CM vs NBW Match Preview
The Canterbury Magicians outfit has won 4 out of their last 5 games in this year's campaign. Their only defeat in the competition so far has come at the hands of Wellington Blaze in the 9th game of the competition. Canterbury defeated Auckland Hearts by a margin of 27 runs in their last encounter. If they win this last match they will move up to the top of the table. The batters for Canterbury women have been Amy Satterthwaite and Kate Anderson. Both these batters have scored more than 150 runs in the competition. Satterthwaite is currently averaging 95.00 and only the mercurial Suzie Bates has scored more runs than her in the competition. In the game against Auckland Hearts, the 24-year-old right-arm medium-pace bowler Gabby Sullivan picked up a 4-wicket haul.
This year has been a tough one for the Northern Brave women. Their last game ended in no result after they had to face rain interruptions during this game against Otago Sparks women in the 13th game of the tournament. Their bowlers never had an opportunity to bowl in the match and everyone is expecting the leading wicket-taker Nensi Patel to find some purchase from the track. Northern Brave women have Jess Kerr in their ranks who is the leading wicket-taker in the competition. She picked up 3-wicket hauls in her last couple of matches. Leigh Kasparek is also bowling well and has picked up 5 scalps so far in the competition. These two will be the most dangerous bowlers for Northern Brave women in this game.
Weather Report
You can expect temperatures in the region of 19 degrees during the match. We are also expecting northeast winds of close to 15 km/hr during the game. There is not much chance of the players perspiring during the game. There is a 90% chance of having a cloud cover during the match. You can expect a relative humidity of around 60% for this game.
Pitch Report
The surface on offer at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch helps the speedsters in the morning. If we get overcast conditions during the game, it means there will be a lot of help available for the pacers in terms of swing as well. This will make batting difficult in the initial overs. The pitch might ease out in the later stages of the match becoming more batting-friendly. All-in-all you can expect the batters to dominate the second half of the match.
Notable stats
Canterbury women have made a clean sweep of their recent games against Northern Districts.
Canterbury women have won all their recent 5 matches against Northern Brave women; They have a 5-0 record against this opposition.
Canterbury women have a much better net run rate at the moment.
Canterbury women have a net run rate of 0.675 at the moment compared to Northern Districts women who have a negative net run rate of -1.113.
Team News
All the usual team members seem to be available for selection in the match.
CM vs NBW Probable 11
CM Playing 11
- KG Anderson
- NB Cox
- KFG Nation
- AE Satterthwaite (C)
- JL Savage
- LMM Tahuhu
- , LEV Hughes (Wk)
- GES Sullivan
- , SR Asmussen
- MJ Banks
- JA Simmons
NBW Playing 11
- S Barriball
- BM Halliday
- EAJ Richardson (C)
- Lucy Boucher
- NH Patel
- Holly Topp
- CA Gurrey
- B Bezuidenhout (Wk)
- ), SR Naidu
- Emma Baker
- Kayley Knight
Dream11 Prediction
The Canterbury women have done a far better job in the competition so far. They are in the second spot in the points table with sixteen points. Northern Districts women on the other hand are struggling quite a bit at the moment with 3 losses from 5 matches. They are languishing in 5th spot at the moment. So, we will bet with Canterbury women to win this game and consolidate their position in the tally.
Top Picks
Amy Satterthwaite: Amy Satterthwaite is a high-quality all-rounder for Canterbury. In her last encounter in the competition, she picked up a couple of wickets and also score 56 runs to boot. She is a precious addition to her team and is an extremely valuable player.
Gabby Sullivan: Gabby Sullivan was terrific with the ball in hand in her last game. She managed to collect 4 wickets and will be looking forward to a repeat performance in this match.
Nensi Patel: Nensi Patel has been terrific with the new ball. In her last appearance for her team, she picked up 3 wickets.
Eimear Richardson: Eimear Richardson is an experienced campaigner for Northern Brave women. When has done a good job for her team in the shorter format of the game. Although she did not score too many runs in the last game, she picked up a wicket.
CM vs NBW Dream11 Team 1
Keeper: L. Hughes
Batters: K. Anderson, S. Barriball, B. Bezuidenhout, C. Gurrey
All-rounders: A. Satterthwaite (C), E. Richardson
Bowlers: M. Banks (VC), G. Sullivan, L. Tahuhu, A. Wellington
