OTG vs WEL Dream11 Match Prediction

Otago vs Wellington Preview | The Ford Trophy

OTG vs WEL Dream11 Match Prediction: Wellington started off with a defeat to Auckland in their first game of the Ford Trophy this season as they look to redeem themselves against Otago.

Wellington scored a modest total of 191 in the first innings versus Auckland, as the total was chased down with 11 overs to spare and four wickets in hand.

Meanwhile, Otago started off with a win against the Northern Districts through the D/L method. A hundred by Nick Kelly ensured that Otago got to a first innings score of 282. The Northern Districts on the other end could only manage 226 for the fall of eight wickets before rain interruption.

Match Details

Date- Thursday, November 21 | Kick-Off- 3:30 AM (IST) | Venue- Queen’s Park, Invercargill

Team News

Otago | Team Combination

Nick Kelly and Mitch Renwick should be persisted to open the innings.
Dean Foxcroft and Nathan Smith should come in at numbers three and four.
Anaru Kitchen and Josh Finnie are likely to be in charge of the middle order.
While Michael Rippon and Dale Phillips should be taking care of the late onslaught.
The skipper Jacob Duffy, and Nathan Smith are in contention of leading the pace attack. Meanwhile Dean Foxcroft, Michael Rippon could contribute through spin.

Update: Michael Rae went off the field after bowling a spell of five overs due to injury and could miss out against Wellington.

Wellington | Team Combination

Andrew Fletcher and Jakob Bhula are likely to open the innings for their side
Devon Conway and the skipper, Michael Bracewell should be coming in at number three and four.
Malcolm Nofal and Jamie Gibson could once against be in charge of the middle order.
Ollie Newton, Logan van Beek and Ben Sears are likely to lead the pace bowling department.
Jeetan Patel and Malcolm Nofal should be made available as the two frontline spinners.

Update: Jimmy Neesham and Rachin Ravindra have both returned to the squad and could feature for Wellington.

Possible Playing Eleven

Otago- N Kelly, M Renwick (wk), D Foxcroft, N Smith, A Kitchen, J Finnie, M Rippon, D Phillips, J Duffy (c), M Bacon, B Soper

Wellington- A Fletcher, J Bhula, J Neesham, M Bracewell (c), M Nofal, J Gibson, L Johns (wk), L van Beek, O Newton, J Patel, B Sears

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Head-to-Head

In the last five matches between the two sides, Wellington has had the edge with three wins in contrast to Otago’s two.

Top Picks

Nick Kelly is fresh from a hundred from his last game for Otago and will be thriving in confidence to score more runs in the upcoming game.

Nathan Smith picked up three wickets for just 21 runs in the last game and is also pretty useful with the bat. Smith averages 41.40 from his last 12 innings with the bat.

Jamie Gibson scored a good knock of 64 for Wellington in the middle order and got them to a respectable first innings score.

Malcolm Nofal is one of the pick of the bowlers for Wellington and has scalped 18 wickets from his last eight innings for his side.

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