The Ford Trophy · 5th Match · List A · Updated 5:05 AM IST
Wellington Firebirds won the toss and elected to bowl first at Basin Reserve in this completed The Ford Trophy fixture. Below is the official toss outcome, what our model would have called, pitch trends, and the complete WF vs CK head-to-head toss record.
Sat, 31 Oct · 3:00 AM IST
Basin Reserve, Wellington
Wellington Firebirds51%
Canterbury Kings49%Across 5 completed The Ford Trophy games, 20% of toss winners chose to bat first. Teams batting first have won 67% of those games.
Canterbury Kings won by 209 runs
The card shows what our model would have called. It is not counted in the accuracy record.
Across 5 completed The Ford Trophy games, 20% 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: BowlBowl
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 29 Oct | vs OV | ✗ Lost toss OV bowls |
| Date | Opponent | Toss Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct | vs AA | ✓ Won toss Bowl first |
Wellington Firebirds won the toss and elected to bowl first in the The Ford Trophy match at Basin Reserve on 31 October 2026. No prediction was logged for this match before the toss, so it does not count in our accuracy record.
Across 5 completed The Ford Trophy games, 20% of toss winners chose to bat first. Teams batting first have won 67% of those games.
In 1 completed The Ford Trophy meeting this season, Wellington Firebirds won the toss 1 time and Canterbury Kings 0. The full list, with each captain's decision and the match result, is in the head-to-head section above.
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.