Manchester Originals vs Welsh FireMatch Prediction & Betting Tips – The Hundred Women 2024
Manchester Originals Women will take on Welsh Fire Women at Old Trafford, Manchester in Match 3 of the 2024 Women’s Hundred. This game gets underway at 15:00 local time on Thursday 25th July 2024.
MCRW vs WELW, Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester Pitch Report
This pitch will give the quick bowlers on both sides the opportunity to try and blow the opposition away with pace. Equally, anything well timed is likely to race to the boundary across a quick outfield.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Manchester Originals vs Welsh Fire, The Hundred Women 2024
Manchester Originals Women Team News & Playing 11
MCRW Team News
After picking up only two victories across the entirety of the 2023 Women’s Hundred campaign, Manchester Originals Women will be hoping that a fresh start will bring with it a change of results. They do have some of the best white ball players in women’s cricket on show and expectation levels will be high.
MCRW Team Batting
With the bat, the international pair of Australian Beth Mooney and South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt are expected to open the batting for Manchester Originals Women. Kathryn Bryce, who represents and captains Scotland Women, is another high quality player.
MCRW Team Bowling
Kim Garth and Lauren Filer are both very useful international level bowlers but Manchester Originals are likely to look to left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone as their main source of wickets. She dislocated her shoulder in the warm up of their final game last season and will be desperate to get going again in this campaign.
MCRW Team Form
Manchester Originals Women did win their penultimate game last year during a very poor season.
Manchester Originals Women Predicted Playing 11
Beth Mooney (wk), Laura Wolvaardt, Kathryn Bryce, Emma Lamb, Bethan Ellis, Sophie Ecclestone, Kim Garth, Lauren Filer, Phoebe Graham, Fi Morris, Danielle Gregory
Welsh Fire Women Team News & Playing 11
WELW Team News
Although they did not go all the way to the final, Welsh Fire Women did get to the Eliminator in the 2023 Women’s Hundred only for the game to end as a no-result and them to be knocked out due to finishing in third in the group stage. With a strong and experienced side, they should have the ability to go one better this year.
WELW Team Batting
A batting line-up which includes Tammy Beaumont, Hayley Matthews and Sophia Dunkley is likely to be the envy of many teams in this year’s Women’s Hundred and if two of those three get going in this match then Welsh Fire Women are likely to prevail.
WELW Team Bowling
Even though there are plenty of young bowling options around them, we expect the experienced duo of Australian spinner Jess Jonassen and South African pacer Shabnim Ismail to be key for Welsh Fire Women. Georgia Elwiss is another player in their side who can cause real problems with the ball.
WELW Team Form
Welsh Fire Women lost only one of their last four games during the 2023 Women’s Hundred.
Welsh Fire Women Predicted Playing 11
Tammy Beaumont, Hayley Matthews, Sarah Bryce (wk), Sophia Dunkley, Georgia Elwiss, Ella McCaughan, Emily Windsor, Claire Nicholas, Alex Griffiths, Jess Jonassen, Shabnim Ismail
🏆 Manchester Originals Women vs Welsh Fire Women Prediction
We are expecting this to be a close match on Thursday afternoon in Manchester with Manchester Originals squad looking likely to produce better returns than their side in 2023. However, Welsh Fire Women look to have a stronger XI for this opening game and we are backing them to win.
