England Women vs South Africa Women, ENGW vs RSAW, Today Match Prediction 18 July 2022

engw vs rsaw Match Prediction & Analysis

Host England women will be looking to complete a clean sweep in the ODI series when they take on South Africa women in the third and final game at Grace Road, Leicester on Monday.

In the 2nd match, England women registered a comprehensive 114-run win over South Africa women, courtesy excellent century from Sophie Dunkley. With this result, England women have taken a 2-0 lead in the three-match ODI series.

On the other hand, South Africa women have not played their best cricket so far and are missing key players like Dane van Niekerk and Lizelle Lee for this series.  Captain Sune Luus will be hoping that the side can salvage some pride and register a consolation win in this dead rubber.

TEAMS PREVIEW

England Women Preview

The home side will not make any changes to their playing XI for this final game of the one-day series.

In the batting department, the onus will be on the likes of Tammy Beaumont, Heather Knight, Emma Lamb, Nat Sciver and Sophia Dunkley to deliver the bulk of the runs and help England women post a mammoth score on the board.

In the game played at Bristol, Sophia Dunkley was the standout performer with the bat for England women and notched up his maiden limited-overs century. She smashed eight boundaries and two sixes in her innings.

Besides Dunkley, Tammy Beaumont, Emma Lamb and Nat Sciver smashed fluent half-centuries to see England post 337 runs on the board.

In the bowling department, the side will be relying on the likes of Isabelle Wong, Lauren Bell, Natalie Sciver, Sophie Ecclestone and Charlotte Dean to deliver crucial breakthroughs.

In the previous match, off-spinner Charlotte Dean was the best bowler on display for England women and finished with figures of 4 for 53 in her full quota of overs.

Besides Dean, left-arm spinner, Sophie Ecclestone, was again showed excellent form and claimed 2 for 37 in her nine overs.

England Women Predicted Playing XI:

Heather Knight (c), Emma Lamb, Tammy Beaumont, , Danielle Wyatt, Sophia Dunkley, Natalie Sciver, Amy Jones (wk), Sophie Ecclestone, Charlotte Dean, Issy Wong, Lauren Bell

England Women Actual Playing XI:

Danielle Wyatt, Charlotte Dean, Sophia Dunkley Brown, Alice Richards, Lauren Bell, Kate Cross, Amy Ellen Jones, Tammy Beaumont, Emma Lamb, Heather Knight, Issy Wong

South Africa Women Preview

The visitors will need to learn from their mistakes and put in an improved performance to gain some confidence ahead of the T20I series. In the batting department, the side will be relying on the experienced trio of Laura Wolvaardt, Marizanne Kapp and Sune Luus to deliver the bulk of the runs in this dead rubber.

All-rounder Marizanne Kapp showed fight with the bat for South Africa women and finished the innings with the top-score of 73 runs off 59 balls with the help of ten boundaries and one six, whereas Laura Wolvaardt scored 55 runs off 48 balls.

In the bowling department, the onus will be on the likes of Shabnim Ismail, Marizanne Kapp, Nadine de Klerk, Ayabonga Khaka and Nonkululeko Mlaba to deliver important breakthroughs.

 

South Africa Women Predicted Playing XI:

Andrie Steyn, Laura Wolvaardt, Lara Goodall, Sune Luus (c), Marizanne Kapp, Chloe Tryon, Nadine de Klerk, Trisha Chetty (wk), Shabnim Ismail, Ayabonga Khaka, Nonkululeko Mlaba

South Africa Women Actual Playing XI:

Laura Wolvaardt, Sune Luus, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Shabnim Ismail, Trisha Chetty, Chloe Tryon, Ayabonga Khaka, Nadine de Klerk, Marizanne Kapp, Lara Goodall, Andrie Steyn

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

The wicket prepared at Leicester is expected to offer something with the new-ball for quick bowlers. The batsmen will score runs once see they adjust to the conditions.

Venue Details

Grace Road, Leicester is going to host the 3rd ODI between England women and South Africa women.

The home side have lost their previous three-match one-day matches played at Leicester.

Toss: To Bowl

Both the teams will be keen to win the toss, bowl first and restrict the opposing team to less than 230 runs. The previous three matches played at Grace Road, Leicester have been won by sides batting second.