New Zealand vs Australia 2021, 5th T20I: Weather Forecast And Pitch Report

Updated - 06 Mar 2021, 08:53 PM

On Sunday (7th March) afternoon, the hosts New Zealand will compete against the visitors Australia at Sky Stadium (Wellington) in the fifth or final game of the ongoing T20I series.

While the series is currently standing in the 2-2 position, the winner of the last game will win this T20I series. While the home team claimed victories in the first two games of this series by 53 runs and 4 runs respectively, the visitors Australia won the next two matches by 64 runs and 50 runs respectively.

New Zealand, Australia, 5th T20I, Weather, Pitch, Wellington
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New Zealand vs Australia 2021, 5th T20I: Weather Report

This T20I series decider match between New Zealand and Australia will be played at Sky Stadium (Wellington) on Sunday (7th March) afternoon. According to the official time, this match will begin at 12:00 PM local time.

The weather forecast suggests that the sky will be cloudy for the entire day. While there is a better rain threat at the early period of the day, the raining chance will be very lower during the afternoon period as the sky will partly to mostly sunny.

The day temperature can be around 19°C and 13°C. So, despite some little rain threat, the cricket fans can expect a good T20I match on Sunday.

New Zealand, Australia, 5th T20I, Weather, Pitch, Wellington

New Zealand vs Australia 2021, 5th T20I: Pitch Report

Sky Stadium (Wellington) will host the last game of this T2oI series between New Zealand and Australia. Before this upcoming match, this venue already hosted the previous two matches of this T20I series, where Australia won both those matches after batting first.

New Zealand, Australia, 5th T20I, Weather, Pitch, Wellington
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Though previously this T20I venue had the higher winning percentage of successful chasing, now we are experiencing the constant success of the first batting teams. In the third match of this series, the visitors successfully defended the 208 runs total where they won the game by 64 runs. In the next match, Aussies scored 156/6 in the tough batting pitch and then claimed a 50-run victory.

While pacers have some good records in this T20I venue, spinners have played the most effective roles in this series.

Venue stats (Sky Stadium, Wellington)

Average totals in overall and each T20I innings at this venue

Overall T20Is

Stats Overall 1st batting 2nd batting
Win 13 (+1 tied) 6 7
Innings average (Average run-rate) 149.29 (8.04) 163.93 (8.20) 134.64 (7.85)

In last 5 T20Is

Stats Overall 1st batting 2nd batting
Win 4 (+1 tied) 4 0
Innings average (Average run-rate) 163.30 (8.36) 184.80 (9.24) 141.80 (7.45)

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