🏏ICC Women's T20I WC 2024: Group B - Match 20: EngW vs WIW 🏏 - Page 41

When: Match 13 - Thursday, October 10 at 6:00 PM local time

Where: Sharjah Cricket Stadium

What to expect: Having played both their matches here, Bangladesh will be familiar by now with the low and slow nature of the pitches in Sharjah while West Indies will be playing their first match at this venue. Australia are the only team to cross 140 here, while England's 125 in the chase against South Africa is the next highest score.

Team news:

West Indies: Matthews's team brought in Ashmini Munisar and Cheada Nation in their previous game. They rested Zaida James who was struck on her face, and left out Shamilia Connell. Munisar, being a spinner, is likely to be persisted with for the next game, and West Indies could stick to the same eleven.

Probable XI: Hayley Matthews (c), Qiana Joseph, Stafanie Taylor, Shemaine Campbelle (wk), Deandra Dottin, Chinelle Henry, Aaliyah Alleyne, Chedean Nation, Afy Fletcher, Ashmini Munisar, Karishma Ramharack

Bangladesh: Dilara Akter replaced Murshida Khatun in the last game, and she could get another match despite scoring 6 off 12 against England.

Probable XI: Shathi Rani, Dilara Akter, Sobhana Mostary, Nigar Sultana (c & wk), Taj Nehar, Shorna Akter, Ritu Moni, Fahima Khatun, Rabeya Khan, Nahida Akter, Marufa Akter

What they said:

"The net run rate will be crucial. You don't know how the other games will go. Think in cricket terms, you have to look at trying to improve your net rate and sometimes you might come back to really assist. We have to look ahead and keep it simple and still try to maintain our net rate and see how it goes, how the games play out in the future" - Afy Fletcher.

"I think we played well against England. We had more chances to win. But since we lost that chance, we have a lot of positives to take from this match. If we can carry those forward and play in the next game, it will be easier for us" - Fahima Khatun.

Bangladesh vs West Indies

Bangladesh squad: Nigar Sultana (capt, wk), Nahida Akter, Murshida Khatun, Shorna Akter, Ritu Moni, Sobhana Mostary, Rabeya Khan, Sultana Khatun, Fahima Khatun, Marufa Akter, Jahanara Alam, Dilara Akter, Taj Nehar, Shathi Rani, Disha Biswas

West Indies squad: Hayley Matthews (capt), Aaliyah Alleyne, Shamilia Connell, Deandra Dottin, Shemaine Campbelle (vice-capt, wk), Ashmini Munisar, Afy Fletcher, Stafanie Taylor, Chinelle Henry, Chedean Nation, Qiana Joseph, Zaida James, Karishma Ramharack, Mandy Mangru, Nerissa Crafton

Tournament guide: After a win in their first match against Scotland, Bangladesh crumbled to a loss against England on a surface that aided spin. West Indies, meanwhile, lost their first match to South Africa but bounced back with a dominating win against Scotland thanks to an all-round show from Chinelle Henry.

News brief: Left-arm spinner Zaida James suffered a blow to the jaw while fielding off her own bowling in the match against South Africa and subsequently missed the Scotland game. A West Indies statement said she "fortunately does not have breaks and fractures" and continues to be monitored by the medical team.

West Indies earned a massive net run rate boost after their win against Scotland, and winning this match will strengthen their semi-final chances. If Bangladesh lose this match, their hopes of qualifying for the semi-finals will take a big hit given their negative NRR. This will be West Indies' first game of the tournament in Sharjah.

Despite being used to spinning tracks back home, Bangladesh - after a fine outing with the ball - were undone by England's quality spin attack in the previous game in Sharjah. This match, too, will come down to how well the teams counter spin. The average first-innings total at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium this tournament is 119, and only twice have teams won chasing.

Player to watch: Bangladesh's batting unit has not been up to mark in both games, but one player who's stood out is Sobhana Mostary. She helped Bangladesh put up a competitive total scoring 36 against Scotland, and once again top-scored with 44 against England. Coming in after an early wicket against England, she dropped anchor as regular wickets at the other end piled the pressure on her. She hit a four and a six in her 48-ball stay on a slow surface against tight bowling and kept at it till the 19th over, but the target of 119 was too much of an ask in the end.

Today's Match Prediction: Team batting first to win the match

Scenario 1

Bangladesh Women win the toss and opt to bat first

PP Score: 30-40

BAN-W: 130-140

Bangladesh Women win the match

Scenario 2

West Indies Women win the toss and opt to bat first

PP Score: - 40-50

WI-W: 140-150

West Indies Women win the match

Head to head -Last 3 Matches

WI Women won by 60 runs 10-Nov-2018

WI Women won by 49 runs 20-Mar-2016

WI Women won by 36 runs 26-Mar-2014

Batters to watch(Recent stats)

Nigar Sultana, BAN-W

10 M • 217 Runs • 31 Avg • 87.5 SR

Murshida Khatun, BAN-W

7 M • 202 Runs • 28.86 Avg • 97.58 SR

Hayley Matthews, WI-W

10 M • 331 Runs • 33.1 Avg • 113.74 SR

Shemaine Campbelle, WI-W

10 M • 194 Runs • 24.25 Avg • 95.09 SR

Bowlers to watch(Recent stats)

Rabeya Khan, BAN-W

9 M • 12 Wkts • 5.45 Econ • 15.5 SR

Nahida Akter, BAN-W

10 M • 11 Wkts • 6.06 Econ • 18.81 SR

Afy Fletcher, WI-W

10 M • 19 Wkts • 5.95 Econ • 11.47 SR

Hayley Matthews, WI-W

10 M • 9 Wkts • 5.78 Econ • 24 SR