Warriors Vs Spirit Fantasy Prediction, Pitch Report, Weather Forecast, Playing XI for Fairbreak Global Invitational Women’s T20

Warriors Vs Spirit Match Preview & Prediction

Warriors take on Spirit in the 1^st Semi-Final of the FairBreak Global Invitational Tournament 2023. This will be the 3^rd H2H meeting between the 2 teams, with both teams securing 1 win each. When the 2 sides met earlier this season, Warriors came out on top in a closely fought contest by 3 runs. Spirit ended the league stage as the table toppers while Spirit finished 4^th. Interestingly both sides are heading into this game having suffered defeats in their respective previous games.

Warriors Vs Spirit Match Details:

Match: Warriors Vs Spirit (WAR Vs SPI) Semi-Final 1, FairBreak Global Invitational Tournament 2023

Venue: Kowloon Cricket Club, Hong Kong

Date & Time: Saturday, April 15, 2023, 7:30 AM IST

Warriors Vs Spirit Pitch Report:

The Pitch at Kowloon Cricket Club, Hong Kong is bowling friendly and has been assisting spinners & seamers equally well. Average first innings total here in the last 5 T20s has been 149 runs

Warriors Vs Spirit Weather Forecast:

The Weather is expected to stay clear for this game

Warriors Vs Spirit Top Performers H2H:

Sophia Dunkley (SPI), All Rounder- RHB/RALB:

Inns- 2 | Wkts- 3 | Avg- 15 | SR- 13

Nattakan Chantam (SPI), Batter- RHB:

Inns- 2 | Runs- 90 | Avg- 45

Amanda-Jade Wellington (WAR), Bowler- RALB:

Inn- 1 | Wkts- 3 | Avg- 9 | SR- 8

Esha Rohit Oza (WAR), All Rounder- RHB/OS:

Inns- 2 | Wkts- 2 | Avg- 17 | SR- 21

Warriors Vs Spirit Top Picks:

Phoebe Litchfield (WAR), Batter- LHB:

• She’s Warriors’ leading run-getter this season: Inns- 5 | Runs- 141 | Avg- 28

• She’s the only Warriors batter to have scored a half-century this season

• Having missed out in the previous 2 games, the onus will be on her to give her side a solid start in this knockout fixture

Ellie Johnston (WAR), Batter- RHB:

• She was Warriors’ top scorer in the previous H2H game with 40 runs

• She’s Warriors’ 2^nd highest run-getter this season with 90 runs at an average of 22.5

• She’s been the top scorer for Warriors in 2 out of the last 3 games

Nensi Patel (SPI), All Rounder- RHB/OS:

• She registered figures of 3-0-22-2 in the previous H2H game

• She’s picked 4 wickets at an average of 16.5 this season

• She scored 15 runs and registered figures of 2-0-6-1 in the previous game

Ayabonga Khaka (SPI), Bowler- RAM:

• She’s been good with the ball in H2H games: Inns- 2 | Wkts- 2 | Avg- 24 | SR- 18

• She was the 2^nd highest wicket-taker last season: Inns- 7 | Wkts- 9 | Avg- 14 | SR- 16

• She’s Spirit’s joint highest wicket-taker this season: Inns- 5 | Wkts- 5 | Avg- 28 | SR- 21

Warriors Vs Spirit Differential Picks:

Nattakan Chantam (SPI), Batter- RHB:

• She’s the leading run-getter in H2H games: Inns- 2 | Runs- 90 | Avg- 45

• Her knock of 72 in the 1^st H2H game is the highest individual score in H2H games

• She finished unbeaten on 35* runs in her previous outing

Esha Rohit Oza (WAR), All Rounder- RHB/OS:

• She returned with figures of 3-0-13-1 in the previous H2H game

• She’s picked 2 wickets at an average of 17 in H2H games

• Being a top order bat in international cricket, she’ll have to step up with the bat in this all important game

Amanda-Jade Wellington (WAR), Bowler- RALB:

• She was the POTM in the previous H2H game for her figures of 4-0-27-3

• She’s picked 5 wickets at an average of 19 this season

• She’s very good with the bat lower down the order and can accumulate runs at a very good pace

Bismah Maroof (SPI), Batter- LHB:

• She’s the 2^nd highest run-getter in H2H games with 84 runs

• She was the top scorer in the previous H2H game with 66* runs

Warriors Vs Spirit Safe Captaincy Picks:

Nicola Carey (SPI), All Rounder- LHB/RAM:

• She had a brilliant all-round campaign last season: Inns- 7 | Runs- 178 | Avg- 45 | Wkts- 4 | Avg- 20

• She’s been in scintillating batting form this season: Inns- 5 | Runs- 186 | Avg- 62

• She has the 2^nd highest score this season, having played a whirlwind knock of 84* off just the 28 balls in the 2^nd last game

Hayley Matthews (WAR), All Rounder- RHB/OS:

• She played just the 2 games during the league stage, but is a certain starter for the big semi- final

• She was the 2^nd highest scorer for her team in the previous game, and also picked a wicket

• She had a good all-round season last year: Inns- 5 | Runs- 153 | Avg- 31 | Wkts- 5 | Avg- 20

Warriors Vs Spirit Differential Captaincy Picks:

Sophia Dunkley (SPI), All Rounder- RHB/RALB:

• She registered the best bowling figures by a Spirit bowler in the previous H2H game: 3.4-0-26-3

• She’s Spirit’s joint leading wicket-taker this season: Inns- 5 | Wkts- 5 | Avg- 19 | SR- 16

• She had a brilliant all-round campaign  last season: Inns- 7 | Runs- 263 | Avg- 44 | Wkts- 6 | Avg- 25

Kathryn Bryce (WAR), All Rounder- RHB/RAM:

• She’s done well in H2H games: Inns- 2 | Wkts- 2 | Avg- 21 | SR- 21

• She top scored for her team in the previous game with 45 runs

• She’s Warriors’ leading wicket-taker this season: Inns- 4 | Wkts- 8 | Avg- 12 | SR- 12

Warriors Vs Spirit Base Team:

WK: Ellie Johnston

BAT: Nattakan Chantam, Sophia Dunkley, Phoebe Litchfield

AR: Kathryn Bryce, Nicola Carey, Hayley Matthews

BOWL: Ayabonga Khaka, Amanda-Jade Wellington

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