World Cup 2019, Match 37: Australia vs New Zealand – Fantain Fantasy Cricket Tips

Probably one of the few ‘matches-among-equals’ at this stage, Australia takes on New Zealand to see who would top the table at the end of the league stage. Seeing as matches involving Afghanistan could be thrillers, this match is bound to be a close one. 5-time winner of the world cup takes on a team that has never won the world cup before but looks very much on the path for their debut victory.

Australia’s win against Arch-Rivals England puts them in a much better mood than New Zealand that just comes off a loss against Pakistan. Here is all you need to read for both the teams before picking your Fantain XI.

Team News:

Australia

The only match that Australia ever lost in this season was against India. Every other match was won by fairly good margins. David Warner, Nile and Finch have kept the man of the match awards to themselves making them prime candidates for your Fantain Fantasy Lineup.

Starc has taken 19 wickets so far with Cummins far behind at 11. The team, while having done well overall, seem to be dependant Coulter-Nile back into the playing XI to replace Lyon. Coulter-Nile was on the bench against England

Predicted XI: Aaron Finch (c), David Warner, Steven Smith, Usman Khawaja, Glenn Maxwell, Mitchell Starc, Jason Behrendorff, Nathan Lyon, Pat Cummins, Marcus Stoinis, Alex Carey (wk)

New Zealand

The loss against Pakistan most definitely snapped the team to reality. Their spotless journey came to a screeching halt as the team could not defend a decent total of 237 against Azam and Sohail. The team’s batting also failed them. Both issues need to be taken care of. Santner and Henry were economical. The openers dropped the ball and the middle order struggled to handle the sudden pressure.

They might not want to change the playing XI.

Predicted XI: 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

Top Picks

Finch and Warner: Australia’s two strong pillars are always there to hold the fort. The two batsmen have a formidable understanding between them to score high every time

Neesham: Allrounder Neesham has 173 runs and 77 wickets to his credit. Definitely must-have in your Fantain Fantasy Lineup

Starc: Starc has taken the most wickets so far in World Cup 2019. He seems to have understood the pitch more than most.

Fantain Fantasy XI:

Batsmen: Finch, Warner, Williamson, Khawaja, Guptill

Bowlers: Starc, Ferguson, Boult

All-Rounders: Neesham, Colin DG

Wicket-Keeper: Carey

This is our Fantain Fantasy XI but you’re the real expert.