Austria Vs France Women Match Preview & Prediction
Austria take on France in the 1st game of this 5 match T20I series. This will be the 4th H2H meeting between these 2 teams, with France emerging victorious on all the previous 3 occasions. France are ranked 39th in the ICC T20I Rankings, while Austria are placed on the 52nd spot. France are heading into this game having registered victories in their last 2 T20Is, whereas, Austria are currently on a losing streak of 6 successive games
Austria Vs France Women Match Details:
Match: Austria Vs France (AUT Vs FRA) Match 1, France tour of Austria T20I Series, 2023
Venue: Seebarn Cricket Centre, Lower Austria
Date & Time: Friday, May 05, 2023, 03:00 PM IST
Austria Vs France Women Pitch Report:
Wickets don’t come with ease at this venue, with the pitch hardly offering any assistance to the bowlers. Average 1st innings total here across the last 5 games has been 129 runs
Austria Vs France Women Weather Forecast:
The Weather is likely to stay clear throughout the day
Austria Vs France Women Top Performers H2H:
Tara Britton (FRA), Batter- RHB:
Inn- 1 | Runs- 68 | Avg- yet to be dismissed
Andrea Mae Zepeda (AUT), All Rounder- RHB/RAM:
Inns- 2 | Runs- 63 | Avg- 63 | Wkts- 3 | Avg- 7
Emmanuelle Brelivet (FRA), All Rounder- RHB/RALB:
Inns- 2 | Runs- 38 | Avg- 38 | Wkts- 6 | Avg- 6
Lena Armas (FRA), Batter- RHB:
Inn- 1 | Runs- 39 | Avg- 39
Austria Vs France Women Top Picks:
Tara Britton (FRA), Batter- RHB:
- She was the POTM in the previous H2H game for her unbeaten knock of 68* runs
- She’s also the leading run-getter in H2H games with just that 1 knock of 68
- She’s France’s leading run-getter since the start of last year: Inns- 4 | Runs- 100 | Avg- 50
Lydie Templeman (FRA), All Rounder- RHB/RAM:
- She made her T20I debut last year, and since then has picked 4 wickets at an average of 17.75
- She had the best bowling figures in the previous H2H game: 4-0-18-2
- She’s likely to bat at 5, and has a batting average of 16 across 4 outings
Valentina Avdylaj (AUT), Bowler- RAM:
- She’s Austria’s 2nd highest wicket-taker since the start of last year: Inns- 9 | Wkts- 9 | Avg- 25 | SR- 23
- She’s picked 6 wickets at this venue, which is the joint most
- She’s Austria’s leading wicket-taker in T20Is: Inns- 28 | Wkts- 20 | Avg- 30 | SR- 32
Jo Antoinette Stiglitz (AUT), Batter- RHB:
- She’s Austria’s 2nd highest run-getter in T20Is: Inns- 20 | Runs- 222 | Avg- 16
- She’s Austria’s 3rd highest run-getter since the start of last year: Inns- 9 | Runs- 114 | Avg- 19
- She’s likely to chip in with her part time overs of off spin
Austria Vs France Women Differential Picks:
Emmanuelle Brelivet (FRA), All Rounder- RHB/RALB:
- She’s the leading wicket-taker in H2H games: Inns- 2 | Wkts- 6 | Avg- 6 | SR- 8
- Her career high score of 38* came vs Austria
- She’s France’s 2nd highest wicket-taker in T20Is: Inns- 6 | Wkts- 10 | Avg- 10 | SR- 14
Marie Violleau (FRA), All Rounder- RHB/OS:
- She registered impressive figures of 4-0-21-1 in the previous H2H game
- She also plays the finisher’s role quite effectively, having registered scored of 20(11) & 14(9) in her last 2 outings
- She’s picked 5 wickets at an average of 18 across her last 5 outings
Priya Sabu (AUT), Batter- RHB:
- She’s scored 84 runs at an average of 42 across her last 3 outings
- She was bowling regularly for Austria in a T10 series held earlier this year
- She’s Austria’s 2nd highest run-getter since the start of last year: Inns- 9 | Runs- 120 | Avg- 15
Soujanya Chamundaiah (AUT), Bowler- LAO:
- She’s the joint highest wicket-taker at this venue: Inns- 9 | Wkts- 6 | Avg- 28 | SR- 23
- She’s been amongst the wickets in 2 out of her last 3 T20Is
- She’s the only left arm spinner across the 2 teams
Austria Vs France Women Safe Captaincy Pick:
Andrea Mae Zepeda (AUT), All Rounder- RHB/RAM:
- She’s been excellent in H2H games: Inns- 2 | Runs- 63 | Avg- 63 | Wkts- 3 | Avg- 7
- She’s the leading run-getter at this venue: Inns- 13 | Runs- 486 | Avg- 49
- She’s Austria’s leading run-getter since the start of last year: Inns- 5 | Runs- 159 | Avg- 40
Mallika Mahadewa Pathirannehelage (AUT), All Rounder- RHB/RAM:
- She’s Austria’s leading wicket-taker since the start of last year: Inns- 7 | Wkts- 12 | Avg- 11 | SR- 13
- She has a good bowling record at this venue: Inns- 6 | Wkts- 5 | Avg- 18 | SR- 25
- She registered impressive figures of 4-0-24-1 & top scored for Austria with 20 runs in the previous H2H game
Austria Vs France Women Differential Captaincy Pick:
Poppy McGeown (FRA), All Rounder- RHB/RAM:
- She had the best bowling figures in the previous H2H game: 4-0-18-2
- She’s France’s 3rd highest run-getter in T20Is: Inns- 11 | Runs- 153 | Avg- 17
- She’s scored 93 runs at an average of 46.5 across her last 3 outings
Pooja Ganesh (FRA), All Rounder- RHB/OS:
- She made her T20I debut last year, and has been impressive in all the 3 games she’s played
- She was France’s top scorer in the previous game with 32 runs
- She had a good all round outing in her 2nd last T20I: 20 runs & 4-0-28-1
Austria Vs France Women Base Team:
WK: Tara Britton
BAT: Andrea Mae Zepeda, Emmanuelle Brelivet
AR: Mallika Mahadewa Pathirannehelage, Poppy McGeown, Lydie Templeman
BOWL: Valentina Avdylaj, Ganesh Pooja, Marie Violleau
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