Canterbury Kings vs Northern Districts match prediction 16th match

Canterbury Kings vs Northern Districts Knights | Best Bets in the Market

The 16th match of The Super Smash is scheduled to take place between Northern Districts Knights and Canterbury Kings at Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Friday, the 15th of January.

Canterbury Kings are currently at third place in the table despite having played the least number of games amongst all the teams. They have played 4 games this season and only lost 1 game against the Central Districts Stags. Northern Districts Knights, on the other hand, have lost 4 out of the 5 games they have played and are currently at second to the last place on the table. The two teams have played 26 games against each other in past seasons and both teams have 13 wins, and in the 4 games played by the teams at Hagley Oval, both teams managed to pull off 2 victories. I have picked the best bets in the market from this game, so that you can make a lot of cash instantly on Friday.

Player Matches- Chad Bowes to score more than Ken McClure

I want to start with an easier bet. Chad Bowes, the youngster from South Africa, has been extremely impressive while playing for the Kings. In his 5 years with the team, he has played 41 innings and scored a total of 1158 runs with an average of 29.59. Ken McClure has played 7 matches for the Kings and has scored only 101 runs, at an average of 16.83. This is already favourable for our bet. We further consider their performance against the Knights and Chad Bowes has played 5 innings against the Northern Districts and scored a massive 202 (15, 57, 24, 67, 39) runs from them, at an average of 40.40. Meanwhile, Ken McClure has played only once against the Northern Knights, back in the 2016-17 season and he scored only 10 runs before getting bowled. Even in the 4 matches that the two players have played in the season, McClure managed to score more than Bowes only once. If this is not enough to convince you, let me show you their performance at the pitch to convince you how solid the bet is. Ken McClure has played 2 games at the Hagley Oval and in the games, he managed to score only 17 runs at an average of 8.5. Chad Bowes has come out to bat at the pitch on 18 occasions and he racked up 501 runs from the games at an average of 30.06. Bet365 has offered odds of 1.80 for Chad Bowes to score more than Ken McClure and this is a bet to go for.

Canterbury Kings to have the Highest Opening Partnership

This bet is a winner with great odds, and we can base that on the performances by the teams in this season. Katene Clarke and Tim Seifert are opening for the Knights, and while they have performed decently in the 5 games they have come out to play scoring a total of 163 runs (18, 29, 84, 32, 0) from their opening partnerships at an average of 32.6, Canterbury Kings have performed better with Ken McClure and Chad Bowes as openers, who have both played extremely well in the 4 matches and scored a total of 149 runs (77, 55, 0, 17) from the opening partnerships in the matches at an average of 37.25. The opening partnerships depend on bowling almost as much as they depend on batting, and the Knights have conceded a total of 237 runs from 5 matches, at an average of 47.4 runs per match, while the Kings have just conceded 47 runs from their 4 matches, at an average of 11.75, which means that the Kings have conceded lesser in the 4 matches they played than the knights concede on average in every match. Sportsbet.io is offering odds of 1.86 for Canterbury Kings to be the team with the highest runs at 1st dismissal.

Canterbury Kings to Win

Canterbury Kings are in rare form this season. I mentioned earlier how they have only lost one game in the season, while the Northern Knights have lost 4 games out of 5 so far. The only game won by the Knights was due to the low target they managed to get from Central Districts Stags, whereas both the teams lost their 1st match to the Stags. Canterbury, on average, has scored more runs than the Knights from their games, scoring at an average of 169.0 from the 3 complete matches, while the Knights have been scoring at an average of 141.2 runs per match. The Knights have also conceded at a higher rate than the Kings, they have been conceding at an average of 166.6 from the 5 games, while the Kings have been conceding at an average of 152.66 from their 3 complete matches. If we compare the two teams’ play, while they were playing against the Volts, the Kings had dominated the Volts giving a target of 185 runs and then going on to win by 61 runs with 8 balls left when they got them all out. Compare it to the Knights play, who gave a target of 153 runs and lost by 2 wickets, with 2 balls left. Sportsbet.io has offered odds of 1.82 for Canterbury Kings to Win, and this is one of the safest bets in the market.