Match Details:
The 5th game of the 5-match T20I series between Austria Women and Germany Women will be played at the Seebarn Cricket Ground in Harmannsdorf.
The match starts at 9:00 AM local time (12:30 PM IST) (7:00 AM GMT).
This game can be streamed live on YouTube channel of European Cricket Network.
Preview:
Germany Women continue to be ruthless over the Austria Women as they cruised to their 4th successive win on the tour. In the 4th T20I on Friday, the opener Christina Gough scored an unbeaten ton while the other opener Janet Ronalds played a key role during an unbeaten partnership for the first wicket exactly opposite to what happened on Thursday in the 2nd T20I. The pair with two unbeaten 190+ partnerships in two days could end up getting a rest from the last T20I at least from opening the innings once again.
Weather Condition/Report:
The 5th T20I between Germany Women and Austria Women could be interrupted by scattered thunderstorms on Saturday.
Pitch Condition/Report:
The Seebarn Cricket Ground pitch has worked according to the strenghts of the teams in this series. Germany Women found it easy post big totals while Austria Women couldn’t even reach 100-run mark at least once in this series.
Average first innings score: 148 (Women’s T20I matches)
Record of chasing teams: Won – 1, Lost – 3
Injury and Availability News:
(Will be added when there is an update)
Probable Playing XIs:
Germany Women:
Janet Ronalds, Christina Gough, Anuradha Doddaballapur (C), Anne Bierwisch, Emma Bargna, Verena Stolle, Milena Beresford, Suzanne McAnanama-Brereton, Antonia Meyenborg, Asmita Kohli, Sharanya Sadarangani (WK).
Bench – Claire Pfalzner-Gibbon, Kainat Qureshi, Lena Skatulla, Karthika Vijayaraghavan.
Austria Women:
Harjivan Bhullar, Büsra UCA, Rezarta Avdylaj, Andrea-Mae Zepeda (C), Anisha Nookala, Priya Sabu, Sylvia Kailath, Harjot Dhaliwal (WK), Valentina Avdylaj, Soujanya Chamundaiah, Jo-An Stiglitz.
Bench – Albulena Avdylaj, Tugce Kazanci, Derya Ortasulak, Ashmaan Saifee, Raphaela Tröbinger, Ayse Atis.
Top Picks:
Anuradha Doddaballapur took a 5-wicket haul on Friday which included a record-breaking effort of picking four wickets in four consecutive balls.
Janet Ronalds has aggregated 200 runs in three innings with a best of an unbeaten 105 which is the highest individual T20I score for Germany Women.
Christina Gough has scored a century and two fifties in the three matches she batted and has an economy rate of 1.33 from nine overs bowled.
Andrea-Mae Zepeda, the Austria skipper, has aggregated 70 runs in four matches while none of her teammates even scored more than 22 runs.
Captain and Vice-Captain Selection:
Captain options – Christina Gough, Anuradha Doddaballapur, Emma Bargna
Vice-Captain options – Asmita Kohli, Andrea-Mae Zepeda, Janet Ronalds
Suggested Playing XI for Head to Head/Small Leagues:
Keeper – Büsra UCA
Batters – Janet Ronalds (VC), Anne Bierwisch, Harjivan Bhullar
All-Rounders – Anuradha Doddaballapur, Christina Gough (C), Andrea-Mae Zepeda
Bowlers – Asmita Kohli, Emma Bargna, Milena Beresford, Rezarta Avdylaj
Suggested Playing XI for Grand Leagues/Mega Leagues:
Keeper – Sharanya Sadarangani
Batters – Janet Ronalds, Anisha Nookala, Harjivan Bhullar
All-Rounders – Anuradha Doddaballapur (C), Christina Gough, Andrea-Mae Zepeda
Bowlers – Emma Bargna (VC), Suzanne McAnanama-Brereton, Rezarta Avdylaj, Asmita Kohli
Expert Advice:
Sharanya Sadarangani could get a promotion as opener like during the 2nd T20I if Germany bowls first on Saturday. They could send her up the order even if they bat first as Austria have failed to get going against the visiting bowlers. Even Karthika Vijayaraghavan will be in line to take the opening role as she didn’t get proper chances in this series thus far.
Probable Winners:
Germany Women are expected to complete a whitewash over the Austria Women on Saturday with yet another big win.
