Perth Scorchers Women vs Melbourne Stars Women, WBBL T20 2021, Today Match Prediction 20 November 2021

perw vs mlsw Match Prediction & Analysis

WBBL has come to the last week of the league phases with just 2 matches remaining for every team. Perth Scorchers have already qualified for the semi-finals while Melbourne Stars still have a chance to qualify hoping the other results go their way. They need to win both their matches and hope Adelaide Strikers lose to Sydney Sixers in order to qualify. A loss in this match will knock them out of the tournament. Perth Scorchers are currently on a winning streak and will look to build momentum going into the semi-finals.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Perth Scorchers Women Preview

Perth Scorchers beat Adelaide strikers by 12 runs comfortably with their openers making fifties. Beth Mooney (497 runs) and Sophie Devine (384 runs) have been prolific and are amongst the top-3 run scorers of the tournament so far. Chamari Athapaththu, Chloe Piparo, and Heather Graham have been slightly inconsistent and need to step up before the knockouts.

Sophie Devine and Heather Graham were brilliant with the ball with identical figures of 4-0-30-2 and restricted the opposition to win the chase. Lilly Mills (16 wickets), Alana King (12 wickets), Marizane Kapp (11 wickets) and Heather Graham (12 wickets) have formed a terrific bowling attack with wickets consistently.

Top players to bet on:

Beth Mooney – Mooney has been in red hot form with 497 runs at a strike rate of 133 with a century and 4 fifties so far. She has scores of 78, 83* & 57* in the last 3 matches she batted.

Lilly Mills – Lilly Mills has took 16 wickets at an economy rate of 7.12 RPO in the 12 matches played so far. She will look to continue taking more wickets in this match and help to restrict the opposition effectively.

Perth Scorchers Women Predicted Playing XI:

Beth Mooney (wk), Sophie Devine (c), Mathilda Carmichael, Piepa Cleary, Heather Graham, Lisa Griffith, Marizanne Kapp, Alana King, Lilly Mills, Taneale Peschel, Chloe Piparo

Perth Scorchers Women Actual Playing XI:

Mathilda Carmichael, Beth Mooney, Piepa Cleary, Taneale Peschel, Samantha Betts, Chloe Piparo, Alana King, Lilly Mills, Sophie Devine, Marizanne Kapp, Heather Graham

Melbourne Stars Women Preview

Melbourne Stars batting line-up is in a big spot of bother with scores of 103/10 & 97/9 in the last 2 matches batting first. Ellyse Villani (255 runs), Maia Boucher (183 runs), Meg Lanning (196 runs), and Kim Garth (167 runs) were on and off across matches with inconsistent scores. They need to stand up in this crucial match to help their post a good score. 

Their bowlers did not enough score to defend in the last 2 matches and took just 3 wickets across 2 matches. Kim Garth (13 wickets) and Annabel Sutherland (10 wickets) are their main wicket-takers so far. Tess Flintoff, Lindsey Smith, and Sophie Day need to bowl more attacking lines to take more wickets.

Top players to bet on:

Kim Garth – Garth has scored 167 runs and took 13 wickets with the ball so far. She will look to give an all-round show in this match to keep their hopes of qualifying for the next stages alive.

Annabel Sutherland – Surtherland has scored 107 runs and took 10 wickets in the season so far. We expect her to contribute a match winning all-round performance in this match.

Melbourne Stars Women Predicted Playing XI:

Elyse Villani, Meg Lanning (c), Annabel Sutherland, Maia Bouchier, Kim Garth, Erin Osborne, Nicole Faltum (wk), Tess Flintoff, Linsey Smith, Sophie Day, Rhys McKenna

Melbourne Stars Women Actual Playing XI:

Anna Lanning, Meg Lanning, Tess Flintoff, Rhys McKenna, Nicole Faltum, Erin Osborne, Maia Bouchier, Elyse Villani, Linsey Smith, Kim Garth, Annabel Sutherland

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

Adelaide has an overcast and cloudy weather on the match day with rain showers expected. We expect rain to make a brief appearance in this match.

Venue Details

Adelaide is a spin friendly track and has some slowness on the track and we expect the bowlers to dominate the batters in this contest. We expect the average scores to be around 130-140 runs in this match.

Toss: To Bowl

Chasing teams won both the matches played here so far and Rain threat will also tempt the captain to bat second in this match. We expect both teams to chase the target if they win the match.