Who Will Win NZ Vs AUS 1st ODI Today Match Prediction Jan 30th Monday 2017? Here is an NZ Vs AUS sure shot cricket prediction. This is a 3 ODI match series which Australia will play with NZ in the home ground of New Zealand and this is the 1st ODI match of this NZ Vs AUS ODI series which is starting from 30th Jan 2017.

Who will win New Zealand vs Australia 1st ODI?

New Zealand lost the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy in Australia last year in December when they were whitewashed 0-3 by the hosts. Now, the Kiwis will be playing in their own den and will be looking to reclaim the trophy when they take on their neighbours in a three-match ODI series. The first one-day international will be played on January 30 at the Eden Park, Auckland. Live telecast begins at 11 AM local time.

Toss

Seven of the last nine ODIs at the Eden Park have been won by the side batting second. So toss is going to play an important role in this match and whoever wins it on Monday will probably go for a chase. New Zealand have won three of their previous four matches at this ground in which they batted second. Therefore, betting on the hosts will be a good idea if they bat second.

 

New Zealand

Team News

Regular wicket-keeper Luke Ronchi is injured and he will be replaced by uncapped ODI player Tom Blundell. Ross Taylor will make his comeback in place of Jeetan Patel while the selectors have decided to rest allrounder Corey Anderson for the series.

Key Players

Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor and Kane Williamson are the stars in the Kiwi batting lineup. Guptill is averaging 67.40 in ODIs at the Eden Park with two hundreds and four fifties and so we predict him to be New Zealand’s best batsman in this match. Trent Boult is the number one ranked ODI bowler and he has taken twelve wickets from four matches at this ground. The fast bowler will present a significant threat to the Australian batters with his swing in these conditions.

Recent Form

New Zealand will be pleased with how they have been performing in the 50-overs format of late. They won 10 out of the 17 ODIs they played in 2016 which is good enough if not impressive. They recently whitewashed Bangladesh at home in a three-match series.

New Zealand Squad

KS Williamson (Captain), TA Blundell (Keeper), TA Boult, NT Broom, C de Grandhomme, LH Ferguson, MJ Guptill, MJ Henry, TWM Latham, C Munro, JDS Neesham, MJ Santner, TG Southee, LRPL Taylor.

Australia

Team News

The Australian selectors have decided to give top-order batsmen David Warner and Usman Khawaja a break in view of preparation for the forthcoming test series in India. Aaron Finch and Shaun Marsh have been named as the respective replacements and the two are likely to open the batting together. Skipper Steven Smith has injured his ankle and has been ruled out of the NZ tour. The team has yet to decide on who will be leading the side in this first one-dayer.

Key Players

Australia have a lot of depth in their batting with Aaron Finch, Shaun Marsh and Glenn Maxwell being the three big guns. Travis Head had a good ODI series against Pakistan and the team will be expecting a lot from him. Mitchell Starc will be the key man with the ball for Australia. The pacer took 6 for 28 at the Eden Park in 2015 and we predict him to finish with the most Kiwi scalps in this match.

Recent Form

Australia have been back to their old winning ways since being hammered 0-5 by South Africa on the African soil. They have lost just one game in their last seven and that defeat came against Pakistan in the recently concluded home ODI series. Three of these six wins were secured against New Zealand at home.

Australia Squad

MS Wade (Captain /Keeper), PJ Cummins, JP Faulkner, AJ Finch, PSP Handscomb, JR Hazlewood, TM Head, SD Heazlett, SE Marsh, GJ Maxwell, B Stanlake, MA Starc, MP Stoinis, A Zampa

Our Prediction

New Zealand

Will Win the Match

New Zealand

Will Win the Toss

Else Where

Cricfrog

Match – New Zealand

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Match – New Zealand

Realsport101

Match – Australia

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Match – Australia