Manchester Originals Women vs Welsh Fire Women Prediction: Manchester didn't qualify for playoffs last year

Manchester Originals Women and Welsh Fire Women are going head to head in the Match 3 of The Hundred Women at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom on 25th July 2024. Welsh Fire Women will be looking to make it into the playoffs this season as well after their brilliant performance in the last season. Who will win this game of cricket?

The batting lineup will rely on key players like Laura Wolvaardt, Emma Lamb, Beth Mooney, Sophie Molineux, and Mahika Gaur to post a lion's share of runs. Laura Wolvaardt was the top scorer for Manchester Originals women last year. She scored 147 runs from six matches at an average of 24.50. The team will bank on Fi Morris, Sophie Ecclestone, Sophie Molineux, Lauren Filer, and Mahika Gaur to take vital wickets on the bowling front. In the previous edition, Fi Morris proved to be the leading bowler for Manchester Originals women, taking 8 wickets at an economy rate of 6.00.

Laura Wolvaardt, Emma Lamb, Fi Morris, Beth Mooney, Sophie Molineux, Sophie Ecclestone, Kathryn Bryce, Lauren Filer, Eleanor Threlkeld, Mahika Gaur, Phoebe Graham

Welsh Fire will depend on Tammy Beaumont, Sophia Dunkley, Hayley Matthews—who is also an all-rounder—Georgia Elwiss, and the wicket-keeper Sarah Bryce to hold their batting lineup together. In the last edition, Tammy Beaumont was the top scorer for the team, notching 290 runs in eight matches with a strike rate of 153.43.

The team will bank on Shabnim Ismail, Hayley Matthews, Claire Nicholas, Beth Langston, and Jess Jonassen to take vital wickets on the bowling front. Shabnim Ismail was in great form during the last season as well. She claimed 11 wickets in eight matches at an economy rate of 7.07 to emerge as the best bowler for Welsh Fire Women in the most recent edition of Hundred Women's Competition 2023.

Tammy Beaumont (c), Sophia Dunkley, Hayley Matthews, Sarah Bryce (wk), Georgia Elwiss, Alex Griffiths, Shabnim Ismail, Claire Nicholas, Jess Jonassen, Beth Langston.

After an analysis of both teams, Welsh Fire women would be well-placed for the victory against Manchester Originals women. With players of the caliber of Tammy Beaumont, Sophia Dunkley, Shabnim Ismail, and Hayley Matthews in their ranks, the management is pretty confident about Welsh Fire women coming out very strong in this first match.