ENG-W Vs WI-W 3rd T20I Match Prediction: Who Will Win Today’s Match?

Aakash Saini

ENG-W Vs WI-W 3rd T20I Match Prediction [Source: @windiescricket/Instagram]ENG-W Vs WI-W 3rd T20I Match Prediction [Source: @windiescricket/Instagram]

England Women (ENG-W) will host West Indies Women (WI-W) in the third T20I of their three-match series, set to be hosted by the County Ground in Chelmsford. The match will be played on Monday, May 26 from 7:00 PM IST onwards.

England won the first two T20Is with comprehensive margins to seal the three-match series by a game to spare.

England Women

England Women won the first T20I in Canterbury by eight wickets with 21 balls to spare. Sophia Dunkley whacked an unbeaten 81* from 56 balls to seal England’s chase of 147, after Lauren Bell’s two-wicket opening burst. England also won the second T20I in Hove, doing so by nine wickets with more than 10 overs to spare. Fast bowler Emily Arlott delivered the ‘Player of the Match’ performance by picking up figures of 3-14 from her four overs.

West Indies Women

West Indies Women defeated Bangladesh earlier this year with a 3-0 margin, only to lose their winning momentum with two crushing defeats in England this past week. With series already out of reach, West Indies need to win the impending dead-rubber in a bid to avoid a 0-3 whitewash. The all-round excellence of captain Hayley Matthews has turned out to be one of the few bright spots in an otherwise disappointing tour for the West Indies Women.

ENG-W Vs WI-W Head-to-Head Records In T20Is

Categories
England Women
West Indies Women
Matches Played3131
Matches Won21
10
Matches Lost1021
No Result00

How Will The County Ground Chelmsford Pitch Behave?

Batters might find it difficult to unleash their free-flowing strokes at the County Ground surface in Chelmsford. Teams batting first in the last two women’s T20Is at the venue barely managed to break the 100-run mark, and went on to lose the game by crushing margins. Batters will be required to bide their time at the crease to adjust to the bounce of the surface. In all women’s T20Is played here since mid-2018, the chasing teams have managed to win four matches while teams batting first have won just twice.

Players To Watch Out For In ENG-W Vs WI-W 3rd T20I

England Women

Sophia Dunkley

Sophia Dunkley has minted 105 runs in just two innings of the ongoing series against West Indies Women, without getting dismissed. Dunkley has managed to tally her runs at a staggering strike rate of nearly 130.

Nat Sciver-Brunt

England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt blasted a 30-ball 55* in the second T20I of the series with 10 elegant boundaries. The seasoned campaigner holds an experience of 134 T20I matches. With the ball, she has taken 90 wickets.

Lauren Bell

England fast bowler Lauren Bell has taken five wickets in just two matches of the series at an exceptional bowling average of 11.40. She picked up match-winning figures of 3-28 a couple of days ago in Hove.

West Indies Women

Hayley Matthews

West Indies captain and charismatic all-rounder Hayley Matthews bludgeoned a fighting 67-ball ton in the series opener in Canterbury. With nearly 3,000 runs and over 100 wickets in her T20I career, Matthews is currently one of the best all-rounders in the format.

Qiana Joseph

Blistering West Indies batter Qiana Joseph has minted 260 runs in her last nine T20I matches, doing so at an average of nearly 30 and an astonishing strike rate of 142.85.

Afy Fletcher

West Indies leg-spinner Afy Fletcher has taken 91 wickets in the 92 innings of her T20I career. The 38-year-old also managed to pick up the huge wicket of England captain Nat Sciver-Brunt in the ongoing series.

Today’s Match Prediction: ENG-W Vs WI-W 3rd T20I

Predicted Top Performers

England Women – Sophia Dunkley, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Lauren Bell
West Indies Women – Hayley Matthews, Qiana Joseph, Afy Fletcher

ENG-W Vs WI-W 3rd T20I: Predicted Score

Predicted first innings score: 130-145
Predicted second innings score: 135-150

Predicted Result: The chasing team will likely have an advantage in this match.