Canterbury Kings vs Auckland Aces Preview & Prediction | 2024-25 New Zealand Super Smash | League Stage
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It’s been a nightmare start for Canterbury Kings, who have lost three from three and are under huge pressure against third-placed Auckland Aces.
Date & time: Thursday January 9th 2025: USA PT – 7:25pm / USA ET – 10:25pm / Friday January 10th 2025: UK – 3:25am
Venue: Hagley Oval, Christchurch, New Zealand
Weather: Cloudy with sunny intervals and temperatures below 20c, but dry throughout.
How to watch: USA – ESPN+ / UK – TNT Sports & discovery+ / Australia – Foxtel / New Zealand – TVNZ Duke
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Canterbury Kings Betting Analysis
Canterbury Kings remain without a point to their name after three matches. Whilst all three of their defeats have been via fairly fine margins, the table doesn’t lie and Canterbury sit right at the bottom of it. Although the Kings boast a strong bowling attack, they just haven’t clicked so far. Kyle Jamieson has taken 2+ wickets in just one of the three games, but a fast bowler of his quality is likely to bounce back sooner rather than later. With that in mind, it may be worth a move on him to pick up a couple of scalps here via the ‘Bowler Milestones’ market.
Auckland Aces Betting Analysis
Auckland Aces are fairly well placed as it stands, inside the play-offs with eight points to their name and a positive net-run-rate. The Aces are coming off the back of victory over the Kings in their reverse fixture, which saw Martin Guptill star. The former New Zealand international struck 60 from 35 balls opening the batting and his ability to take control of the powerplay is notorious. It would be no surprise if Guptill followed that up with another substantial score against the same opposition here, so explore backing him to register over 27.5 match runs.
Canterbury Kings vs Auckland Aces Expert Prediction
Auckland Aces bizarrely have not tasted defeat yet in this season’s Super Smash, following two abandoned games and a win last time out. For Canterbury Kings though, they are not putting up enough runs with the bat and the bowlers can’t seem to stop the opposition from scoring runs in crunch situations. Therefore, the smart move would be backing Auckland to pick up a second straight victory.
Canterbury Kings vs Auckland Aces Top Tip: Auckland Aces to win
