South Coast Sapphires Vs Barmy Army Fantasy Prediction, Pitch Report, Weather Forecast, Playing XI for Fairbreak Global Invitational Women’s T20

South Coast Sapphires Vs Barmy Army Match Preview & Prediction

South Coast Sapphires take on Barmy Army in Game No. 14 of the FairBreak Global Invitational Tournament 2023. This will be the 2^nd H2H game between the 2 teams, with Barmy Army emerging victorious by 6 runs on the previous occasion. Barmy Army have all the momentum heading into this game, with them having registered 3 straight wins. For the Sapphires nothing has gone as per plans, with them lying at the bottom half of the table with just the 1 win from 4 games

South Coast Sapphires Vs Barmy Army Match Details:

Match: South Coast Sapphires Vs Barmy Army (SCS Vs BAR) Match 14, FairBreak Global Invitational Tournament 20223

Venue: Kowloon Cricket Club, Hong Kong

Date & Time: Wednesday, April 12, 2023, 7:30 AM IST

South Coast Sapphires Vs Barmy Army Pitch Report:

The Pitch at Kowloon Cricket Club, Hong Kong is bowling friendly and has been assisting spinners & seamers equally well. Though there has been a spike in run scoring with the average first innings total here in the last 5 T20s being 144

South Coast Sapphires Vs Barmy Army Weather Forecast:

The Weather is expected to stay clear for this game

South Coast Sapphires Vs Barmy Army Top Performers H2H:

Maryam Omar (SCS), All Rounder- RHB/OS:
26(20)*

Laura Wolvaardt (BAR), Batter- RHB:
65(45)

Rumana Ahmed (BAR), All Rounder- RHB/RALB:
4-0-22-3

Shabnim Ismail (SCS), Bowler- RAF:
4-0-31-1

South Coast Sapphires Vs Barmy Army Top Picks:

Tara Norris (BAR), Bowler- LAM:

• She’s Barmy Army’s joint leading wicket-taker this season: Inns- 4 | Wkts- 6 | Avg- 22 | SR- 16

• She’s one of the few bowlers to have picked a wicket in all the 4 games this season

• She registered figures of 4-0-39-2 in the previous game

Lauren Winfield (BAR), Batter- RHB:

• She was forced to retire hurt in the previous game after being hit on the chin, hopefully she’s recovered by now

• She’s the highest run-getter this season: Inns- 4 | Runs- 200 | Avg- 100

• Her last 3 scores being 4*, 120* & 54

Tash Farrant (SCS), All Rounder- LHB/LAM:

• She’s Sapphires’ 2^nd highest run-getter this season: Inns- 3 | Runs- 63| Avg- 32

• She’s picked 3 wickets at an average of 19.66 this season

• She has a good overall bowling record in the competition: Inns- 7 | Wkts- 6 | Avg- 24 | SR- 18

Shabnim Ismail (SCS), Bowler- RAF:

• She returned with impressive figures of 4-0-31-1 in the previous H2H game

• She has been really unlucky to have picked just the 1 wicket this season

• She was brilliant for the Sapphires last season: Inns- 5 | Wkts- 7 | Avg- 14 | SR- 11

South Coast Sapphires Vs Barmy Army Differential Picks:

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

• The Hong Kong skipper has great knowledge of these conditions, being a local girl

• She top scored for Sapphires in the previous game with 31 runs

• She had bowled her full quota of overs in the previous H2H game, conceding way just the 25 runs

Gaby Lewis (SCS), Batter- RHB:

• The SCS opener has failed throughout the season, but would be going to sign off from the competition on a positive note

• In the previous game, she looked good to get going for the 1^st time this season before falling for 20

• She was Sapphires’ 3^rd highest scorer last season: Inns- 4 | Runs- 113 | Avg- 38

Nigar Sultana (BAR), Batter- RHB:

• The Bangladesh skipper is one of the most assured batters in the Barmy Army squad

• She scored 40 runs in only her 2^nd outing this season

• She’s scored the most number of runs for her country since the start of last year: Inns- 20 | Runs- 490 | Avg- 29

Rubina Chhetry (BAR), All Rounder- RHB/OS:

• She was brilliant with the ball in her previous outing with the ball, registering figures of 3-0-16-1

• She’s Nepal’s best batter which suggests she can make some very good contributions with the bat when the opportunity arises

• She has a career T20I batting & bowling average of 22 & 16 respectively

South Coast Sapphires Vs Barmy Army Safe Captaincy Picks:

Deandra Dottinn (BAR)- All Rounder- RHB/RAM:

• She’s had a decent season so far in both the departments: Inns- 3 | Runs- 84 | Avg- 28 | Wkts- 3 | Avg- 20

• She was the 2^nd highest scorer for BAR in the previous H2H game with 28 runs

• She put on a sensational all-round display in the previous game: 69(48) with the bat & 3-0-9-1 with the ball

Katherine Brunt (SCS), All Rounder- RHB/RAM:

• She’s Sapphires’ leading wicket-taker this season: Inns- 4 | Wkts- 5 | Avg- 12 | SR- 12

• She’s also the only SCS batter to have scored in excess of 100 runs this season: Inns- 4 | Runs- 102 | Avg- 34

• Last game was a rare failure for her in both the departments and she’ll be eager to end the season on a high with yet another good all-round showing

South Coast Sapphires Vs Barmy Army Differential Captaincy Picks:

Laura Wolvaardt (BAR), Batter- RHB:

• She was the top scorer in the previous H2H game with 65 runs

• She starred in an unbeaten 162 run opening stand in the 2^nd last game, scoring 40* along the way

• She sits 2^nd on Barmy Army’s all-time leading run-getters list with 259 runs

Rumana Ahmed (BAR), All Rounder- RHB/RALB:

• She returned with the best bowling figures by a Barmy Army bowler in the previous H2H game: 4-0-22-3

• She’s her team’s joint leading wicket-taker this season: Inns- 3 | Wkts-6 | Avg- 11 | SR- 12

• She played a very good knock of 37 runs in the previous game, which takes her overall batting average in the competition to exactly 100

Fantasy XI South Coast Sapphires Vs Barmy Army

WK: Lauren Winfield

BAT: Erin Burns, Laura Wolvaardt

AR: Katherine Brunt, Deandra Dottin

BOWL: Shabnim Ismail, Tash Farrant, Tara Norris, Rumana Ahmed

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