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CLAIM NOWNew South Wales vs Victoria, SSD, Today Match Prediction 16 February 2024
Toss Winner - Victoria won the toss and choose to bowl first
Match Drawn
Two of the top four lock horns at the iconic Sydney Cricket Ground!
- New South Wales have won their last two matches in this Sheffield Shield campaign.
- Victoria are unbeaten from their last five matches in the competition.
- Both sides had narrow victories during Round 7 of the tournament.
We are backing Victoria to win this match!
| Tournament: | Sheffield Shield, 2023-2024 |
| Format: | test |
| Venue: | Sydney Cricket Ground, Moore Park, Australia |
| Toss Prediction: | To Bat |
| Weather: | 22.0°C|Partly cloudy |
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NSW vs VAC Betting Odds
NSW vs VAC Match Prediction & Analysis
Both New South Wales and Victoria come into this clash with genuine aspirations of finishing in the top two and progressing to the Final of this year's Sheffield Shield in late March.
NSW triumphed by four wickets in their last game as they ed their first win at the world famous WACA ground since 2012 in Round 7.
For Victoria, they had Nic Maddinson to thank after his first innings century proved to ultimately be the difference between them and South Australia in Melbourne earlier this month.
With just three rounds of the group stage remaining, we are very much into the 'business' end of the tournament and no side can afford to slip up in this game.
RECENT PERFORMANCE
NSW
W W W W L
NSW
256/3 in 40.5 6.27
311/10 in 48.4 6.39
256/10 in 88.0 2.91
182/6 in 59.3 3.06
161/10 in 39.1 4.11
163/5 in 32.2 5.04
VAC
L W W W W
VAC
256/3 in 40.5 6.27
311/10 in 48.4 6.39
252/10 in 70.2 3.58
SSD
Victoria beat South Australia by 23 runs
234/10 in 61.4 3.79
HEAD TO HEAD
Last 3 Matches
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TEAMS PREVIEW
New South Wales Preview
New South Wales had an unlikely hero in their win over Western Australia in Perth with T20 specialist Chris Green starring and taking the Player of the Match Award thanks to double figure scores with the bat in both innings and nine wickets across the game! It is perhaps a surprise to not see the bowling all-rounder in action in either the ILT20 or the BPL at this time of year but the loss for those tournaments is very much the gain for NSW who will be looking for him to exploit the spinning conditions in Sydney.
With the bat, skipper Moises Henriques and the experienced Daniel Hughes will be key in both innings if NSW are to put down a marker to take them towards the final.
New South Wales Predicted Playing XI:
Blake Nikitaras, Ryan Hackney, Daniel Hughes, Matthew Gilkes (wk), Moises Henriques (c), Oliver Davies, Jack Edwards, Chris Green, Jackson Bird, Chris Tremain, Liam Hatcher
New South Wales Key Players From Previous Game Of Sheffield Shield, 2023-2024
New South Wales Actual Playing XI:
Blake Nikitaras, Chris Tremain, Daniel Hughes, Jackson Bird, Jack Edwards, Liam Hatcher, Matthew Gilkes, Moises Henriques, Nathan Lyon, Oliver Davies, Sam Konstas
Victoria Preview
Under the captaincy of Peter Handscomb, Victoria will make the short trip to Sydney fancying their chances of recording a fourth successive win in head to heads against NSW. Handscomb leads a team full of experience which includes Nic Maddinson and Marcus Harris at the top of the batting order with Scott Boland opening the bowling. However, in Sydney, as we all know, spin is often a vital weapon and Victoria will have the bespectacled Todd Murphy on hand to provide that option.
Victoria's final three games are all against teams who, like them, are in the top four, so they will not be able to let their guard down on any occasion, starting with this clash!
Victoria Predicted Playing XI:
Nic Maddinson, Marcus Harris, Campbell Kellaway, Peter Handscomb (c), Jonathan Merlo, Sam Harper (wk), Mitchell Perry, Fergus O'Neill, Xavier Crone, Todd Murphy, Scott Boland
Victoria Key Players From Previous Game Of Sheffield Shield, 2023-2024
Victoria Actual Playing XI:
Campbell Kellaway, Fergus O’Neill, Marcus Harris, Mitchell Perry, Nic Maddinson, Peter Handscomb, Scott Boland, Sam Harper, Todd Murphy, William Pucovski, Will Sutherland
PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS
Weather Conditions
Cloudy conditions are forecast across all four scheduled days of this game and it would be a surprise if there were no interruptions from rain. It will also be humid throughout and the temperature will be over 24 degrees on each day.
NSW vs VAC Pitch Report
Pitch Condition
BattingBatting Conditions
High ScoringPace Bowling
Pace BounceSpin Bowling
Minimal Turn
Although this is a good batting pitch in Sydney, we may well see some up and down bounce as well as plenty of turn by the fourth days play. The humidity should also bring the swing bowlers into the game with a first innings par score likely to be no higher than 350.
Toss: To Bat
Games in Sydney always turn the more the match progresses and we expect this one to be no different. We anticipate that both teams will want to bat first and have the best opportunity to utilise spin in the fourth innings of the game.
NSW vs VAC
Winning Prediction
This has all the ingredients to be a fantastic game at the SCG and we expect plenty of cricket enthusiasts to come down to get a first-hand view of the proceedings. New South Wales are growing in confidence but this will be a really tough clash against an in-form Victoria side. We predict this game will go all four days with Victoria getting the win.
We are backing Victoria to win this match!
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