The Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Ilfov County, Romania, will host the 5th T20i of the Women’s Continental Cup on 5th August 2023, at 3:15 pm Indian Standard Time (IST). The Isle of Man will play against Malta. The two sides have never contested in T20is before.
Squads:
Isle of Man: Alanya Thorpe, Lucy Barnett, Kim Carney, Ellan Cleator, Caitlin Henery, Jo Hicks, Andrea Littlejohns, Finnola Martin, Emma Miller, Danielle Murphy, Bliss Murtagh, Catherine Perry, Jasmin Pullen, Bekkie Webster
Malta: Angelique Pinas, Mae Macelli, Bibina Baby, Claire Sammut, Jyoti Neupane, Shamla Cholasseri, Sushma Khatri, Jessica Rymer, Anupama Rameshan, Prativa Bhandari, Svitlana Iushchenko, Tracy Calingin
Players to watch out:
Kim Carney (Isle of Man)
She is one of the vital cogs of the Isle of Man’s batting order. In the match against Greece, she shared an unbeaten partnership of 93 with Lucy Barnett. She has accumulated 139 runs from her 8 matches as of now.
Alanya Thorpe (Isle of Man)
The right-arm speedster has taken 7 scalps with her best figure being 2 for 10. She can add valuable runs with the bat too, her highest score of 20 off 15 balls came against Spain.
Jessica Rymer (Malta)
She is an opener who has scored 59 runs from her 4 innings which includes a best of 19*. In the one-sided contest against Greece, Rymer’s 13 was 3rd highest score of the innings.
Shamla Cholasseri (Malta)
A pace-bowling all-rounder who has taken 5 wickets at an average of 11.4, moreover she is the opener, and a score of 20 when the whole team crumbled for 90, shows she has definite potential.
Pitch
The wicket at Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground is a bowler’s friendly pitch and will assist pacers. The average score is 82. So anything above that will be a challenging total.
Weather
The weather is expected to be good for the match. It will be a sunny day with the temperature hanging around 36 degree Celsius with 41% humidity with a moderate breeze.
Fantasy Playing 11
Alanya Thorpe, Lucy Barnett, Kim Carney, Ellan Cleator. Danielle Murphy, Catherine Perry, Bekkie Webster, Mae Macelli, Shamla Cholasseri, Jessica Rymer, Anupama Rameshan
Match Details
Date: 5th August 2023
Time: 3:15pm (IST)
Venue: Moara Vlasiei Cricket Ground, Ilfov County, Romania
Broadcast: All games of the tournament will be live-streamed on FanCode and European Cricket Network’s YouTube channel.
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