New South Wales vs Queensland match prediction
New South Wales will resume Day 3 with a 22-run lead in the first innings against Queensland at the Sydney Cricket Ground, on Monday.
With New South Wales leading Queensland by 22 runs at the end of Day 2, things are going to be heated up as the match resumes on Monday. Sean Abbott and Peter Neville unbeaten on 47 and 20 respectively, and we are expecting the hosts to go all guns blazing in an attempt to clinch their fifth win this season while Queensland will be hoping to get at least a point back home. In the midst of these events, you can be the real winner if you place your bets strategically. To help you, we have assembled the 3 best bets from Day 3 of the match.
Sean Abbott to score under 71.5 @ 1.50
While Sean Abbott has shown immense character in steadying the ship of New South Wales in the middle order, we cannot expect him to anchor the innings till the end. As per records, his overall average is 16.91 in first class cricket while his top score being 79. But the fact that he has managed to get past the 50-run mark just 4 times in 74 innings doesn’t support the fact that he is going to add 32 runs to his overnight score. The last four innings he played in the Sheffield Shield, his scores have been 54, 2, 24 and 20. The average of which accounts to 25 runs per innings.
In the last 10 balls he faced in the post Tea session on Day 2, Abbott managed to score just 1 run. More importantly, scoring runs hasn’t been that easy in the morning session with the ball when the ball helps the fast bowlers to a favourable extent. Going along the same lines, in the recent past, Sean Abbott has remained unbeaten three times at stumps. But, he only managed to add handful of runs in the morning session the following day. Sean just scored 2, 9 and 24 runs in those innings before he was sent back to the pavilion before the lunch break.
New South Wales to score under 350 @ 2.40
Even though New South Wales have a lead of 22 runs at the end of Day 2 with 5 wickets in hand, it is unlikely that they are going to get past the 350-run mark on Monday. Two major factors which work against them is that their run rate of 2.67 is too low to get them near to the said score and they have got only five wickets in hand. Historically, they have not been able to.
On the other hand, it is unlikely that New South Wales are going to bat long hours on Day 3. Instead they are going to put 70-odd runs, take the lead close 100 and then give a declaration and put pressure back on Queensland in an attempt for an outright win. Previously, we have seen them wrapping up the innings to risk for full points and given the current situation, it is understandable that a declaration is inevitable if they do not get bowled out in the first hour. This bet will easily make you richer on Monday.
New South Wales to score over 277.5 after 105 overs @ 1.83
Having won 4 out of the 5 matches they have played in the Sheffield Shield so far, New South Wales is in red hot form. With a 22-run lead at the end of Day 2, they are in the driver’s seat in the game. As far as this bet is concerned, scoring 16 runs in 7 overs is quite achievable in the current run rate of 2.67. Although their rate has increased to 2.85 in the last 7 overs, we must keep in mind that 16.5 runs have been scored on average in the first 7 overs of the opening session of Day 1 and Day 2. With two set batsmen at the crease, it won’t be too daunting a task to put on just 16 more runs in the opening half-an-hour.
Another aspect which might play a part is the fact that New South Wales need to put on some quick runs, extent the lead and declare to push for a win. In order to achieve that, the batters might take the offensive route from the word go.This is the sole reason why the bet looks realistic even though the run rate of the overnight batsmen are 32.14 and 44.94 respectively. Even though this bet looks a bit risky than the above two one, I have already gone for it. It’s your turn to place the bet.
