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166/7 in 18.4
8.890/0 in 0.0
00.0Melbourne Stars
Toss Winner - Hobart Hurricanes won the toss and choose to bat first
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Hobart Hurricanes will be looking for some solid contributions from Lizelle Lee and Molly Strano.
We are backing Hobart Hurricanes Women as the winners of this match!
Tournament: | T20 Spring Challenge, 2024 |
Format: | t20 |
Venue: | |
Toss Prediction: | To Bowl |
Weather: | 21.3°C|Overcast |
Hobart Hurricanes Women will take on Melbourne Stars Women in the second semi-final of the T20 Spring Challenge this Saturday at the Cricket Central stadium. Hobart ended the group stage in second place while Melbourne Stars were one place below them in third place. There is not much separating the two sides, so we should be in for a cracker of a knockout match.
122/7 in 20.0 6.1
126/7 in 18.1 6.94
139/2 in 16.1 8.6
135/5 in 20.0 6.75
137/10 in 20.0 6.85
141/5 in 18.1 7.76
170/5 in 19.1 8.87
169/5 in 20.0 8.45
87/10 in 16.0 5.44
164/3 in 20.0 8.2
130/5 in 19.0 6.84
134/2 in 17.2 7.73
103/9 in 20.0 5.15
104/3 in 13.2 7.8
147/4 in 20.0 7.35
109/10 in 16.3 6.61
118/10 in 20.0 5.9
27/2 in 5.3 4.91
124/9 in 20.0 6.2
157/6 in 20.0 7.85
Hobart Hurricanes Women have had a superb campaign, winning three of their four games in the group stage. They have put up solid batting performances throughout and will look to produce another complete performance in the semis.
Opener Lizelle Lee has been their standout batter this series, scoring 167 runs in 4 innings at a strike rate of 141.
Ruth Johnston follows her next with 95 runs in 4 innings at 123.
The bowlers have been Hobart’s key to success this time, with almost everyone being among the wickets. Molly Strano and Nicola Carey have 5 wickets each. Lauren Smith, Hayley Silver-holmes, and Julia Cavanough are also handy options who keep things tight while also taking wickets.
Ruth Johnston, Lizelle Lee (wk), Nicola Carey, Elyse Villani (c), Tabatha Saville, Emma Manix-Geeves, Molly Strano, Hayley Silver-holmes, Lauren Smith, Julia Cavanough, Beth Lane
Callie Wilson, Elyse Villani, Tabatha Saville, Lizelle Lee, Emma Manix-Geeves, Ruth Johnston, Nicola Carey, Julia Cavanough, Molly Strano, Lauren Smith, Beth Lane
Melbourne Stars Women started their campaign with a defeat but followed it up with three back-to-back wins. They have gone from strength to strength and are looking good to go into the finals.
The vastly experienced Meg Lanning has led this batting unit with aplomb, as expected. The star Australian batter has accumulated 131 runs in 4 innings at a strike rate of 140.
Sophie Reid and Tess Flintoff have done a fine job in the middle-order and helped keep the innings together.
On the bowling front, Sophie Day has been the most impressive, taking 6 wickets in 4 innings at an economy of 6.68. Hasrat Gill, Sasha Moloney, and Tess Flintoff have chipped in with important strikes as well.
Meg Lanning, Rhys McKenna, Sophie Reid (wk), Tess Flintoff, Sasha Moloney (c), Olivia Henry, Hasrat Gill, Indigo Noble, Mia Perrin, Sophie Day, Maisy Gibson
Zoe Samuel, Meg Lanning, Rhys McKenna, Sophie Reid, Tess Flintoff, Sasha Moloney, Olivia Henry, Hasrat Gill, Indigo Noble, Sophie Day, Maisy Gibson
The pitch at Cricket Central is a bowling-friendly surface. Seamers find plenty of assistance here, particularly in the first innings. It does tend to ease out a little by the second half, but batters will have to apply themselves to get their runs.
The weather in Sydney will be cloudy during the match, with chances of a couple of showers in the morning. This might delay the start of the game for a bit, but we should get a full match.
The average first innings total at Cricket Central is 139. It hasn’t been a high-scoring venue in this tournament, with only one score above 150 in four matches. The team batting first will be looking to set a score of around 140-150 runs.
Three of the four matches played at Cricket Central in the T20 Spring Challenge have been won by the chasing side. Thus it’s likely that both captains will be looking to bowl first in this match.
Both Hobart Hurricanes Women and Melbourne Stars Women have looked good throughout the T20 Spring Challenge. They have a balanced side with almost all bases covered. Hobart’s bowlers, however, look to be in better wicket-taking form. They also have more options to do the job. For this reason alone, we reckon that Hobart has the edge in this encounter.
We are backing Hobart Hurricanes Women as the winners of this match!
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