Preview
Rwanda (RWA) take on Sierra Leone (SIL) in Game No. 5. With a WT20I team ranking of 27, Rwanda are the highest-ranked side amongst all the 5 teams competing in this tournament, and are heading into this game having already registered a massive win over Ghana on the opening day of the tournament. SIL bounced back to register their 1st win in the previous game after having suffered a defeat to Nigeria in the opening
H2H
Rwanda have a 1:0 lead, having secured a comfortable 9 wicket win in the only prior H2H fixture between these 2
Top Performances H2H
Gisele Ishimwe (RWA), All Rounder- RHB/RAM
41(38)
Sifa Ingabire (RWA), Bowler- OS
4-0-14-2
Zainab Kamara (SIL), All Rounder- RHB/RAM
12* & 0.5-0-10-1
Immaculee Muhawenimana (RWA), Bowler- RAM
4-0-14-2
Top Performers at Venue
Fatu Pessima (SIL), All Rounder- RHB/RAM
Inns- 7 | Wkts- 11 | Avg- 8 | SR- 12
Gisele Ishimwe (RWA), All Rounder- RHB/RAM
Inns- 5 | Runs- 176 | Avg- 35 | Wkts- 3 | Avg- 8
Janet Kowa (SIL), Bowler- RAM
Inns- 6 | Wkts- 9 | Avg- 12 | SR- 15
Sifa Ingabire (RWA), Bowler- OS
Inns- 5 | Wkts- 8 | Avg- 9 | SR- 14
Margueritte Vumiliya (RWA), Bowler- RALB
Inns- 6 | Wkts- 13 | Avg- 5 | SR- 10
Top Picks
Henriette Ishimwe (RWA), All Rounder- RHB/RAM
- She was the POTM in the previous game for her all-round efforts that also included her career-best figures: 2.3-0-4-4 & 32(22)
- She’s 2nd on the list of highest wicket-takers for Rwanda in the format: Inns- 40 | Wkts- 37 | Avg- 15 | SR- 19
- She’s the only Rwanda cricketer to have played in an overseas T20 League (Fairbreak Invitational 2022)
Janet Kowa (SIL), Bowler- RAM
- She has a great record at the venue: Inns- 6 | Wkts- 9 | Avg- 12 | SR- 15
- She’s picked 4 wickets at an average of 8 in the competition so far
- She’s the joint leading wicket-taker for SIL in T20Is: Inns- 18 | Wkts- 15 | Avg- 21 | SR- 26
Belyse Murekatete (RWA), All Rounder- RHB/RAM
- She registered figures of 4-0-12-1 in the only previous H2H fixture
- She registered impressive figures of 3-1-4-2 vs Ghana on the opening day of the tournament
- She has an impressive record at the venue: Inns- 4 | Wkts- 5 | Avg- 7 | SR- 13
Alice Fillie (SIL), Bowler- RAM
- All her T20I wickets have come at this very venue
- She registered impressive figures of 4-1-9-3 in the previous game
- She’s SIL’s leading wicket-taker in the tournament so far: Inns- 2 | Wkts- 5 | Avg- 5 | SR- 9
Differential Picks
Sifa Ingabire (RWA), Bowler- OS
- She’s expected to be back in the XI for this game
- She’s Rwanda’s 2nd highest wicket-taker at the venue: Inns- 5 | Wkts- 8 | Avg- 9 | SR- 14
- She had the best bowling figures in the previous H2H game: 4-0-14-2
Fatu Pessima (SIL), All Rounder- RHB/RALB
- She’s SIL’s joint leading wicket-taker in T20Is: Inns- 11 | Wkts- 15 | Avg- 11 | SR- 13
- She registered figures of 4-0-10-1 in the previous game
- She’s SIL’s leading wicket-taker at the venue: Inns- 7 | Wkts- 11 | Wkts- 8 | SR- 12
Isha Quee (SIL), Bowler- LAM
- This will be only her 3rd T20I outing
- She’s expected to take the new ball alongside Kowa, like she did in the previous game
- She registered figures of 4-0-13-3 in the previous game
Safe Captaincy Pick
Gisele Ishimwe (RWA), All Rounder- RHB/RAM
- She’s Rwanda’s all time leading run-getter: Inns- 40 | Runs- 675 | Avg- 19
- She was the POTM in the previous H2H game having top scored with 41 runs
- She registered figures of 2-0-2-2 in the previous game
- She’s the highest run-getter at the venue: Inns- 5 | Runs- 176 | Avg- 35
Differential Captaincy Pick
Margueritte Vumiliya (RWA), Bowler- RALB
- She’s Rwanda’s leading wicket-taker in T20Is: Inns- 37 | Wkts- 38 | Avg- 13 | SR- 18
- She’s picked the most number of wickets at this venue: Inns- 6 | Wkts- 13 | Avg- 5 | SR- 10
- She registered figures of 4-1-11-1 in the previous H2H game
- She registered figures of 4-0-10-1 in the previous game
Base Team
WK: Sarah Uwera
BAT: Belyse Murekatete, Gisele Ishimwe, Celina Bull
AR: Henriette Ishimwe, Marie Bimenyimana, Fatu Pessima
BOWL: Janet Kowa, Margueritte Vumiliya
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