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CLAIM NOWToss Winner - London Spirit Women won the toss and choose to bowl first
Southern Brave Women begin their title defense
Southern Brave Women to win
Tournament: | The Hundred Women, 2024 |
Format: | 100-ball |
Venue: | Utilita Bowl, Southampton, United Kingdom, United Kingdom |
Toss Prediction: | To Bat |
Weather: | 19.7°C|Partly Cloudy |
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The defending champions will be out to begin their title defence as they take on London Spirit at The Rose Bowl in Southampton. The two teams met last season at the Lord’s where Southern Brave won by 5 wickets.
There are some major changes in the squads of both teams this year. London Spirit Women have retained their top 3 batters while Amelia Kerr and Richa Ghosh will no longer be in the middle order.
For Southern Brave, it is the skipper Anya Shrubsole who’s no longer part of the squad. There will be a new captain and we reckon Georgia Adams is a strong contender for the leadership role.
Apart from this, most of the Southern Brave squad remains intact. They’ve retained all of their key batters in the top 5 positions. London Spirit feature some of the biggest stars of international cricket and yet struggled to win matches last year.
118/4 in 20.0 5.9
121/2 in 14.2 8.52
144/5 in 20.0 7.2
145/8 in 20.0 7.25
Southern Brave Women were the table toppers last year with 7 wins from 8 matches and beat the Northern Superchargers by 34 runs in the Final.
The Hundred Women’s Competition champions will be taking on a strong London Spirit lineup in their opening game of the 2024 season. The opposition packs a strong punch, at least on paper.
Brave need to make a huge decision this year. Since most of the squad from last year is intact, having a new captain take over should be a smooth transition. Maia Bouchier and Danielle Wyatt are some of the in-form big-hitters at the top. Bouchier was quite impressive last year at number 3 and will be one to watch out for.
They will be crucial for a big start while Charlie Knott and Georgia Adams are the reliable batters in the middle order.
Bowling all-rounder Freya Kamp had scored a quickfire 31 off 17 balls at number 6 in the Final while batting first at Lord’s. The bowling all-rounders in the squad allow for depth in the batting and variety in the bowling attack.
Lauren Cheatle, a left-arm medium fast bowler s the squad this year as they let go of Anya Shrubsole.
Danielle Wyatt has scored 521 runs in 16 matches at Southampton averaging 37.20 in the shorter format and in the Hundred Womens tournament she has scored 680 runs averaging 28.33. Against the London Spirit women in three matches she has scored 98 runs. In the last 10 matches Wyatt has scored 310 runs and is in top notch form. We back her to continue her good form and score over 18.5 runs in today's match.
Georgia Adams (c), Danielle Wyatt, Maia Bouchier, Chloe Tryon, Georgia Adams, Freya Kemp, Mary Taylor, Kalea Moore, Lauren Cheatle, Rhianna Southby (wk), Lauren Bell
Danielle Wyatt, Lauren Bell, Tilly Coleman, Lauren Cheatle, Rhianna Southby, Chloe Tryon, Naomi Dattani, Georgia Adams, Maia Bouchier, Freya Kemp, Charli Knott
London Spirit are eager to get back to winning ways. The best way to do that will be to beat the defending champions in their first outing of The Hundred Women’s Competition 2024.
A good start to the season will go a long way in helping London Spirit maintain a momentum going ahead. With experienced batters like Meg Lanning, Heather Knight, and Grace Harris in the squad, London Spirit Women should be able to put on a competitive total.
While Grace Harris, Danielle Gibson, and Heather Knight could possibly continue holding the top 3 positions in the lineup, we reckon bringing in Lanning at the top and pushing Harris down the order at number 4 could work too.
Amelia Kerr and Richa Ghosh were crucial in the middle order. Now, in their absence, London Spirit Women need someone to fill their shoes. Ghosh was a big-hitting player who could score quick runs and hit the long ball.
Lanning has got even more experience and can be a great replacement for one of these two. However, Kerr was an all-rounder who delivered well with the ball. There are no new all-rounders ing the squad who could replace Kerr.
London have retained Charlotte Dean, Sarah Glenn, and Tara Noris in the bowling attack. It is a strong overall squad and should be able to put the opposition under pressure in every aspect of the game.
One of the most experienced players around the world, Meg Lanning has scored 73 runs in 2 matches at the Rose Bowl, Southampton. The pitch is expected to favour the batters and given her recent run in T20 leagues, we back Lanning to score over 22.5 runs on her debut game in the Hundred Women's competition.
Grace Harris, Danielle Gibson, Heather Knight (c), Meg Lanning, Georgia Redmayne (wk), Sarah Glenn, Charlotte Dean, Cordelia Griffith, Tara Norris, Eva Gray, Hannah Jones
Heather Knight, Danielle Gibson, Sarah Glenn, Eva Gray, Sophie Munro, Meg Lanning, Georgia Redmayne, Cordelia Griffith, Tara Norris, Charlie Dean, Erin Burns
The weather will be partly cloudy with a high of 23 degrees Celsius in Southampton on the match day. There are no chances of rain and we should have a great game of cricket at The Rose Bowl.
The Rose Bowl in Southampton will be hosting this match. Southern Brave won 3 of the 4 matches played at this venue last year. The only game they lost here was while chasing 166 runs. A 165+ total should be a very competitive score in this match at this venue.
The pitch is great for batting and allows great timing especially when the ball is new. There is some help for the bowlers as well and with the weather around, swing bowlers should expect some movement through the air.
The average total aggregate score in the last four women's hundred matches played at the Rose Bowl, Southampton is 263 runs. Both teams have a strong batting lineup and we predict it to be a high scoring game and the total aggregate score to be over 262.5 runs.
It is a great venue for T20 cricket where both batters and bowlers have enjoyed success. We reckon batting first and having runs on the board would be a sound strategy given that both teams are playing their first game of the season.
This should be a close contest between two well-matched teams. There is enough firepower in both batting lineup and we expect a good score in the 1st innings. London Spirit, given their overall squad strength and the balance they’ve struck in the XI, along with their record at this venue, will have a slight edge in our match prediction and start as favorites to win.
Southern Brave Women to win
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