England Women vs India Women, ENGW vs INDW, Today Match Prediction 03 July 2021

engw vs indw Match Prediction & Analysis

England women chased down the target for the second successive time but they were put under huge pressure from the Indian bowling unit this time around. India will be happy about their much improved performance from the first ODI match but their batting unit is still a major concern as they are failing to put runs on board effectively. England will be delighted with the fightback from the middle order and will look to come up with yet another clinical performance to white wash the series. Indian batting line-up must look to be more proactive and score more runs to put a competetive total on board in this match. 

TEAMS PREVIEW

England Women Preview

England middle order was put on test in this match as they lost wickets at regular intervals and were struggling at 92/4 at one point. Sophia Dunkley (73* runs) and Katherine Brunt (33* runs) came to England`s rescue with a 92-run unbeaten partnership to take them across the chase line. Earlier Lauren Hill played a good knock of 44 runs.  

England failed to break India`s opening partnership in the power play but their duo of Sophie Ecclestone and Kate Cross sinked the Indian batting line-up as they shared 8 wickets between them.  They had combined bowling figures of 20-2-67-8 in the match. Nat Sciver and Anya Shrubsole contributed with economical overs in the match.

Top Players to bet on:

Sophie Dunkley: Dunkley batted twice in this series and has scores of 74* & 73* respectively. She has been Mrs. Consistent for the team helping them to score vital runs in the middle order.

Kate Cross: Kate Cross registered her career best figures of 5/34 in the match and will b eager to prove her worth in coming matches too. She will be looking for a place in XI for the upcoming big multi-team events in the English team.

England Women Predicted Playing XI:

Lauren Winfield Hill, Tammy Beaumont, Heather Knight (c), Natalie Sciver, Amy Ellen Jones (wk), Sophia Dunkley, Katherine Brunt, Sarah Glenn, Sophie Ecclestone, Anya Shrubsole, Kate Cross

England Women Actual Playing XI:

Sarah Glenn, Heather Knight, Kate Cross, Sophie Ecclestone, Sophia Dunkley Brown, Lauren Winfield, Amy Ellen Jones, Tammy Beaumont, Natalie Sciver, Anya Shrubsole, Katherine Brunt

India Women Preview

Indian team batting unit posted a moderate 225 runs in their 50 overs and never got any momentum in their innings. Skipper Mithali Raj was the only batter for the second time in a row to make a 50+ score for the team. Shefali Verma looked good for her 44 runs and shared a 56-run opening partnership with Smriti Mandana for the first wicket (22 runs).

Indian bowlers brought out a better fight this time around but were unable to stop the opposition from chasing the target. Jhulam Goswami and Shikha pandey took a wicket each and gave runs at less than 4 RPO in their combined 19 overs. Sneh Rana and Poonam Yadav shared 3 wickets between them but Poonam was the most expensive bowler giving 63 runs in her 10 overs.

Top Players to bet on:

Mithali Raj: Mithali has scores of 72 & 59 in the 2 matches but her strike rate of 70 is a kind of worry. But she has been often left to play a lone battle with other players not contributing effectively with the bat.   

Jhulam Goswami: Goswami is proving her experience with superb spells in both matches with figures of 6-1-25-1 & 10-0-39-1. She picked up early wicket in both the matches and never allowing any easy runs to England.

India Women Predicted Playing XI:

Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Punam Raut/Jemimah Rodrigues, Mithali Raj (c), Harmanpreet Kaur, Deepti Sharma, Taniya Bhatia (wk), Shikha Pandey, Jhulan Goswami, Sneh Rana, Poonam Yadav

India Women Actual Playing XI:

Smriti Mandhana, Jhulan Goswami, Sneh Rana, Deepti Sharma, Shikha Pandey, Mithali Raj, Poonam Yadav, Taniya Bhatia, Shafali Verma, Harmanpreet Kaur, Jemimah Rodrigues

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Worcester is expected to have a dark and Cloudy weather on the match day but 90% chances of rain predicted by forecasters. Rain might cause some overs to be lost in this match

Venue Details

Worcester is a placid track with good pace and bounce early on in the track. We expect the pitch to get better as the match progresses on this track. The average scores in this match will be around 250-260 runs.

Toss: To Bowl

England won both the matches chasing and both teams would look to continue this trend in this match too.