New Zealand vs Australia Dream11 Prediction: Standing at number three in the ranking, New Zealand will have two more matches to seal their qualification for semis, while Australia, on the other hand, have already qualified with two more matches left to be played.
Given New Zealand will play their next two games against tough opponents in Australia and England, they would have to fight their skins off to earn the much-needed point for getting into the semis.
In the first of their remaining two matches, New Zealand will face the defending champions at Lords on Saturday. Perhaps, it won’t be easy for Williamson and Co. to beat Australia, who are performing phenomenally in the perennial tournament.
One of the biggest concerns for New Zealand right now is their opening par failure. Barring New Zealand’s first match against Sri Lanka, opener Martin Guptill failed to get New Zealand too good star. Skipper Williamson’s wicket once again will be the most important for Australia as New Zealand has been scoring most of the runs for New Zealand in the tournament. Even after suffering from early breakthroughs, Kane Williamson has helped his team recover and win matches in the end. Williamson has scored as my as 414 runs in 5 matches at an average of 138.00. Williamson’s ally, Ross Taylor isn’t too much behind, as both have been scoring the majority of runs for the today fantasy team.
In the previous match against Pakistan, the duo got out early due to which New Zealand could only manage to score 237 in 50 overs. Though, Jimmy Neesham and Colin De Grandhomme made valuable contributions lower down the order with 97 and 64. Both Neeshan and Grandhomme are valuable picks for your fantasy team owing to their ability to bat and ball.
Once again, the onus will be on Trent Boult in the bowling department to dismantle Australia’s strong batting line. However, the way Finch and Warner are batting right now, it won’t be easy for New Zealand bowlers to inflict any trouble to Aussie batsmen.
David Warner is, in fact, the leading run-scorer in the tournament with 500 runs in seven matches to his name, while Aaron Finch has scored 496 runs in as many matches.
Players with the likes of Steven Smith and Usman Khawaja will also be two handy picks, who will have the responsibility to take Australia to a good score on Saturday.
Pacer Mitchell Starc is the leading wicket-taker in the tournament with 19 wickets to his name. He will certainly be the biggest threat to New Zealand batsmen on Saturday.
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Head To Head | New Zealand vs Australia
Australia and New Zealand faced each other 10 times in the World Cup. Australia have always been a powerful side and also the successful side between the two. Australia have won seven times, while New Zealand have managed to win only three times. Australia won against New Zealand in 2003, 2007 and 2011 World Cup. However, New Zealand broke Australia’s winning streak in 2015 World Cup, winning the match by just 1 wicket.
Dream11 Team | New Zealand vs Australia Dream11 Prediction
- David Warner (C)
- Aaron Finch (VC)
- Usman Khawaja
- Kane Williamson
- Alex Carey
- Colin De Grandhomme
- Jimmy Neesham
- Mitchell Starc
- Nathon Lyon
- Jason Behrendorff
- Trent Boult
Team Squads
Australia
Shaun Marsh, Aaron Finch (c), David Warner, Steven Smith, Kane Richardson, Usman Khawaja, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Jason Behrendorff, Pat Cummins, Alex Carey (wk)
Nathan Coulter-Nile, Nathan Lyon, Adam Zampa
New Zealand
Ross Taylor, Martin Guptill, Kane Williamson (c), Colin de Grandhomme, Colin Munro, Trent Boult, Tom Latham (wk), James Neesham, Matt Henry, Mitchell Santner, Lockie Ferguson
Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi, Henry Nicholls, Tom Blundell
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