Published on: Mar 5, 2021 4:18 pm IST|Updated on: Mar 5, 2021 4:24 pm IST
SAU vs NSW Dream11 Prediction: The 16th match of the Sheffield Shield 2020/21 will commence on March 6. The South Australia team will face-off New South Wales at Adelaide. Both the teams are coming into this match after drawing their last match. The South Australia team has no wins in 5 matches, and New South Wales is in a good position with 2 wins in their kitty. For South Australia, most important players will be Travis Head and Wes Agar. While, New South Wales will be dependent on the performance of Henriques and Lyon.
SAU vs NSW Prediction Today Match Details Fixture name: 16th Match
Competition: Sheffield Shield 2020-21
Date: Saturday, March 06, 2021 – Tuesday, March 09, 2021
Time: 5:30 AM IST
Team Form Guide: SAU (recent last) D L D D L NSW (recent last) D L W W D
Standings: SAU 6, NSW 2
Ground: Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Last result at the venue: Australia 191 & 93/2 won by 8 wickets against India 191 & 93/2 in the 1st tes of the India tour of Australia 2020-21.
Pitch Report: The curator expects pacers to get a good help from the pitch and overall for the batsmen. The average total score is 278 and the team batting first has won 60 % of the time.
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SAU Team News
The South Australia team has Henry Hunt and talented Jake Weatherald as their opening pair. In the middle-order, Travis Head and Alex Carey will lead the batting department for the team. Their contribution will be critical to the team’s success. Then, Jale Lehmann has shown signs of coming back into the form. The team has a good bowing attack with Worrall and Wes Agar who have the right skill set and experience to contain the opposition batsmen.
Injury update, unavailability: None
Expected team changes: Jake Weatherald is likely to replace Bosisto in the Playing XI. The rest of the squad remains the same.
SAU Playing 11 (likely)
1. Henry Hunt 2. Jake Weatherald 3. Liam Scott 4. Travis Head (c) 5. Alex Carey (wk) 6. Harry Nielsen 7. Jake Lehmann 8. Chadd Sayers 9. Daniel Worrall 10. David Grant 11. Wes Agar
NSW Team News
The New South Wales team has the presence of Warner and Larkin at the top-order who have been consistent performers in the domestic circuit. Daniel Hughes is unfit and has been replaced by Jason Sangha in the squad. While Henriques has a good experience and form ahead of this match. The other batters, Solway and Patterson are talented young cricketers. The wicket-keeper Nevill played a good knock in the last game. In the bowling department, Hazlewood and Lyon will lead the team, while Conway and Copeland have shown a good capability to pick crucial wickets.
Expected team changes: The team is expected to field two changes in the Playing XI, with David Warner and Mitchell Starc replacing Hughes and Copeland.
NSW Playing 11 (likely)
1. David Warner 2. Nick Larkin 3. Daniel Solway 4. Kurtis Patterson 5. Moises Henriques 6. Peter Nevill (c & wk) 7. Sean Abbott 8. Harry Conway 9. Trent Copeland/ Mitchell Starc 10. Nathan Lyon 11. Josh Hazlewood
The New South Wales team will win this match due to the presence of international players who have good experience of the longest format. The likes of Warner and Henriques, with pacers Lyon and Hazlewood, are likely to play this game for New South Wales. While South Australia is not in a good form and will expect Head and Carey to perform well in the SAU vs NSW Today match prediction.
Captain options
M Henriques- The player who been terrific in the middle-order for the Australian team as well as the domestic team. With a good experience of playing all-around the world, he can continue his good form in this game as well. First-class Career Record- 5678 Runs, Bat. AVG. 36.63 M Henriques in Last 5 matches- 549 Runs, Bat. AVG. 68.62
T Head- One of the finest performers in red-ball cricket, Head has been a regular member of the Australian test team. He is the leading run-scorer in this season and can be the best pick for your fantasy team. First-class Career Record- 7800 Runs, Bat. AVG. 40.62 T Head in Last 5 matches- 693 Runs, Bat. AVG. 77
Differential pick
D Worrall- The player who has been consistent in picking up wickets as well as scoring runs in the past few matches can be a differential pick in the SAU vs NSW Dream 11 prediction. First-class Career Record – 190 Wickets, Bowl. AVG. 27.43 D Worrall in Last 5 matches- 10 Wickets, Bowl. AVG. 24SAU vs NSW Dream 11 Prediction
WK: A Carey BAT: D Warner, J Weatherald, H Hunt, N Larkin ALL: T Head, M Henriques BOWL: N Lyon, J Hazlewood, D Worrall, W Agar
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