New Zealand Women vs South Africa Women, South Africa Women tour of New Zealand, 2020, Today Match Prediction 06 Feb 2020

nzw vs rsaw Match Prediction & Analysis

New Zealand thrashed South Africa in the first T20I match by 9 wickets after losing the ODI series by 0-3 margin. New Zealand is dominating the T20I format for quite some time by stringing together a lot of victories on a trot in recent time.

South Africa is struggling in the T20I format is yet to find the right balance and team composition in the recent matches. But, South Africa is playing very well in the ODI format and they need to translate their form in T20Is too with T20 World Cup very near. New Zealand will look to build momentum with consecutive wins towards the World cup and have a well-settled unit.

TEAMS PREVIEW

New Zealand Women Preview

New Zealand chased down the small target of 117 runs without any fuss in the first T20I match. Rachael Priest (37 runs) and Sophie Devine (54runs) shared a brilliant 75-run opening partnership to give no chance for South Africa in the match. They both hit 8 maximums in the match and kept attacking the South African bowling line-up. Leigh Kasperek and Amelia Kerr were exceptional with the ball with identical figures of 4-0-17-2 in the match. Hayley Jensen came up with an economical spell of 1/18 in the middle overs to pressure the batting unit.

Key Players:

Sophie Devine – Sophie Devine has three 50+ scores in the last 4 T20I matches and is looking in great touch. She hit 3 boundaries and 4 sixes to score at a strike rate of 165+ in the last match.

Amelia Kerr – Teenage prodigy Leggie Amelia Kerr has been one of the star performers for Kiwis in the T20 set up recently and is one among the top 10 ranked bowlers in ICC rankings. She had a busy day with 2 wickets and a run-out in the last match.

New Zealand Women Predicted Playing XI:

Rachel Priest (wk), Sophie Devine (c), Suzie Bates, Maddy Green, Katie Perkins, Katey Martin, Hayley Jensen, Lea Tahuhu, Amelia Kerr, Rosemary Mair, Leigh Kasperek

New Zealand Women Actual Playing XI:

Katie Perkins, Leigh Kasperek, Hayley Jensen, Maddy Green, Amelia Kerr, Suzie Bates, Katey Martin, Sophie Devine, Rachel Priest, Rosemary Mair, Lea Tahuhu

South Africa Women Preview

South African batting unit failed to build on their good start and never really got any momentum and finished with just 116 runs on board. All top four batsmen scored between 17 & 33 but neither failed to convert it into a fifty. Laura Wolvaart (33 runs) and Nadine De Klerk (20 runs) struggled to time the ball in middle overs and scored at less than 100 strike rate. Their bowling unit was never in a chance to contain Kiwis for this paltry target and ended up losing the match in just 12.2 overs. Tumi Sekhkhune picked up the lone wicket in the match. Sune Luus, Dane Van Kriek & Marizanne Kapp are expected to return to playing XI in this match.

Key Players:

Lizelle Lee – Lee started the match in good fashion with her 15-ball 17 but failed to continue. She scored 158 runs in the recent three-match ODI series and will look to continue her form to the T20Is.

Sune Luus – Sune Luus picked up 6 wickets in the last ODI match and missed the first T20I match is expected to return to the playing XI in this match. We can expect her to change the fortunes of the South African team.

South Africa Women Predicted Playing XI:

Lizelle Lee, Laura Wolvaardt, Mignon du Preez, Nadine de Klerk, Chloe Tryon (c), Trisha Chetty (wk), Shabnim Ismail, Tumi Sekhukhune, Sune Luus, Dane van Niekerk, Marizanne Kapp

South Africa Women Actual Playing XI:

Masabata Klaas, Laura Wolvaardt, Sune Luus, Shabnim Ismail, Lizelle Lee, Trisha Chetty, Chloe Tryon, Dane van Niekerk, Ayabonga Khaka, Nadine de Klerk, Mignon du Preez

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Hamilton is expected to have a dark and cloudy climate on the match day and we can expect rain to play some part in the match.

Venue Details

Hamilton is a ground where the ball might stick onto the pitch once it gets older. Batsmen will look to score on the hard new ball in the powerplays. We can expect scores in range of 140-150 runs in this pitch.

Toss: To Bowl

Both teams will look to chase down the total and rain and DLS method will further titl the captains in favour of chasing.