New Zealand Women vs Australia Women, Australia Women tour of New Zealand, 2021, Today Match Prediction 07 Apr 2021

nzw vs ausw Match Prediction & Analysis

Mount Maunganai is a small mountain with a height of 232m but currently the Austarlai team look taller than the mountain with their ODI record streak. Australia won the opening game of the ODI series and registered the biggest winning streak ever in the ODIs with 22 consecutive victories. They will look to continue the momentum and streak with yet another win in this match. New Zealand will look to win this match and level the series before going into the third and final match. A loss for them in this match will seal the series for the Aussies. A win against this Australian team will be a big achievement for the Kiwis and they need to be at their best to do it.

TEAMS PREVIEW

New Zealand Women Preview

Lauren Down came in as a replacement for Francas Mackay in the last minute and played a superb knock in the opening match scoring 90 runs.  Amy Sattherwite (32 runs) and Amelia Kerr (33 runs) played vital cameos to build partnership with Lauren Down. Their batting line-up collapsed from 159/2 to 212-all out with no contribution from the middle order.

Jess Kerr and Rosemary Mair started the match in good fashion and gave just 62 runs in their 16 overs combined. Lea Tahuhu and Amelia Kerr were taken for runs at over 7.5 RPO in the match. They claimed just 4 wickets and never threatened to derail the Australian chase.

Top players to bet on:

Lauren Down – Down scored 90 runs off 134 balls and played a lone battle at one end for her team. We expect her to continue her good form with the bat in this match too.  

Jess Kerr – Jess Kerr had excellent bowling figures of 8-0-30-1 despite her teammates going for lot of runs.  We expect her pick wickets consistently in early overs to give an upper ahnd to her team.

New Zealand Women Predicted Playing XI:

Lauren Down, Hayley Jensen, Amy Satterthwaite (c), Amelia Kerr, Katey Martin (wk), Maddy Green, Brooke Halliday, Hannah Rowe, Jess Kerr, Lea Tahuhu/Leigh Kasperak, Rosemary Mair

New Zealand Women Actual Playing XI:

Jess Kerr, Amy Satterthwaite, Brooke Halliday, Hannah Rowe, Leigh Kasperek, Hayley Jensen, Maddy Green, Amelia Kerr, Lauren Down, Rosemary Mair, Katey Martin

Australia Women Preview

Alyssa Healy started the match in good fashion with her 65 runs despite the quick wickets of Rachael Haynes and Meg Lanning. Elyse Perry and Ashleigh Gardener then scored unbeaten fifties to lead their team to victory inside 40 overs to win the match by 6 wickets.

Pacers Megun Schutt and Nikola Carey claimed 7 wickets between themselves and never allowed any momentum to the opposition`s innings. Georgia Wareham, Ashleigh gardener, and Jess Jonassen bowled with good control in middle overs and strangled the opposition run rate.

Top players to bet on:

Ashleigh Gardener – Gardener continued her good from the T20Is to score 53 runs off just 41 balls. She also contributed with the ball with bowling figures of 8-0-32-1.

Megun Schutt – Megun Schutt had super bowling figures of 9-0-32-4 in the match and she was awarded performer of the match for her bowling. We expect her to dominate the Kiwi batters in this match too.

Australia Women Predicted Playing XI:

Alyssa Healy (wk), Beth Mooney, Meg Lanning, Rachel Haynes, Elysse Perry, Ashleigh Gardener, Jess Jonassen, Georgia Wareham, Tayla Vlamenick, Nikola carey, Megun Schutt

Australia Women Actual Playing XI:

Meg Lanning, Georgia Wareham, Beth Mooney, Megan Schutt, Jess Jonassen, Ellyse Perry, Tayla Vlaeminck, Ashleigh Gardner, Alyssa Healy, Nicola Carey, Rachael Haynes

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Mount Maunganai will have a slightly cloudy climate on the match day with cool breeze. Rain interruptions are expected to make a small appearance but are expected to affect the match in a big way.

Venue Details

Bay oval was on a slightly slower side and pacers good purchase from the pitch with the ball sticking onto the pitch. Batters will find run scoring easy once they are set and we expect the average runs in this pitch to be around 240-250 runs.  

Toss: To Bowl

All three victories in this tour are by chasing teams and no target is safe in the limited overs cricket nowadays.