1st T20.
Teams:EngW vs IndW.
Venue: Northampton.
Time: 11:00 pm.
Preview: After beating India Women in the ODI series 2-1, England Women would now focus their eyes on the 3 match T20 series. On the other hand,India Women would take a lot of confidence from the victory in last Odi before the T20 leg.
Pitch and Weather Report:
The pitch at Northampton is ideally a bat first pitch. In the 6 Women T20s held at this ground, the team batting first has won all the matches.
Coincidentally, in Vitality Blast 2021, 9 out of 10 times the batting first has won the match.
The weather is partly cloudy with temperature around 22 degree Celsius. There is even forecast of intermittent showers on 9th.
Ground stats:
Total Women's T20 International matches played:6.
Team batting 1st has won: 6.
Team batting 2nd has won: 0.
Avg Score: 133.
Avg Score in Women's T20: 115.
Wickets fell in 1st Inns: 35.
Wickets fell in 2nd Inns: 49.
Series Performers: (ODIs).
EngW.
Sciver: 142 runs (3 Inns). Avg:71.
Dunkley:101 runs (3 Inns). Avg:101.
Beaumont: 97 runs (3 Inns). Avg:48.50.
Ecclestone:8 wkts (3 Inns). Avg:13.62.
IndW.
Mandhana:81 runs (3 Inns).Avg:27.
Shefali Verma:78 runs (3 Inns). Avg:26.
Deepti Sharma: 3 wkts (3 Inns). Avg:40.
H2H in T20is:
Total matches played: 21.
England W has won: 15 times.
India W has won: 4 times.
NR: 2.
On this ground:
Eng W: Played: 6, Won: 6.
Ind W: Did not play.
Overall H2H performers:
Daniele Wyatt: 333 runs. Avg: 30.27.
Smriti Mandhana: 317 runs. Avg:35.22.
Harmanpreet Kaur: 285 runs. Avg:23.75.
Tammy Beaumont: 208 runs. Avg:20.80.
Katherine Brunt: 19 wkts. S.R:17.53.
Anya Shrubshole: 11 wkts. S.R:17.45.
Deepti Sharma: 9 wkts. S.R:20.78.
Radha Yadav: 8 wkts. S.R:17.13.
Top Performers: (Current Squad)
EngW:
Daniel Wyatt: 1675 runs (95 Inns). Avg: 19.48.
Natalie Sciver: 1570 runs (80 Inns). Avg: 25.32.
Tammy Beaumont: 1484 runs (75 Inns). Avg: 22.83.
Heather Knight: 1295 runs (71 Inns). Avg: 22.72.
Katherine Brunt: 93 wkts (89 Inns).
S.R: 20.76.
Natalie Sciver: 67 wkts (75 Inns).
S.R: 17.91.
Sophie Ecclestone: 61 wkts (42 Inns).
S.R: 15.49.
IndW:
Harmanpreet Kaur: 2186 runs (102 Inns). Avg:26.98.
Mandhana: 1782 runs (76 Inns). Avg:25.45.
Jemmimah Rodriguez: 976 runs (40 Inns). Avg:26.37.
Poonam Yadav: 95 wkts (68 Inns).
S.R:15.40.
Deepti Sharma: 54 wkts (51 Inns).
S.R:20.2.
Ekta Bisht: 53 wkts (42 Inns). S.R:16.6.
Last 3 women's international matches at this venue:
EngW:180/6 vs WiW:138/9. (2019).
(EngW won by 42 runs).
Wyatt:82.
Jones:37.
Sciver:31 & 1w.
Knight:22.
Brunt:2w.
Ecclestone:1w.
Shrubshole:1w.
EngW:141/3 vs RsaW: 99/10. (2014).
(EngW won by 42 runs).
Sciver:14.
Shrubshole:2w.
Knight:2w.
Brunt:1w.
EngW:103/7 vs WiW: 93/10. (2012).
(EngW won by 10 runs).
Beaumont:6.
Wyatt:5.
Brunt:1w.
Last 5 H2H: EngW leads 3-1 against IndW.
IndW: 123/6 vs EngW: 124/6. (2020).
(EngW won by 4 wkts).
Mandhana:45.
Jemimah Rodrigues:23.
Sciver:50.
Fran Wilson:20.
Gayakwad:3w.
Radha Yadav:1w.
Shrubshole:3w.
Brunt:2w.
Ecclestone:1w.
EngW:147/7 vs IndW:150/5. (2020).
(IndW won by 5 wkts).
Knight:67 &1w.
Beaumont:37.
Harmanpreet:42.
Shefali Verma:30.
Jemimah Rodriguez:26.
Gayakwad:2w.
Shikha Pandey:2w.
Deepti Sharma:2w.
Brunt:2w.
Sciver:1w.
Ecclestone:1w.
EngW:119/6 vs IndW: 118/6. (2019).
(EngW won by 1 run).
Beaumont:29.
Amy Jones:26.
Wyatt:24.
Mandhana:58.
Poonam Yadav:1w.
Ekta Bisht:1w.
Shrubshole:1w.
IndW:111/8 vs EngW: 114/5. (2019).
(EngW won by 5 wkts).
Deepti Sharma:18 & 1w.
Wyatt:64.
Brunt:3w.
Shrubshole:1w.
Ekta Bisht:2w.
Radha Yadav:1w.
Poonam Yadav:1w.
Recent series performers:
England Women toured New Zealand in March 2021 and whitewashed them 3-0.
Beaumont: 276 runs (5 Inns).
Sciver:171 runs & 5 wkts (5 Inns).
Knight:166 runs (5 Inns).
Ecclestone: 5 wkts (5 Inns).
Brunt: 4 wkts (4 Inns).
India Women hosted South africa Women at home in 2021 but lost the series 2-1.
Shefali Verma: 130 runs (3 Inns).
Harleen Deol: 87 runs (3 Inns).
Mandhana: 66 runs (3 Inns).
Gayakwad: 4 wkts (3 Inns).
Radha Yadav: 2 wkts (3 Inns).
Players Shortlisted:
EngW:
Sciver (Must Pick).
Wyatt ( GL captain while chasing, also pick her in team always).
Brunt ( Highest wicket-taker).
Knight.(If she bowls, she becomes more important).
Ecclestone. (More important if she bowls second).
IndW:
Mandhana.( Chase master).
Shefali Verma. (Especially while batting 1st).
Deepti Sharma. (Most utility player of squad).
Poonam Yadav: (Gl captain if bowls second).
Other Options:
Beaumont (Player in form).
Jemimah Rodriguez.
Sarah Glenn (bowling second).
Radha Yadav.
Harmanpreet Kaur./Harleen Deol.
Squad Info:
EngW: Heather Knight (C), Tammy Beaumont, Katherine Brunt, Freya Davies, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Tash Farrant, Sarah Glenn, Amy Jones (Wk), Nat Sciver, Anya Shrubsole, Mady Villiers, Fran Wilson, Danni Wyatt.
IndW: Smriti Mandhana, Richa Ghosh, Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Punam Raut, Arundhati Reddy, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Sneh Rana, Taniya Bhatia(Wk), Indrani Roy, Harleen Deol, Shikha Pandey, Pooja Vastrakar, Poonam Yadav, Ekta Bisht, Radha Yadav, Simran Bahadur.
Probable Xi:
EngW: Beaumont, Wyatt, Sciver, Knight (C), Jones (Wk), Dunkley, Brunt, Ecclestone, Villiers, Glenn, Davies/Shrubshole.
IndW: Mandhana, Verma, Harleen Deol, Rodriguez, Harmanpreet, Deepti, Richa Ghosh (Wk), Arundhati Reddy, Poonam Yadav, Simran Bahadur.
My fantasy team:
Wk: Jones.
Batsmen: Mandhana, Wyatt, Shefali.
All Rounders: Brunt, Knight, Sciver, Deepti.
Bowlers: Ecclestone, Poonam Yadav, Sarah Glenn/Radha Yadav.
Other picks: Beaumont, Harmanpreet.
Safe C/Vc: Sciver, Knight, Mandhana.
Differential: Wyatt, Brunt, Deepti.
Risky: Ecclestone (if bowls second), Harmanpreet Kaur, Poonam Yadav(bowling second).
Credit issue will be a problem in this match. So go for utilty players like Sneh Rana, Harleen Deol, Sarah Glenn, Richa Ghosh if they play. Mady Villiers can also be an option.
Disclaimer: The analysis is purely based on latest Stats and H2H records. You can go with your choice of players based on the analysis.