SAC vs WAC Match Preview
South Australia made a poor start to their season for Sheffield Shield with a 7-wicket loss. However, they followed this loss with a solid 186-run win over New South Wales in Adelaide. In a low-scoring game, South Australia set a target of 323 runs for the New South Wales team to chase. But Western Australians managed to bundle out the NSW team for a score of 136 runs. The SA fast bowlers such as Harry Conway and Nathan McAndrew picked up 9 wickets between them and performed a perfect dismantling job.
McAndrew is now leading the bowling charts for SA with 10 scalps and Conway also has 6. Another impressive bowler was Jordon Buckingham. He picked up a 7-wicket haul against Tasmania. Although he did not play in their next game, he might make a comeback in this game. Nathan McSweeney has been the standout batter for South Australia. The middle-order batter has put together 214 runs from 4 innings and hit one hundred and one fifty in the last match against New South Wales. The skipper Jake Lehmann also did a reasonable job in the first couple of games.
Western Australia are the defending champions and they are looking quite good at the moment. They began the season with a dominating performance against Victoria where they recorded an innings win. Although their bowlers could not polish off the tail in their last game against Tasmania, they did a great job with the bat. WA posted a score of 574 runs on the board for the loss of 8 wickets. Cameron Bancroft has been impressive putting together 213 runs from 4 innings with an average of 106. He was the leading run-getter during the last season and collected 945 runs to his credit with an average of 59.
The WA skipper hits a superb 188 against Tasmania showing that he is determined to do well this year. Western Australians will also be looking at Hilton Cartwright to do well as well. He was one of the instrumental players in the WA campaign last year and collected 629 runs in the season with an average of 39. The off-spinner Corey Rocchiccioli leads the way in the bowling department for Western Australia and has picked up 12 wickets with an average of 19.25. Their paceman Aaron Hardie has also picked up 6 scalps in 4 innings.
Weather Report
We are likely to get bright and sunny conditions throughout the game. However, you can expect patchy showers on the last day of the match. The temperatures during the game will hover between 18 and 23 degrees. We might also get some intermittent cloud cover.
Pitch Report
Adelaide Oval in the normal scenario is a high-scoring ground. There will be some help available for the fast bowlers and spinners alike. Although batting first will be an advantage considering that this is a 4-day game, the skipper might want to consider the weather report as well.
Notable stats
Nathan McSweeney has a good average in his recent games.
In his last 18 innings Nathan McSweeney has collected 689 runs with an average of 43.06.
Nathan McAndrew has a great bowling average in recent first-class games.
Nathan McAndrew picked up a 10-fer in the last games for South Australia. He has collected a rich haul of 38 wickets from his last 15 innings with an average of 21.23.
Team News
Although some players might be rested for this game due to the rotation policy, you can expect the full sides to be available for selection during this game.
SAC vs WAC Probable 11
SAC Playing 11
- Henry Hunt
- Kelvin Smith
- Daniel Drew
- Nathan McSweeney
- Jake Lehmann (C)
- Jake Fraser-McGurk
- Harry Nielsen (Wk)
- Ben Manenti
- Wes Agar
- Brendan Doggett
- Jordan Buckingham
WAC Playing 11
- Cameron Bancroft
- Sam Whiteman (C)
- Teague Wyllie
- Hilton Cartwright
- Aaron Hardie
- Josh Philippe (Wk)
- Ashton Turner
- Charles Stobo
- Corey Rocchiccioli
- Liam Haskett
- Lance Morris
Dream11 Prediction
Even though the South Australia team is playing at home, the Western Australians are doing a better job at the moment. You can expect Western Australia to be a favorite for this game as they have in-form batting and bowling attacks. We will bet with Western Australia to win this game.
Top Picks
Nathan McAndrew: Nathan McAndrew has picked up 38 wickets from his last 15 innings with an average of 21.23. You can bet on him to pick up more wickets in this game as well.
Nathan McSweeney: McSweeney has scored 649 runs for SA in his last 18 innings with an average of 43.06.
Matthew Kelly: Matthew Kelly has picked up 34 wickets for Western Australia in his last 14 innings for WA with an average of 14.35.
Corey Rocchiccioli: Rocchiccioli has picked up 32 wickets from his last 20 innings for WA with an average of 25.31.
SAC vs WAC Dream11 Team 1
Keeper: H Nielsen , J Philippe
Batters: A Turner, C Bancroft (VC), J Lehmann
All-rounders: N McSweeney, A Hardie (C), B Manenti
Bowlers: N McAndrew, W Agar, C Rocchicioli
