South Coast Sapphires Vs Tornadoes Match Preview & Prediction
South Coast Sapphires take on Tornadoes for the 5th Place Play-Off of the FairBreak Global Invitational Tournament 2023. This will be the 3rd H2H encounter between the 2 teams, with both teams emerging victorious once apiece 8. Sapphires got the better of Tornadoes in the H2H game played this season, and are the favourites heading into this game. Defending champions Tornadoes had a nightmare of a session with them failing to win any of the 5 games played during the league phase. They’d now be hoping to finish the season on a good note alongside a win
South Coast Sapphires Vs Tornadoes Match Details:
Match: South Coast Sapphires Vs Tornadoes (SCS Vs TOR) 5th Place Play-Off, FairBreak Global Invitational Tournament 2023
Venue: Kowloon Cricket Club, Hong Kong
Date & Time: Friday, April 14 2023, 7:30 AM IST
South Coast Sapphires Vs Tornadoes Pitch Report:
The Pitch at Kowloon Cricket Club, Hong Kong has a lot in it for the bowlers early on, and has been assisting both spinners & pacers equally well. Average first innings total here in the last 5 T20s has been 150 runs
South Coast Sapphires Vs Tornadoes Weather Forecast:
The weather is likely to stay clear throughout the game
South Coast Sapphires Vs Tornadoes Top Performers H2H:
Winifred Duraisingam (TOR), Bowler- RAM:
Inns- 2 | Wkts- 2 | Avg- 18 | SR- 15
Shabnim Ismail (SCS), Bowler- RAF:
Inns- 2 | Wkts- 3 | Avg- 13 | SR- 12
Tash Farrant (SCS), All Rounder- LHB/LAM:
Inns- 2 | Wkts- 3 | Avg- 11 | Runs- 47 | Avg- 47
Diana Baig (TOR), Bowler- RAM:
Inns- 2 | Wkts- 4 | Avg- 9 | SR- 9
South Coast Sapphires Vs Tornadoes Top Picks:
Jivana Aras (SCS), Bowler- RAM:
- Despite playing just the 2 games she’s only 1 wicket behind Brunt in being Sapphires’ leading wicket-taker this season
- In the previous game she registered the best bowling figures by a Sapphires’ bowler this season: 4-0-32-4
Sana Mir (SCS), Bowler- OS:
- She’s picked 4 wickets at an average of 14.75 this season
- She’s Sapphires’ all-time leading wicket-taker: Inns- 7 | Wkts- 9 | Avg- 12 | SR- 11
- She’s been amongst the wickets in each of the last 3 games
Stafanie Taylor (TOR), Batter- RHB:
- She top scored for her team in the previous game with 61* runs
- She was Tornadoes’ 2nd highest run-getter last season: Inns- 5 | Runs- 174 | Avg- 87
- She’s scored 76 runs at a healthy average of 38 across 3 outings this season
Diana Baig (TOR), Bowler- RAM:
- She was the only Tornadoes bowler to have been amongst the wickets in the previous H2H game registering figures of 2-0-23-2
- She’s Tornadoes’ leading wicket-taker this season: Inns- 4 | Wkts- 4 | Avg- 23 | SR- 16
- She’s the leading wicket-taker in H2H games: Inns- 2 | Wkts- 4 | Avg- 9 | SR- 9
South Coast Sapphires Vs Tornadoes Differential Picks:
Winifred Duraisingam (TOR), Bowler- RAM:
- She has done well in H2H games: Inns- 2 | Wkts- 2 | Avg- 18 | SR- 15
- She was Tornadoes’ highest wicket-taker last season: Inns- 7 | Wkts- 7 | Avg- 24 | SR- 21
- She’s picked the 2nd most number of wickets for Tornadoes in the competition’s history: Inns- 11 | Wkts- 9 | Avg- 32 | SR- 25
Geetika Kodali (SCS), Bowler- RAM:
- She returned with impressive figures of 4-0-20-2 in her only H2H outing
- She had a very good season last year: Inns- 4 | Wkts- 4 | Avg- 19 | SR- 18
- She’s picked 2 wickets at an average of 24.5 this season
Kary Chan (SCS), All Rounder- LHB/LAO:
- Being the Hong Kong captain, she knows the conditions better than any other player in the Sapphires squad
- She registered figures of 2-0-13-1 in the previous game
- She had top scored for Sapphires in the 2nd last game with 32 runs
Sterre Kalis (TOR), Batter- RHB:
- She was the POTM in last season’s H2H game for her knock of 32 runs
- She was Tornadoes’ highest run-getter last season: Inns- 7 | Runs- 225 | Avg- 32
- She played a good knock of 37 in the previous game
South Coast Sapphires Vs Tornadoes Safe Captaincy Picks:
Sune Luus (TOR), All Rounder- RHB/RALB:
- She’s Tornadoes’ leading run-getter this season: Inns- 3 | Runs- 126 | Avg- 63
- She top scored for her team in the previous game as well with 65* runs
- She’s Tornadoes’ all time leading run-getter: Inns- 10 | Runs- 289 | Avg- 48
Katherine Brun (SCS), All Rounder- RHB/RAM:
- She’s Sapphires’ leading wicket-taker this season: Inns- 4 | Wkts- 5 | Avg- 12 | SR- 12
- She’s also scored the most number of runs for Sapphires this season: Inns- 4 | Runs- 102 | Avg- 34
- She had an exceptional all-round outing in the previous H2H game: 35(16)* & 1-0-8-2
South Coast Sapphires Vs Tornadoes Differential Captaincy Picks:
Erin Burns (SCS), All Rounder- RHB/OS:
- She hasn’t yet put in a complete performance yet, and would be eager to finish the season on a high
- She’ll bat at 3 alongside bowling 3-4 overs
- She had an excellent WBBL last year: Inns- 12 | Runs- 295 | Avg- 33
Tash Farrant (SCS), All Rounder- LHB/LAM:
- She was the POTM in the previous H2H game for her all-round heroics: 36(18)* & 2-0-11-3
- She’s Sapphires’ 2nd highest run-getter this season: Inns- 4 | Runs- 83 | Avg- 28
- She top scored for Sapphires in the previous game with 32 runs
South Coast Sapphires Vs Tornadoes Base Team:
WK: Babette de Leede
BAT: Erin Burns, Stafanie Taylor
AR: Sana Mir, Sune Luus, Katherine Brunt
BOWL: Tash Farrant, Diana Baig, Shabnim Ismail
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