Published on: Oct 30, 2021 4:55 pm IST|Updated on: Oct 30, 2021 4:34 pm IST
The Adelaide Strikers Women and Melbourne Renegades Women will lock horns in the Match 26 of Women’s Big Bash 2021. The Melbourne Renegades have the presence of inform players in Jemimah Rodrigues and Harmanpreet Kaur, with a proven international experience. While the Adelaide Strikers will need the spirited performances from their players like Tahila Mcgrath and Laura Wolvaardt.
The Adelaide Strikers have 2 wins in 5 matches and stand at 4th position in the points table. They failed to seal the last game and lost the super over to the Perth Scorchers team. While the Melbourne Renegades have been the best performing team with 4 victories in 6 league matches. They won the last fixture by 19 runs in a confident manner against Sydney Sixers.
The Adelaide Strikers have been average with their performances, and they failed to hold their nerves in the last match, failing to win a close match in a super over contest. While the Melbourne Renegades have to maintain the same form, and the players with a top notch experience have been able to put up strong performances for the team.
Fixture Name: Match 26
Competition: Women’s Big Bash T20 2021
Date: 27 October
Time: 7:55 AM IST
Team Form Guide: AS-W(recent last): L L NR MR-W(recent last): W W W
Venue: Lilac Hill Park, Perth
Pitch Report: The match between Adelaide Strikers women and Melbourne Renegades team will take place in Lilac Hill Park. On the first day of the tournament being organized in Perth, the scores of around 130 were scored, which can be called as the par score. The pacers were impressive to contain runs and take wickets.
Brief score of the last result at the venue: Perth Scorchers Women 121/5 won in a super over against Adelaide Strikers women 121/8 in Match 23 of Women’s Big Bash League 2021.
It will be an interesting clash between the talented teams of the tournament, trying hard to keep up their position. The captain pick for your fantasy team will be Harmanpreet Kaur, who has been terrific in both departments for Renegades team. While the vice captain can be Tahila Mcgrath, with impressive performances in the first part of the tournament.
WICKET-KEEPERS: Josephine Dooley, Tegan Mcpharlin BATSMEN: Jemimah Rodrigues, Laura Wolvaardt, Jess Duffin ALL-ROUNDERS: Harmanpreet Kaur, Evelyn Jones, Tahila Mcgrath BOWLERS: Amanda Wellington, Megan Schutt, Ellie Falconer
The Melbourne Renegades is expected to continue their dominance in the tournament on the back of experienced cricketers. They have produced fine all round performances, and are coming into this game after a clinical victory. While the Adelaide Strikers need to better their bowling attack and holding nerves better in crucial situations of the game and get on track in the tournament.
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The Melbourne Renegades team have been the best performers in the tournament with 4 wins in 6 matches. In the last fixture, they posted a total of 142 runs on the board, with 40+ runs contributions of Harmanpreet Kaur and Jess Duffin. Then the bowlers led by Ellie Falconer were impressive to land a 12 run victory for the team.
The player who has shown fine promise in the international circuit, has been playing well in the franchise leagues. She did well in the Hundred and is the leading run scorer of the Melbourne Renegades team. In the last fixture, she scored 25 runs, and provided a good start to the team. In total, Jemimam has 160 runs in 5 matches at an average of 40.
One of the best performers in the tournament, will be the captain pick of this fixture. Harmanpreet is a proven performer in the white ball cricket and is expected to continue to do well in this fixture. In 5 matches of the tournament, she has scored 146 runs and also has 5 wickets. She was the top scorer for the team with 43 runs off 32 balls.
X factor: The spinner Ellie Falconer was impressive with her wicket taking abilities in the last fixture.
Player to Watch: The top order batter Evelyn Jones is a talented cricketer, and can be a top performer in this fixture.
MR-W Playing 11 (likely)
1. Jemimah Rodrigues 2. Evelyn Jones 3. Courtney Webb 4. Harmanpreet Kaur 5. Sophie Molineux (c) 6. Jess Duffin 7. Ella Hayward 8. Josephine Dooley (wk) 9. Carly Leeson 10. Ellie Falconer 11. Holly Ferling
The Adelaide Strikers could not seal the last game in the super over against Perth Scorchers. They bowled quite well to contain the opposition to a score of 121, with Amanda being the best performer. Then, the batters like Katie Mack and Tegan Mcpharlin scored 20+ runs, but the team could not go past the opposition’s score and lost the super as well.
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The leader of the Adelaide Strikers team has been playing quite well in the tournament. She is the most vital player for the Strikers team to win crucial matches and keep the fine momentum. In the last fixture, she took a wicket and contributed 17 runs. In the tournament, Tahila has 109 runs at an average of 36.33, and a total of 4 wickets.
The talented spinner has been the best bowler of the team, and can prove to be vital for your fantasy team to gain good enough fantasy points. In the last fixture, she scalped 2 wickets by giving away only 12 runs in 4 overs and will be upbeat ahead of this fixture. In the Women’s Big Bash T20 2021, Amanda has 7 wickets at a fantastic average of 14.14.
X factor: Katie Mack was the top scorer for the team in the last league match and can continue her fine performance.
Player to Watch: Megan Schutt played quite well after her comeback in the tournament and will be on your watchlist.
AS-W Playing 11 (likely)
1. Dane van Niekerk 2. Laura Wolvaardt 3. Tahlia McGrath (c) 4. Bridget Patterson 5. Madeline Penna 6. Katie Mack 7. Amanda Wellington 8. Tegan McPharlin (wk) 9. Sarah Coyte 10. Megan Schutt 11. Darcie Brown
Watch Adelaide Strikers women vs Melbourne Renegades women Live Score and Streaming on Sony Sports Network. The Sony LIV platform can be used to stream this match, while the ball to ball commentary along the telecast will be available on Fan Code as well. The fans can hop on to the Cricket Australia website to check out the stats of the players.
The Sony Six Channel will telecast the match between Adelaide Strikers women and Melbourne Renegades women. This fixture is expected to provide fine entertainment to the crowds at the stadium, as the Lily Park has allowed the 50% capacity to be filled. It will be an interesting battle between both the teams trying hard to be on the top 4 spots.
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