The 19th Match of the Super Smash ( SS T20 ) 2021/22 is scheduled to play Wellington Firebirds vs Otago Volts on  Thursday, 6th January 2022 at The Basin Reserve, Wellington.

Wellington Firebirds had beaten the same teams, Otago Votls in their most recent match with a handsome margin of five wickets. They lost the toss and were asked to field first. The performance of their bowling unit was average. They leaked 166 runs in their inning of 20 overs. James Neesham was the highest wicket-taker from their side who picked two wickets in his three overs bowled out against 17 runs. Bennett, Nathan Smith, van Beek, Ben Sears, and Peter Younghusband picked one wicket each.

Otago Volts had lost their previous match against Auckland Aces by a huge margin of eight wickets. They won the toss and decided to bat first. The performance of their batting order was very poor. They could manage to score 129 runs in their 20 overs inning. Nick Kelly was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side who scored 58 runs. He faced 39 deliveries and smashed five boundaries and three huge sixes. JJ Tasman-Jones scored 24 runs while Anaru Kitchen had 16 runs to his name.

Total Matches: 22

• Wellington Firebirds: 13
• Otago Volts: 09

According to today’s prediction, Wellington Firebirds is the favorite team to win this match. There are many factors that make Wellington Firebirds a favorite team to win this match:

• Wellington Firebirds had a strong batting order on the side
• Otago Volts is the worst performing team of this tournament
• The bowling unit of Otago Volts is also strong

The performance of Wellington Firebirds had been good in this edition of Super Smash League and their batting and bowling unit is also in good form, so the winning chances of today match for Wellington Firebirds have been increased. The equation of winning chances of both teams for today’s match is mentioned as under.

Wellington Firebirds have 54% chances to win this match
Otago Volts have 46% chances to win this match

The toss can play an important role in the decision of this match as we had observed in the previous matches of this season of Super Smash League. As per toss prediction, the team who will win the toss may choose to field first.

The 19th match of Super Smash League is going to be held at Basin Reserve, Wellington. The pitch here at this venue should be good for batting as it is in most places around New Zealand. We should have a very high scoring match is we get some warm and sunny conditions. A score of more than 190 runs should be as a par.

The weather forecast of Wellington for matchday is not good. There are some chances of rain but we are hoping that there will be no disturbance during this match.

It will be updated shortly

Date: Thursday, 6th January 2022
Time: 07:40 AM BD

Stadium: Basin Reserve
Location: Wellington, New Zealand
Capacity: 11,600
Ends: Vance Stand End, Scoreboard End
Time Zone: UTC +13:00
Home to: Wellington

Michael Bracewell (c), James Neesham, Nathan Smith, Ollie Newton, Luke Georgeson, Finn Allen (wk), Logan van Beek, Troy Johnson, Jamie Gibson, Tim Robinson, Peter Younghusband, Ben Sears, Hamish Bennett.