ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020: Match 7, Group B, England vs Thailand: Dream11 Fantasy Cricket Tips – Playing XI, Pitch Report & Injury Update

Match Details

The 7th match of ICC Women’s T20 World Cup will be played between England Women and Thailand Women at the Manuka Oval in Canberra.

The match starts at 03:00 PM local time (04:00 AM GMT) (09:30 AM IST). This match will be live on Star Sports 1/2. Live Streaming will be available on Hotstar.

Preview for Dream11 Fantasy

The caravan of the 2020 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup rolls on and the 7th game will see a beleaguered English unit when they take on Thailand Women at the Manuka Oval in the Australian capital city of Canberra.

England- the 2018 runners-up- will be looking to get their campaign back on track after they fell to a humbling defeat at the hands of South Africa Women. The English never really had enough runs on the board as none of their batters barring Nat Sciver [50] and Amy Jones [23] could post any substantial score.

One of the things that will be worth watching is if Tammy Beaumont is persisted lower down the order or whether she gets a promotion at the top of the order as England aims to find solutions to their top-order woes.

Thailand Women, on the other hand, will look at it as another opportunity to showcase their precocious skills at the World stage. They lost their opening game to the West Indies by seven wickets but that has done little to dampen their spirits. Whether they manage to get past the 100-run mark; something their skipper had wished for after the last match? We’ll wait and see.

Weather Condition/Report

It is expected to be an overcast day in Canberra on Wednesday. According to the weather report, while the temperature is set to hover between 18-27 degrees Celsius, the humidity is set to be around 45%. Chances of rain- 20℅

Pitch Condition/Report

In the three games played recently, the pitch offered a great balance between the bat and ball with the highest score being 156 by England against Australia. At the same time, it has had something in it to keep the bowlers- especially the spinners- interested.

Average first innings score: 135 [In the last 3 T20Is played at the venue]

Record of chasing teams: Won – 2, Lost – 0, Tied- 1

Injury and Availability News

Will be updated if there are any changes

Probable Playing XIs

England 

Amy Ellen Jones (wk), Danielle Wyatt, Natalie Sciver, Heather Knight (C), Tammy Beaumont, Lauren Winfield, Fran Wilson, Katherine Brunt, Anya Shrubsole, Sophie Ecclestone, Sarah Glenn

Bench: Georgia Elwiss, Mady Villiers, Kate Cross, Freya Davis

Thailand Women:

Nattakan Chantam, Naruemol Chaiwai, Nattaya Boochatham, Nannapat Koncharoenkai (WK), Sornnarin Tippoch (C), Ratanaporn Padunglerd, Chanida Sutthiruang, Suleeporn Laomi, Soraya Lateh, Onnicha Kamchomphu, Wongpaka Liengprasert.

Bench – Rosenan Kanoh, Phannita Maya, Thipatcha Puttawong, Suwanan Khiaoto

Top Picks

England Women- England will hope that the likes of Dani Wyatt [470 runs], Amy Jones [421]- since the start of January 2019, get back in some form after lackluster performances in the tri-series and in the first game against South Africa.

Skipper Heather Knight has been in brilliant form in the past few months and she’ll be looking to shrug off the blip of the last game while Nat Sciver, who scored a half-century in the last game will be hoping for an encore.

As far as bowling is concerned, Sophie Ecclestone [2-19] and Anya Shrubsole [1-26] were the pick of the bowlers in the last game.

Thailand Women– Nannapat Koncharoenkai [33 off 48 balls] and Naruemol Chaiwai [13 off 25 balls] were the only ones who could manage double-digit scores in the last game.

Nattaya Boochatham [0-9 in 3.4 overs] was brilliant with the new ball in the last game and with England openers struggling for runs, she could turn out to be the spearhead of the Thai bowling attack.

Captain and Vice-Captain Selection

Captain – Sophie Ecclestone, Heather Knight, Nat Sciver, Nannapat Koncharoenkai

Vice-Captain –  Amy Jones, Naruemol Chaiwai, Danielle Wyatt

Suggested Playing XI No.1 for Fantasy Cricket:

Keeper – Amy Jones, Nannapat Koncharoenkai

Batters – Heather Knight (VC), Danielle Wyatt, Naruemol Chaiwai

All-Rounders- Katherine Brunt, Natalie Sciver (C), Nattaya Boochatham

Bowlers-  Sophie Ecclestone, Anya Shrubsole, Ratanaporn Padunglerd

Suggested Playing XI No.2 for Fantasy Cricket:

Keeper – Amy Jones

Batters – Heather Knight, Danielle Wyatt (VC), Naruemol Chaiwai, Nattakan Chantam

All-Rounders- Katherine Brunt, Natalie Sciver, Sornnarin Tippoch

Bowlers-  Sophie Ecclestone (C), Sarah Glenn, Suleeporn Laomi

Expert Advice

Sophie Ecclestone has been in brilliant form in the past few months and courtesy her accurate line-and-length, she could turn out to be the wrecker-in-chief against the inexperienced Thai batting.

Heather Knight has racked up scores of 78 and 67 at the Manuka Oval in Canberra in the T20I tri-series. She can be another great option.

Danielle Wyatt has been in indifferent form since the T20I tri-series. But she is too good a player to miss out consistently. Hence, opting for her in your fantasy team is worth a punt.

Probable Winners

England Women is expected to come out as the winners.

Disclaimer: This team is based on the understanding, analysis and instinct of the author. While selecting your team, consider the points mentioned and make your own decision.