South Africa (Women) vs. England (Women): South Africa Looking to Clinch their 3rd Win of the Ongoing World Cup

Before the start of the Women’s World Cup, who would have thought that matches would take interesting turns, bringing games down to the last over of the game. South Africa has certainly been on a roll this year as they stand among the favorites of winning the World Cup in New Zealand. On the other hand, its team England who hasn’t learned from its mistakes and is standing at the 6th spot in the points table. England lost both games in the World Cup league stages, affecting their run rate and points. For the upcoming clash, South African Women would certainly be the favorites of winning and dominating England, who hasn’t been in the best of their forms after the Ashes series against Australia.

It’s pretty evident that the South African side has come in this tournament to mark a few upsets and get closer to the title. For their upcoming fixture against England, Africa is likely to play a few off-spinners in their ranks who can contain English batsmen. In their first game of the competition, South Africa dominated Bangla Tigers, managing to win by 32 runs; though Africa’s batting isn’t clicking as a unit, they have a pretty firm bowling attack. South Africa has also defeated Pakistan Women in the last ball thriller. In the game against Pakistan, South African bowlers took it down to the wire, managing to win by 6 runs. South Africa certainly depends upon their quicks and medium pacers that can pitch the ball in the right corridors.

• Andrie Steyn;
• Lizelle Lee;
• Anneke Bosch;
• Chloe Tryon;
• Nadine de Klerk.

England women would be having their tail up as they look to make a decisive comeback in the tournament and win the game. After losing to Australia in Australia, England has never settled in as a unit. The upcoming fixture against South Africa Women would be of much value, as two competitive teams compete for a win. In their opening game, England demonstrated great chasing abilities; however, it fell 12 runs short of winning and making history against Australian Women in the world cup. In their next game, they lost to West Indies by a minute margin of 7 runs while chasing on a tricky surface. These two close defeats have certainly dented England’s overall gameplay and points in the league.

• Danni Wayatt;
• Tamsin Beaumont;
• Heather Knight;
• Katherine Brunt;
• Natasha Farrant.

Observing the winning momentum South Africa is carrying, they look as favorites of defeating England in the upcoming world cup game. England is capable of putting on a show and giving a tough time of Protease.