Australia-W vs Bangladesh-W: Australia Women is about to lock horns with Bangladesh Women in the 8th match of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 at St. George’s Park. Meg Lanning and the team is going for their second match in the tournament, after a winning start against New Zealand. On the other hand, Nigar Sultana’s Bangladesh faced a failure against Sri Lanka last week.
Match: Australia vs Bangladesh ICC Women’s World T20 – 8 of 23
Date: 14th February 2023
Time: 10:30 PM IST
Venue: St George’s Park, Gqeberha
Pitch Condition: The 8th T20 match will take place at St George’s Park. The pitch here is a balanced one. The batters may get to play their strokes freely once they get into the game. The new-ballers will get plenty of assistance from the pitch.
Australia-W vs Bangladesh-W – The Squad
Australia: Beth Mooney, Grace Harris, Meg Lanning (c), Alyssa Healy (vc), Darcie Brown, Ashleigh Gardner, Kim Garth, Heather Graham, Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Tahlia McGrath, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Wareham.
Bangladesh: Fargana Hoque, Sharmin Akhter, Nigar Sultana (c), Rumana Ahmed, Dilara Akter, Marufa Akter, Nahida Akter, Shorna Akter, Jahanara Alam, Disha Biswas, Fahima Khatun, Murshida Khatun, Salma Khatun, Lata Mondal, Ritu Moni, Rabeya Khatun, Sobhana Mostary, Shamima Sultana, Sanjida Akter Meghla.
Australia-W vs Bangladesh-W – Team Performance in the Past Matches
The defending champions Australia will lock horns against Bangladesh in the 8th match of the big event, ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023, at St. George’s Park. Meg Lanning’s Australia has got a perfect start in the event, beating New Zealand by 97 runs in the Group A opening match. Being asked to bat first, Alyssa Healy scored a half-century (55) to make an easy win for the side. Meg Lanning (41) and Ellyse Perry (40) also added runs to the scoreboard to make it to post a 173. The balling unit was also excellent throughout the match. Ashleigh Gardner picked up 5 wickets for the side to restrict the Kiwis to 76. Megan Schutt ha got 2 wickets in the game while Ellyse Perry has got 1.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh women didn’t have a perfect start in the series as they suffered a 7-wicket defeat against Sri Lanka in the opening match of the tournament. Batting first, they finished in 126/8, but the Lankan side easily chased down the total when 10 balls were spared. Sobhana Mostary top scored for them with 29. Marufa Akter picked three wickets for the side.
Now Sri Lanka tops the Group A table by securing 2 wins. Australia women will now try to register a second win in the tournament to be top on the table with a high run rate. Bangladesh stays in the 4th position of the table with a defeat in the first match.
Australia-W vs Bangladesh-W – Face to Face
Australia Women and Bangladesh Women faced each other in a single T20 match. The match was won by Australia Women. Australia batted first that time and scored 189 runs in the match to secure an easy win by 86 runs.
Here our experts at FCL are giving a prediction for the coming match. Hope you could find it helpful by any means
Wicket-keeper: Shamima Sultana.
Batters: Meg Lanning, Tahlia McGrath, Lata Mondal, Murshida Khatun.
All-Rounders: Ashleigh Gardner, Ellyse Perry, Salma Khatun.
Bowlers: Jess Jonassen, Marufa Akter, Jahanara Alam.
Captain: Tahlia McGrath.
Vice-Captain: Ashleigh Gardner.
Wicket-keeper: Alyssa Healy, Beth Mooney.
Batters: Meg Lanning, Tahlia McGrath, Murshida Khatun.
All-Rounders: Ashleigh Gardner, Ellyse Perry, Salma Khatun.
Bowlers: Jess Jonassen, Nahida Akter, Jahanara Alam.
Captain: Ashleigh Gardner.
Vice-Captain: Ellyse Perry.
