2nd T20.
Teams:EngW vs IndW.
Venue: County Ground, Hove.
Time: 7:00 pm.
Preview: After the rain curtailed India's run chase in 1st T20, India fell short by 18 runs. India women will take a lot of confidence from the match as they performed better than ODIs.
Pitch and Weather Report:
The Hove pitch is traditonally on the slower side. The pacers will be able to extract some help earlier in the innings. Bowlers who can vary their pace will find it useful. The pitch is expected to support spin bowlers. The first six overs will be crucial in both innings.
The weather is a bit cloudy with chances of showers in Hove. The average temperature is at 13 degree celsius.
At Hove:
Eng W: Played: 5, Won:1.
Ind W: Yet to play.
Total Women's matches:5.
Team batting 1st has won:4.
Team batting 2nd has won:1.
Avg Score: 115 (Overall)
Batting first:127.
Wickets fell in 1st Inns: 35.
Wickets fell in 2nd Inns: 36.
EngW: 121/8 vs AusW: 122/3 .(2019).
Aus W won by 7 wkts.
Beaumont:43.
Knight:17.
Ecclestone:17 & 1w.
Brunt: 1w.
Pacers:3+2=5 wkts.
Spinners:4+1=5 wkts.
AusW: 107/7 vs EngW: 87/10. (2015).
AusW won by 20 runs.
Brunt:20 & 1w.
Shrubshole: 2w.
Pacers: 3+8= 11 wkts.
Spinners: 3+1= 4 wkts.
EngW:154/3 vs WiW:70/8.
(2012).
EngW won by 84 runs.
Wyatt:1w.
Pacers:0+1=1wkt.
Spinners:2+7=9 wkts.
NzW:124/8 vs EngW:115/8. (2010).
NzW won by 9 runs.
Wyatt:16.
Brunt:15 & 1w.
Pacers: 3+5=8 wkts.
Spinners: 4+3=7 wkts.
In 2004 the first women's T20I was played here.
Pacers: 5+3=8 wkts.
Spinners:3+3= 6 wkts.
Venue Performers:
Beaumont: 43 runs. (1 Inns).
Brunt: 35 runs & 3 wkts (3 Inns).
Knight: 17 runs. (1 Inns).
Ecclestone: 17 runs & 1 wkt (1 Inns).
Wyatt: 16 runs & 1w. (1 Inns).
Shrubshole: 2w (2 Inns).
Recent T20 match:
EngW: 177/7 vs IndW:54/3 (DLS)
(Eng W won by 18 runs).
Sciver:55 & 1w.
Jones:43.
Wyatt:31.
Brunt:1w.
Glenn:1w.
Mandhana:29.
Harleen:17.
Shikha Pandey:3w.
Poonam Yadav:1w.
Radha Yadav:1w.
Key Points from 1st match:
1.EngW won the toss and batted. Wyatt looked in good touch. Sciver was the best batsman and Jones finished off well. Beaumont looked a bit unsettled.
2. Brunt was tidy in his opening spell in the rain curtailed run chase. Sciver and Glenn picked up a wicket apiece.
3. For India Shikha Pandey picked up 3 wickets in the death. Poonam Yadav was economical. Rest all the bowlers went for runs.
4. Mandhana looked well set before getting out. Harleen Deol was busy accumulating runs at 3. If Harleen bowls in this match she will be more important.
For India:
Opening Spell: Shikha Pandey, Arundhati Reddy.
Death: Shikha Pandey, Deepti Sharma.
For England:
Opening Spell: Sciver, Brunt.
Death: N.A.
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.
Overall H2H performers:
Daniele Wyatt: 364 runs. Avg: 30.85.
Smriti Mandhana: 346 runs. Avg:36.22.
Harmanpreet Kaur: 286 runs. Avg:23.35.
Tammy Beaumont: 226 runs. Avg:20.05
Katherine Brunt: 20 wkts. S.R:17.53.
Anya Shrubshole: 11 wkts. S.R:17.45.
Deepti Sharma: 9 wkts. S.R:20.78.
Radha Yadav: 9 wkts. S.R:17.33.
Top Performers: (Current Squad)
EngW:
Daniel Wyatt: 1706 runs (96 Inns).
Natalie Sciver: 1625 runs (81 Inns).
Tammy Beaumont: 1502 runs (76 Inns).
Heather Knight: 1301 runs (72 Inns).
Katherine Brunt: 94 wkts (90Inns).
Natalie Sciver: 68 wkts (76 Inns).
Sophie Ecclestone: 61 wkts (43 Inns).
IndW:
Harmanpreet Kaur: 2187 runs (103 Inns).
Mandhana: 1811 runs (77 Inns).
Jemmimah Rodriguez: 976 runs (40 Inns).
Poonam Yadav: 96 wkts (69 Inns).
Deepti Sharma: 54 wkts (52 Inns).
Ekta Bisht: 53 wkts (42 Inns).
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).
Harleen Deol: ( Bats at 3, csn bowl too)}
Sarah Glenn (bowling second).
Radha Yadav.
Harmanpreet Kaur: Extremely risky.
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 playing XI:
India: Smriti Mandhana, Shafali Verma, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Deepti Sharma, Sneh Rana, Richa Ghosh (wk), Shikha Pandey, Arundhati Reddy, Radha Yadav, Poonam Yadav.
England: Tammy Beaumont, Danielle Wyatt, Heather Knight (C), Sophia Dunkley, Natalie Sciver, Amy Ellen Jones (wk), Katherine Brunt, Sophie Ecclestone, Freya Davies, Sarah Glenn, Mady Villiers.
My fantasy team:
Wk: Jones.
Batsmen: Mandhana, Wyatt, Shefali.
All Rounders: Brunt, Knight/Sciver, Harleen, Deepti.
Bowlers: Ecclestone, Shikha Pandey Sarah Glenn/Poonam 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.
Keep an eye on the toss. If there is rain forecast make a team favouring the team batting second.
If there is no rain forecast, then spinners will come into play.
Disclaimer: The analysis is purely based on latest Stats and H2H records. You can go with your choice of players.