West Indies take on Ireland in the 3rd & last T20I of this 3 match T20I series. This will be the 8th H2H encounter between WI W vs IRE W, with Windies emerging victorious on all the previous 7 occasions. Windies have already sealed the series 2-0, and will now look to complete a clean sweep, whereas Ireland who’ve shown enough promise throughout the tour, will be looking forward to end the tour with a victory
WI W Vs IRE W Match Details:
Match: West Indies Vs Ireland (WI W vs IRE W) Match 3, Ireland women tour of West Indies T20Is, 2023
Venue: Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Date & Time: Sunday, July 09, 2023, 02:30 AM IST
Venue Analysis: Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
The average 1st innings total here across the previous 5 games has been 124 runs. The team batting 2nd has gone on to win each of the previous 3 games played here. Pacers have accounted for 9 out of the 17 wickets picked by bowlers across the 2 games at this venue in this series
Top Performers at Venue:
Shemaine Campbelle (WI), Batter- RHB:
Inns- 8 | Runs- 155 | Avg- 26
Hayley Matthews (WI), All Rounder- RHB/OS:
Inns- 7 | Runs- 194 | Avg- 28 | Wkts- 7 | Avg- 17
Laura Delany (IRE), All Rounder- RHB/RAM:
Inns- 2 | Runs- 54 | Avg- 27 | Wkt- 1 | Avg- 27
Arlene Kelly (IRE), All Rounder- RHB/RAM:
Inns- 2 | Wkts- 4 | Avg- 9 | SR- 10
Top Performers in WI W vs IRE W:
Afy Fletcher (WI), Bowler- RALB:
Inns- 6 | Wkts- 9 | Avg- 14 | SR- 15
Hayley Matthews (WI), All Rounder- RHB/OS:
Inns- 6 | Runs- 296 | Avg- 74 | Wkts- 5 | Avg- 24
Mary Waldron (IRE), Batter- RHB:
Inns- 4 | Runs- 91 | Avg- 30
Arlene Kelly (IRE), All Rounder- RHB/RAM:
Inns- 3 | Wkts- 4 | Avg- 17 | SR- 16
Top Picks for WI W vs IRE W:
Arlene Kelly (IRE), All Rounder- RHB/RAM:
- She’s the joint leading wicket-taker in this series with 4 wickets at an average of 9.5
- Since her T20I debut last year, she’s picked the 2nd most number of wickets amongst pace bowlers from Test nations: Inns- 22 | Wkts- 29 | Avg- 16 | SR- 15
- She has a terrific T20 record: Inns- 98 | Wkts- 95 | Avg- 20 | SR- 21
Laura Delany (IRE), All Rounder- RHB/RAM:
- She had a good all-round outing in the previous game: 20 runs & 2.4-0-12-1
- She’s the 2nd highest run-getter in the series with 54 runs
- She’s Ireland’s all time 2nd highest run-getter with 1037 runs, alongside being their all time leading wicket-taker with 61 wickets
Hayley Matthews (WI), All Rounder- RHB/OS:
- She’s the leading run-getter in H2H games: Inns- 6 | Runs- 296 | Avg- 74
- She’s the leading run-getter as well as the joint leading wicket-taker in this series: Inns- 2 | Runs- 87 | Avg- 44 | Wkts- 4 | Avg- 11
- She was the POTM in the previous game for her all-round brilliance: 4-0-24-1 & top scorer with 50 runs
- She’s been outstanding across all T20s this year: Inns- 24 | Runs- 846 | Avg- 40 | Wkts- 35 | Avg- 14
Afy Fletcher (WI), Bowler- RALB:
- She’s the leading wicket-taker in H2H games with 9 wickets
- She’s gone wicketless just once across her previous 9 T20 outings
- With 13 wickets she’s Windies’ 2nd highest wicket-taker since the start of last year
Differential Picks for WI W vs IRE W:
Rashada Williams (WI), RHB:
- She’ll continue opening the batting for Windies
- With 192 runs, she’s Windies’ 2nd highest run-getter since the start of last year
- She had a decent campaign during this season’s T20 Blaze: Inns- 5 | Runs- 93 | Avg- 23
Ashmini Munisar (WI), Bowler- OS:
- She’s been the most economical bowler in the series, going for only 3.75 runs per over
- She was unlucky not to be amongst the wickets in the previous game, having bowled a brilliant spell of 4-0-14-0
- She’s been amongst the wickets in 7 out of her previous 8 T20 outings
Aimee Maguire (IRE), LAO:
- She’s picked 3 wickets in 3 outings across formats on this tour
- She’s picked 7 wickets at an impressive average of 14 across her previous 5 T20 outings
- She picked the most wickets in the final of Ireland’s recently concluded domestic T20 competition, her figures being: 4-0-20-3
Eimear Richardson (IRE), All Rounder- RHB/OS:
- She’s played positive cricket in both the games, and has been the only player to have scored at a SR in excess of 100 in both the games
- She hasn’t been bowling in this series, and is likely to continue playing as a specialist batter coming in at No. 5
- She has an experience of 160 T20s under her belt, and has picked 100+ wickets
Safe Captaincy Picks for WI W vs IRE W:
Hayley Matthews (WI), All Rounder- RHB/OS
Afy Fletcher (WI), Bowler- RALB
Differential Captaincy Picks:
Laura Delany (IRE), All Rounder- RHB/RAM
Arlene Kelly (IRE), All Rounder- RHB/RAM
Base Team:
WK: Amy Hunter
BAT: Gaby Lewis
AR: Orla Prendergast, Hayley Matthews, Laura Delany, Cherry Ann Fraser
BOWL: Afy Fletcher, Ashmini Munisar, Arlene Kelly
Disclaimer: This game involves an element of financial risk and may be addictive. Please play responsibly.
