Match Preview
Northern Brave host Otago Sparks in Game No. 13 of the season. The game will take place at the Seddon Park
Otago is positioned 3rd on the points tally with 2 wins & 2 losses from their 4 games, while Brave is currently placed 5th with 3 losses and a solitary win to their name
H2H Record
This will be the 22nd H2H encounter between the 2 sides, with Otago currently enjoying a 14:7 lead, including a win earlier in the season
The only H2H game played at this venue ended in an Otago win
Top Performers H2H
Suzie Bates (OS), All-Rounder- RHB/OS
Inns: 14 | Runs: 598 | Avg: 66
Bernadine Bezuidenhout (NB), Batter- RHB
Inns: 8 | Runs: 241 | Avg: 30
Kate Ebrahim (OS), All-Rounder- RHB/RAM
Inns: 3 | Runs: 99 | Avg: 50 | Wkts: 3 | Avg: 21
Nensi Patel (NB), All-Rounder- RHB/OS
Inns: 7 | Wkts: 6 | Avg: 20 | SR: 21
Top Performers at Venue
Bernadine Bezuidenhout (NB), Batter- RHB
Inns: 2 | Runs: 95 | Avg: 95
Suzie Bates (OS), All-Rounder- RHB/OS
Inns: 5 | Runs: 147 | Avg: 37
Emma Black (OS), Bowler- RAM
Inns: 2 | Wkts: 4 | Avg: 13 | SR: 12
Top Picks
Bernadine Bezuidenhout (NB), Batter- RHB
- Good H2H record
- Top scored for her side in the previous H2H game, having scored 41 runs
- Her career-best score of 77* came at this very venue
Hayley Jensen (OS), All-Rounder- RHB/RAM
- Great record with the ball in H2H outings: Inns: 5 | Wkts- 7 | Avg- 17 | SR- 14
- Figures of 4-0-28-2 in the previous H2H game
Emma Black (OS), Bowler- RAM
- Very good H2H record: Inns: 10 | Wkts- 12 | Avg- 17 | SR- 18
- Figures of 4-0-15-2 in the H2H game at this venue
- 4 wickets at a SR of 24 this season
Nensi Patel (NB), All-Rounder- RHB/OS
- Figures of 4-0-21-3 in the previous game
- Good record in H2H outings: Inns: 7 | Wkts: 6 | Avg: 20 | SR: 21
- Scored 25 runs & picked a wicket in the previous H2H game
Differential Picks
Marina Lamplough (NB), Bowler- RAM
- She’ll be up against her former side and is someone who uses the slower balls quite effectively
- Playing her 1st game of the season in the previous game, she returned with figures of 4-0-31-2
- She also showed good resistance with the bat, top scoring in the Brave innings with her knock of 32*
Eden Carson (OS), Bowler- OS
- Figures of 4-0-18-2 in the previous game
- Decent H2H record: Inns- 8 | Wkts- 7 | Avg- 22 | SR- 22
- Figures of 4-0-17-1 in the previous H2H game at this venue
Sophie Oldershaw (OS), Bowler- RALB
- Figures of 3-0-17-2 in the previous game
- Figures of 4-0-17-1 in the previous H2H game at this venue
- Has gone wicketless just once across the last 6 H2H outings
Eimear Richardson (NB), All-Rounder- RHB/OS
- In Gurrey’s absence, she’s started opening the batting
- Has been amongst the wickets in each of the previous 2 games
- She’ll also bowl the 19th over, increasing her wicket-taking chances
Safe Captaincy Pick
Suzie Bates (OS), All-Rounder- RHB/OS
- Leading run-getter in H2H games: Inns- 14 | Runs- 598 | Avg- 66
- Has a good record at the venue: Inns- 5 | Runs- 147 | Avg- 37
- Scored an unbeaten century in the H2H game held earlier this season
- Leading run-getter this season: Inns- 4 | Runs- 218 | 73
- She’s also been chipping in with a couple of overs in every game and has picked 2 wickets far
Differential Captaincy Pick
Kate Ebrahim (OS), All-Rounder- RHB/RAM
- 2nd highest run-getter this season: Inns: 4 | Runs: 174 | Avg: 58
- Has crossed the 35 run mark in each of the 4 games this season
- Scored 52 runs & returned with figures of 4-0-27-2 in the previous H2H game
- 6 wickets at an average of 17.5 this season, most by an Otago bowler
- Her career-best score of 84* came against this very opposition in 2020
Player to Avoid
Caitlin Blakely (OS), All-Rounder- RHB/OS
- She averages only 11.86 with the bat, across 43 outings in the competition
- She has bowled just 1 over this season and is certain to not bowl again for the remainder of the season
- She has scored just 100 runs despite having batted in 9 H2H outings
Base Team
WK: Polly Inglis
BAT: Suzie Bates, Sam Barriball, Bernadine Bezuidenhout
AR: Nensi Patel, Kate Ebrahim, Eimear Richardson
BOWL: Marina Lamplough, Emma Black, Eden Carson, Hayley Jensen
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