Otago Women will lock horns with Wellington Women in the 7th match of the Women’s Super Smash 2023 at the Molyneux Park in Alexandra on December 28. Otago Women has played two matches so far where they have won and lost a match each and are placed fourth in the standing. Wellington Women, on the other hand, have won one of their two games and are at the top of the table.
 
Otago Women squared off against Canterbury Women in their last match where Otago Women won the toss and elected to field. Being put to bat, Canterbury started slow but cautiously and by the end of the 12th over had lost just two wickets. However, they could not capitalise there on and ended up with just 109 runs by the end of the innings. Otago started well but after the fall of the second over, got very slow, and runs dried up. The match got very interesting by the end as Otago managed to secure a win on the very last ball with three wickets to go.
Wellington Women had played against Otago Women in their last encounter where Otago Women won the toss and elected to field. They started decently managing a 29-run opening stand in five overs. They kept on scoring at the same rate but they kept losing wickets at the same rate as well. They finished with 140 runs on the scoreboard at the loss of eight wickets. Otago Women started in a comparatively better manner and were scoring at a better pace. However, once they started losing wickets, their entire middle order packed up and they lost the game by 23 runs.

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The track at the Molyneux Park in Alexandra is quite helpful to batters in nature. With good seam and swing movement off the deck, pacers are expected to do well here. Batters, once settled can look to score big. Teams prefer to chase the total after winning the toss with the average first innings score being 137.