3rd ODI.
Match: India W vs England W.
Venue: New Road County Ground, Worcester.
Time: 7:00 pm IST.
Preview: The 3rd ODI is more or less a dead rubber with England women have already won the series 2-0. They would love to complete a whitewash on the touring India side. On the other hand, India would love to salvage some pride by winning the 3rd ODI.
H2H: Both the teams have placed 71 ODIs against each other.
EnglandW won: 39.
IndiaW won: 30.
NR: 2.
Pitch Conditions:
Worcester has been a bat first and win ground. The pitch will suit Indian bowlers more because of the affinity towards spin. Spinners especially the wrist spinners will find it helpful to bowl.
Ground Performance: (Last 5 Years).
EngW: 233/7 vs WIW:87/6 (Dls).
(EngW won by 121 runs).
Beaumont: 61.
Sciver: 35.
Shrubshole: 32 & 2w.
Knight: 1w.
EngW:189/9 vs RsaW:193/3.
(RsaW won by 7 wkts).
Brunt:72 & 1w.
Amy Jones:19.
Sciver:16.
Shrubshole: 2w.
EngW:378/5 vs PakW:166/10.
(EngW won by 212 runs).
Winfield:123.
Beaumont:104.
Sciver:80 & 2w.
Shrubshole: 4w.
Brunt:2w.
AusW:241/7 vs EngW:152/10.
(AusW won by 89 runs).
Knight:38 & 1w.
Brunt:31.
Sciver: 1w.
Last 5 H2H performers:
EngW leads 3-2 in last 5 H2H.
Series Performers:
IndW:221/10.
Mithali:59.
Shefali Verma:44.
Poonam Pandey:2w.
Jhulan:1w.
Sneh Rana:1w.
Sikha Pandey:1w.
EngW:222/5.
Dunkley:73.
Winfield Hill:42.
Brunt:33.
Kate Cross:5w.
Ecclestone:3w.
Sciver:1w.
IndW:
IndW: 201/8.
Mithali:72.
Punam Raut:32.
Jhulan:1w.
Ekta Bisht:1w.
EngW: 202/2.
Beaumont:87.
Sciver:74.
Ecclestone: 3w.
Brunt: 2w.
Shrubshole: 2w.
Other H2H matches:
IndW:205/8.
Mandhana:66.
Punam Raut:56.
Jhulan Goswami:3w.
Poonam Yadav:2w.
Shikha Pandey:2w.
EngW:208/8.
Wyatt:56.
Knight:47.
Katherine Brunt:5w.
Shrubshole:1w.
EngW:161/10.
Sciver:85.
Winfield:28.
Shrubshole:2w.
IndW:162/3.
Mandhana:63.
Mithali:47.
Raut:32.
Jhulan:4w.
Shikha Pandey:4w.
Poonam Yadav:2w.
IndW:202/10.
Jemimah Rodrigues:48.
Mithali:44.
Ekta Bisht:4w.
Shikha Pandey:2w.
Deepti Sharma:2w.
EngW:136/10.
Sciver:44&2w.
Knight:39.
Ecclestone:2w.
EngW:201/9.
Amy Jones:94.
Knight:36.
Shrubsohole:2w.
IndW:202/2.
Mithali:74.
Deepti:54 & 2w.
Mandhana:53.
Jhulan:2w.
Gayakwad:2w.
Poonam Yadav:2w.
IndW:113/10.
Mandhana:42.
Deepti Sharma:26.
Ekta Bisht:2w.
EngW:117/2.
Beaumont:39.
Knight:26.
Hazell:4w.
Ecclestone:4w.
Note: These matches were played in India where the conditions are a bit slow and spin friendly.
Top H2H performers:
IndW:
Mithali Raj:1919 runs (52 Inns).
Smriti Mandhana: 562 runs (12 Inns).
Harmanpreet Kaur: 578 runs (17 Inns).
Punam Raut: 508 runs (17 Inns).
Deepti Sharma: 193 runs (9 Inns).
Jhulan Goswani: 73 wkts (16 Inns).
Poonam Yadav: 15 wkts (9 Inns).
Ekta Bisht: 13 wkts (11 Inns).
Shikha Pandey: 12 wkts (9 Inns).
Deepti Sharma: 10 wkts (9 Inns).
EngW:
Tammy Beaumont: 400 runs (19 Inns).
Heather Knight: 395 runs (18 Inns).
Natalie Sciver: 334 runs (10 Inns).
Katherine Brunt: 41 wkts (29 Inns).
Anya Shrubsole: 19 wkts (15 Inns).
Sophie Ecclestone: 16 wkts (7 Inns).
Recent Performance:
India played a 5 match ODI series against South Africa Women in India 2021, where they lost 4-1 to South Africa.
Punam Rout: 263 runs (5 Inns).
Mithali Raj: 210 runs (4 Inns).
Harmanpreet Kaur: 160 runs (4 Inns).
Jhulan Goswami: 8 wickets (4 Inns).
England W played a 3 match ODI series and 2 ODI practice matches against New Zealand W in 2021. England W ended up winning both the ODI and T20 series in the tour.
Tammy Beaumont: 276 runs (5 Inns).
Natalie Sciver: 171 runs & 5 wickets (5 Inns).
Heather Knight: 165 runs
Amy Jones: 109 runs (4 Inns).
Sophie Ecclestone: 5 wickets (5 Inns)
Katherine Brunt: 4 wickets (4 Inns).
Key Observations from 2nd Match:
1. Mithali Raj and Shefali Verma looked in great touch but they lacked support from other end. So we are going on with these 2 again in this match.
2. Ecclestone was brilliant as first change and bowled well with good line and length. Sarah Glenn was exceptional with her control and was hard to score.
3. Indian lower order is weak so the likes of Brunt and Ecclestone who bowl in death should come handy.
4. The English openers too looked solid especially Beaumont. However, Heather Knight is yet to fire.
5. Dunkley was the WOM in last match and rightly so but this won't happeen regularly.
6. Jhulan was economical and created pressure but her partners could not exploit it. Poonam Yadav is again a must pick if India bowls second.
EngW
Death Bowlers: Brunt, Ecclestone.
Opening Bowlers: Brunt, Shrubshole.
IndW
Opening Bowlers: Goswami, Shikha.
Death: Goswami, Sikha.
Common Players:
Ind W:Mithali, Raut, Shefali Verma, Mandhana, Jhulan Goswami, Deepti Sharma.
EngW: Knight, Sciver, Ecclestone, Beaumont, Shrubshole, Katherine Brunt.
Teams:
India: Mithali Raj (c), Smriti Mandhana, Harmanpreet Kaur, Punam Raut, Priya Punia, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Shafali Verma, Sneh Rana, Taniya Bhatia, Indrani Roy, Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pandey, Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Poonam Yadav, Ekta Bisht, Radha Yadav
England: Heather Knight (c), Fran Wilson, Sophia Dunkley, Katherine Brunt, Nat Sciver, Tammy Beaumont, Amy Ellen Jones, Lauren Winfield, Kate Cross, Freya Davies, Sophie Ecclestone, Natasha Farrant, Sarah Glenn, Anya Shrubsole.
Probable Xi:
India Women: Shafali Verma, Smriti Mandhana, Jemmimah Rodriquez, Harmanpreet Kaur, Mithali Raj(C), Taniya Bhatia (Wk), Deepti Sharma, Jhulan Goswami, Shikha Pandey, Poonam Yadav, Sneh Rana.
Mithali Raj experienced some neck pain in 2nd ODI. However she is expected to lead today. If she doesn't Punam Raut comes in.
England Women: Tammy Beaumont, Lauren Windfield Hill, Heather Knight(C), Natalie Sciver, Amy Jones(Wk), Sophia Dunkley, Katherine Brunt, Sarah Glenn, Sophie Ecclestone, Kate Cross, Anya Shrubsole.
England are unlikely to change their winning combination. Also the availability of lesser players in the squad, we can expect them to field full strength.
Fantasy Team:
Wk: Jones.
Batsmen: Beaumont, Mandhana, Mithali Raj.
All Rounders: Knight, Sciver, Brunt.
Bowlers: Sarah Glenn, Shrubshole, Poonam, Kate Cross.
Tip: Sarah Glenn will play in her home ground. Also the pitch traditionally favours spinners. So she can be a punt pick.
Same in the case for Poonam Yadav.
History tells that Harmanpreet Kaur performs in the last match of the tournament.
So keep her as GL in 1 team.
Other options: Ecclestone, Winfield Hill, Harmanpreet Kaur.
Safe C/Vc: Sciver, Raj.
Differential: Sarah Glenn, Mandhana.
Risky: Knight.
Disclaimer: England W are the favourites to win this match. So if England wins the toss and elects to bowl first, then take England Bowlers and pick top 3-4 from England side.
We can expect Beaumont to fail in 1 game and Mandhana to shine. Also the spinner bowling in 2nd inns becomes important because of spin friendly pitch.
In that case you have to drop top order of India. Then players like Deepti, Harmanpreet Kaur will become important.
Also make a GL team favouring India Women.