In another crucial encounter of the ICC Women’s World T20, the South Africa Women will be locking horns with the Pakistan Women. The South Africa Women have won both their matches against England and Thailand Women in the tournament so far and thus, they will be looking to continue their winning streak. On the other side, Pakistan Women stunned the West Indies side in their opening game and then lost their previous game against England Women. Both the teams will be looking to do well in this match and add those two crucial points to their tally in order to make their case stronger for the knockouts.
Let’s now look at the Today Match Prediction for this fixture
ICC Women’s T20 World Cup- Match 15
South Africa Women vs Pakistan Women
Venue: Sydney Showground Stadium, Sydney
March 1, Sunday at 09:30 AM IST
Head to Head: In their last five meetings, South Africa Women have won three games and Pakistan Women have won two matches.
February 21, 2019: India Women (132/4 in 20 overs) defeated Australia Women (115/10 in 19.5 overs) by 17 runs.
Injury Status: Marizanne Kapp should be back in the side after recovering from illness in place of Nadine de Klerk.
Team Combination
Playing XI:
Lizelle Lee, Dane van Niekerk (C), Marizanne Kapp, Mignon du Preez, Chloe Tryon, Laura Wolvaardt, Trisha Chetty (wk), Sune Luus, Shabnim Ismail, Ayabonga Khaka, Nonkululeko Mlaba.
South Africa Women Squad
Dane van Niekerk (C), Lizelle Lee, Laura Wolvaardt, Nadine de Klerk, Sune Luus, Mignon du Preez, Chloe Tryon, Trisha Chetty (wk), Shabnim Ismail, Ayabonga Khaka, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Masabata Klaas, Tumi Sekhukhune, Marizanne Kapp, Nondumiso Shangase.
Injury Status: Bismah Maroof has been ruled out of the entire tournament with thumb fracture and Nahida Khan has been approved as her replacement.
Possible Changes: Nahida Khan is likely to be straightaway drafted in the playing XI in place of Bismah Maroof.
Team Combination
Playing XI:
Javeria Khan (C), Muneeba Ali, Nahida Khan, Nida Dar, Iram Javed, Omaima Sohail, Aliya Riaz, Sidra Nawaz (wk), Diana Baig, Aiman Anwer, Sadia Iqbal.
Pakistan Women Squad
Javeria Khan (C), Nahida Khan, Omaima Sohail, Nida Dar, Iram Javed, Muneeba Ali, Aliya Riaz, Sidra Nawaz (wk), Diana Baig, Syeda Aroob Shah, Anam Amin, Fatima Sana, Sadia Iqbal, Ayesha Naseem, Aiman Anwer.
We are backing South Africa Women to win this match.
WK: Lizelle Lee
BT: Javeria Khan, Sune Luus, Chloe Tryon, Nahida Khan
ALL: Dane van Niekerk, Nida Dar, Marizanne Kapp
BW: Ayabonga Khaka, Shabnim Ismail, Aiman Anwer
Captain choices: Lizelle Lee, Sune Luus, Nida Dar, Dane van Niekerk.
Grand League Tip: It will be a smart move to include more South African players in your team.