Women's World T20 Cup

6th Match: IRE-W vs ENG-W

Preview

Its neighbours clash on the sixth match of the Women's T20 WC 2023 that will take place between IRE-W and ENG-W on Monday, 13th February at 06:30 PM IST. This match is scheduled to take place at Boland Park, Paarl.

The eighth edition of the T20 Women's WC is up and running with teams fighting to qualify for the next stages of the tournament. English Women started their campaign with a victory in the first game against WI-W comfortably by 7 wickets and ENG-W will look to add more crucial points from this match. When they face the neighbour side of Ireland, on the other hand, IRE-W has played in 2 World series' and is yet to get their maiden WC victory. But the English Women will be having an upper hand going into this match.

The Irish side stunned defending champions AUS-W in the warm-up fixture by 3 wickets. With the likes of Amy Hunter (26 runs) and Orla Pendergast (26 runs) scored aggressively at the top order while Laura Delany played an anchoring knock of 32 runs against the Aussies. Their middle with the likes of Louise Little, Mary Waldron, Adrene Kelly, and Leah Paul played crucial cameos to take them across the line.

English bowlers gave 168 runs in their 20 overs in the warm match against AUS-W. 20-year-old youngster Orla Pendergast was the pick of the bowlers with a spell of 4-0-19-2 in that match. With the helping hands of Arlene Kelly (1/17) and Jane Maguire (0/13) bowled economically and kept the scoreboard in check. ENG-W's remaining bowlers gave runs at a high rate and were the stop the batters.

England Women chased down 138 runs in just 14.3 overs to win the match by 7 wickets against the Windies in their opening WC T20 match. The opening batter Sophia Dunkley made an attacking start in the chase to score 34 runs off just 18 balls which included 4 fours and 1 six in her superb innings. However, Danielle Wyatt and Alice Capsey looked to start aggressively but failed to convert their starts. The middle-order batters Sciver (40 runs) and skipper Heather Knight (32 runs) shared an unbeaten 68-run partnership to take across the line in the 15th over.

England restricted the Windies side to just 135/8 in their 20 overs. Sophie Ecclestone was the star bowler with figures of 3/23 in that match she was helped by Katherine Brunt (1/23) and Sarah Glenn (1/20) chipped each with a wicket in the middle overs. Lauren Bell, Charlotte Dean, and Nat Sciver bowled economically to contribute to the team.

Match Details

Match: IRE-W vs ENG-W, 6th Match, Women's World T20 Cup

Date: Monday, 13 February

Time: 06:30 PM

Venue: Boland Park, Paarl, South Africa

Pitch & Weather Report

This venue has traditionally been a batter-friendly pitch with many runs on offer. We will have cool and breezy weather with ideal playing conditions on the match day between IRE-W and ENG-W on the 7th match day. The average score batting first at a venue in women’s T20Is is 131. The highest total posted here is 166-4 by IND-W against SA-W in 2018. This venue has hosted the last 2 matches and the pitch will slow down here this season. We expect the scores to be around 160-170 runs in this match.

The maximum temperature will remain at 34°C, with a low of 18°C with 54% humidity, and a wind speed of 5 Km/hr for the 6th Match, the Women's WC T20 on Feb 13 b/w IRE-W vs ENG-W. The weather in Boland Park, Paarl during the game will be cool and pleasant on this match day.

IRE-W vs ENG-W Squad:

IRE-W: Laura Delany (c), Georgina Dempsey, Amy Hunter, Shauna Kavanagh, Arlene Kelly, Gaby Lewis, Louise Little, Sophie MacMahon, Jane Maguire, Cara Murray, Leah Paul, Orla Prendergast, Eimear Richardson, Rachel Delaney, Mary Waldron.

ENG-W: Heather Knight (c), Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier, Alice Capsey, Kate Cross, Freya Davies, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Sarah Glenn, Amy Jones, Katherine Sciver-Brunt, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Danni Wyatt.

IRE-W vs ENG-W: Probable XIs

IRE-W: Amy Hunter, Gaby Lewis, Orla Prendergast, Laura Delany (c), Eimear Richardson, Louise Little, Mary Waldron (wk), Leah Paul, Arlene Kelly, Jane Maguire, Sophie MacMahon

ENG-W: Sophia Dunkley, Danielle Wyatt, Alice Capsey, Nat Sciver, Heather Knight, Sophie Ecclestone, Katherine Brunt, Sarah Glenn, Lauren Bell, Charlotte Dean, Amy Jones 

Match Prediction

The English side is a quality team that has had huge success in women's cricket. ENG-W has a good all-around team with good batting and bowling depth and balance. While Irish side stunned AUS-W in their warm game and it will give them massive confidence going ahead. But their bowlers lack depth as they rely on a few players only. We say England to dominate this game as well on Monday against Ireland.

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