New Zealand Women vs Bangladesh Women, Bangladesh Women tour of New Zealand, 2022, Today Match Prediction 14 December 2022

nzw vs banw Match Prediction & Analysis

Hosts; New Zealand Women will face Bangladesh Women in the second ODI of the series at McLean Park in Napier. The match will be played on 14th December, and New Zealand Women are looking forward to claiming the series with a 2nd consecutive win.

Bangladesh Women have been struggling to secure wins in the ODIs. They have lost all the last 5 games played in recent times. New Zealand Women, on another side, are looking well-balanced and secured a 4th victory in the previous 5 ODIs played when they defeated Bangladesh Women in the 1st match by 8 wickets.

Bangladesh’s batters must score decent runs on the board if they want to level the series against the mighty Kiwis. Sophie Devine led NZ-W, have dominated the first game of the series, and will try to maintain that momentum ahead in the series. 

TEAMS PREVIEW

New Zealand Women Preview

New Zealand Women took the lead in the series by winning the first match comfortably. Now to take the ODI series in the pocket, they will face visitors in the 2nd match at McLean Park on 14th December.

While bowling first against Bangladesh in the series opener, New Zealand’s bowling unit was on the mark and did an exceptional job of restricting opponents to 180 runs in 50 overs. Jess Kerr was the key bowler who took 4 wickets for 23 runs in her spell of 10 overs. Fran Jonas also helped her by taking 1 wicket in the spell of 9 overs.

Chasing 181 runs was easy for the Kiwis, and they proved that by registering victory only in the 31st over with the help of a brilliant batting display of the top order. Suzie Bates made a fantastic batting show and scored 93 runs from 91 balls.  Maddy Green also helped her by adding 59 runs from 70 balls which were enough to chase the target by sparing 8 wickets in hands. 

New Zealand’s squad has good batting and bowling order depth, and they look much stronger than the opponents in this series. They just need to maintain the winning momentum when they face visitors in the 2nd match at Napier. 

Key players:
Sophie Devine, Suzie Bates, Amelia Kerr, Jess Kerr.

New Zealand Women Predicted Playing XI:

Sophie Devine (c), Suzie Bates, Amelia Kerr, Maddy Green, Lauren Down, Jessica McFadyen (wk), Hayley Jensen, Jess Kerr, Georgia Plimmer, Fran Jonas, Molly Penfold.

New Zealand Women Actual Playing XI:

Jessica McFadyen, Jess Kerr, Hannah Rowe, Hayley Jensen, Lauren Down, Maddy Green, Amelia Kerr, Suzie Bates, Sophie Devine, Fran jonas, Georgia Plimmer

Bangladesh Women Preview

Bangladesh Women are struggling with their batting order, which cost them the first game of the series. Now the team can level the series by winning the 2nd match, which will be played on 14th December. 

Nigar Sultana decided to bat first in the 1st match, but the team’s opener failed to put a decent score on the board. Bangladesh lost early wickets only on 10 runs, to be in a challenging situation. Captain Nigar Sultana’s fighting knock of 73 runs from 133 balls and Sharmin Akhter’s innings of 29 runs from 63 balls helped their team score 180 runs in 50 overs. 

Jahanara Alam tried to put pressure on the opponent’s batters while defending 181 runs, but she took 2 wickets for 32 runs in her spell of 8 overs. Defending 181 runs in front of the Kiwis’ attacking batting order was a massive task for the team, and that is why they lost the game by 8 wickets. 

The team’s batting unit must display skills to face the Kiwis’ bowling unit. They are looking forward to winning the 2nd game and playing in the series finale on 17th December. 

Key players:
Murshida Khatun, Fargana Hoque, Nigar Sultana, Fargana Hoque. 

Bangladesh Women Predicted Playing XI:

Murshida Khatun, Fargana Hoque, Sharmin Akhter, Lata Mondal, Rumana Ahmed, Nigar Sultana (c/wk), Nahida Akter, Ritu Moni, Salma Khatun, Marufa Akter, Jahanara Alam.

Bangladesh Women Actual Playing XI:

Dilara Akter, Jahanara Alam, Lata Mondal, Marufa Akter, Sharmin Akhter, Fargana Hoque, Fahima Khatun, Ritu Moni, Nahida Akter, Nigar Sultana, Salma Khatun

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

The weather will be cloudy on the match day, with no chance of rain. The maximum and minimum temperatures will be between 20°C - 16°C. The pitch has added advantages to batters here.

Venue Details

McLean Park in Napier will host this match. The ground can accommodate 10,500 people and has conducted many domestic and international games.

Toss: To Bowl

Here the general trend is the winning captain chooses to ball first as the pitch favors batters in the 2nd innings the team who preferred to bowl first won 4 times in the last 5 matches played here.