Preview
Game No. 4 of the tournament sees Sierra Leone (SIL) go head to head against Ghana (GHA). Both teams suffered defeats on the opening day of the tournament and will be desperate to get on board. SIL are ranked 38th in the world with an experience of 19 T20Is under their belt, while GHA are comparatively new to the game, having completed in just 6 T20Is till date
H2H
This will be the 3rd H2H fixture between the 2 sides. SIL enjoy a 2:0 lead on the H2H count
Top Performers H2H
Fatu Pessima (SIL), All Rounder- RHB/RAM
Inns- 2 | Wkts- 8 | Avg- 3 | SR- 6 | Runs- 20
Cynthia Konadu (GHA), Bowler- LAM
Inns- 1 | Wkts- 1 | Avg- 22 | SR- 24
Janet Kowa (SIL), Bowler- RAM
Inns- 2 | Wkts- 3 | Avg- 6 | SR- 13
Rhyda Ofori (GHA), All Rounder- RHB/RAM
Inns- 2 | Runs- 25 | Avg- 25
Top Performers at Venue
Miriam Eshun (GHA), All Rounder- RHB/RAM
Inns- 5 | Wkts- 5 | Avg- 14 | SR- 12
Fatu Pessima (SIL), All Rounder- RHB/RAM
Inns- 6 | Wkts- 10 | Avg- 7 | SR- 11
Emmanuella Nyaaba (GHA), Bowler- RAM
Inns- 4 | Wkts- 3 | Avg- 27 | SR- 28
Janet Kowa (SIL), Bowler- RAM
Inns- 6 | Wkts- 7 | Avg- 13 | SR- 17
Top Picks
Zainab Kamara (SIL), All Rounder- RHB/RAM
- She’s SIL’s joint highest wicket-taker in T20Is: Inns- 14 | Wkts- 14 | Avg- 13 | SR- 15
- She’s one of the few players who act as wicketkeeper in the initial part of the bowling innings before coming on to bowl
Emmanuella Nyaaba (GHA), Bowler- RAM
- She registered figures of 4-0-26-1 in the previous game
- She’s picked 3 wickets at an average of 27 at this venue
Emma Kamara (SIL), All Rounder- RHB/OS
- She made her T20I debut in the previous game, and finished as the highest scorer for her side with 14 runs
- She’s a very handy off-break bowler, and is expected to bowl at least 3 overs
- She’s one of the leading wicket-takers across club cricket tournaments back home
Cynthia Konadu (GHA), Bowler- LAM
- She registered figures of 4-0-31-1 in the previous game
- She registered figures of 4-0-22-1 in the previous H2H game
Differential Picks
Alice Fillie (SIL), Bowler- RAM
- She’ll take the new ball for SIL alongside Kowa
- She made her T20I debut in the previous game, and finished with impressive figures of 4-0-15-2
- She had a great tournament with the SIL U19s last year during the Africa Qualifiers for the U19 WC
Miriam Eshun (GHA), Bowler- RAM
- She’s one of the only 2 Ghana bowlers to have picked a wicket in H2H games
- She’s Ghana’s leading wicket-taker with 5 wickets at an average of 13.8
Hassanatu Sawaneh (SIL), Bowler- RAM
- She made her T20I debut in the previous game
- She was one of the opening bowlers for SIL U19s during the U19 WC Africa Qualifiers last year
- She’s expected to chip in with 2-3 overs in this game
Kate Awuah (GHA), All Rounder- RHB/RAM
- She’s Ghana’s 2nd highest run-getter in T20Is with 52 runs at an average of 10.4
- She’s also picked 3 wickets across 6 outings
Safe Captaincy Pick
Fatu Pessima (SIL), All-Rounder- RHB/RAM
- She finished with identical figures of 4-0-14-2 in each of the 2 H2H games
- Her H2H record with the ball being: Inns- 2 | Wkts- 8 | Avg- 3 | SR- 6
- She’s SIL’s leading wicket-taker at the venue: Inns- 6 | Wkts- 10 | Avg- 7 | SR- 11
- She’s SIL’s joint highest wicket-taker in T20Is: Inns- 10 | Wkts- 14 | Avg- 14 | SR- 13
Differential Captaincy Pick
Janet Kowa (SIL), Bowler- RAM
- She registered figures of 4-0-17-2 in the previous game
- She has a great record at the venue: Inns- 6 | Wkts- 7 | Avg- 13 | SR- 17
- Her career best figures of 2.5-0-10-3 came against this very opposition
Base Team
WK: Zainab Kamara
BAT: Celina Bull, Komalpreet Grewal
AR: Fatu Pessima, Cynthia Konadu, Emma Kamara, Kate Awuah
BOWL: Janet Kowa, Alice Fillie
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