New Zealand Women vs South Africa Women Match Prediction, 1st T20
New Zealand and South Africa step up their ICC Women’s T20 World Cup preparations when they start this five-game WT20i series. The series starts at the Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui – before the men take on India at the same venue on February 2. The women’s match is scheduled to start at 16:00 local time.
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Toss Prediction
South Africa Women twice won the toss and fielded first in the WODI series. New Zealand may wish to chase this time.
Weather Report
Mount Maunganui will be windy, but there will otherwise be sunny, clear conditions for much of the day.
Pitch Condition
The Mount Maunganui wicket is a well-balanced one, serving up a good contest between bat and ball – though wind does play its part at the Bay Oval too.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds and match prediction for New Zealand vs South Africa (1st WT20i).
NZ Women Team News & Playing 11
NZW Team News
Lea Tahuhu is back in the squad after skipping the WODI series to be with wife Amy Satterthwaite as their first child was born. She is the only change from the WODI squad, with Bernadine Bezuidenhout making way.
NZW Key Players
Sophie Devine: The captain and all-rounder was in supreme form in the WBBL and again at the Women’s Super Smash and she will be keen to continue that world-leading T20 form.
Suzie Bates: Ranked as the number-one WT20i batsman in world cricket, the experienced opener comes into this series on the back of two half-centuries and 142 runs in total in the WODI series.
Leigh Kasperek: The Scottish-born off-spinner is the top-ranked New Zealand bowler in the world rankings, having taken 58 wickets in 34 T20 internationals with an economy rate of 6.17 runs per over.
NZW Team Form
New Zealand have not played any T20i cricket since their 3-0 series win against India last year. The final game of that series saw Sophie Devine hit 72 in a total of 161/7, before she claimed 2-21 as New Zealand sealed a thrilling two-run win.
NZ Women Predicted Playing 11
Sophie Devine (c), Suzie Bates, Rachel Priest, Maddy Green, Katey Martin (wk), Anna Peterson, Leigh Kasperek, Lea Tahuhu, Amelia Kerr, Hayley Jensen, Rosemary Mair
SA Women Team News & Playing 11
SAW Team News
Dane van Niekerk and Chloe Tryon have returned to the South Africa squad for this series, having been out injured when they toured India. Tazmin Brits is one of the more notable absentees from that squad.
SAW Key Players
Mignon du Preez: In good T20 form in the past 12 months, the batsman hit a half-century against India in between good form in both the KSL and WBBL.
Lizelle Lee: The big-hitting opener hit 99, 38 and 20 in the WODI series, while she signed off from her most recent T20 outing – the WBBL – with two half-centuries in her last four games. She hit 84 from 47 balls in South Africa’s most recent WT20i.
Marizanne Kapp: Showed good batting form to go with her excellent bowling in the Women’s Big Bash League, while she took 4-29 in the second WODI to help South Africa to victory.
SAW Team Form
South Africa lost heavily to India in their most recent WT20i series, but did hit back to win the final game by 105 runs. Lizelle Lee (84) and Sune Luus (62) set the tone with a 144-run opening partnership as South Africa posted 175/3, and they bowled India out for just 70 in reply – Nadine de Klerk taking 3-18.
SA Women Predicted Playing 11
Lizelle Lee (wk), Sune Luus, Mignon du Preez, Laura Wolvaardt, Nadine de Klerk, Dane van Niekerk (c), Marizanne Kapp, Chloe Tryon, Shabnim Ismail, Masabata Klaas, Ayabonga Khaka
NZ Women vs SA Women Head to Head
New Zealand have a dominant record in this fixture, winning six of their seven previous WT20i meetings. That includes winning both games in 2018 when they met in a Tri-Nation Series in England – Suzie Bates and Sophie Devine sharing opening partnerships of 182 and 130 to set New Zealand on their way to two comfortable wins.
| Matches Played |
NZW Won |
SAW Won |
Tie |
No Result |
| 7 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
NZ Women vs SA Women Betting Odds
New Zealand Women have the better record in this fixture and are favourites to win, but South Africa should take confidence from their WODI success.
NNZW Bet365 Odds
- NNZW to Win the Match: New Zealand Women are 1.80 favourites to beat South Africa Women with Bet365.
- NNZW Top Batsman: Sophie Devine is in supreme form in T20 cricket and she is 2.75 to be New Zealand’s top team batsman. Suzie Bates is 3.40 with Bet365, meanwhile, and remains the top ranked WT20i batsman in world cricket. Rachel Priest is 4.50 and Maddy Green is 5.50.
- NNZW Top Bowler: Leigh Kasperek is 3.75 favourite to be New Zealand’s top team bowler, while Amelia Kerr is 4.50, as is Lea Tahuhu. Hayley Jensen is 5.00, meanwhile, and in-form Devine can be backed at 5.00.
SAW Bet365 Odds
- SAW to Win the Match: South Africa Women are 2.00 outsiders to beat New Zealand Women with Bet365
- SAW Top Batsman: Lizelle Lee is 3.00 favourite to be South Africa’s top team batsman with Bet365, while Dane van Niekerk is 3.75 and Sune Luus and Mignon du Preez can both be backed at 4.50. Marizanne Kapp has showed her own batting form in the WBBL recently, meanwhile, and she is 5.00.
- SAW Top Bowler: Shabnim Ismail is 3.25 to be South Africa’s top team bowler with Bet365, while Kapp is 6.00, as is Luus. In between, Nadine de Klerk and Ayabonga Khaka can both be backed at 5.00.
🏆 NZ Women vs SA Women Prediction
New Zealand are dominant in this fixture and have a good WT20i record, but South Africa are at full strength and showed what they are capable of with their WODI series win and with that momentum behind them, they could cause an upset first up.
Feb 02, 2020
08:30 IST / 3:00 GMT
Bay Oval - Mount Maunganui, New Zealand
NZW vs SAW T20 
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