High-flying Wellington sides to provide stern test in Bay Oval opener

Published on 31 Dec 2019

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Fans should be treated to some high-quality cricket to open the year 2020 at Bay Oval tomorrow.

The sides from Wellington are making the trip to Tauranga and, with one loss between the two teams from 11 matches, should provide a challenge for the SkyCity Hamilton Northern Spirit and Knights.

The Northern Districts' sides will be looking to return to winning ways after both suffered tight defeats in the last round against Otago.

Victories against the Blaze and Firebirds would propel both teams up the table and be a serious statement as the Dream11 Super Smash starts to near the business end.

Despite the competition reaching its halfway mark in the last round, this will be the first meeting between the Northern Districts' and Wellington sides.

The solitary change to the squads for the New Year's Day fixtures, which are the first Super Smash matches at Bay Oval this summer, is the addition of Emma Baker to the Spirit side.

SkyCity Hamilton Northern Spirit vs Wellington Blaze - Wednesday, January 1, 3.30pm at Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui.

Knights vs Wellington Firebirds - Wednesday, January 1, 7.00pm at Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui.

SKYCITY HAMILTON NORTHERN SPIRIT DREAM11 SUPER SMASH SQUAD - ROUND SIX VS WELLINGTON BLAZE

Felicity Leydon-Davis (c)

Kate Anderson

Emma Baker

Bernadine Bezuidenhout

Lucy Boucher

Carolyn Esterhuizen

Katie Gurrey

Brooke Halliday

Lauren Heaps

Olivia Lobb

Lily Mulivai

Eimear Richardson

Charlotte Sarsfield

KNIGHTS DREAM11 SUPER SMASH SQUAD - ROUND SIX VS WELLINGTON FIREBIRDS

Dean Brownlie (c)

Peter Bocock

Joe Carter

Anton Devcich

Daniel Flynn

Jake Gibson

Brett Hampton

Scott Kuggeleijn

Daryl Mitchell

Brett Randell

Tim Seifert

Ish Sodhi

Anurag Verma