Match Preview
Central Hinds will be in action for the 2nd day in a row, as they host Northern Brave in Game No. 8, to be played at the Pukekura Park in New Plymouth. Both sides will head into this fixture in search of their 1st win this season, with them having suffered losses in both their respective games
H2H
This will be the 19th H2H meeting between the 2 sides. With an equal number of wins, both sides are evenly matched on the H2H count, which reads 9:9
When it comes to the H2H record at the venue, Brave lead by 2:0
Top Performers H2H
Bernadine Bezuidenhout (NB), Batter- RHB
Inns- 6 | Runs- 188 | Avg- 47
Natalie Dodd (CH), Batter- RHB
Inns- 6 | Runs- 169 | Avg- 34
Nensi Patel (NB), All-Rounder- RHB/OS
Inns- 6 | Wkts- 7 | Avg- 11 | SR- 12
Rosemary Mair (CH), Bowler- RAM
Inns- 9 | Wkts- 11 | Avg- 17 | SR- 16
Jess Watkin (CH), All-Rounder- RHB/OS
Inns- 10 | Runs- 321 | Avg- 32 | Wkts- 8
Top Performers at Venue
Jess Watkin (CH), All-Rounder- RHB/OS
Inns- 10 | Runs- 217 | Avg- 22 | Wkts- 11 | Avg- 20
Eimear Richardson (NB), All-Rounder- RHB/OS
Inn- 1 | Wkts- 3 | Avg- 9 | SR- 8
Rosemary Mair (CH), Bowler- RAM
Inns- 10 | Wkts- 12 | Avg- 16 | SR- 18
Hannah Rowe (CH), All-Rounder- RHB/RAM
Inns- 12 | Runs- 242 | Avg- 35 | Wkts- 6
Top Picks
Natalie Dodd (CH), Batter- RHB
- Good H2H record: Inns- 6 | Runs- 169 | Avg- 34
- Scored 49 runs in the previous H2H game at this venue
Jess Watkin (CH), All-Rounder- RHB/OS
- Great all-round record in H2H games: Inns- 10 | Runs- 321 | Avg- 32 | Wkts- 8
- Good all-round record at the venue: Inns- 10 | Runs- 217 | Avg- 22 | Wkts- 11
Hannah Rowe (CH), All-Rounder- RHB/RAM
- Top scored for the Hinds in the previous game with her knock of 30 runs
- Leading run-getter at the venue: Inns- 12 | Runs- 242 | Avg- 35
- Scored 27* in the previous H2H game, and registered brilliant figures of 4-0-13-0
Bernadine Bezuidenhout (NB), Batter- RHB
- Excellent H2H record: Inns- 6 | Runs- 188 | Avg- 47
- Scored 59* in her previous H2H outing
- Top scored for Brave in the previous game with her knock of 41
Differential Picks
Shriya Naidu (NB), Bowler- RAM
- She opens the bowling for Brave, and gets the ball to move a long way being a very effective swing bowler
- She registered figures of 4-0-14-2 in the previous H2H game at this venue
- She returned with figures of 10-1-52-4 in the HBJ Shield game vs Hinds earlier this month
Rosemary Mair (CH), Bowler- RAM
- Impressive H2H record: Inns- 9 | Wkts- 11 | Avg- 17 | SR- 16
- Leading wicket-taker at the venue: Inns- 10 | Wkts- 12 | Avg- 16 | SR- 18
- Picked 5 wickets from the 2 H2H outings last season, including figures of 4-1-22-3 in the previous H2H game
Eimear Richardson (NB), All-Rounder- RHB/OS
- Registered figures of 4-0-27-3 in the only game she played at this venue
- Good H2H record: Inns- 5 | Wkts- 5 | Avg- 24 | SR- 19
Kayley Knight (NB), Bowler- RAM
- Playing her 1st game of the season, she returned with impressive figures of 3-0-12-1 in the previous game
- She was the 2nd highest wicket-taker in the T20 series vs India U19s earlier this month: Inns- 4 | Wkts- 10 | Avg- 9 | SR- 8
Safe Captaincy Pick
Amanda Wellington (NB), All-Rounder- RHB/RALB
- She registered scores of 37* & 19* from the 2 games she’s played vs the Hinds
- She’s also picked 2 wickets at an average of 22 vs them
- She’ll have a major role to play with the bat within the Brave middle order
Differential Captaincy Pick
Nensi Patel (NB), All-Rounder- RHB/OS
- Impressive H2H record: Inns- 6 | Wkts- 7 | Avg- 11 | SR- 12
- She’s the only Brave bowler to have been amongst the wickets in both the games this season
- Returned with figures of 4-0-20-2 in the previous H2H outing
Player to Avoid
Georgia Atkinson (CH), Bowler- RALB
- She is yet to pick a wicket in H2H games, having gone wicketless in all the 5 outings she’s bowled in
- She is likely to bowl just the 2 overs at max
Base Team
WK: Natalie Dodd
BAT: Sam Barriball, Mikaela Greig, Bernadine Bezuidenhout
AR: Hannah Rowe, Jess Watkin, Nensi Patel, Eimear Richardson
BOWL: Amanda Wellington, Rosemary Mair, Shriya Naidu
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