Venue: Seddan Park, Hamilton

Pitch & conditions:

A very good T20 wicket with short boundaries & even bounce. High scoring game can be expected.

Squads:

Northern Knights:

Dean Brownlie(c), Anton Devcich, Brett Randell, Brett Hampton, Scott Kuggeleijn, Zak Gibson, Daniel Flynn, Peter Bocock, Daryl Mitchell, Ish Sodhi, Tim Seifert, Mitchell Santner.

Wellington Firebirds:

Hamish Bennett (c), Tom Blundell (wk), Michael Bracewell, Devon Conway, Adam Hose, Troy Johnson, Jimmy Neesham, Ollie Newton, Malcolm Nofal, Jeetan Patel, Michael Pollard, Ben Sears and Luke Woodcock

Probable 11:

Knights:

Devcich, Seifert (wk), Brownlie, Flynn, Mitchell, Bocock, Hampton, Santner, Kuggeleijn,Randell, Sodhi.

Firebirds:

Pollard, Blundell (wk), Conway, Bracewell, Hose, Neesham, Nofal, Woodcock, Bennett (C), Patel, Newton.

Dream11 Team:

Wk: Seifert

(Both Seifert & Blundell are quality batsman, but when you have to choose one, Seifert is better as he’s more consistent & also more suited to the shorter format. Had a ton in last Supersmash too)

Batsmen: Conway, Bracewell,  Brownlie

(Alternatives: Pollard, Hose)

Allrounders:  Neesham, Devcich, Mitchell

(Alternative: Kuggeleign)

Bowlers: Bennett, Patel, Santner, Sodhi.

Captain’s choices:

Neesham, Devcich, Mitchell

Grand league picks:

Pollard, Conway, Bracewell.

Good Luck.