New South Wales v Queensland Elimination Final Prediction

Queensland continued their journey towards prosperity by defeating the supreme side, Western Australia, by a margin of one mere run in the last pool match. The first accumulated 24 points from seven games with five wins, two losses and was placed on the second spot. New South Wales played seven matches, grabbed four of them, lost two, one ended without any result, attained 18 points and booked the third place on the table. Both teams will appear in the crucial Elimination Final and the one plays better on the day will see Western Australia in the Final at Sydney Cricket Ground.

Players to watch

New South Wales was beaten badly by Tasmania in their previous game mainly because their batting crumbled so they have to re-assess their plans. Their batting revolves around Peter Nevill, Ryan Carters, Moises Henriques and Ben Rohrer. Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and Gurinder Sandhu have bowled well in the event.

Usman Khawaja of Queensland emerged as a star batsman in the tournament by hammering 523 runs at an excellent average of 74.71 comprising two hundreds and one fifty. He was declared ‘Player of the match’ in the last match because of a breezy knock of 120 and shared another sterling opening partnership of 151 with Chris Hartley who contributed 64. Joe Burns, Peter Forrest and Nathan Reardon have scored lots of runs for their side whereas Ben Cutting, Mark Steketee, James Hopes and Cameron Boyce are doing their best with the ball.

Time & Venue

Friday, October 24, 2014 @ 03:00 GMT, 14:00 local at Blacktown Olympic Park Oval, Sydney.

Weather

Rain can interrupt the game with the temperatures around 16-24ᵒC.

Toss

The skippers from both sides have opted to field first after winning the toss and they prefer to chase.

The Pitch

The wicket has proved nice for batting and most of the batsmen have scored frequently but a few of them going for quick runs have lost their wickets cheaply.

Teams

New South Wales – Moises Henriques (C), Peter Neville, Nic Maddinson, Kurtis Patterson, Ben Rohrer, Ryan Carters, Sean Abbott, Pat Cummins, Chris Green, Gurinder Sandhu, Josh Hazlewood.

Queensland – James Hopes (C), Usman Khawaja, Chris Hartley, Joe Burns, Peter Forrest, Nathan Reardon, Ben Cutting, Jason Floros, Cameron Gannon, Cameron Boyce, Mark Steketee.

Prediction

Queensland is favourite to win the said encounter.