West Indies Women vs South Africa Women, ICC Womens T20 World Cup 2020, Today Match Prediction 03 Mar 2020

wiw vs rsaw Match Prediction & Analysis

ICC T20 World Cup enters the last match of the league stage with the face-off between South Africa and West Indies in this match.

South Africa has already qualified for the semi-finals with 3 wins in as many matches but they still need to win this match to top the Group B ahead of England. West Indies are out of contention for the next stage in the tournament after back-to-back losses against England and Pakistan. They will look to end their campaign on a high with a win in their last encounter. West Indies will try to play spoilsport in South Africa's chance to top the points table.

TEAMS PREVIEW

West Indies Women Preview

West Indies batting unit has been not up to the mark this year. They were bowled out for a total of just 97 runs against the Pakistan team. Stephanie Taylor and Shemaine Campbelle have played a couple of good cameos so far. Lee-Ann Kirby and Hayley Mathews got starts but did not convert them into a substantial score.

West Indies has just 6 wickets to their name in the last two matches combined. Stephanie Taylor leads the bowling charts with 5 wickets. Anisa Mohammed, Afy Fletcher, and Shakera Selman have taken wickets but never threatened or challenged the batting teams. West Indies need to put a combined show with both batting and bowling units clicking in unison.

Key Players:

Stephanie Taylor – Stephanie Taylor has 84 ruins and 5 wickets in the tournament. She is the leading run-scorer and Wicket-taker for West Indies till now. We can expect her to finish with another all-round show in this match.

Afy Fletcher – Afy Fletcher has taken a wicket each in all three matches but did not trouble the batting unit with her economy rate of 7 RPO so far. She needs to bowl good line and lengths more consistently in this match to strangle the opposition.

West Indies Women Predicted Playing XI:

Hayley Matthews, Lee-Ann Kirby, Stafanie Taylor (c), Deandra Dottin, Britney Cooper, Shemaine Campbelle (wk), Aaliyah Alleyne, Chedean Nation, Afy Fletcher, Anisa Mohammed, Shakera Selman

South Africa Women Preview

South Africa is on roll winning all three matches comfortably so far. Laura Wolvaart scored a superb fifty in the last match to lead their batting unit. Lizelle Lee and Sune Luus scored century and half-century respectively against Thailand. Marizanne Kapp and Dane Van Niekriek have contributed with a couple of good 30+ cameos.

Shabnam Ismail, Dane Van Niekerk strangled the opposition team in the chase last match despite their team taking only 5 wickets. They had combined figures of 12-0-54-3 in the match. Sune Luus and Ayabongha Khaka have bowled well in tandem and will need to maintain consistency in their bowling.

Key Players:

Laura Wolvaart – Laura Wolvaart got her first chance to bat against Pakistan and scored 53 runs off 36 balls. She took her team from 64/4 to 136/6 with her unbeaten knock. She will look play well in this match also.

Shabman Ismail – Shabman Ismail has 5 wickets so far at an economy rate of just 4.6 RPO. She has the responsibility of bowling with the new ball in the power play and crucial death overs for the team.

South Africa Women Predicted Playing XI:

Lizelle Lee, Dane van Niekerk (c), Marizanne Kapp, Mignon du Preez, Laura Wolvaardt, Sune Luus, Chloe Tryon, Trisha Chetty (wk), Shabnim Ismail, Ayabonga Khaka, Nonkululeko Mlaba

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

The weather looks dark and cloudy with a 50% chance of rain. But, we don’t expect rain to play spoilsport in this match.

Venue Details

Sydney pitch will be slow due to the used nature and spinners may enjoy bowling here. We can expect average scores in the range of 120-130 runs in this match.

Toss: To Bat

Teams batting first have won all the three matches played here and pitch will tough to bat on as the match progresses in second innings.