New Zealand vs England Women 3rd T20 Match Prediction & Betting Tips
New Zealand Women will take on England Women in the third game of the T20I series. The match will be played at the Saxton Oval, Nelson and will start at 5:30 AM IST on March 24.
NZ-W vs ENG-W 3rd T20, Saxton Oval, Nelson Pitch Report
The surface has been good for batting. The new ball has done a fair bit and batting against new ball has been challenging at times. However, the swing does not last long and batters have found it easier after the first few overs.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for New Zealand vs England Women 3rd T20 Match 2024
NZ Women Team News & Playing 11
NZ-W Team News
The hosts have been bamboozled by England women in the first two games. New Zealand have lost both the games comprehensively and now face a must win situation in the third T20I. New Zealand will need a massive improvement in batting if they are to stop the England juggernaut.
NZ-W Team Batting
Suzie Bates, Maddy Green and Amelia Kerr will be the main batters for New Zealand women. Bates scored a brilliant fifty in the first game. Kerr returned to the side in second T20I and scored 44. Both players had a great run in Women’s Super-Smash. Also, Maddy Green is a match winner with the bat for White Ferns.
NZ-W Team Bowling
The bowling will rest on Sophie Devine, Amelia Kerr and Lea Tahuhu. Devine made a return to the side and picked two wickets while Amelia Kerr and Tahuhu bagged a wicket. The three are the best wicket-taking options in the New Zealand team.
NZ-W Team Form
Having lost the first two games, New Zealand women are staring at second consecutive series defeat.
NZ Women Predicted Playing 11
Suzie Bates (c), Isabella Gaze (wk), Sophie Devne, Maddy Green, Brooke Halliday, Amelia Kerr, B Bezuidenhout, Jess Kerr, Lea Tahuhu, Rosemary Mair, Fran Jonas
ENG Women Team News & Playing 11
ENG-W Team News
England have comprehensively beaten New Zealand women in the first two games and they are now just a win away from claiming yet another series win. The team, however, would need runs from the likes of Tammy Beaumont and Sophia Dunkley as so far only Heather Knight has scored runs.
ENG-W Team Batting
Heather Knight, Sophia Dunkley and Tammy Beaumont will be main batters. Knight scored 63 in the first game and backed it up with another fifty in the second game. Dunkley and Beaumont have failed in the two matches but they are very capable to turn things around in the next game.
ENG-W Team Bowling
The bowling will rest on the shoulders of Lauren Bell, Charlotte Dean and Sarah Glenn. Bell has taken four wickets in two games while Dean has accounted for three wickets at a reasonable economy rate. Sarah Glenn has also been among the wickets in two games.
ENG-W Team Form
England defeated India in the last series and they are just a win away from winning another T20I series.
ENG Women Predicted Playing 11
Sophia Dunkley, Tammy Beaumont, Maia Bouchier, Heather Knight (c), Amy Jones (wk), Danielle Gibson, Bess Heath, Charlotte Dean, Sarah Glenn, Lauren Filer, Lauren Bell
🏆 NZ Women vs ENG Women Prediction
England Women are favourites to win. They have comprehensively defeated New Zealand in both games. New Zealand brought back two of their greats of the game – Devine and Amelia Kerr in the playing XI yet they could not change the result. Once again, England should emerge victorious.
