Netherlands Women vs Ireland Women, Womens Ashes 2023, Today Match Prediction 14 August 2023

nlw vs irew Match Prediction & Analysis

Ireland is set to tour the Netherlands, and this has all the signs of being quite an interesting T20i series. Both teams are not in the best of forms and will look to make amends in this series and build from here.

Netherlands Women have been extremely inconsistent and that has resulted them in winning just 2 games out of the last 5 they have played. They will want to win this series especially because they play at home, and make a comeback.

The Ireland Women are a really good team but come into this series with 1 win in the last 5 games. They will look to take advantage of the historic record they have against the Dutch and regain their form in this series.,

TEAMS PREVIEW

Netherlands Women Preview

Netherlands Women have been extremely inconsistent in the build-up to this series. In the last series, they played against Thailand and Scotland they managed to win just 2 games out of the 4 played. However. They will look to make things right by winning at home. However, in the last T20i they played against Scotland they were extremely good. 

After winning the toss, Netherlands Women opted to field and made a brilliant start. Dismissing Scotland for 79 runs was a fantastic display of bowling. Robine Rijke was unplayable as she picked up 4 wickets in 4 overs giving away just 11 runs.

The batting department didn’t have much to do as the bowlers had made their job extremely easy. Chasing down the target in 17 overs and with 7 wicktes to spare, rounded off a magnificent effort from the Dutch. Heather Siegers was the top scorer with 40 runs.

Key Players: Heather Siegers, Robine Rijke, Eva Lynch, Isabel van der Woning

Netherlands Women Predicted Playing XI:

Heather Siegers(c), Jolien van Vliet, Robine Rijke, Iris Zwilling, Eva Lynch, Babette de Leede(w), Caroline de Lange, Hannah Landheer, Phebe Molkenboer, Annemijn Thomson, Isabel van der Woning

Ireland Women Preview

The Ireland Women are in an extremely bad run of form. With just 1 win in 5 games, they have been extremely poor. They will want to turn that around and not repeat the performances on the tour to West Indies.

After winning the toss and opting to bat first, The Ireland Women got off to a really good start. 74 for 1 at 11 over, they had prepared a really good platform to launch from there. But a collapse in the middle order saw them ending with a score of 116. Amy Hunter was the top scorer with 44 off 35 balls.

The bowling department would have wanted a few more runs, against the mighty West Indies team. But as expected the opposition blew them away registering an 8-wicket victory. Georgina Dempsey picked up 1 wicket for 21 runs.

Key Players: Amy Hunter, Georgina Dempsey, Laura Delany, Aimee Maguire

Ireland Women Predicted Playing XI:

Amy Hunter(w), Gaby Lewis, Orla Prendergast, Laura Delany(c), Eimear Richardson, Rebecca Stokell, Arlene Kelly, Ava Canning, Georgina Dempsey, Cara Murray, Aimee Maguire

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

The weather forecast seems really good for a game of cricket with just a 21% chance of rain. The maximum and minimum temperatures will be in the 26°C - 17°C range.

Venue Details

The VRA Cricket Ground located in Amstelveen, Netherlands will be hosting this encounter and has a capacity of 4500.

The pitch is not known as a high-scoring ground but teams usually prefer to win the toss and bat first, as chasing can get tricky in the second innings.

Toss: To Bat

Given the nature of the ground and the pitch, the team who wins the toss will look to win the toss and bat first. The pitch is very good to bat first as the pitch is fresh. Teams will want to post a big total and then defend it.