The cricket fans are ready to witness yet another big battle of T20 cricket. The 23rd Match of Super Smash League 2020-21 is scheduled to play between Canterbury Kings and Wellington Firebirds on Monday, 25th January 2021 at Basin Reserve, Wellington. We are posting safe, accurate, and secure today match prediction for all matches of Super Smash League free.

Wellington Firebirds is the best performing team of this season of the Super Smash League right now. They had played a total of seven matches with six wins to their name. They had lost just one match and are leading the points table right now. They are coming to this match on the back of a massive win over Otago Volts in their most recent match by the margin of four wickets. They won the toss and decided to field first. The way how their bowling unit performed in that match was just outstanding. They leaked 138 runs in their inning of 20 overs. Ben Sears was the most successful and highest wicket-taker from their side who picked four wickets in his four overs bowled out against just 21 runs.

Rachin Ravindra, Logan van Beek, and Peter Younghusband picked one wicket each in the previous match. The batting order of Wellington Firebirds failed to give their best performance but they chased the target of 139 runs in 18 overs. The skipper, Michael Bracewell was the most successful and highest run-scorer from their side who remained not out after scoring 43 runs. He faced 43 deliveries and smashed three boundaries and one six. Rachin Ravindra scored 29 runs while Tom Blundell could manage to score 19 runs.

Canterbury Kings also had performed well in this tournament. They had won five out of seven matches played so far and are holding the 3rd position on the points table. They were beaten by Northern Knights in their most recent match by the margin of eight wickets. That was a rain-affected match and was decided through the DLS method. They lost the toss and were asked to bat first. Their batting order almost failed to perform well in the previous match. They could manage to score just 118 runs and were all-out in 19.1 overs. Todd Astle was the highest run-scorer from their side who scored 36 runs. The skipper, McConchie also put some runs on the board. He scored 28 runs with the help of three boundaries.

Like the batting, the bowling unit of Canterbury Kings also failed to give their best performance in the previous match. They leaked 92 runs in 10.2 overs when the match was stopped and was decided through the DLS method later. Daryl Mitchell picked two wickets in his two overs bowled out against 12 runs. Ed Nuttall also performed well with the ball. He picked one wicket in his three overs bowled out while he was charged for 23 runs. Matt Henry, Daryl Mitchell, Todd Astle, and the skipper, Cole McConchie were the bowlers who failed to pick any wicket.

Total Matches: 26
Wellington Firebirds: 12
Canterbury Kings: 14

Wellington Firebirds: 4
Canterbury Kings: 3

According to our match prediction, Wellington Firebirds is the favorite team to win this match. There are many factors that make Wellington Firebirds a favorite team to win this match:

• Wellington Firebirds is the best performing team of this tournament right now
• Canterbury Kings is a well-balanced side as compared to Knights
• Wellington Firebirds had a strong batting order on the side
• The bowling unit of Canterbury Kings is also strong
• Canterbury Kings have their key players available for this match

The performance of Canterbury Kings was good in the previous edition of this tournament, so the winning chances of today match for Canterbury Kings have been increased. The equation of winning chances of both teams for today’s match is mentioned as under.

Canterbury Kings have 51% chances to win this match
Wellington Firebirds have 49% chances to win this match

The toss can play an important role in the decision of this match as we had observed in the previous matches of this season of Super Smash League. As per our toss prediction, the team who will win the toss may choose to field first.

The 23rd Match of Super Smash League is going to be held at Basin Reserve, Wellington. The pitch here at this venue should be good for batting as it is in most places around New Zealand. We should have a very high scoring match is we get some warm and sunny conditions. As per the live cricket score, a total of more than 180 runs should be as par.

The weather forecast of Wellington for matchday is not good. There are some chances of rain but we are hoping that there will be no disturbance during this match.

Dream11 Prediction for Wellington Firebirds vs Canterbury Kings-Super Smash T20 2019. After checking the latest player’s availability, the dream11 team for today match of Wellington Firebirds vs Canterbury Kings is mentioned under.

Date: Monday, 25th January 2020
Time: 02:10 AM GMT / 03:10 PM LOCAL / 07:40 AM IST

Stadium: Basin Reserve
Location: Wellington, New Zealand
Capacity: 11,600
Ends: Vance Stand End, Scoreboard End
Time Zone: UTC +13:00
Home to: Wellington

Total matches: 2
Matches won batting first: 1
Matches won bowling first: 1
Average 1st Inns scores: 162
Average 2nd Inns scores: 128
Highest total recorded: 171/2 (20 Ov) by NZW vs RSAW
Lowest total recorded: 102/10 (17 Ov) by RSAW vs NZW
Highest score chased: 154/5 (19.5 Ov) by RSAW vs NZW
Lowest score defended: 171/2 (20 Ov) by NZW vs RSAW

Chad Bowes, Ken McClure, Jack Boyle, Daryl Mitchell, Cole McConchie (c), Leo Carter, Cam Fletcher (wk), Matt Henry, Todd Astle, Will Williams, Ed Nuttall, Sean Davey.