Preview:
Otago will take on Northern Districts in the 17th match of the tournament. Both the teams are having a decent run in the tournament so far. Northern Districts are at 2nd position with 4 wins while Otago are at 3rd position with 3 wins. Last time when these two met in the tournament, Northern Districts won the match by 40 runs.
Probable playing 11
Otago:
Neil Broom, Michael Rae, Matt Bacon, Josh Finnie, Nick Kelly, Anaru Kitchen, Jarrod Mckay, Travis Muller, Dale Phillips, Mitch Renwick, Michael Rippon
Northern Districts:
Jeet Raval, Katene Clarke, Bharat Popli, Anurag Verma, Dean Brownlie, Anton Devcich (C), Brett Hampton, Jake Gibson, Peter Bocock, Brett Randell, Henry Cooper
Definite picks:
– Neil Broom recently became Otago’s most-capped player and is having a decent tournament so far.
– Katene Clarke has three fifties in the tournament so far.
– Brett Randall has been the top performer with the ball, has 14 wickets so far.
– Michael Rippon has done well both with bat and ball, has 98 runs and 4 wickets.
Fantasy playing 11-
M Renwick, K Clarke, N Broom, J Raval, B Hampton, M Rippon, A Kitchen, B Randell, M Rae, A Verma, N Smith
Captain choices- K Clarke, B Hampton, N Smith, N Broom
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