New Zealand Women vs South Africa Women, South Africa Women tour of New Zealand, 2020, Today Match Prediction 09 Feb 2020

nzw vs rsaw Match Prediction & Analysis

New Zealand dominated South Africa for the second time in consecutive T20Is in a similar fashion. New Zealand team has been winning matches consistently in the T20I format and is looking like a force to reckon in the upcoming world cup.

South Africa on the other end is struggling to translate their ODI form into the T20Is. They are in a precarious position this series and one more loss would give the series win to Kiwis with two matches remaining. South Africa will need to bring their best game and try to beat Upbeat Kiwis in their backyard.  

TEAMS PREVIEW

New Zealand Women Preview

New Zealand scampered through another low total chase with the help of half-century from their skipper Sophie Devine. Maddy Green (27 runs) & Sophie Devine (61 runs) shared a 72-run partnership in the middle to lift their team from 27/2. Their middle order is hugely untested in both the matches. Rosemary Mair and Lea Tahuhu took 2 wickets each and never allowed South Africa to build any momentum. Sophie Devine, Amelia Kerr, and Hayley Jensen chipped in with a wicket each to bowl out the opposition. 
Key Players:
Sophie Devine – Sophie Devine has four 50+ scores in the last 5 T20I matches with 54 & 61 in this series so far. She has hit 9 sixes in this series while no other player has more than 4 sixes so far. 
Lea Tahuhu – Tahuhu broke the back of middle-order with wickets of Van Niekerk and Chloe Tryon. She gave away just 10 runs in her quota of 4 overs and strangled the opposition. 

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:

Jess Kerr, Anna Peterson, Holly Huddleston, Lauren Down, Maddy Green, Amelia Kerr, Suzie Bates, Katey Martin, Sophie Devine, Rachel Priest, Lea Tahuhu

South Africa Women Preview

South African batting unit was bowled out for the second consecutive time this series. Mignon Du Preez top scored with 40 runs and shared a 50+ partnership with Dane van Niekerk (25 runs) to revive the team from a dire situation of 39/3. Only three players managed to score in double digits. Shabman Ismail and Ayabonga Khaka bowled well with the new ball and took 2 wickets inside the powerplay. Dan Vankriek and Sune Luus bowled very economically with combined figures of 6.2-0-16-2. The rest of the bowler failed to sustain pressure and Kiwis went onto win easily. 
Key Players:
Mignon Du Preez – Du Preez scored 40 runs off 26 balls with 4 boundaries and 2 sixes. She was the lone warrior in the batting line up and they collapsed from 94/2 to 119-all out. 
Dane Van Niekriek – She had an all-round match with 25 runs off bat and the superb spell of 4-0-10-1. Despite her spirited performance, their team succumbed to another morale crushing loss.  

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:

Tumi Sekhukhune, Laura Wolvaardt, Sune Luus, Shabnim Ismail, Lizelle Lee, Trisha Chetty, Chloe Tryon, Dane van Niekerk, Ayabonga Khaka, Marizanne Kapp, Mignon du Preez

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Wellington is expected to have a partly cloudy climate on the matchday with 10% chance of rain. We will get a full match with no interruption of overs whatsoever. 

Venue Details

Wellington is one of the slower pitches and spinners might get more purchase here. Batsmen will look to score on the hard new ball in the powerplays. We can expect scores in the range of 140-150 runs in this pitch. 

Toss: To Bowl

New Zealand won both the matches chasing the total, so both captains will look to chase the total in this match.