England Women vs New Zealand Women, CWGWC 2022, Today Match Prediction

engw vs nzw Match Prediction & Analysis

Cricket has started it`s footprint in the Common wealth games with women`s T20I matches being added this year. England are the hosts and are currently sitting in a comfortable position with 2 wins from as many matches. They will look to win this match and seal their spot as group B toppers. New Zealand started off a good note with two victories against South Africa and Sri Lanka and a win in this match help them to top the group.

TEAMS PREVIEW

England Women Preview

England batting has been led by Alice Capsey who top scored in both their matches with 50 & 44, respectively. Maia Boucher, Katherine Brunt, Danielle Wyatt, and Amy Jones have played some vital cameos in the two matches played so far. Sophia Dunkley and Nat Sciver are yet to make a mark with the bat and will be eager to contribute in this match.

The trio of Issy Wong (2 wickets), Sophie Ecclestone (3 wickets), and Freya Kemp (2 wickets) joined together to bundle out the opposition for just 108 runs in the last game. Sarah Glenn, Katherine Brunt, and Nat Sciver too have been brilliant with the ball bowling economically and chipping in with vital break throughs in both the matches.

Key Players: Alice Capsey, Sophie Ecclestone, Nat Sciver

England Women Predicted Playing XI:

Danielle Wyatt, Sophia Dunkley, Natalie Sciver (c), Amy Jones (wk), Maia Bouchier, Alice Capsey, Katherine Brunt, Sophie Ecclestone, Freya Kemp, Issy Wong, Sarah Glenn

England Women Actual Playing XI:

Sarah Glenn, Danielle Wyatt, Sophie Ecclestone, Sophia Dunkley Brown, Alice Capsey, Maia Bouchier, Amy Ellen Jones, Freya Kemp, Natalie Sciver, Issy Wong, Katherine Brunt

New Zealand Women Preview

Suzie Bates (34 runs) and Sophie Devine (24 runs) gave a good opening stand with 51-run opening partnership in the last game. Their middle order failed to attack the opposition as they finished with just 147/7 in 20 overs despite the start with Lea Tahuhu, Issy Gaze, and Brooke Halliday playing 20+ cameos in the middle order.

Their bowling unit came all guns blazing as they restricted the opposition to 102/8 in their 20 overs. Hayley Jensen was almost unplayable and had dream figures of 4-1-5-3 in the match. Eden Carson took 2 wickets while Amelia Kerr and Rosemary Mair chipped in with a wicket each. Lea Tahuhu was brilliant with her spell of 4-0-14-0 in the match.

Key Players: Hayley Jenson, Suzie Bates, Lea Tahuhu

New Zealand Women Predicted Playing XI:

Sophie Devine (c), Suzie Bates, Amelia Kerr, Maddy Green, Brooke Halliday, Hayley Jensen, Izzy Gaze (wk), Lea Tahuhu, Hannah Rowe, Rosemary Mair, Eden Carson

New Zealand Women Actual Playing XI:

Brooke Halliday, Hannah Rowe, Hayley Jensen, Maddy Green, Izzy Gaze, Lea Tahuhu, Amelia Kerr, Suzie Bates, Sophie Devine, Rosemary Mair, Fran jonas

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Birmingham is expected to have bright sunny and brezzy weather with good conditions for play throughout the match. No weather interruptions will come in the match.

Venue Details

Edgbaston is a good pitch which has a good balance between the bat and ball and the hybrid pitches and making life a little difficult for the players owing to it`s slow nature. We expect the average scores to be around 140-160 runs in this match.

Toss: To Bowl

Chasing is the safest option in the T20I cricket, and you cans see teams preferring to bowl first in 70-80% of matches nowadays.