London Spirit Women vs Trent Rocket Women, The Hundred Women, Today Match Prediction 29 July 2021

lonspw vs trocketsw Match Prediction & Analysis

Hundred is the latest format to make its debut and it has been received among the cricketing audience with mixed emotions. But the good thing about the Hundred is it brings more audience to the women`s cricket. Trent Rockets have been struggling in this season with 2 losses in 2 matches so far. They need to arrest the losing streak before their chances of qualification gets affected. London Spirits registered their maiden win in the format after losing in the first match.  We expect a tough fight from both teams in this match.

TEAMS PREVIEW

London Spirit Women Preview

London Spirits successfully chased 132 runs with 4 balls remaining in the last game.  Naomi Dattani lead the chase with 34 runs at the top while Deepti Sharma (28 runs) and Heather Knight (21 runs) played vital knocks in the middle order. Thy lost 3-4 quick wickets late but managed to cross the line.

Deepti Sharma and Freya Davies opened the bowling attack and bowled superbly giving just 47 runs in their 40 balls and claiming a wicket each. Deandra Dottin pressurized the batters with dot balls and ended with 2/28 in her 20 balls. Heather Knight and Charlotte Dan had combined bowling figures of 25-10-26-2 to cut the run flow effectively.

Top players to bet on:

Deepti Sharma – Deepti Sharma had an all-round game last night as she scored 28 runs off 24 balls and gave away just 26 runs in her 20 balls claiming the wicket of Erin Burns. Her ability to contribute with the bat and ball with add depth to the team.

Heather Knight – Knight scored 21 runs off 17 balls and also come up with bowling figures of 10-5-11-1. She alongside Deepti were the batting mainstays in the middle order and she will look to lead the team from the front.

London Spirit Women Predicted Playing XI:

Deandra Dottin, Naomi Dattani, Heather Knight (c), Deepti Sharma, Tammy Beaumount, Susie Rowe, Amara Carr (wk), Charlotte Dean, Danielle Gibson, Freya Davies, Alice Monaghan

Trent Rocket Women Preview

Trent Rockets failed to chase the target for the second time. Nat Sciver (33 runs) and Katherine Brunt (43 runs) put on a good fight after early loss of openers. But their middle order fell like a pack of card once they were dismissed to end 27 runs short of the target.

Sammy Jo-Johnson was the star of the night with bowling figures of 20-9-15-4. Katherine Brunt, Heather Graham, and Bryce bowled decently giving away just 61 runs in their combined 45 balls and claimed 2 wickets too.

Top players to bet on:

Katherine Brunt – Brunt scored 43 runs and shared vital partnerships in the middle overs. She also had bowling figures of 20-10-28-1 despite bowling in the field restrictions.     

Sammy Jo-Johnson – Sammy is in splendid form with ball and has given just 28 runs in her 35 balls claiming 5 wickets across 2 matches. She has given runs at less than run a bll in both matches with 16 dot balls.

Trent Rocket Women Predicted Playing XI:

Rachel Priest (wk), Sammy-Jo Johnson, Natalie Sciver (c), Katherine Brunt, Heather Graham, Abbey Freeborn, Sarah Glenn, Kathryn Bryce, Lucy Higham, Michaela Kirk, Teresa Graves

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

London will have bright and sunny weather on the match day and we expect rain to make no impact in this match.

Venue Details

Lords has a good balance between the bat and ball with aid for both pacers and spinners. The pitch might slow down in the second innings as the match progresses.  We expect scores around 130-140 runs in this match.

Toss: To Bat

Teams have 4-4 win-loss record batting first and second so far but teams have opted to chase the total in majority of the matches. But, we expect them to bat first as the pitch becomes slightly slow in the late night.