Western Australia v South Australia Prediction

Western Australia won their first pool match against South Australia by three wickets on October 8, 2014, in Brisbane. The first has played four games in the Matador BBQs One-Day Cup, 2014-15, won three, one ended without any result and captured 17 points with a net run rate of +1.763. The latter took part in five encounters, lost four and got two points from the one which brought no result. Both sides will collide once again in the 16^th match of the event which can again roll towards the heavyweights, Western Australia.

Players to watch

Ashton Agar and Nathan Rimmington scored fifties for Western Australia in their previous match vs. Tasmania while Michael Clinger, Sam Whiteman and Adam Voges have played useful innings. Joel Paris has grabbed 10 wickets in three games and Jason Behrendorff along with Nathan Coulter-Nile are bowling well.

The South Australian batsmen have scored a lot of runs in the tournament but their luckless team was unable to win any match. Callum Ferguson, Alex Ross, Travis Head and Tom Cooper are their batsmen in form whereas the bowling department is being looked after by Adam Zampa, Gary Putland and Head while Shaun Tait is out of the event due to a groin injury.

Time & Venue

Friday, October 17, 2014 @ 23:00 GMT, 10:00 local at Bankstown Oval, Sydney.

Weather

A rather cold day which will be partly cloudy and the temperatures can vary around 12-22ᵒC.

Toss

The winning captain will prefer to go for bowling.

The Pitch

The strip has been well maintained by the groundsmen, Warwick Starr and Tom Parker. The green top wicket will assist the quickies but the stroke masters will enjoy their batting.

Teams

Western Australia – Adam Voges (C), Craig Simmons, Marcus Harris, Micaheal Klinger, Sam Whiteman, Cameron Bancroft, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Ashton Agar, Nathan Rimmington, Joel Paris, Jason Behrendorff.

South Australia – Tom Cooper (C), Tim Davey, Travis Head, Callum Ferguson, Alex Ross, Jake Lehman, Joe Mennie, Alex Gregory, Adam Zampa, Gary Putland, Chadd Sayers.

Prediction

Western Australia will most likely win the match.