T20 PREVIEW: Our cricket tipster The Edge previews Wednesday’s T20 clash between New Zealand v Australia with a recommended BETDAQ bet.
MATCH OVERVIEW:
It’s crunch time for Australia on Wednesday morning as they head into the 3rd T20 2-0 down as the sides move to Wellington. We had a very high scoring affair for the 2nd T20 last week at Dunedin, but the theme stayed the same as the 1st T20 – Australia just haven’t bowled well enough. They really lost their lengths towards the end of the 1st T20 and for New Zealand the plan seems pretty straightforward – more of the same!
We can’t read too much into the 2nd T20 as that is a very high scoring ground and it’s pretty easy to hit sixes. It is very helpful for some batters however as they can smash their way into form if they are on a bad run. Guptill went very well, hitting 97 runs off 50 balls and if he stays in the same form then New Zealand could even whitewash the series. That would be an incredible result for New Zealand and it’s not too unreasonable given the way Australia have bowled.
I noted coming into this series that the Australian captain Aaron Finch had a terrible Big Bash and if he brought that form into this series then Australia would be in trouble. 12 runs off 14 balls at Dunedin is a terrible innings and that put Australia straight on the back foot in the chase. As captain, he needs to find form soon – however as we all know that’s easier said than done! We should have another cracking T20 all things considered though – both sides are pretty even and we should have plenty of swings in-running on BETDAQ Betting Exchange.
WEATHER AND PITCH WATCH:
So far the wickets have looked good in this series, and with three T20’s to come here I would expect a pretty good wicket. They can’t start a three match run with a tricky wicket as it would end up being a nightmare by the third game – although they will probably move pitches they still don’t want a dry surface. The Westpac Stadium is a brilliant place for cricket though, and we can expect plenty of sixes. With Covid19 we haven’t much recent ground history to go off, with the last game here in January 2020 between New Zealand and India. That game actually tied with each scoring 165 runs. Prior to that New Zealand beat England in November 2019 with 176/8 and England all out for 155. I would expect similar scores here, with anything over 175+ being a decent score. I wouldn’t want to be defending less.
RECOMMENDED BET:
There hasn’t been a whole lot between the sides in the first two T20’s, but for me New Zealand have been much better with the ball and that will be the deciding factor again here. As I said above, this is a superb place for cricket but the runs can get away from the bowlers so I can see the same thing happening at the death for the Aussie bowlers. The batters from New Zealand look in good form and I would have them shorter than the current 1.92.
The Edge Says:
Two points win New Zealand to beat Australia at 1.92 with BETDAQ Betting Exchange
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IN-RUNNING STRATEGY:
So far the bat has dominated the ball in this series and I don’t see that changing. We don’t have much recent ground history but I would expect a good wicket for batting and I would look for trades on the batting side rather than the bowling side. I would definitely be keen to be against Aaron Finch at the top of the order for Australia as he looks out of touch, while for New Zealand Guptill look in superb form – however obviously he’s worth a lot of ticks so if you support him and he fails the market will move a lot away from you.
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