The Ford Trophy · 7th Match · List A · Updated 4:18 AM IST
Auckland Aces won the toss and elected to bat first at Saxton Oval. Below is the live match status, the call we locked before the coin went up, the venue toss numbers behind it and the CS vs AA head-to-head toss record.
Wed, 4 Nov · 3:00 AM IST
Saxton Oval, Nelson
Central Districts47%
Auckland Aces53%Across 6 completed The Ford Trophy games, 17% of toss winners chose to bat first. Teams batting first have won 67% of those games.
AA elected to bat
Our call was locked 9 hours before the toss was recorded and graded automatically.
Across 6 completed The Ford Trophy games, 17% of toss winners chose to bat first. Numbers come from completed The Ford Trophy matches this season. For pitch degradation and dew modeling rules, read our venue toss methodology.
Last tosses at this ground, newest first: Bat
Across all 6 completed The Ford Trophy games: 17% of toss winners batted first, the toss winner won 50% and the side batting first won 67%.
Completed meetings between these two sides this season: who won the toss, what they chose and how the match ended. Read how historical streaks are modeled in our toss prediction methodology.
Verified coin toss outcomes, captain choices and venue records stored in our historical toss database for both teams.
| Date | Opponent | Toss Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Nov | vs OV | ✓ Won toss Bowl first |
| 28 Oct | vs ND | ✗ Lost toss ND bats |
| Date | Opponent | Toss Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 31 Oct | vs ND | ✓ Won toss Bowl first |
| 28 Oct | vs CK | ✗ Lost toss CK bowls |
Auckland Aces won the toss and elected to bat first in the The Ford Trophy match at Saxton Oval on 4 November 2026. Our pre-toss call was Auckland Aces to bowl first, which was correct on the toss winner.
Across 6 completed The Ford Trophy games, 17% of toss winners chose to bat first. Teams batting first have won 67% of those games. Our pre-toss call was to bowl first.
These two sides have not met in a completed The Ford Trophy match this season, so there is no head-to-head toss history yet. The prediction relies on each team's overall toss record and the venue pattern instead.
No. A cricket toss is a fair coin flip and nobody can predict it with certainty. Treat the call as a researched lean for match previews and fantasy planning, never as a sure thing. Every call is locked before the toss and graded in public on our accuracy tracker.