back to top
HomeSuper Smash 2024-25Auckland Blast Past Wellington with Powerful Knocks from Guptill and Keene, Aim for Playoff Spot

Auckland Blast Past Wellington with Powerful Knocks from Guptill and Keene, Aim for Playoff Spot

WF vs AA 20th Match Highlights of Super Smash 2024-25

The 20th match between the bottom-of-the-table teams Wellington Firebirds and Auckland Aces. Both the teams as mentioned are at the bottom of the points table with 8 points each, the playoff position is just a win away for both teams. This is what makes this matchup crucial for both teams, here are the WF vs AA 20th match highlights of the Super Smash 2024-25.

Guptill and Keene’s Opening Blast

The match at the Basin Reserve started with Wellington winning the toss and opting to bowl first. Martin Guptill and Simon Keene stepped onto the pitch as the openers, they played a fabulous innings from their bats. Guptill scored 82 off 49 balls, hitting sixs 6’s and six 4’s, and Keene scored 81 off 35 balls, hitting seven 6’s and six 4’s.

However Keene was dismissed in the 13th over and Guptill was dismissed in the 14th over, leaving the team with a strong run score. After their dismissal, the batting lineup added some good runs to complete the innings at 215/3. Michael Snedden was the best bowler from the Wellington side with 2 wickets and 39 runs in 4 overs.

Auckland’s Threat Abbas

Wellington openers had an underwhelming start to their innings, both the openers were dismissed under 3 overs. Captain Nick Kelly was also unable to stay on for long on the pitch and was dismissed for 8 runs in the 3rd over. Muhammad Abbas started his stint with some solid knocks, at a strike rate of 219 he was poised to win the match for Wellington. However, Auckland’s threat was dismissed for 57 off 26 balls in the 13th over at 140/6.

Michael Bracewell and Jesse Tashkoff tried riding Abbas’s momentum of runs but were shortly dismissed for 21 and 20 respectively. Danru Ferns led the bowling attack of Auckland by taking 4 wickets and giving away just 16 runs in 3 overs, Wellington was bundled up for 162 in 17 overs.

DOWNLOAD: STUMPSANDBAILS FANTASY CRICKET APP

DOWNLOAD: DRAGOZ SPORTS FANTASY CRICKET APP

Points Table

WPL 2025
ICC Champions Trophy, 2025
Teams M W L T D N/R PT NRR
Royal Challengers Bengaluru Women 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 1.44
Gujarat Giants Women 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0.12
Delhi Capitals Women 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 -0.88
Mumbai Indians Women 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 -0.05
UP Warriorz Women 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 -0.85
Teams M W L T D N/R PT NRR
Australia
England
South Africa
Afghanistan
India
Pakistan
Bangladesh
New Zealand

Most Popular

Recent Comments

Top 5 Players With Most Runs in WPL Top 5 Bowlers With Best Economy Rates in ODIs Top-5 Batters with Best Strike-rate in ODIs Top 5 Indian Batsmen with the Most Centuries in ICC Champions Trophy Top 3 Bowlers with Most Wickets in Champions Trophy