Auckland Aces Vs Wellington Firebirds Match 19 20 January 2023

19th T20 • Eden Park Outer Oval • Auckland

Wellington Firebirds

153/6 (20)

Auckland Aces

156/8 (19.3)

AUK won by 2 wickets

Info

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Playing XI

Date & Time

20 Jan, 08:40 AM IST

Venue

Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland

Match

19th T20,

Super Smash

Umpires

Chris Brown (New Zealand), Glen Walklin (New Zealand), Derek Walker (New Zealand, TV)

Referee

Sue Morris (New Zealand)

Toss

Auckland Aces elected to bowl

Pitch Report

1st Innings

149Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

2nd Innings

133Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

Playing XILineups Out

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

4- 6

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Auckland Aces

Wellington Firebirds

Players to Watch

Top Batters

William O'Donnell

AUK . BAT

161 Runs

6 Matches

Cole Briggs

AUK . WK

145 Runs

5 Matches

Ben Horne

AUK . WK

140 Runs

6 Matches

Top Bowlers

Ben Lister

AUK . BOWL

6 Wkts

4 Matches

Louis Delport

AUK . BOWL

6 Wkts

6 Matches

Sean Solia

AUK . ALL

6 Wkts

6 Matches

WEF

AUK

Info

Wellington Firebirds

153/6 (20)

Batters

Devan Vishvaka

0.00

c B Horne b BG Lister

Nick Kelly

16.67

b BG Lister

Rachin Ravindra

112.50

runout (RR O Donnell)

Troy Johnson

100.00

b SM Solia

Nathan Smith

0.00

c B Horne b SM Solia

Jakob Bhula

97.22

Not out

Logan van Beek

150.00

c WT O Donnell b KA Jamieson

Callum McLachlan

140.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 1, LB: 8, NB: 2, W: 7)

TOTAL

(20 Ov, RR: 7.65)

153/6

Did not Bat

Ollie Newton, Michael Snedden, Peter Younghusband

Bowlers

EXT

3.75

4.50

13.25

7.75

10.00

Louis Delport

3.50

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Devan Vishvaka

c B Horne b BG Lister

1-4

0.4

Nick Kelly

b BG Lister

2-5

2.1

Troy Johnson

b SM Solia

3-31

5.3

Nathan Smith

c B Horne b SM Solia

4-31

5.4

Rachin Ravindra

runout (RR O Donnell)

5-46

7.6

Logan van Beek

c WT O Donnell b KA Jamieson

6-127

17.1

Auckland Aces

156/8 (19.3)

Batters

George Worker

85.71

c T Johnson b Peter Younghusband

Cole Briggs

106.06

c C McLachlan b Peter Younghusband

William O Donnell

75.00

c L Beek b Michael Snedden

Robert O Donnell

218.52

c & b N Smith

Sean Solia

77.78

c R Ravindra b Peter Younghusband

Ben Horne

66.67

c T Johnson b N Smith

Kyle Jamieson

109.09

Not out

Danru Ferns

33.33

b N Smith

Louis Delport

140.00

c J Bhula b Ollie Newton

Adithya Ashok *

200.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 3, NB: 1, W: 4)

TOTAL

(19.3 Ov, RR: 8)

156/8

Did not Bat

Ben Lister

Bowlers

EXT

Logan van Beek

7.00

Ollie Newton

3.3

8.29

3.25

12.25

6.33

15.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

George Worker

c T Johnson b Peter Younghusband

1-44

7.3

William O Donnell

c L Beek b Michael Snedden

2-55

8.6

Cole Briggs

c C McLachlan b Peter Younghusband

3-61

9.5

Sean Solia

c R Ravindra b Peter Younghusband

4-69

11.3

Ben Horne

c T Johnson b N Smith

5-76

12.5

Robert O Donnell

c & b N Smith

6-141

17.2

Danru Ferns

b N Smith

7-144

17.6

Louis Delport

c J Bhula b Ollie Newton

8-152

19.1

Match Info

Date & Time

20 Jan, 08:40 AM IST

Venue

Eden Park Outer Oval, Auckland

Match

19th T20,

Super Smash

Umpires

Chris Brown (New Zealand), Glen Walklin (New Zealand), Derek Walker (New Zealand, TV)

Referee

Sue Morris (New Zealand)

Toss

Auckland Aces elected to bowl

6 6 6 1wd 0 4 2nb 4

Over 17

Runs: 29

1 W 1 1 1wd 1wd W

Over 18

Runs: 5

0 1 0 4 2 1

Over 19

Runs: 8

W 0 4

Over 20

Runs: 4

All Overs

Commentary

That's all from the Super Smash for today. We will be back with more. Keep following Sportskeeda for more. Till next time, bye bye.

Peter Younghusband | Wellington captain: Pretty gutted about that one. Incredible knock by Robbie, that one over changed everything. Second game we have fallen short with the ball. We went through the exact same thing the last game. Lots of decisions go through your head and I need to look back at that. But it was a great game. When you are 5-down with less than 50 in two games a row, it is difficult to post a defendable score but we are bowling superbly. It is tight-knit and makes all the games coming up all the more key.

Robert O'Donnell | Player of the Match: Nice to contribute today. It was a bit slow today, the wicket we have used 4 times but it was still a fairly good batting wicket. We looked to target one over and it came off. You want to be putting performances on the board most days and it was good to be batting with KJ [Kyle Jamieson], good to have him back. Find way to win games - that's what we are about. Probably expecting a last-ball finish but guys with cool heads got us through. We would have liked to restrict them to less but Logie [Logan van Beek] came out and played a fine knock. Someone has to get a bit of tap in this format and we have to ride through it. You want a 10-wicket win and blow them for 80 but we take whatever win we get.

Thrilling game and the Aces sneak home. Earlier they were rocked by Peter Younghusband who came on and changed the game around with a 3-fer after a 44-run opening stand.

Auckland slipped to 76/5 but their skipper Robert O'Donnell rescued them with a brilliant innings of 59 from just 27 balls.

The turning point of the game came when he struck 30 off one Michael Snedden over to flip the game on its head. Till then Wellington were holding the advantage.

Nathan Smith gave Wellington hope with a fine 19th over and Ollie Newton got Delport first ball of the last over but byes ensured that the Aces scraped home.

Stay tuned to find out who the Player of the Match is.

Auckland Aces beat Wellington Firebirds by 2 wickets!

Robert O'Donnell 59 | Nathan Smith 3/13
Logan van Beek 54 | Peter Younghusband 3/19

What a way for the Aces to win. Byes as the keeper lets his team down.

20.0

19.3 Ollie Newton to Adithya Ashok, FOUR BYES! THE AUCKLAND ACES WIN! At a length outside off, comes back in. Ashok swings at it and misses. Keeper Callum McLachlan sees the ball die on him but cannot get his gloves down in time to collect it. The ball goes past him for four byes- he is a top class keeper, and one can only feel for him!

19.2 Ollie Newton to Adithya Ashok, at a length outside off. Ashok works it towards midwicket off the inside edge. NO RUN!

19.1 Ollie Newton to Louis Delport, GOES HIGH AND TAKEN! Short of a length outside off, slowish delivery. Delport tries to play the inside out shot over covers but ends up hitting it straight up in the air. The fielder at cover, Jakob Bhula, stations himself under it and takes the catch quite comfortably! Big wicket!

Louis Delport c Jakob Bhula b Ollie Newton 7(5) (1x4)

Delport with a handy boundary. 2 to win off the last over. Can Wellington conjure up some magic?

overs

152 /7 score

runs

Louis Delport *

7 (4)

Kyle Jamieson

12 (11)

Logan van Beek

0 /28

18.6 Logan van Beek to Louis Delport, yorker on leg. Delport brings his bat down in time and manages to send it towards point for a run. We are going to the final over!

18.5 Logan van Beek to Louis Delport, at a length outside off. Delport cracks it through the covers from the crease for a brace! Three runs to win now.

18.4 Logan van Beek to Louis Delport, FOUR! Low fulltoss outside off. Delport opens the face of his bat and slashes it just wide of point for a boundary! That was a welcome boundary for the Aces, and they will take it.

18.3 Logan van Beek to Louis Delport, full and wide outside off. Delport tries to slash it but misses!

18.2 Logan van Beek to Kyle Jamieson, full outside off. Jamieson drags it towards long on, picks up a run.

18.1 Logan van Beek to Kyle Jamieson, full and wide outside off. Jamieson drills it to cover.

Brilliant over from Nathan Smith. A glimmer of hope for Wellington after that 2-wicket over.

Louis Delport, LHB, comes to the crease

overs

144 /7 score

1wd

runs

Danru Ferns *

1 (3)

Kyle Jamieson

11 (9)