SS W vs AS W Live Score: WBBL 2023 has reached its business end with just 3-4 games remaining for each team. The race for the top four teams became intense & teams were trying their best to qualify for the knockouts. Match 12 of the WBBL 2023 will be played between Sydney Sixers Women & Adelaide Strikers on the grounds of North Sydney Oval. Sixers Women will have to win at least two of their last three matches to keep themselves alive in the race for the top four.
Sixers are marching into this clash on the back of a 61-run loss against Scorchers. While Adelaide Strikers won their last fixture against Sydney Thunder Women by 6 wickets. Strikers will try to continue their winning spree against the Sixers while the former will try to bounce back to winning terms. Strikers are currently sitting in second place on the Points table with 14 Points in their kitty. On the other hand, the Sixers are placed in the fifth position with 10 wins & need two wins to keep their knockout hopes alive.
SS W vs AS W TEAMS PREVIEW
Sydney Sixers Preview
Sydney Sixers are marching into this clash on the back of a defeat in their last fixture against Scorchers. This defeat has pushed the Sixers down on the Points Table & now they will have to win every fixture to continue their race to the knockouts. Ellyse Perry will open the innings with Maitlyn Brown & guide the Sixers to win. Perry is the leading run-scorer for the Sixers with 357 runs in 10 innings at a strike rate of 131.73. Perry has also taken 8 wickets in the last five games including a five-fer. Brown who replaced Suzie Bates after her poor performance will aim to provide aid to Ellyse Perry.
Ashleigh Gardner is performing well for the Sixers at number three. The all-rounder has scored 224 runs in 11 innings & is currently the second-leading wicket-taker with 17 wickets at an economy of 7.57. The Sixers should promote Chloe Tryon over Erin Burns at the No. 4 position. Tryon currently has 238 runs at a strike rate of 130 & 9 wickets in their kitty.
In the bowling order, Lauren Cheatle will be the bowler to watch out for. She is the leading wicket-taker for the Sixers with 19 wickets at an average of 15.31. She enjoys the same feat throughout the season with three other bowlers. Except for Cheatle & Gardner, no other bowler has scalped more than 10 wickets for the Sixers this season. Lynsey Smith comes close with 9 wickets and has the best economy amongst the Sixers bowlers (6.17).
Key Players: Elysse Perry, Ashleigh Gardner, Lauren Cheatle.
Sydney Sixers Predicted Playing XI:
Suzie Bates, Ellyse Perry (c), Ashleigh Gardner, Erin Burns, Chloe Tryon, Maitlan Brown, Mathilda Carmichael, Kate Pelle (wk), Kate Peterson, Linsey Smith, Lauren Cheatle.
Adelaide Strikers Preview
Strikers are back on the winning track after registering a zealous win over Sydney Thunder in their last clash. They will hope to continue the same momentum against the Sixers in today’s clash. In the batting order, Katie Mack and Laura Wolvaardt will open the innings for the Strikers. Mack is the top five run scorers with 356 runs at a strike rate of 124.47 with three half-centuries. She in fact had scored a half-century in the Strikers’ five-wicket win over SSW this season.
Their top-order batters look in terrific form as Wolvaardt has 204 runs batting at No 2. Captain Tahlia McGrath has 118 runs while batting at No 3 & has taken 6 wickets with an economy rate of 6.37. Patterson is batting at No 4 & has scored 236 runs with the willow. The inclusion of Madeline Penna in the later stage of WBBL has worked well in favor of Strikers Women. Penna has remained not out on 4 occasions in her 6 innings scoring at an average of 65.
For Strikers Schutt will be the bowler to watch out for as she has 16 wickets at an economy of 6.72. She will team up with Amanda Wellington who has 14 wickets at the lowest economy amongst the Strikers (5.93). Anesu Mushangwe also has 11 wickets for the strikers.
Key Players: Katie Mack, Megan Schutt, Anesu Mushangwe
Adelaide Strikers Predicted Playing XI:
Katie Mack, Laura Wolvaardt, Tahlia McGrath (c), Bridget Patterson (wk), Madeline Penna, Danielle Gibson, Georgia Adams, Amanda-Jade Wellington, Jemma Barsby, Megan Schutt, Anesu Mushangwe.
SS W vs AS W Pitch & Weather Conditions
The weather here will be bright with no chance of rain. The temperature will range between 17 and 22°C. The wind will be flowing from the west at 15-30 kmh. The North Sydney Oval ground is known for lightning-fast pitches which offer bounce & pace. Fast Bowlers relish the chance to exploit these conditions making it difficult for batters to score runs.
Toss to Bat
In 13 T20Is, the results have ended in favor of a team that has chased targets on 8 occasions. However, this season things have drastically changed as the teams batting first have emerged victorious in seven out of eight matches. Thus the team winning the toss should opt to bat first.
Winning Prediction
It will be a do-or-die clash for Sydney Sixers & as Strikers will be in front of them it would be difficult for them to win this clash. They have a balanced lineup as compared to the Sixers & look favorite to win this clash. Perry is the only one amongst the Sixers who had a great record against the Strikers. But she will require support from others as well if winning is on their mind.
We predict Addleaide Syrikers to win this clash against Sydney Sixers Women.
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