TSC vs NSW Match Preview
Despite their loss against Queensland, the fact remains that Tasmania has a good middle and lower middle order. They are quite capable of raising competitive totals. The Tasmanian team will be led by Jordon Silk against New South Wales. Charlie Wakim has appeared to be in great form while batting at the number 3 position while Matthew Wade and Webster are playing well at the number 5 and number 6 positions. The skipper Silk scored a lot of runs while batting in the number 4 position against WA.
Some NSW bowlers such as Hatcher and Tremain can cause a few issues to the Tasmanian batting order. NSW also has a lot of other wicket-takers in their ranks such as Dwarshius and Bird. But Silk and Wakim will be the crux of the Tasmanian middle order. They will be looking to develop a strong partnership so that their lower order is not exposed to the seamers in the first 40 overs of the match. The bowling attack for Tasmania will be in the hands of Bradley Hope, Lawrence Neil Smith, and Sam Rainbird.
The New South Wales team witnessed a huge turnaround in their fortunes when they won the last game by a margin of 10 wickets after two defeats in a row. They were bowled out for a score of less than 200 runs in all 4 innings during their two losses this season. The comeback for New South Wales was led by their bowlers. During their loss against Victoria, they were bowled out for 102 and 173 runs respectively. While South Australia beat them easily when they were bowled out for 183 and 136 runs.
But the NSW bowling attack dismissed the WA batters for a score of 141 runs while bowling first at the venue of SCG in their last encounter. The losing momentum was finally shifted and the NSW became confident about winning the game after that. They will need to improve with the bat though. Just Oliver Davies and Moises Henriques made useful contributions with the bat in their last game. A lot will depend on the middle order that features Oliver Davies, Matthew Gilkes, and Henriques.
Weather Report
We are expecting cool conditions at the venue of Bellerive Oval in Hobart. There is a distinct possibility of getting showers during the match. You can pretty much expect a cloud cover right through the 4 days of the game. This will afford help to the speedsters.
Pitch Report
Although we are likely to get a slow track for this game, it has been observed that it will flatten out later as the game progresses. So, batting is likely to become easier gradually. But you can expect a keen tussle between bat and ball during this game.
Notable stats
New South Wales leads the recent head-to-head between the two teams.
If you look at the record of both these teams in their last 5 games, you will find New South Wales holding an edge 2-1. Two of the games ended in a draw.
Beau Webster has a great batting average in their last 17 innings.
Beau Webster has scored 868 runs from his last 17 innings with an average of 66.76.
Team News
There do not appear to be any injury worries for either of the teams at the moment.
TSC vs NSW Probable 11
TSC Playing 11
- Tim Ward
- Caleb Jewell
- Charlie Wakim
- Jordan Silk (C)
- Matthew Wade (Wk)
- Beau Webster
- Bradley Hope
- Jake Weatherald
- Jarrod Freeman
- Lawrence Neil-Smith
- Sam Rainbird
NSW Playing 11
- Ryan Hackney
- Daniel Hughes
- Blake Macdonald
- Jason Sangha
- Moises Henriques (C)
- Oliver Davies
- Matthew Gilkes (Wk)
- Jackson Bird
- Nathan Lyon
- Chris Tremain
- Liam Hatcher
Dream11 Prediction
Tasmania has had a much better run in the competition thus far. They are leading the points table with 19.86 points while the New South Wales team is currently in 4th position in the points table with 13.55 points. We expect the Tasmanians to continue their good run and consolidate their standing at the top of the points table.
Top Picks
Jackson Bird: Bird has picked up 23 wickets from his last 10 innings with an average of 20.65.
Beau Webster: Beau Webster has scored 868 runs from his last 17 innings and he has also picked up 21 victims in the same period.
Jordon Silk: The Tasmanian skipper has scored 615 runs from his last 19 innings with an average of 38.43.
Chris Tremain: Tremain has picked up 36 victims from his last 17 innings with an average of 19.47.
TSC vs NSW Dream11 Team 1
Keeper: C Jewell
Batters: D Hughes, J Silk, C Wakim
All-rounders: M Henriques, B Webster (C), J Edwards (VC), M Owen
Bowlers: N Lyon, J Bird, C Tremain
