Match 12: Trent Rockets v London Spirit Women | Squads | Fantasy Playing XI

The 12^th match of the Hundred Women’s Competition 2022 will be played between Trent Rockets and London Spirit on August 20 at Trent Bridge in Nottingham. The match will start at 8PM IST.

This will be the fourth match of the tournament for Trent Rockets, while third match of the competition for London Spirit. On one hand, Trent Rockets have won one (v Manchester Originals) and lost two (v Birmingham Phoenix and v Oval Invincibles), on the other, London Spirit have lost both their matches (v Southern Brave and v Northern Superchargers) so far.

Match Preview

Trent Rockets: Mignon du Preez, Bryony Smith, Alana King, Katherine Brunt, Kathryn Bryce, Abbey Freeborn, Sarah Glenn, Nat Sciver, Marie Kelly, Sophie Munro, Alexa Stonehouse, Georgia Davis, Elyse Villani, Ella Claridge, Emma Marlow, Kim Garth

London Spirit: Beth Mooney, Amelia Kerr, Megan Schutt, Sophie Luff, Amara Carr, Freya Davies, Naomi Dattani, Charlie Dean, Danielle Gibson, Heather Knight, Alice Monaghan, Grace Scrivens, Jess Kerr, Natasha Wraith, Nancy Harman, Grace Ballinger

Players to watch out for

Natalie Sciver:

The captain of Trent Rockets top scored with a brilliant unbeaten 59 off 48 balls in her last match against Oval Invincibles. The right-handed batter, who walked in at number three, smashed eight boundaries in her entertaining innings. She also bowled 15 balls of right arm medium pace and conceded 25 runs.

Bryony Smith:

The right arm off spinner from Trent Rockets was the pick of the bowlers in her last fixture against Oval Invincibles. She scalped 21/3 off her 19 balls. Apart from her bowling, she opened the batting and scored 10 runs off 11 balls, including a couple of boundaries.

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Sophie Luff:

The right-handed middle order batter from London Spirit starred with the bat in her last match against Northern Superchargers. She muscled an undefeated 39 off 30 balls, including five boundaries and a six. She almost took her team home chasing 128 but fell short of just five runs in the end.

Amelia Kerr:

The White Ferns’ all-rounder was the most successful bowler for London Spirit in her last outing against Northern Superchargers. The wily leg spinner claimed 27/2 in her full set of 20 balls. In addition to this, she contributed with the bat mustering 16 runs off 15 balls. She is a right-handed top order batter.

Pitch

This will be the second match of the tournament at this venue. The last match saw 227 runs being scored. 13 wickets fell in the process. The team batting second won the match chasing 113. The wicket is expected to aid both the batters and bowlers almost equally and is expected to offer an exciting contest between the two.

Weather

The weather is expected to be breezy with intervals of clouds and sunshine. An afternoon shower in some places is on the cards. The maximum temperature attained during the day could be 22 degrees Celsius. The expected cloud cover will be 48 percent with 40 percent chance of rain. The wind will blow from the west-southwest.

Fantasy Playing XI

Abigail Freeborn, Beth Mooney, Elyse Villani, Sophie Luff, Natalie Sciver, Bryony Smith, Amelia Kerr, Grace Scrivens, Alana King, Sarah Glenn, Danielle Gibson

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