippon - 1w
Jacob Duffy - 1w
Martin Guptill - 43(31)
Robert O'Donnell - 27(13)*
Glenn Phillips - 27(25)
Mark Chapman - 19(15) & 2w
William Somerville - 3w
Kyle Jamieson - 1w

4) Otago Volts vs Auckland Aces - 14th December'2019
210/6 vs 197/5 (OV won by 13 runs)

Neil Broom - 93(57)
Hamish Rutherford - 52(23)
Michael Rippon - 2w
Jacob Duffy - 1w
Glenn Phillips - 106(61)*
Martin Guptill - 46(18)
Mark Chapman - 17(13)
William Somerville - 1w
Sean Solia - 1w

ON THIS VENUE

1) Otago Volts vs Auckland Aces - 30th December'2012
157/7 vs 144/9 (OV won by 13 runs)

Neil Broom - 14(18)
Jacob Duffy - 4w

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

OV

Hamish Rutherford - Highest run scorer (567), Avg (27) - 23M/22I
Neil Broom - 3rd highest run scorer (421), Avg (19.14) - 23M/22I
Anaru Kitchen - 4th highest run scorer (382), Avg (19.60) - 25M/20I

Jacob Duffy - Highest wicket taker (20), Avg (26.65), SR (17.1) - 18M/16I
Matthew Bacon - 15th highest wicket taker (7), Avg (7), SR (6.71) - 2M/2I

AA

Martin Guptill - 2nd highest run scorer (492), Avg (54.67) - 14M/12I
Glenn Phillips - 5th highest run scorer (335), Avg (55.83) - 10M/9I
Robert O'Donnell - 12th highest run scorer (212), Avg (70.67) - 10M/8I
Mark Chapman - 14th highest run scorer (202), Avg (28.86) - 11M/7I

William Somerville - 12th highest wicket taker (8), Avg (22.63), SR (15) - 7M/6I

(vi) Toss Based Analysis (H2H)

Otago Volts (OV)

1. Hamish Rutherford
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 42(27)&0w, 51(47), 52(33), 4(4), 25(13)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0(1), 5(4), 37(31), 4(6)

2. Neil Broom
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2(3), 93(57)*, 11(9), 30(13)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 23(16), 0(1)

3. Nick Kelly
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 12(13), 60(44), 27(18)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 38(29)

4. Llew Johnson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 72(44)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

5. Anaru Kitchen
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(5)&0w, 3(4)&0w, 21(13)&0w, 2(3)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 42(30)&0w, 14(10)&0w, 20(19)&0w, 4(4)&0w

6. Michael Rippon
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3(2)*&2w, 3(4)&1w, 10(7)&1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 18(17)&0w, 8(8)&1w

7. Dale Phillips
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 5(2)*
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

8. JJ Tasman-Jones
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 2(3)&0w

9. Jacob Duffy
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 13(6)*&0w, 1w, 10(6)*&1w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 2w, 0w

10. Max Chu
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 8(12)*

11. Matthew Bacon
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4w

12. Angus McKenzie
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

13. Mitch Renwick
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 42(22)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

14. Michael Rae
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 0w, 3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w

15. Josh Finnie
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 45(33)*, 2(4), 3(4), 2(3)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 6(6)&0w, 29(26), 16(8)&0w, 3(4)

16. Travis Muller
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

17. Jarrod McKay
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

18. Jake Gibson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

Auckland Aces (AA)

1. Martin Guptill
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 46(18), 43(31)

2. George Worker
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

3. Mark Chapman
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 76(32)&1w, 5(6), 29(24), 36(23)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 20(16), 17(13), 19(15)&2w

4. Sean Solia
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 30(24)*, 1(6)&0w, 27(15)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 7(4)*, 34(24)&1w, 3(5)*&1w, 30(29)&

5. Cole Briggs
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

6. Glenn Phillips
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 55(32), 5(5), 16(11), 20(17)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 62(44)*, 106(61)*, 27(25), 1(2)&2w

7. Ben Horne
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 26(17), 12(9)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 1(4), 0(1), 63(35)

8. Ben Lister
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w, 0w

9. Adithya Ashok
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

10. Louis Delport
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

11. Lockie Ferguson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

12. Kyle Jamieson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 21(12)*&3w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 0w, 1w

13. Danru Ferns
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 3w

14. Ross Ter Braak
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 2w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

15. Robert O'Donnell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 34(31), 22(23)*, 21(14)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 38(29)*, 27(13)*, 18(12)&0w

16. William O'Donnell
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 40(30)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 23(15)

17. William Somerville
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1w, 1w
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w, 3w, 6(5)*&1w

18. Ryan Harrison
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

19. Ollie Pringle
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 1w

20. Matthew Gibson
1st Batting/2nd Bowling -
2nd Batting/1st Bowling -

21. Graeme Beghin
1st Batting/2nd Bowling - 1(1)
2nd Batting/1st Bowling - 4(9)

3. SQUAD INFO WITH DETAILING

A) OTAGO VOLTS (OV) SQUAD:

Probable XI

1) Hamish Rutherford - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 12r 1w, 62, 7r 1w, 24, 8, 23, 82, 37, 4

2) JJ Tasman Jones - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 35, 2, 19*, 13*, 7, 4r 1w, 19r 1w, 13r 0w, 17r 0w, 6r 0w

3) Neil Broom - RHB, RM
Last 10 - 6, 2, 2, 7, 50, 62, 72, 30, 9

4) Nick Kelly - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 8, 22, 4, 1, 0, 24*, 57, 0, 12, 66, 234*, 16

5) Anaru Kitchen - RHB, LAO
Last 10 - 54r 1w, 2r 1w, 12r 1w, 3w, 16r 1w, 1w, 41r 0w, 25r 1w, 8r 0w, 16, 1r 0w

6) Llew Johnson - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 0, 4, 38, 25, 0, 6, 17, 17, 6

7) Michael Rippon - RHB, LWS
Last 10 - 28r 2w, 16r 1w, 7r 0w, 26r 0w, 3r 2w, 3w, 18r 4w, 0w, 7r 5w, 19r 3w, 35r 3w

8) Jacob Duffy - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 0w, 1w, 16r 1w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 11r 2w, 1w, 12r 1w, 4w, 0w

9) Matthew Bacon - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 0w, 4w, 1w, 0w, 2w, 2w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w

10) Max Chu - LHB, WK
Last 10 - 9, 11, 12, 10*, 0, 103*, 10, 31, 12

11) Angus McKenzie - LHB, RM
Last 10 - 0w, 5r 2w, 7r 0w, 10r 0w, 4, 2w, 9r 1w, 13r 1w, 0w, 34r 0w, 1w, 15r 3w, 8r 1w

BENCH

12) Mitch Renwick - RHB, Legbreak, WK
Last 10 - 0, 11, 6, 134, 107, 20, 15, 31, 0, 16, 4, 49, 42, 9, 5, 11

13) Jake Gibson - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 50r 0w, 4w, 1w, 23r 2w, 19r 0w, 0, 7r 3w

14) Travis Muller - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 1w, 1w, 30r 2w, 11, 41r 2w, 7r 1w, 0w, 1w, 30r 6w, 14r 1w, 2r 2w, 26r 0w, 1w, 31r 5w, 19r 0w, 34r 1w

15) Jarrod McKay - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 2r 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 1w

16) Josh Finnie - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 72r 0w, 10r 2w, 28r 0w, 12r 0w, 3, 26, 10r 0w, 6r 0w, 0r 1w

17) Michael Rae - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 9r 0w, 7r 4w, 0w, 5w, 2w, 4w, 1w, 1w, 33r 1w, 1w, 4w, 5r 0w, 16r 1w

18) Dale Phillips - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 7, 43, 6, 33, 8*, 7, 68*, 113, 18, 14, 0, 19

Safe C/VC choices
Hamish Rutherford, Anaru Kitchen

B) AUCKLAND ACES (AA) SQUAD:

Unavailable - Colin Munro (BBL)

Probable XI

1) Martin Guptill - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 79*, 4, 4, 47, 51, 31, 70, 28, 4, 28

2) George Worker - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 1, 23, 5, 36, 13, 64, 13, 21, 0, 8, 0

3) Mark Chapman - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 14r 0w, 55r 0w, 8, 22r 1w, 0, 21, 63, 1, 0*

4) Robert O'Donnell - RHB
Last 10 - 34, 0, 7, 22, 142, 1, 93, 107*, 128, 2

5) Cole Briggs - RHB, WK
Last 10 - 3, 0, 1, 6, 13, 4, 22, 22*, 30
/
Glenn Phillips

6) Sean Solia - LHB, RM
Last 10 - 0r 0w, 19r 0w, 5r 2w, 1r 0w, 21r 0w, 23r 0w, 29, 0, 25, 57r 1w

7) Ben Horne - RHB, LAO, WK
Last 10 - 27, 10, 8, 4, 24, 1, 4, 15, 8, 4

8) Adithya Ashok - RHB, Legbreak
Last 10 - 1w, 3w, 1w, 0w, 3w, 9r 0w, 1w, 0w, 6r 0w

9) Ben Lister - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 0w, 3w, 17r 0w, 1w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 2w, 0w

10) Louis Delport - LHB, LAO
Last 10 - 2w, 2w, 1w, 2w, 0w, 2w, 3w, 1w, 1w, 7w, 0w, 16r 1w

11) Lockie Ferguson - RHB, RF
Last 10 - 2w, 0w, 26r 0w, 7r 2w, 14r 1w, 0w, 1w, 18r 0w, 1w

BENCH

12) Ryan Harrison - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 12r 0w, 1w, 0w, 1w, 3, 1w, 1w, 13r 0w, 1w, 0w, 7r 1w

13) Kyle Jamieson - RHB, RFM
Last 10 - 17r 0w, 0w, 23r 3w, 5r 3w, 0w, 1w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 0w, 9r 0w, 31r 1w

14) William O'Donnell - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 117, 137*, 0, 60, 5, 5, 51*, 79, 8, 81, 0, 38, 40

15) Glenn Phillips - RHB, Offbreak, WK
Last 10 - 0, 34, 0, 18, 2r 0w, 39*, 33, 13

16) Matthew Gibson - RHB, LFM
Last 10 -

17) Ollie Pringle - RHB, RMF
Last 10 -

18) William Somerville - RHB, Offbreak
Last 10 - 0w, 0w, 0w, 36r 0w, 4w, 59r 2w, 2w, 1w, 23r 2w, 9r 1w, 9r 1w, 1w, 0w, 1w

19) Graeme Beghin - RHB, RM, WK
Last 10 - 11, 83, 42, 10, 2, 8*, 9, 4, 32, 10, 20

20) Danru Ferns - RHB, RMF
Last 10 - 2w, 2w, 0w, 10r 0w, 13r 0w, 1w, 3w, 2w, 0w, 0w, 3w

21) Ross Ter Braak - RHB, LFM
Last 10 - 4w, 0w, 58r 1w, 1w, 0w, 17r 0w, 32r 2w, 4r 2w, 18r 3w, 0w, 1w, 2w

Safe C/VC choices
George Worker, Mark Chapman

Differential GL C/VC choices

OV - Michael Rippon, Neil Broom, JJ Tasman-Jones
Risky - Nick Kelly, Jacob Duffy

AA - Martin Guptill, Robert O'Donnell, Louis Delport
Risky - Sean Solia, Lockie Ferguson

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Fri, 18 Oct 2024 11:13:53 GMT
India play New Zealand in three women's ODIs in Ahmedabad later this month
Fri, 18 Oct 2024 10:33:44 GMT
India captain Rohit Sharma said there was swelling on the knee after the blow on day two; he did not take the field on the third morning either
Fri, 18 Oct 2024 01:37:59 GMT
India picked three spinners and chose to bat on a surface that offered plenty of assistance for New Zealand's fast bowlers
Thu, 17 Oct 2024 18:25:40 GMT
Former India batter Venugopal Rao will be their new director of cricket
Thu, 17 Oct 2024 12:21:23 GMT
A spectacular day's play in Bengaluru ended with the visitors 134 runs in the lead
Wed, 16 Oct 2024 11:23:28 GMT
David, a former left-arm spinner, is the second Indian woman in the Hall of Fame
Wed, 16 Oct 2024 10:37:37 GMT
Mhambrey will work with Malinga, MI's current bowling coach, and Jayawardene, the new head coach
Wed, 16 Oct 2024 10:19:27 GMT
There are "lots of contingencies available" in the event that India do not travel to Pakistan for the tournament but, to "protect broadcast rights", replacing India in the line-up is not one of them
Wed, 16 Oct 2024 09:34:03 GMT
Now that this will start as a Test of four days or fewer, a team wanting to enforce a follow-on will need to lead by 150 and not 200
Tue, 15 Oct 2024 19:24:23 GMT
Former India captain feels Rodrigues could be the right person to lead in T20Is
Tue, 15 Oct 2024 11:59:54 GMT
India's captain wants to create a pool of eight or nine fast bowlers capable of stepping into the Test XI at any given point
Tue, 15 Oct 2024 11:59:53 GMT
"The guy has got real talent," India's captain said of his opening partner. "He has got the game to play in all sorts of conditions"
Tue, 15 Oct 2024 09:16:30 GMT
There has been a lot of rain in Bengaluru and the pitch has been under covers, so the teams might wait till late to finalise their XIs
Tue, 15 Oct 2024 09:15:08 GMT
India captain says the fast bowler "had a swelling in his knee", which put him back in his recovery and bid to return to action
Tue, 15 Oct 2024 09:14:48 GMT
There is a serious rain threat over the entire game, with bad weather forecast for the whole week
Mon, 14 Oct 2024 17:19:30 GMT
However, the rule will be in effect for the next three season in the IPL
Mon, 14 Oct 2024 16:14:33 GMT
"We want to keep the game going forward and get the results in whatever situation we are in"
Mon, 14 Oct 2024 05:25:22 GMT
India lost another knockout game to Australia in the last over and their coach said the team can "learn from the experience and disappointment"
Sat, 19 Oct 2024 17:35:53 GMT
India will begin their campaign against Pakistan A on October 19
Mon, 14 Oct 2024 11:00:41 GMT
Jayawardene had previously served as Mumbai's head coach from 2017 to 2022
Sun, 13 Oct 2024 18:41:25 GMT
India suffered a collapse of 6 for 31 which left them nine runs short in the end
Sun, 13 Oct 2024 14:32:39 GMT
The swap - because Asha picked up an injury while warming up - needed Australia's nod since the playing XIs had already been announced
Sat, 12 Oct 2024 18:42:49 GMT
India's T20I captain is also enthused by the presence of flexible batters and bowlers in his team
Sat, 12 Oct 2024 18:41:12 GMT
A firing lower middle order almost took India to 300 before Bishnoi and Co completed 133-run thumping
Sat, 12 Oct 2024 18:27:01 GMT
England, meanwhile, will be looking to maintain their winning start to the tournament when they take on Scotland
Sat, 12 Oct 2024 07:29:35 GMT
With Bumrah's appointment as vice-captain, it is likely he will step in to take temporary charge of the team
Fri, 11 Oct 2024 19:22:32 GMT
Yash Dayal, who was in the squad for Bangladesh series, misses out
Fri, 11 Oct 2024 15:49:05 GMT
India are looking to be well-prepared for the Champions Trophy, Asia Cup and T20 World Cup
Fri, 11 Oct 2024 12:58:10 GMT
Having already won the series, India could give a chance to Ravi Bishnoi, Tilak Verma, Jitesh Sharma and Harshit Rana
Fri, 11 Oct 2024 01:38:14 GMT
The new Test captain has backed Tim Southee to rediscover his wicket-taking form
Thu, 10 Oct 2024 07:08:45 GMT
India's spinners finish the job, with miserly and incisive spells
Thu, 10 Oct 2024 03:07:27 GMT
India put on their best batting show and then were clinical with the ball and on the field to send the Asia Cup champions packing from the tournament
Wed, 09 Oct 2024 15:12:45 GMT
Hardik Pandya climbed four places up to No. 3 among T20I allrounders after contributing in India's win against Bangladesh
Tue, 08 Oct 2024 16:23:12 GMT
Mandhana revealed that there's no fixed batter for the No. 3 spot, and the candidate would be chosen based on conditions and match situation
Tue, 08 Oct 2024 16:03:16 GMT
Last week, there were two separate BCA training camps being run in Patna, one organised by former secretary Amit Kumar and another by president Rakesh Tiwary
Tue, 08 Oct 2024 14:48:12 GMT
Former allrounder also believes India won't miss Pujara given the impact of people like Jaiswal with the bat and Bumrah with the ball
Tue, 08 Oct 2024 14:47:15 GMT
The India opener, who is set to go on his first trip to Australia, has so far amassed 1217 Test runs at an average of 64.05
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