OS vs CH 25th Match Prediction

OS vs CH Team Previews

Otago Sparks Women

The Otago Sparks team is currently positioned in the 4th position in the points table for Women's Super Smash. They have 3 wins and 3 losses to their credit from the 7 games they have played in the league. Otago Sparks has 14 points in their kitty at the moment. The top run-getter for Otago Sparks women is Suzie Bates. She has amassed 293 runs at a strike rate of 128. She has hit 27 boundaries and 5 sixes in the process. The next successful batter on the list is Kate Ebrahim who has scored 190 runs in the competition at a strike rate of 104.

The top bowler for Otago Sparks women in the competition has been Raymond Toole. She has picked up 11 wickets in the competition while bowling at an average of 21 and an economy rate of 10.64. Otago women played their last game in the competition against Central Districts. They won the match with a margin of 4 wickets and with 8 balls remaining. Batting first, the Central Districts women scored 130 runs from their quota of 20 overs for the loss of 9 wickets. This total was possible thanks mainly to the efforts of Natalie Dodd at the top of the order.

The best bowler for Otago Sparks women in the match was Emma Black who picked up 4 wickets for 15 runs from her 4 overs. She was aided in her efforts by Eden Carson with 2 wickets and Hayley Jensen with one. But Emma Black was the pick of the bowlers by a long way. Otago women made a good start to their campaign with their openers doing a great job at the top of the order. Olivia Gain in particular was superb with a 43-run effort from 34 balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes. Bella James and Kate Ebrahim also contributed to the team score.

Central Hinds Women

The Central Hinds women's team is positioned in the 6th slot in the points table of the Women's Super Smash for the 2022-23 season. They have had to endure 8 losses from their 8 matches in the competition. The top run-getter for Central Hinds has been Natalie Dodd with 213 runs from 8 games at a strike rate of 107. She has hit 23 fours and one six in the process. Another women's batter that is doing well is Georgia Atkinson with 113 runs at a strike rate of 92. The top bowler for Central Hinds has been Hannah Rowe.

Hannah Rowe has so far collected 8 scalps in the competition while bowling at an average of 14 and an economy rate of 5.89. The Central Districts women played their last match in the tournament against Canterbury women. They lost this game also by a margin of 25 runs as the Duckworth and Lewis system had to be brought into the picture due to rain interruptions. Batting first the Canterbury women put a score of 156 runs on the board for the loss of 4 wickets. The Central Districts' women were 11 for 4 in 18 overs when a revised target of 137 runs was set due to rain interruption.

During the Central districts inning it was again Natalie Dodd who fought a lone battle for her team scoring another 50 from 50 balls with 4 boundaries. She was aided a bit in her efforts by Kerry Anne Tomlinson who scored 31 runs from 28 balls and Mikaela Greig who scored 20 runs from 19 balls. But these efforts were not sufficient for the Central districts team to get across the line in their chase. During the Canterbury innings the pick of the bowlers for the Central Districts team was Jess Watkin who picked up a couple of scalps for 37 runs.