Australia Women vs New Zealand Women, ICC Womens T20 World Cup 2020, Today Match Prediction 02 Mar 2020

ausw vs nzw Match Prediction & Analysis

ICC Women's T20 World Cup has reached the final stages of the league phase with India being the only team to qualify for the knockouts so far. Australia and New Zealand face-off in a virtual quarterfinal match with the winner going to the next round.

Australia came back strongly to win back-to-back matches against Sri Lanka & Bangladesh respectively. New Zealand too had a similar fate after winning their matches against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh they ended up losing against India. Australia has an upper hand with its consistency over the last 2 years and better NRR which might help them in case of wash-out. We can expect a cracking contest between two quality sides going into the knockouts.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Australia Women Preview

Australia put on a massive score of 186 runs on board last match against the Bangladesh team. Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney scored 80+ runs to put on a 151-run opening partnership the last match. Meg Lanning and Rachael Haynes played well after the top-order collapse, to chase down 123 runs against Sri Lanka. Ashleigh Gardener has played some crucial cameos with the bat in the limited opportunities she got.

Megan Schutt and Jess Jonassen are the top wicket-takers for the team. Nikola Carey, Ellyse Perry, and Molly Strano are contributing to the team with their economical bowling so far.

Key Players:

Alyssa Healy – has scores of 51, 0, & 83 in the three matches so far. Healy is a quality player who can take away the match single-handedly from the opposition easily. She scored her runs at a strike rate of 150 in this World Cup.

Megan Schutt – had match figures of 4-0-21-3 and dismissed both the openers inside power play last match. She has 4 wickets in the last 2 matches with an economy of 5 RPO.

Australia Women Predicted Playing XI:

Rachael Haynes, Megan Schutt, Alyssa Healy (wk), Meg Lanning (c), Ellyse Perry, Jess Jonassen, Beth Mooney, Nicola Carey, Ashleigh Gardner, Georgia Wareham, Annabel Sutherland

Australia Women Actual Playing XI:

Meg Lanning, Georgia Wareham, Beth Mooney, Megan Schutt, Jess Jonassen, Ellyse Perry, Nicola Carey, Ashleigh Gardner, Annabel Sutherland, Alyssa Healy, Rachael Haynes

New Zealand Women Preview

New Zealand made a miraculous comeback in the last match to defend 91 runs against Bangladesh. Sophie Devine`s dream run of 6 consecutive 50+ scores came to an end against India. Rachael Haynes, Amelia Kerr, and Maddy Green have come up vital 20s and 30s with the bat so far.

Bowling is their stronger suit and has taken 25 wickets so far. Leigh Kasperek and Hayley Jensen took 3 wickets and never allowed any partnership to bloom in the last match. Amelia Kerr, Sophie Devine, and Anna Paterson had combined figures of 11-0-35-2 to strangle the opposition.

Key Players:

Sophie Devine – has scores of 75, 14, & 12 in the last three matches and will look to continue her purple patch with the bat. She also has 3 wickets at an economy of less than 6 RPO to her name.

Amelia Kerr – has 5 wickets at an economy of just 4.5 RPO in three matches. She waged a valiant battle against India with the bat scoring 34 runs off 19 balls but failed to hit a boundary in the last ball of the match.

New Zealand Women Predicted Playing XI:

Rachel Priest (wk), Sophie Devine (c), Suzie Bates, Maddy Green, Katey Martin, Amelia Kerr, Hayley Jensen, Anna Peterson, Leigh Kasperek, Lea Tahuhu, Rosemary Mair

New Zealand Women Actual Playing XI:

Anna Peterson, Leigh Kasperek, Hayley Jensen, Lea Tahuhu, Maddy Green, Amelia Kerr, Suzie Bates, Sophie Devine, Rachel Priest, Rosemary Mair, Katey Martin

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

The weather looks bright and sunny with no chances of rain on match day.

Venue Details

The pitches in Australia have worn and tear due to their used nature and we can expect Canberra Oval to be a slow pitch aiding the spinners. Last match 20 wickets fell for a combined run tally of just 162 runs here. We can expect average scores in the range of 120-130 runs in this match.

Toss: To Bat

Teams batting first have 7-2 win-loss record in the last 9 matches and pitch tends to slow down as the match progresses. Both captains will look bat first in this match.