With the 100 per cent win record in the tournament, Western Storm will look to make it three in a row when they square off against Southern Vipers at Southampton tonight.
Despite S Mandhana and R Priest’s failure, Western Storm managed 6 wickets win over Lancashire Thunder in the previous encounter with the help of the fifties from skipper Heather Knight and Fran Wilson.
Southern Vipers, on the opposite, have also managed two wins in two games so far and will have an eye to third win on the trot. They started their campaign with 34 runs win over Lancashire Thunder and managed 2 wickets win over Loughborough Lightning in the second encounter.
Match details:
11/08 – 07:00 PM IST
8th Match, Women’s Cricket Super League at Southampton, Aug 11, 2019
Head to Head:
Total: 06
Won by WS: 03
Won by Sv: 02
Rachael Priest and Smriti Mandhana are likely to open the innings for Western Storm
Heather Knight, Fran Wilson and Sophie Luff will handle the middle order duties
Claire Nicholas, Anya Shrubsole, Deepti Sharma and skipper Heather Knight will form the bowling attack
Anya Shrubsole featured in the last game and although she was ineffective she will get another game
For Vipers, Danielle Wyatt and Suzie Bates will open the innings
Skipper Tammy Beaumont, Stafanie Taylor, Thea Brookes and Maia Bouchier
Stafanie Taylor, Natasha Farrant, Amanda Wellington and Lauren Bell will form the bowling attack
Western Storm:
Rachel Priest(w), Anya Shrubsole, Ellie Mitchell, Amara Carr, Smriti Mandhana, Heather Knight(c), Fran Wilson, Sophie Luff, Freya Davies, Deepti Sharma, Danielle Gibson, Claire Nicholas, Naomi Dattani, Alex Griffiths, Sonia Odedra, Natasha Wraith
Southern Vipers:
Danielle Wyatt, Charlotte Dean, Lauren Bell, Marie Kelly, Suzie Bates, Tammy Beaumont(c), Maia Bouchier, Paige Scholfield, Amanda Wellington, Natasha Farrant, Carla Rudd(w), Fi Morris, Stafanie Taylor, Thea Brookes, Isabelle Wong
Western Storm:
Rachel Priest (wk), Naomi Dattani, Anya Shrubsole, Alex Griffiths, Smriti Mandhana, Heather Knight (c), Fran Wilson, Sophie Luff, Deepti Sharma, Freya Davies, Claire Nicholas
Southern Vipers:
Stafanie Taylor, Amanda Wellington, Paige Scholfield, Thea Brookes, Danielle Wyatt, Tammy Beaumont (c), Suzie Bates, Natasha Farrant, Carla Rudd (wk), Maia Bouchier, Lauren Bell
Fantasy picks from Western Storm
H Knight, Fran Wilson and S Mandhana are the key batters in the side
Both Knight and Wilson scored the fifties in the previous game and will be the key in the middle order
A Shrubsole, C Nicholas and Freya Davies are the key bowlers in the side
C Nicholas has picked 4 wickets while F Davies has 3 scalps in the bag
Fantasy picks from Southern Viper
D Wyatt, Sarah Taylor and T Beaumont are the key batters in the side
N Farrant, L Bell and A Wellington are the key bowlers
Farrant and Bell share 3 wickets each