New Zealand will be up against Uganda in an inconsequential 31st game of the 2024 T20 World Cup. Get our latest expert New Zealand vs Uganda match betting tips, predictions and picks below.
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New Zealand vs Uganda Match Information
- Venue: Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba, Trinidad
- Date: Friday, June 14
- Time: 10.30 am local (12.30 am GMT, 6 am IST)
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What Have The Two Teams Done So Far?
This is an inconsequential game because of what has happened in the past in this competition.
Uganda has featured in three games so far, defeating Papua New Guinea but their two losses to West Indies and Afghanistan have been rather pummelling.
It’s been worse for New Zealand.
Here’s a team that has always punched beyond their weight, having made the final of the event in 2021 too. And yet, New Zealand are down and out from the tournament. They were crushed by Afghanistan and failed to chase down a score of 150 against West Indies.
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.Uganda enter this match knowing they have nothing to lose.
They have already performed better than what people expected out of them in terms of results and while their losses have been by some big margins it can easily be put down to inexperience.
Here’s a team that made it to the T20 World Cup on the back of a victory over Zimbabwe and are at the very beginning of their journey at this level. They will get better and for that they will need the likes of Alpesh Ramjani and Robinson Obuya to lead the way with the bat.
Lesser said the better about New Zealand’s showing.
They have crashed so badly that it’s hard to believe that this is the kind of performance that has come from New Zealand. In fact, most teams would expect some sort of a resignation from either their captain or coach or both with this showing.
While one can say they were shocked by Afghanistan, they should have defeated West Indies in their next game.
New Zealand had the West Indies down to 76/7 and 112/9 in 17.5 overs at one stage. To let Sherfane Rutherford to slam 38 runs off the last 13 balls was downright unacceptable.
And the Kiwis batters responded too meekly too. None of them got going till it was very late with Glenn Phillips and Mitchell Santner only providing some net run-rate solace towards the end.
Can they now look to end the tournament on a bit of a high or will we see more struggles here?
NZ vs UGA Head-to-Head Stats
- Overall New Zealand vs Uganda Head-to-head: This will be the first ever international between these two teams.
Possible Playing XIs
New Zealand
Devon Conway, Finn Allen, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, James Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Lockie Ferguson.
Uganda
Roger Mukasa, Simon Ssesazi, Robinson Obuya, Alpesh Ramjani, Kenneth Waiswa, Riazat Ali Shah, Dinesh Nakrani, Brian Masaba, Juma Miyagi, Cosmas Kyewuta, Frank Nsubuga.
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NZ vs UGA Predictions with Latest Odds*
NZ vs UGA Match Winner
New Zealand to win: 1/66 (sign up with 1xbet)
NZ vs UGA Top Batsman
- Top New Zealand Batsman – Finn Allen: 4/1 (sign up with 1xbet)
- Top Uganda Batsman – Alpesh Ramjani: 8/1 (sign up with 1xbet)
NZ vs UGA Top Bowler
- Top New Zealand Bowler – Trent Boult: 3/1 (sign up with 1xbet)
- Top Uganda Bowler – Alpesh Ramjani: 7/2 (sign up with 1xbet)
NZ vs UGA Toss Prediction
Uganda to win the toss: 10/11
NZ vs UGA Score Prediction
Total Match Score – Over 285.5: 5/6
*odds correct at the time of writing.
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