England women cricket team laid down the gauntlet with a 3-0 win in the T20I series against South Africa. Heather Knight-led side will want to win the game and keep their hopes of the series alive and square the series at 1-1. Most of the England players have a lot of experience and have amazing talents with the bat and ball.
Heather Knight will hope to do well as she knows that the home team are very dangerous. If England wins the game the series will become very interesting as both sides are very similar in terms of skill sets with the bat and ball.
Here is the likely England Women Playing XI vs South Africa Women
Top order – Sophie Dunkley, Tammie Beaumont
Openers Sophie Dunkley and Tammie Beaumont have loads of experience at the top of the order. Both batters have a good amount of experience with Dunkley having played 34 games and Beaumont having played 122 games. When both of them fire the best of bowlers can find it difficult to contain them.
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Middle Order – Heather Knight, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Dani Wyatt
England skipper Heather Knight will lead the charge as far as the batting is concerned. Knight scored 40 in the last game and looks to fire in the next game. It was a game to forget for Brunt and Wyatt as they scored 0 and 11. Both have loads of experience and will look to fire in the next match.
Lower-order – Amy Jones, Alice Capsey, Charlie Dean
One of the biggest talking points from the last game was the decent contributions with the bat by England’s lower order. Amy Jones scored 21 while Charlie Dean led the batting charts with 47 runs from 57 balls. Charlie Dean will also have to do well with the ball in the next match to help their side win.
Tail enders – Sophie Ecclestone, Lauren Bell, Lauren Filer
South African batters will be wary of the threat that English bowlers bring to the table with the new ball. Lauren Bell and Filer picked a wicket each while Sophie Ecclestone went wicketless in the last match.
England XI vs South Africa
Sophie Dunkley, Tammie Beaumont, Heather Knight, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Dani Wyatt, Amy Jones, Alice Capsey, Charlie Dean, Sophie Ecclestone, Lauren Bell, Lauren Filer.
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