MLRW vs ADSW Match Preview
One of the leading run-getters for Melbourne Renegades has been Courtney Webb. The right-handed batter has scored 225 runs in her last 12 innings for Melbourne Renegades. The skipper and dependable all-rounder for Renegades is Hayley Matthews who has scored 216 runs from her last 13 matches with an average of 18. Carly Leeson is another batter doing a reasonable job for the Renegades with 163 runs from her last 10 innings with an average of 23.28. Haley Matthews has been good with the ball as well picking up 11 victims from her last 12 games with an average of 25.09.
Sarah Coyote has consistently been the best bowler for Melbourne Renegades picking up 12 wickets from 10 innings with an average of 18.41. Shabnim Ismail has also picked up 8 scalps from her last 11 games. The top run-getter for Adelaide Strikers in the last year has been Laura Wolvaardt. In her last 15 innings, she has scored 421 runs with an average of 30.07. Katie Mack has also done a good job with the bat for Adelaide putting together 476 runs from her last 16 matches. She also scored 86 runs in the first game of the season against the Stars.
The leading wicket-taker for Adelaide in recent games has been Megan Schutt with 22 scalps from her last 9 games with a strike rate of 8.31. She also picked up a 3-wicket haul in the first game played by Adelaide women. Another bowler who did a fair job for Adelaide is Amanda Jade Wellington. She had succeeded in picking up 15 scalps from her last 10 innings with a strike rate of 12.8. She also picked up 3 wickets for just 4 runs in the first game against Stars.
Jemma Barsby also picked up 17 wickets for Adelaide in recent games. The responsibility of opening the innings will be with the skipper Hayley Matthews and Tammy Beaumont for Melbourne Renegades.
The Melbourne middle order will be handled by the likes of Jess Duffin, the all-rounder Harmanpreet Kaur, and Courtney Webb. The bowling responsibilities for Melbourne will be in the hands of Ellie Falconer, Sophie Molineux, Georgia Prestwidge, Tayla Vlaeminck, and Georgia Wareham. The Adelaide top order on the other hand was in full flow against Melbourne Stars earlier today. They will be depending on Georgia Adams and Laura Wolvaardt to handle the top order. Their bowling attack will be handled by the likes of Amanda Jade Wellington, Megan Schutt, and Madeline Penna.
Weather Report
It is a possibility that this game will be affected by rain. You can expect cooler conditions for this match. The temperature during the game will be close to 15 degrees and there are chances of having cloud cover at some stage of the contest. The cloud cover can help the seamers in getting lateral movement from the surface.
Pitch Report
The Junction Oval Ground is located in Victoria. It has a seating capacity of 6000 people. A couple of domestic T20 games have been played at this ground earlier. Both these games were won by the team batting first. The average first-inning total here is 204 runs. This indicates a batting-friendly wicket that will make things tough for the bowlers.
Notable stats
Hayley Matthews has done a great job with the bat and ball.
Hayley Matthews has not only picked up 9 wickets from her last 9 games, but she has also scored 184 runs in this period.
Team News
It looks like we will have full teams available for selection on 23rd October. There aren’t any injury updates available at the moment.
MLRW vs ADSW Probable 11
MLRW Playing 11
- Tammy Beaumont
- Hayley Matthews (C)
- Josephine Dooley (Wk)
- Harmanpreet Kaur
- Courtney Webb
- Georgia Wareham
- Erica Kershaw
- Jess Duffin
- Georgia Prestwidge
- Sarah Coyte
- Ella Hayward
ADSW Playing 11
- Katie Mack
- Laura Wolvaardt
- Tahlia McGrath (C)
- Bridget Patterson (Wk)
- Madeline Penna
- Danielle Gibson
- Georgia Adams
- Amanda-Jade Wellington
- Jemma Barsby
- Megan Schutt
- Anesu Mushangwe
Dream11 Prediction
This is the second game of the season for Adelaide Strikers. They are the defending champions of the Women's Big Bash League and they also hammered Melbourne Stars in their first game. Melbourne Renegades have already played one game but ended up on the losing side. So, we expect Adelaide Strikers to continue their winning ways and win this match as well.
Top Picks
Hayley Matthews: Hayley Matthews has scored 184 runs in her last 10 games and also picked up 9 wickets. She is a dependable all-rounder and you can bet on her to do well again.
Megan Schutt: Schutt has collected a haul of 22 victims from her last 9 games with an incredible strike rate of 8.31. You can expect her to do more damage in this game as well.
Laura Wolvaardt: Wolvaardt has scored 299 runs from her last 10 contests for Adelaide with an average of 33.22.
Amanda Jade Wellington: Before the first game Jade Wellington had picked up 15 wickets from her last 10 games with a strike rate of 12.8.
MLRW vs ADSW Dream11 Team 1
Keeper: B Patterson
Batters: T Beaumont, L Wolvaardt, H Kaur
All-rounders: H Matthews (C), T McGrath (VC), G Adams
Bowlers: M Schutt, A Wellington, S Coyote, G Wareham
