It will be a clash between city rivals as London Spirit Women take on MI London Women at Lord’s in London on 6th August from 7:30 PM IST. With their previous meeting ending in a tie, both sides will be eager to settle the score and claim bragging rights this time around.
London Spirit Women are currently sixth in the points table with a win and a tie. Unfortunately, they have lost their last two games by a margin of 5 wickets on each occasion. All eyes will be on Marizanne Kapp, who has 96 runs and 9 wickets for London Spirit Women in 5 games. On the other hand, MI London Women are at the bottom of the points table without a win this season.
Both teams have already played a game against each other this season. In a high-scoring game, MI London Women scored 151 runs for the loss of 4 wickets while batting first. Amelia Kerr scored 49 off 32 balls while Chinelle Henry added 33 off just 12 balls. In return, Amy Jones (49) and Marie Kelly (45) helped London Spirit Women tie the game to clinch 2 points. Kirstie Gordon and Hayley Matthews picked up two wickets each for MI London Women.
RECENT PERFORMANCE
LSW
L
L
W
L
L
LSW
L
W
L
L
MIL-W
L
L
L
L
L
MIL-W
L
L
L
L
117/10 in 18.2 6.36
HEAD TO HEAD
Last 8 Matches
151/4 in 20.0
151/5 in 20.0
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London Spirit Women Preview
London Spirit Women are coming into the game with back-to-back losses. In their last game, they played against Sunrisers Leeds Women. Batting first, LS Women scored 136 runs for the loss of 7 wickets. Grace Harris scored 51 off 27 balls. Katie George’s three wickets for 25 runs went in vain as LS Women lost the game by 5 wickets.
Grace Harris will open the innings with Amy Jones. Harris is their leading run-scorer with 108 runs at a strike rate of 163.63 – the highest among all. She will be the batter to watch out for. Jones scored 24 in the last game while adding 67 runs for the first wicket with Harris. She has 97 runs in 5 games. Jones had scored 49 runs against MI London Women in the first game. Marie Kelly will come in at number three. Kelly has 94 runs in 5 games at a strike rate of 138.
Marizanne Kapp will come in the middle with Nadine de Klerk and Deandra Dottin. Both Kapp and de Klerk have been terrific with both bat and ball. Kapp has 96 runs and 9 wickets while de Klerk has 106 runs and 4 wickets in 5 games. Kapp will be the bowler to watch out for. Dottin is yet to score big in this season. She has 37 runs in 4 innings.
Along with Kapp and de Klerk, Katie George, Charlotte Dean, and Hannah Rainey will lead the bowling attack. George picked up 3 wickets in the last game. Dean has 4 wickets in 5 games at an economy of 5.26 – the lowest among the bowlers.
Key Players: Marizanne Kapp, Nadine de Klerk, Grace Harris.
London Spirit Women Predicted Playing XI:
Grace Harris, Amy Jones (wk), Marie Kelly, Marizanne Kapp, Nadine de Klerk, Deandra Dottin, Charis Pavely, Katie George, Charlotte Dean (c), Trudy Johnson, Hannah Rainey.
Grace Harris
51
27
7
2
188.89
Marizanne Kapp
18
18
2
0
100
Katie George
4.0
0
25
3
6.25
Nadine de Klerk
3.3
0
30
1
8.33
Charlie Dean
4.0
0
13
1
3.25
MI London Women Preview
It looks like the season is over for the MI London Women. They are yet to win a game. In their last game against Manchester Super Giants Women, they were bowled out on 92. Nicola Carey (17), Kira Chathli (18), and Chinelle Henry (16) were the only batters who performed well in the last game. Amelia Kerr and Kirstie Gordon picked up 2 wickets each for MI London Women. But they lost the game by 5 wickets.
In the absence of Danny Wyatt-Hodge, Alice Davidson-Richards will open the innings with Hayley Matthews. Both went on a duck each in the last game. Davidson-Richards has just 29 runs in 4 innings. MI London Women are missing Wyatt-Hodge, who had scored 93 runs in the first three games. Hayley Matthews has 93 runs with the bat and has picked up 8 wickets with the ball, She will be the player to watch out for.
Hollie Armitage will come in at number three. Armitage scored 15 in the last game to take her run tally to 80 at a strike rate of 109. Amelia Kerr will come in the middle with Nicola Carey, Kira Chathli, and Chinelle Henry. Kerr has 87 runs in 4 innings at a strike rate of 120. She had scored 49 off 32 balls against LS Women earlier. Chinelle Henry has 87 runs in 5 games at a strike rate of 147 – the highest among the batters.
Kerr will lead the bowling attack with Matthews and Kirstie Gordon. Kerr has 4 wickets while Gordon has 5 in 5 games. The MI London Women have taken just 21 wickets in 5 games and none of the bowlers have conceded less than 8 runs per over.
Key Players: Chinelle Henry, Hayley Matthews, Amelia Kerr.
MI London Women Predicted Playing XI:
Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Hayley Matthews, Amelia Kerr, Nicola Carey, Hollie Armitage (c), Chinelle Henry, Kira Chathli (wk), Alice Davidson-Richards, Alice Monaghan, Kirstie Gordon, Alexa Stonehouse.
Kira Chathli
18
16
3
0
112.5
Nicola Carey
17
24
1
0
70.83
Chinelle Henry
16
9
0
2
177.78
Amelia Kerr
4.0
0
21
2
5.25
Kirstie Gordon
2.2
0
14
2
5.83
Hayley Matthews
2.0
0
16
0
8
HR
Temp
Rain
W. speed
W. direction
Clouds
00h
17
0 mm.
4.11 k/h
From: W
16%
03h
15
0 mm.
3.67 k/h
From: W
0%
06h
14
0 mm.
3.9 k/h
From: WNW
0%
09h
16
0 mm.
4.25 k/h
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0%
12h
20
0 mm.
4.52 k/h
From: WNW
1%
15h
24
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3.99 k/h
From: NW
5%
18h
23
0 mm.
3.54 k/h
From: NW
8%
21h
18
0 mm.
3.93 k/h
From: NNE
23%
Weather Conditions
The weather in Nottingham is expected to be partly sunny on match day, with temperatures ranging from 12 to 22 degrees Celsius. Winds will blow from the southeast at 6-10 km/h.
It is a bowling-friendly pitch. On average, 6 wickets are taken per innings since the last season. London Spirit Women have been bowled out twice below 100 in the last 4 games they have played here.
LSW vs MIL-W Pitch Report
The match will be played at Lord’s in London on 6th August from 7:30 PM IST. The average first innings score is 121, 5 more than the second innings. London Spirits Women have registered the highest score at Lord’s in the last season. They had scored 176 runs in the first game of the last season where Grace Harris scored 89 off 42 balls.
Toss: To Bowl
The venue is a dream for the teams chasing the target. Teams chasing the target have won 5 of the last 7 games played since last season. The team winning the toss should bowl first.
Both teams are having a rough season. But statistically, London Spirit Women have a better batting lineup than MI London Women. LS Women have hit 19 sixes in 5 games whereas MI London Women have just 7 (contributed by just two batters). Marizanne Kapp has 116 runs and 5 wickets in the last 4 games played between these two teams. MI London Women have just 1 batter in the team with a strike rate above 125. They are without a win in the last 8 games.
We predict that London Spirit Women will defeat MI London Women.
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