Spirit Vs Falcons Match Preview & Prediction
Spirit take on Falcons in Game No. 15 of the FairBreak Global Invitational Tournament 2023. This will be the 3rd H2H encounter between the 2 teams, with teams having won 1 game each and Falcons being the most recent winners. Falcons secured a convincing 9 wicket win in the previous game, which has certainly secured their semi finals berth. Spirit too had a similar result in their previous game, where they chased down 151 with 26 balls to spare and with that win are currently placed 2nd on the points tally
Spirit Vs Falcons Match Details:
Match: Spirit Vs Falcons (SPI Vs FAL) Match 15, FairBreak Global Invitational Tournament 20223
Venue: Kowloon Cricket Club, Hong Kong
Date & Time: Wednesday, April 12, 2023, 11:45 AM IST
Spirit Vs Falcons Pitch Report:
The Pitch at Kowloon Cricket Club, Hong Kong has a lot in it for the bowlers and has been assisting both spinners & pacers equally well. The last 5 games here show there has been an improvement in scoring rate, with the average first innings total being 145 runs
Spirit Vs Falcons Weather Forecast:
The Weather is likely to stay clear throughout the game
Spirit Vs Falcons Top Performers H2H:
Shizuka Miyaji (SPI), Bowler- LAO:
Inn- 1 | Wkts- 4 | Avg- 4 | SR- 6
Sophia Dunkley (SPI), All Rounder- RHB/RALB:
Inns- 2 | Runs- 96 | Avg- 48
Chamari Atapattu (FAL), All Rounder- LHB/OS:
Inns- 2 | Runs- 105 | Avg- 53 | Wkts- 2 | Avg- 24
Danielle Wyatt (FAL), Batter- RHB:
Inns- 2 | Runs- 86 | Avg- 43
Spirit Vs Falcons Top Picks:
Nensi Patel (SPI), All Rounder- RHB/OS:
- She’s had a very good season with the ball so far:
Inns- 3 | Wkts- 3 | Avg- 20 | SR- 18
- She registered impressive figures of 3-0-22-2 in her previous outing
- She was her team’s leading wicket-taker during the Super Smash:
Inns- 7 | Wkts- 9 | Avg- 14 | SR- 14
Danielle Wyatt (FAL), Batter- RHB:
- She was the POTM in the previous H2H game with 83 runs that came in a semi final
- Apart from 1 innings she really hasn’t had the kind of outings one expects from her, with the knockouts coming up expect her to get back to form
- She’s Falcons’ 2nd highest run-getter in the competition’s history:
Inns- 10 | Runs- 261 | Avg- 29
Ayabonga Khaka (SPI), Bowler- RAM:
- She’s Spirit’s joint leading wicket-taker this season:
Inns- 3 | Wkts- 5 | Avg- 13 | SR- 13
- She has registered the best bowling figures in an innings this season: 4-1-13-4
- She had a terrific season last year:
Inns- 7 | Wkts- 9 | Avg- 14 | SR- 16
Mariko Hill (FAL), All Rounder- RHB/RAM:
- She bowled well in the previous game, finishing with figures of 3-0-21-1
- She has made the most out of the minimal batting opportunities she’s had throughout the competition:
Inns- 7 | Runs- 107 | Avg- 27
- She’s had a very good season with the ball:
Inns- 3 | Wkts- 4 | Avg- 11 | SR- 11
Spirit Vs Falcons Differential Picks:
Kaia Arua (FAL), Bowler- LALB:
- She has a happy knack of picking crucial wickets, and is likely to be back in the XI for this game
- She’s had a good season so far:
Inns- 2 | Wkts- 3 | Avg- 8 | SR- 8
- She’s PNG’s 2nd highest wicket-taker since the start of last year:
Inns- 13 | Wkts- 19 | Avg- 9 | SR- 13
Mahika Gaur (SPI), Bowler- LAM:
- She went wicketless in the previous game but once again was very lethal throughout both her spells with figures of 4-0-20-0
- She’s picked the 2nd most number of wickets by a Spirit bowler this season:
Inns- 4 | Wkts- 4 | Avg- 18 | SR- 24
- She can provide good batting value as well, and has scored 18 runs from the only outing this season
Shizuka Miyaji (SPI), Bowler- LAO:
- She registered the best bowling figures in her only H2H outing: 4-0-18-4
- She registered figures of 4-0-18-1 in the previous game
- She was Spirit’s 2nd highest wicket-taker last season:
Inns- 3 | Wkts- 6 | Avg- 5 | SR- 7
Christina Gough (FAL), All Rounder- LHB/LAM:
- She’ll be back in the XI for this game
- She played a very good cameo of 21* off 15 balls including 2 Sixes, in the previous game
- She struck with the ball in the only over she’s bowled this season
Spirit Vs Falcons Safe Captaincy Picks:
Marizanne Kapp (FAL), All Rounder- RHB/RAM:
- She was back to her usual best in the previous game, finishing with figures of 4-0-15-3
- She’s Falcons’ 2nd highest wicket-taker this season:
Inns- 4 | Wkts- 6 | Avg- 9 | SR- 14
- She has a fairly decent all-round record in the competition:
Inns- 6 | Wkts- 7 | Avg- 15 | Runs- 80 | Avg- 20
Sophia Dunkley (SPI), All Rounder- RHB/RALB:
- She’s Spirit’s leading run-getter in H2H games:
Inns- 2 | Runs- 96 | Avg- 48
- She top scored for Spirit with 45 runs in the previous H2H game
- She’s had an excellent season with the ball so far:
Inns- 3 | Wkts- 5 | Avg- 13 | SR- 13
Chamari Atapattu (FAL), All Rounder- LHB/OS:
- She’s Falcons’ leading run-getter this season:
Inns- 4 | Runs- 139 | Avg- 46
- She’s also her team’s leading wicket-taker this season:
Inns- 4 | Wkts- 7 | Avg- 11 | SR- 11
- She was the POTM in the previous game for her scintillating knock of 75* runs
Spirit Vs Falcons Differential Captaincy Picks:
Nicola Carey (SPI), All Rounder- LHB/RAM:
- She’s the 2nd highest run-getter this season:
Inns- 4 | Runs- 182 | Avg- 91
- She was the POTM in the previous game for her swashbuckling knock of 84* runs off just the 28 balls
- She has brilliant overall all-round aggregates in the competition:
Inns- 11 | Runs- 360 | Avg- 60 | Wkts- 6 | Avg- 25
Suzie Bates (FAL), All Rounder- RHB/OS:
- She’s coming in this game on the back of back to back 40+ scores
- She finished unbeaten on 42* in the previous game, and also had a good day in the field plucking 3 catches
- She has a great overall record with the bat in the competition:
Inns- 9 | Runs- 242 | Avg- 35
Spirit Vs Falcons Base Team:
WK: Theertha Satish
BAT: Sophia Dunkley, Chamari Atapattu, Danielle Wyatt
AR: Marizanne Kapp, Suzie Bates, Mariko Hill, Nensi Patel
BOWL: Nicola Carey, Ayabonga Khaka
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