Betting Tips

The 2024-25 season of Super Smash is heating up gradually, and Canterbury will take on Auckland in the 11th game of the competition. This day/night affair will be played in Hagley Oval, Christchurch. This post will peek at the match preview, pitch report, match prediction, and betting tips for this encounter.

Canterbury Kings vs Auckland Aces Head-to-Head Record

The Canterbury Kings have played Auckland Aces on 37 occasions where a clear mandate was obtained. Auckland Aces lead this head-to-head 24-13. They have also won three of their last five games against Canterbury. Auckland Aces won the previous game between the two sides earlier in the league by a close margin of 13 runs.

Canterbury Kings vs Auckland Aces Live-streaming and Broadcast

This game between Canterbury and Auckland will not be aired in India. However, Indian cricket fans can enjoy this contest by using the live streaming medium on the FanCode website and app.

CK vs AA Team Previews

Canterbury Kings

Canterbury has made an awful start to their campaign in the Super Smash for the 2024-25 season. They have played three games and have lost all of them. These three losses have come against Otago, Auckland, and again against Otago. The Canterbury inning in their last match against Otago was based on a superb 81 from 51 deliveries by Matthew Boyle.

Henry Shipley also scored 40 runs from 17 balls with five sixes to take the Canterbury total to a respectable one. But Otago batters chased the target, and the only bowler to return with respectable figures was Ish Sodhi, with two wickets from his four overs.

Tom Latham will lead the Canterbury batting charge in this game. He has scored 303 runs from his nine games with an average of 37.88 and a strike rate of 131.73. Chad Bowes has also scored 299 runs in his last nine games with an average of 29.9 and an excellent strike rate of 163.38.

Angus McKenzie will lead the Canterbury bowling effort with eleven wickets from six matches and a strike rate of 11.45. Zakary Foulkes will be another crucial bowler for Canterbury in this game. He has picked up ten wickets from his last seven games and a strike rate of 15.6.

Canterbury Kings Expected Playing 11

Auckland Aces

Unlike their counterparts, Auckland is going into this game after a win in their last match over this opposition. They beat Canterbury by a margin of 13 runs in this contest. The Auckland team has played three games so far in the competition; two ended with no results due to rain.

They won the only completed game they played in the tournament.

Martin Guptill and Bevon Jacobs hit the fifties in this game to take the Auckland total to a respectable one. Danru Ferns and Jock McKenzie picked up three wickets each to dent the opposition's batting charge.

Cam Fletcher will lead the Auckland batting effort in this game. He has scored 175 runs in his last ten games with an average of 35. Sean Solia is another batter in form. This batter has scored 157 runs from his last ten matches with a strike rate of 125.6. Danru Ferns will lead the Auckland bowling charge. He picked up 18 wickets from his previous nine games with a strike rate of 11.33.

Louis Delport has also picked up 13 wickets from his last eight games with a strike rate of 14.3. These are the player the Auckland management will look at to take their side to a win.

Auckland Aces Expected Playing 11

CK vs AA Toss Prediction

Over the years, 42 domestic T20 games have been played at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch. The teams batting first have won twenty games, while the teams batting second have won twenty-one matches. So, there is nothing much in it. The toss might not be significant enough to decide the outcome of the game. The skipper winning the coin flip might follow the usual T20 cricket and field trend first.

Pitch and Conditions

The Hagley Oval track will be balanced. The quicks will extract additional pace and bounce on this track; however, the batters can get big totals after settling down. Any team batting first here will look at scoring over 170 runs. We are expecting primarily cloudy conditions for this encounter in Christchurch. The temperature during the game will be close to 16 degrees.

There is a possibility of showers during the game.

CK vs AA Betting Tips

The Canterbury team has had a disastrous start to their campaign in the Super Smash competition this year. They have lost all three games and are languishing at the bottom of the points table. On the other hand, Auckland won the only complete game they played in the tournament.

Bet on the Auckland Aces to win.