England A (ENG-A) Vs Australia A (AUS-A) Match Preview & Prediction
- England A take on Australia A in the 2nd game of this 3 match unofficial T20 series
- The game will be played at the Haslegrave Ground in Loughborough
- This will be the 5th H2H meeting between these 2 teams, with AUS-A emerging victorious twice, ENG-A tasting victory once, and 1 game finishing in a No Result
- England A secured a convincing 74 runs victory in the 1st game
England A Vs Australia A Weather Forecast:
The weather is likely to stay clear throughout the game
ENG A W vs AU A W Pitch Report:
Haslegrave Ground in Loughborough
- The average 1st innings total here across the previous 5 games has been 159 runs
- The team batting 2nd has emerged victorious in 7 out of the previous 9 games at this venue
- Pacers accounted for 8 out of the 12 wickets to have fallen in the previous game here
Squads:
England A: Lauren Winfield (c), Bess Heath, Maia Bouchier, Alice Capsey, Sarah Glenn, Alice Davidson-Richards, Paige Scholfield, Charlie Dean, Freya Davies, Mahika Gaur, Freya Kemp, Bryony Smith, Linsey Smith
Australia A: Heather Graham (c), Maddy Darke, Nicole Faltum, Tahlia Wilson, Courtney Webb, Charli Knott, Courtney Sippel, Kate Peterson, Lauren Cheatle, Maitlan Brown, Amanda-Jade Wellington, Tess Flintoff, Tayla Vlaeminck
ENG A W vs AU A W Top Performers at Venue:
Lauren Winfield (ENG-A), Batter- RHB:
Inns- 5 | Runs- 127 | Avg- 25
Heather Graham (AUS-A) All Rounder- RHB/RAM:
Inn- 1 | Runs- 50 | Wkts- 2 | SR- 12
Amanda-Jade Wellington (AUS-A), Bowler- RALB:
Inns- 2 | Wkts- 3 | Avg- 18 | SR- 16
Freya Davies (ENG-A), Bowler- RAM:
Inns- 2 | Wkts- 5 | Avg- 8 | SR- 9
ENG A W vs AU A W Top Performers H2H:
Amanda-Jade Wellington (AUS-A), Bowler- RALB:
Inns- 4 | Wkts- 8 | Avg- 11 | SR- 11
Heather Graham (AUS-A), All Rounder- RHB/RAM:
Inns- 4 | Wkts- 7 | Avg- 16 | Runs- 75 | Avg- 38
Alice Capsey (ENG-A), All Rounder- RHB/OS:
Inns- 4 | Runs- 91 | Avg- 23
Freya Davies (ENG-A), Bowler- RAM:
Inn- 1 | Wkts- 3 | Avg- 5 | SR- 8
ENG A W vs AU A W Top Picks:
WK:
Lauren Winfield (ENG-A), RHB:
- She’ll slot in at No. 4 in the batting order
- No other player featuring in this game has scored more runs than her at this venue
- She’s scored 483 runs at an average of 30 across all T20s this year
BAT:
Courtney Webb (AUS-A), RHB/RAM:
- She opened the batting in the previous game and is likely to continue opening the batting despite being a middle order batter
- She was AUS-A’s 2nd highest scorer in the previous game with 33 runs
- She was only 1 run behind Renegades’ leading run-getter during last season’s WBBL: Inns- 13 | Runs- 252 | Avg- 25
Alice Capsey (ENG-A), RHB/OS:
- She’ll continue batting at No. 3 alongside bowling a couple of overs
- She played a brilliant knock off 30 from just the 16 balls in the previous game and also returned with a wicket
- She’s scored 91 runs at a strike rate of 138 in H2H games
Maia Bouchier (ENG-A), RHB:
- She’ll continue opening the batting for ENG-A alongside Bryony Smith
- She was the top scorer in the previous game with her excellent knock of 74(48)
- She’s been brilliant across all T20s this year: Inns- 11 | Runs- 329 | Avg- 33 | SR- 148
AR:
Heather Graham (AUS-A), RHB/RAM:
- She was AUS-A’s top scorer in the previous game with her knock of 50(36)
- She also returned with impressive figures of 4-0-34-2 in the previous game
- She’s the 2nd highest wicket-taker in H2H games with 7 wickets
- She had a good all-round campaign during last season’s WBBL: Inns- 12 | Runs- 258 | Avg- 29 | Wkts- 10 | SR- 21
Sarah Glenn (ENG-A), RHB/RALB:
- She went wicketless in the previous game but expect a bowler of her quality to be back amongst the wickets in this game
- Despite going wicketless she bowled the most economical spell in the previous game: 4-0-16-0
- She has a very good T20I record vs Australia: Inns- 3 | Wkts- 5 | Avg- 17 | SR- 13
- She’s gone wicketless just twice across her previous 14 T20s
Differential:
Alice Davidson-Richards (ENG-A), RHB/RAM:
- She’ll do the finisher’s role in this team coming in at No. 7 and will also be bowling during the death overs
- She returned with impressive figures of 2-0-15-1 in the previous game
- She’s been brilliant with the ball in T20s since the start of last year: Inns- 24 | Wkts- 22 | Avg- 22 | SR- 16
Paige Scholfield (ENG-A), RHB/RAM:
- Expect her to make her 1st appearance for ENG-A in T20s in this game
- She picked 6 wickets at a strike rate of 21 during this season’s Charlotte Edwards Cup
- She scored a century and returned with the wicket of Ellyse Perry during the warm-up fixture vs Australia
- She’s the leading run-getter in this season’s RHFT with 303 runs at an average of 101
BOWL:
Amanda-Jade Wellington (AUS-A), RALB:
- She’s the leading wicket-taker in H2H games with 7 wickets
- She had the best bowling figures by an AUS-A bowler in the previous game: 4-0-31-2
- She hasn’t gone wicketless across her previous 12 T20 outings in England
- She’s the only bowler across both teams to have been amongst the wickets in all the 4 H2H games
Freya Davies (ENG-A), RAM:
- She has the best bowling figures in the previous game: 4-0-17-3
- Amongst all the bowlers featuring in this game, no one has picked more wickets than her tally of 5 wickets at this venue
- She has an very good T20I record: Inns- 24 | Wkts- 23 | Avg- 22 | SR- 19
Maitlan Brown (AUS-A), RHB/RAM:
- She’ll bowl her full quota of overs including 2 overs at the death, and will be batting at No. 6 or 7
- She’s scored 100 runs at an average of 50 and a strike rate of 154 across her previous 4 T20 outings
- She’s been amongst the wickets in 3 out of her 4 H2H outings
Differential:
Bryony Smith (ENG-A), RHB/OS:
- She’ll continue opening the batting and might be seen bowling for the 1st time in this series during this game
- She was the 2nd highest run-getter during the recently concluded Charlotte Edwards Cup
- She’s had good all-round returns in T20s since the start of last year: Inns- 32 | Runs- 658 | SR- 130 | Wkts- 29 | Avg- 17
Kate Peterson (AUS-A), RAM:
- She bowled just the 1 over in the previous game but is expected to bowl more overs in this game
- She’s picked 11 wickets at an exceptional strike rate of 9.27 across her previous 5 T20s
ENG A W vs AU A W Safe Captaincy Picks:
Heather Graham (AUS-A), All Rounder- RHB/RAM
Alice Capsey (ENG-A), All Rounder- RHB/OS
ENG A W vs AU A W Differential Captaincy Picks:
Amanda Wellington (AUS-A), Bowler- RALB
Maia Bouchier (ENG-A), Batter- RHB
ENG A W vs AU A W Base Team:
WK: Lauren Winfield
BAT: Courtney Webb, Alice Capsey, Maia Bouchier
AR: Sarah Glenn, Heather Graham
BOWL: Amanda-Jade Wellington, Freya Davies, Maitlan Brown
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