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RWA-W vs MW-W Match Prediction & Analysis

Rwanda Women and Malawi Women cricket team will face each other in the league-stage game of the Kwibuka Women’s T20I Tournament on Thursday, 11th June. The venue for this match is Gahanga Cricket Stadium 2, Kigali City and the scheduled start time is 13:15 IST. 

Rwanda Women are coming off a defeat in the opener, while Malawi Women head into the contest with a crushing loss to Nigeria. Both teams would eye to win their first game in the tournament. 

Current Standings: Rwanda and Malawi both played their first game of the series. They are sitting third and fourth respectively. 

H2H history: Rwanda and Malawi have played three games against each other in T20I format. Rwanda women emerged victorious in all three games.

TEAMS PREVIEW

Rwanda Women Preview

Rwanda Women will be gearing up for the second game of the Kwibuka Women’s T20I tournament. They lost to Zimbabwe HPC in the opening game 3 wickets. Rwanda posted 139 runs while batting first, thanks to a half-century of Murekatete. She scored 23-ball 54 at No. 8. Rwanda added 74 runs off 47 balls for the 7th wicket. However, Zimbabwe spoiled this effort. 

Zimbabwe added 60 runs for the 6th wicket and it proved costly for Rwanda. They recently participated in the Women’s T20I Challenger Trophy and won four out of seven games. Mervielle Uwase could be a player to watch out for. She scored 124 runs in the T20I Challenger Trophy. Henriette Ishimwe is also a key player with 9 wickets. We back her to pick two wickets in the upcoming game. 

Rwanda Women Predicted Playing XI:

Rosine Irera, Ruth Uwimana, Geovanis Uwase, F Utagushimaninde, C Uwase, G Ishimwe, M Bimenyimana, M Uwase, H Ishimwe, B Murekatete, A Ikuzwe

Malawi Women Preview

Malawi Women head into the contest with a crushing defeat to Nigeria in their opening game. They were bowled out on 46 while chasing 99 runs. It was a pure batting failure for them. Malawi will now look for a comeback as they face Rwanda in the next game. It won’t be an easy game for them considering the strength of the opposition. 

Malawi last played in BCA Kalahari Women’s T20I Tournament and made into the playoffs. During this tournament, they won six matches out of eight. Sugeni Kananji could be a player to watch out for. The right-armer picked up 12 wickets in the last tournament with an economy of less than 5. We back her to pick two or more wickets in the contest. Praise Maziya is also a good player with the bat and ball. She was the second-best wicket-taker in the last competition. 

Malawi Women Predicted Playing XI:

Euless Chiralile(w/c), Angela Lumbe, Bridget Kasinja, Christina Bwanali, Lidia Dimba, Lucy Malino, Praise Maziya, Sophina Chinawa, Sphiwe Frank, Sugeni Kananji, Vanessa Phiri

Weather Conditions

The weather at Kigali City on 11th June is expected to be cloudy with a high of 28°C and a low of 17°C, along with a 40% chance of rain and north winds at 10 kph. 

RWA-W vs MW-W Pitch Report

The pitch at Gahanga Cricket Stadium is a challenging surface. Pacers can take assistance from the pitch with the new ball. Spinners will take help in the middle overs. In the last five matches, the average first innings score is 115. The highest successful run chase on this ground is 140 which was achieved by Zimbabwe HP. 

Score prediction: 

If Rwanda Women bat first - 140-150 runs 

If Malawi Women bat first - 100-110 runs 

Toss: To Bowl

In the last five women’s T20I on this surface, chasing sides won the matches only two times. During this competition, the chasing side won just one game out of three. Nigeria defended 98 runs here. It means, the surface is quite challenging in both innings. Both teams have had better results while batting first and they will look to bat first in this fixture as well. 

Toss Prediction: Malawi Women to win the coin toss.