Wellington Blaze vs Canterbury Magicians, 9th Match, Round 3, Hallyburton Johnstone Shield 2026
WBL vs CM Prediction: Who Will Win?
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With little form or head-to-head history on record, Wellington Blaze and Canterbury Magicians start on level terms, and the toss and team news could decide it.
The toss could matter here. Chasing has been the better option at this ground, so the captain who calls right may well choose to bowl first. We expect a first-innings score of around 275, and anything well above that should put the batting side in control.
WBL vs CM Score Prediction at Basin Reserve
If Wellington Blaze bat first
If Canterbury Magicians bat firstHow totals go at Basin Reserve
WBL vs CM Toss Prediction
Whoever wins the toss is likely to bowl first.
WBL vs CM Pitch Report
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Conditions at Basin Reserve have been fairly balanced, with neither bat nor ball on top.
Across the last 40 WList A matches here, the side batting first has averaged 275, with chasing teams averaging 228. A score of 260-290 looks like par on this surface. Results have been evenly split: 23 wins for the side batting first and 17 for the chasers.
The last 3 first-innings scores here, newest first: 205 (WFR, won), 354/7 (WFR, won), 350/5 (CK, won). Scoring has gone up lately: the last 3 first innings averaged 303, above the ground average of 275. First-innings totals here have ranged from 129 to 427 in that time.
This has been a seamers' ground: pace bowlers have taken 82% of the wickets here (32 of 39). Seamers have gone at 5.58 an over and spinners at 4.81, so expect the slower bowlers to be used to control the scoring.
Toss call: a close one. Bowling first and knowing the target is the safer choice.
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WBL vs CM Recent Form and Head to Head
Wellington BlazeNo recent ODI results on record.
Canterbury MagiciansNo recent ODI results on record.
Head to head
These teams have not met in a ODI match on our records.
Basin Reserve Record
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