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CLAIM NOWToss Winner - England Women won the toss and choose to bowl first
England beat South Africa by 4 wickets
Two of the top teams in women's international cricket begin a three-match T20I series on Sunday in East London.
We are backing England Women to win!
Tournament: | England Women tour of South Africa, 2024 |
Format: | t20 |
Venue: | Buffalo Park, East London, South Africa |
Toss Prediction: | To Bowl |
Weather: | 27.3°C|Partly cloudy |
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After years of Australia Women dominating all formats of the sport, and India Women with England Women seemingly their nearest challengers, women's international cricket provided plenty of shocks during the 2024 T20 World Cup as New Zealand Women and South Africa Women contested the final.
Back in the world of international bi-lateral series for this game, South Africa Women will now be searching for added quality and confidence as they look to take the next step after finishing as runners-up in the last two T20 World Cups.
England Women have entered the last two competitions full of confidence but have not lived up to their pre-tournament billing in either. They seem more comfortable in a bi-lateral series environment and will fancy their chances of going 1-0 up in East London.
113/0 in 10.0 11.3
109/6 in 20.0 5.45
131/5 in 17.0 7.71
127/4 in 20.0 6.35
South Africa Women will come into this series full of confidence after not only reaching the final of the Women's T20 World Cup last month but also thrashing Australia Women by 8 wickets with 16 balls remaining in the semi-final.
Prior to that famous victory, they beat Scotland Women and Bangladesh Women in successive games but had lost to England by 7 wickets with 4 balls remaining in their previous fixture.
Captain Laura Wolvaardt remains their most consistent batter but the like of Anneke Bosch, Tazmin Brits and Nadine de Klerk will also be seen as crucial players in this game.
With the ball, we expect Nonkululeko Mlaba, Chloe Tryon and Tumi Sekhukhune to be the biggest threat.
Laura Wolvaardt (c), Anneke Bosch, Tazmin Brits, Nadine de Klerk, Annerie Dercksen, Sinalo Jafta (wk), Sune Luus, Eliz-Mari Marx, Chloe Tryon, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Tumi Sekhukhune
Laura Wolvaardt, Anneke Bosch, Nadine de Klerk, Annerie Dercksen, Nondumiso Shangase, Sune Luus, Eliz Mari Marx, Tazmin Brits, Sinalo Jafta, Ayanda Hlubi, Nonkululeko Mlaba
Captain Heather Knight has had to field questions over England Women's fitness levels ahead of this series after some pundits pointed at that as the main reason for their failure to escape the group stage of the Women's 2024 T20 World Cup. However, Knight firmly dismissed the claim and will be keen to shut up the nay-sayers with an early win in this series.
One of the surprises of England Women's poor showing in the UAE was the fact that they have a very settled team which has plenty of experience. So much so that it would be a shock if they didn't win this opener.
They have plenty of batting depth and some aggressive stroke makers at the top of the order in Danni Wyatt-Hodge alongside Maia Bouchier.
With the ball, Sophie Ecclestone remains the best left-arm spinner in women's cricket and she will be a threat throughout her four overs in this game.
Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Amy Jones (wk), Maia Bouchier, Sophia Dunkley, Heather Knight (c), Nat Sciver-Brunt, Charlie Dean, Sophie Ecclestone, Lauren Filer, Sarah Glenn, Lauren Bell
Danielle Wyatt, Maia Bouchier, Sophia Dunkley, Heather Knight, Natalie Sciver, Freya Kemp, Amy Jones, Sarah Glenn, Sophie Ecclestone, Charlie Dean, Lauren Bell
According to the forecast it will be very humid throughout Sunday evening in East London with mostly sunny skies at the start of the game before the clouds roll in towards the second innings. We are expecting no rain during the match.
Buffalo Park is a high scoring venue with a pitch which offers true bounce and plenty of pace. Spinners will get turn and bounce but it should be the batters who have the biggest say on a surface which should offer a par score of over 160.
On a good batting surface at Buffalo Park in East London, we expect both sides to want to chase a total in this game. The pitch is unlikely to deteriorate so we predict that both skippers will choose to bowl first.
This looks like being an excellent contest to get this series underway. South Africa Women are an excellent side and showed as much in their run to the T20 World Cup Final. However, England Women will be determined to get back to winning ways and we think they have the quality throughout their side to do so.
We are backing England Women to win!
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