New Zealand Women vs Bangladesh Women, ICCW WC 2022, Today Match Prediction

nzw vs banw Match Prediction & Analysis

We are into the 5th game of the ICC Women's World Cup 2022 and hosts New Zealand Women would be taking on Bangladesh Women. Both sides would be desperate to win this game having lost their opening games. New Zealand lost against West Indies while Bangladesh went down against South Africa Women. 

Bangladesh Women have had an extremely poor record playing outside the subcontinent. Their batters have always struggled to put runs on the board, and it will be interesting to see how the side approaches this game. New Zealand would like to put in all they have in this game to earn their first points of the tournament, and this will be an interesting contest.

TEAMS PREVIEW

New Zealand Women Preview

Sophie Devine would be heartbroken with the loss in the last game by 3 runs. They messed up the chase in the final over against West Indies Women failing to score 6 runs. They have good knowledge of the conditions and Devine would want her bowlers to trouble the Bangladeshis who have already shown signs of struggle. 

Sophie Devine hit a hundred in the last game, but the rest of the batting failed. She would look to set up a partnership with Suzie Bates. Amelia Kerr, Lea Tahuhu, and Amy Satterthwaite are good players, and they would have to set up partnerships in this game. Katey Martin, Jess Kerr did well in the last game, and they would look to add quick runs with Maddy Green in this game. 

The side would need better bowling efforts in this game with the new ball from Lea Tahuhu and Jess Kerr. Devine brings her vast experience and she will look to keep the scoring under check along with Hannah Rowe and Amelia Kerr. Fran Jonas will need to bowl tighter lines in this game as she was expensive against West Indies.

New Zealand Women Predicted Playing XI:

Sophie Devine (c), Suzie Bates, Amelia Kerr, Amy Satterthwaite, Maddy Green, Brooke Halliday, Katey Martin (wk), Lea Tahuhu, Jess Kerr, Hannah Rowe, Fran Jonas

New Zealand Women Actual Playing XI:

Jess Kerr, Amy Satterthwaite, Hannah Rowe, Hayley Jensen, Maddy Green, Frances Mackay, Lea Tahuhu, Amelia Kerr, Suzie Bates, Sophie Devine, Katey Martin

Bangladesh Women Preview

Nigar Sultana would be extremely upset with the show her batters put up in the last game against South Africa Women. They did well to restrict South Africans to a small total and wasted a good start to lose the game by 32 runs. They would face a tough challenge against New Zealand and Sultana would want her players to rise to the occasion. 

Shamima Sultana and Sharmin Akhter did well in the last game, but they will need to score at a faster pace. The middle-order needs to show more responsibility and the side would need runs from Fargana Hoque, Murshida Khatun, and Nigar Sultana and they will have to build partnerships. Ritu Moni is a good hitter of the ball, and she will look to add quick runs with Salma Khatun. 

Jahanara Alam and Fariha Trisna were on the money with the new ball in the last game and the side would hope to see similar spells from them in this game. Ritu Moni also did well, and he would look to slow the scoring rate in the middle overs with Nahida Akter and Khatun. Rumana Ahmed adds strength to this bowling attack. 

Bangladesh Women Predicted Playing XI:

Nigar Sultana (c), Shamima Sultana (wk), Sharmin Akhter, Fargana Hoque, Rumana Ahmed, Murshida Khatun, Ritu Moni, Salma Khatun, Nahida Akter, Fariha Trisna, Jahanara Alam

Bangladesh Women Actual Playing XI:

Nahida Akter, Jahanara Alam, Lata Mondal, Fargana Hoque, Sobhana Mostary, Nigar Sultana, Fariha Islam, Rumana Ahmed, Ritu Moni, Shamima Sultana, Salma Khatun

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

There would be cloud cover over Dunedin on March 07 and there are expectations of rains during the game. Batting conditions are expected to be challenging as bowlers would get assistance from the wicket. The side batting first in the game would be happy to put up 250 runs on the board in this game.

Venue Details

University Oval, Dunedin makes it even between the batsmen and the bowlers. Fast bowlers do well as the wicket offers pace and bounce. The ball also comes to the bat nicely and allows batters to play their strokes. Spinners don’t find much assistance from the surface as the ball doesn’t turn a lot here.

Toss: To Bowl

We saw a lot of assistance for the bowlers at the start in the previous game that was played here. Batting conditions improved later in the day. Hence, the side winning the toss here would have no hesitation in opting to bowl first in this game and restrict the opponents to a small total.