Hong Kong Vs Nepal Fantasy Prediction – HK vs NP Pitch Report, Weather Forecast, Playing XI for Women’s Emerging Asia Cup

Hong Kong (HK) Vs Nepal (NP) Match Preview & Prediction

• Hong Kong take on Nepal in the 11^th game of the ACC Emerging Women’s Asia Cup, 2023

• The game will be played at the Mission Road Ground in Mong Kok, Hong Kong

• This will be the 4^th H2H meeting between these 2 teams, with Hong Kong emerging victorious on the previous 2 occasions, after Nepal had emerged victorious in the very 1^st H2H meeting

• Despite both teams having not yet registered a win, Nepal are still alive in the tournament. They’ll have to beat HK and then hope India A defeat Pakistan A later in the day

Hong Kong Vs Nepal Pitch Report:

Mission Road Ground in Mong Kok, Hong Kong

• The average 1^st innings total here across the previous 5 games has been 92 runs

• The team batting 1^st has gone on to win 5 out of the last 8 games played at this venue

• Spinners have accounted for 31 out of the 37 wickets to have been picked by bowlers across the previous 3 games at this venue

Squads:

Hong Kong: Kary Chan (c), Natasha Miles, Alison Siu, Betty Chan, Dorothea Chan, Elysa Hubbard, Emma Lai, Iqra Sahar, Hiu Ying Cheung, Mariko Hill, Marina Lamplough, Maryam Bibi, Ruchitha Venkatesh, Shanzeen Shahzad

Nepal: Rubina Chhetry (c), Sita-Rana-Magar, Indu Barma, Kabita Kunwar, Bindu Rawal, Jyoti Pandey, Samjana Khadka, Kajal-Shrestha, Kritika Marasini, Saraswati Kumari, Ashmina Karmacharya, Ishwori Bist, Apsari Begam, Kabita Joshi

HK vs NP Top Performers at Venue:

Maryam Bibi (HK), All Rounder- RHB/RAM:

Inns- 13 | Wkts- 17 | Avg- 14 | Runs- 193 | Avg- 19

Kary Chan (HK), All Rounder- LHB/LAO:

Inns- 10 | Runs- 230 | Avg- 26 | Wkts- 8 | Avg- 17

Betty Chan (HK), Bowler- OS:

Inns- 11 | Wkts- 12 | Avg- 18 | SR- 22

Iqra Sahar (HK), Bowler- RAM:

Inns- 11 | Wkts- 18 | Avg- 10 | Runs- 258 | Avg- 32

HK vs NP Top Performers H2H:

Mariko Hill (HK), All Rounder- RHB/RAM:

Inns- 3 | Runs- 89 | Avg- 45 | Wkt- 1

Sita-Rana-Magar (NEP), All Rounder- LHB/LAO:

Inns- 3 | Wkts- 4 | Avg- 13 | Runs- 49 | Avg- 25

Betty Chan (HK), Bowler- OS:

Inns- 3 | Wkts- 3 | Avg- 12 | SR- 22

Apsari Begam (NEP), Batter- RHB:

Inns- 2 | Runs- 46 | Avg- 46

HK vs NP Top Picks & Differential Picks:

BAT:

Natasha Miles (HK), RHB:

• She’s HK’s 2^nd highest run-getter in H2H games: Inns- 2 | Runs- 44 | Avg- 44

• She finished unbeaten on 28* runs in the previous H2H game

• No other player featuring in this game has a better T20I batting average than her

• Her T20I career average being 30.18, while the next best average amongst players featuring in this game being Mariko Hill’s 22.2

Kabita Joshi (NEP), RHB/OS:

• She’ll have the finisher’s role in this team, coming in at No. 7, and will also be bowling her full quota of overs

• She returned with impressive figures of 4-0-16-2 vs Pakistan A

• She’s picked 5 wickets at an average of 8.4 across her past 3 outings

Differential:

Apsari Begam (NEP), RHB:

• She’s only 4 runs shy of becoming Nepal’s leading run-getter in H2H games

• She finished unbeaten on 22* off just the 16 balls in the previous H2H game

• Her career best T20I score of 24 came against HK

AR:

Rubina Chhetry (NEP), RHB/OS:

• She was Nepal’s top scorer in the previous H2H game with her unbeaten knock of 32* runs

• She’s Nepal’s all time 2^nd highest run-getter and 3^rd highest wicket-taker in T20Is

• She’s Nepal’s leading run-getter in T20Is since the start of last year

Sita-Rana-Magar (NEP), All Rounder- LHB/LAO:

• She’s the 2nd highest wicket-taker in H2H games with 4 wickets

• She registered brilliant figures of 4-0-16-2 vs Pakistan A

• She’s also the 2^nd highest run-getter in H2H games with 49 runs

Indu Barma (NEP), RHB/OS:

• She’ll bat at No. 4 and will be bowling at least 3 overs

• She had the best bowling figures in the game vs Pakistan A: 3-1-6-3

• She scored 31 runs in the 2^nd last H2H game

Mariko Hill (HK), RHB/RAM:

• She’s the leading run-getter in H2H games with 89 runs

• She has the highest individual score by any batter in H2H games: 45

• She was the top scorer in both the previous 2 H2H games

• She’s Hong Kong’s all time leading run-getter

Differential:

Kary Chan (HK), LHB/LAO:

• She batted at 4 in the previous game but is likely to come in at 3 in this game, and will also be bowling her full quota of overs

• She’s Hong Kong’s all time 2^nd highest run-getter as well as 2^nd highest wicket-taker

• She has been amongst the wickets in 2 out of the 3 H2H outings

BOWL:

Maryam Bibi (HK), RHB/RAM:

• She’ll bowl her full quota of overs including an over each in the PP and at the death

• She returned with good figures of 2-0-15-1 in the previous H2H game

• With 15 wickets, she’s Hong Kong’s 2^nd highest wicket-taker this year

• She’s Hong Kong’s all time leading wicket-taker amongst pace bowlers with 30 wickets

Betty Chan (HK), OS:

• She had the best bowling figures in the previous H2H game: 4-0-17-2

• She was the only HK bowler to have been amongst the wickets vs India A

• She’s Hong Kong’s all time leading wicket-taker with 59 wickets

• She’s Hong Kong’s leading wicket-taker in H2H games with 3 wickets

HK vs NP Safe Captaincy Picks:

Mariko Hill (HK), All Rounder- RHB/RAM

Sita-Rana-Magar (NEP), All Rounder- LHB/LAO

HK vs NP Differential Captaincy Picks:

Betty Chan (HK), Bowler- OS

Rubina Chhetry (NEP), All Rounder- RHB/OS

HK vs NP Base Team:

BAT: Natasha Miles, Kabita Joshi

AR: Sita-Rana-Magar, Rubina Chhetry, Indu Barma, Mariko Hill

BOWL: Betty Chan, Maryam Bibi

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