Wellington Firebirds (WF) will take on Canterbury (CTB) in the 23rd game of the Plunket Shield, 2024/25 the match will be played at the Cello Basin Reserve, Wellington on 29th March 2025 at 03:00 AM IST.
WF vs CTB (Wellington Firebirds vs Canterbury), Match 23 - Match Information
Match: Wellington Firebirds vs Canterbury, Match 23
Date: 29th March 2025
Time: 03:00 AM IST
Venue: Cello Basin Reserve, Wellington
WF vs CTB, Cello Basin Reserve, Wellington Pitch Report and Weather Conditions
The pitch at the Cello Basin Reserve, Wellington will allow for good stroke play and the batters will find it easy to bat on the surface. It will not allow a lot of assistance to the bowlers and wicket taking is not going to be easy. The average 1st innings score at this venue in the last 20 matches is 277 runs. Batting first should be the preferred option at the venue, with the team batting first winning 65% of its matches.
Weather Report for Cello Basin Reserve, Wellington
Temperature is expected to be around 18.36 °C with 59% humidity. Winds at a speed of 0.4 m/s are expected.
Pace or Spin?
Pacers have been very successful at this venue. They have taken 88% of the total wickets at this venue. We would suggest that you pick as many pace bowlers as possible in your team. Based on the stats available, We predict that the pitch will continue to assist the pacers.
WF vs CTB, Head to Head
In the 171 matches played between these 2 teams, Canterbury Bowlers have earned the most fantasy points for their team, while Batters have earned the most fantasy points for Wellington Firebirds.
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WF vs CTB Squad Information
Canterbury (CTB) Squad: Tom Latham, Michael Rippon, Cole McConchie, Chad Bowes, Daryl Mitchell, Ed Nuttall, Henry Nicholls, Ish Sodhi, Sean Davey, Matt Henry, Ken McClure, Kyle Jamieson, Michael Rae, Henry Shipley, Harry Chamberlain, Fraser Sheat, Raunaq Kapur, Jesse Frew, Rhys Mariu, Will O'Rourke, Angus McKenzie, Mitchell Hay, Zakary Foulkes, Matthew Boyle, Cameron Paul, Matt Rowe and Scott Janett
Wellington Firebirds (WF) Squad: Logan van Beek, Devon Conway, Tom Blundell, Michael Bracewell, Ian McPeake, Peter Younghusband, Nick Kelly, Rachin Ravindra, Nathan Smith, Liam Dudding, Callum McLachlan, Michael Snedden, Troy Johnson, Jesse Tashkoff, Nick Greenwood, James Hartshorn, Tim Robinson, Gareth Severin, Muhammad Abbas, Yahya Zeb and Sam Mycock
WF vs CTB Dream11 Team Today
Wicket-Keepers: Chad Bowes and Mitchell Hay
Batters: Rhys Mariu, Henry Nicholls, Nick Kelly and Matthew Boyle
All-Rounders: Logan van Beek, Nathan Smith and Angus McKenzie
Bowlers: Peter Younghusband and Cameron Paul
Captain: Henry Nicholls
Vice-Captain: Rhys Mariu
WF vs CTB (Wellington Firebirds vs Canterbury), Match 23 Preview
Wellington Firebirds have played 7 matches in the series and they are currently ranked second on the points table, while Canterbury have also played 7 matches in the series and they are currently ranked third on the points table.
Plunket Shield, 2024/25 Points Table
The points table of Plunket Shield, 2024/25 Detailed table of matches played, matches won, matches lost, and Net run-rate.
In their previous encounter in this series Wellington Firebirds beat Canterbury by 19 runs. Logan van Beek scored the highest fantasy points for Wellington Firebirds with 174 match fantasy points while Henry Nicholls topped the fantasy points leaderboard for Canterbury with 211 match fantasy points.
In the last match (Wellington Firebirds vs Northern Districts Last Match Scorecard) played by Wellington Firebirds against Northern Districts, Northern Districts beat Wellington Firebirds by 20 runs. The top fantasy player for Wellington Firebirds was Logan van Beek who scored 190 fantasy points.
In their last match in this series against Central Stags, Canterbury beat Central Stags by an innings and 132 runs. The top fantasy player for Canterbury was Cole McConchie who scored 166 fantasy points.