WB vs OS 2nd Match Prediction

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Wellington Blaze Women

Wellington Blaze is the defending champion in Super Smash for women this year. Wellington finished the league stage last year in the top spot in women's Super Smash. They won all 10 games they played in the league stages of the competition. The top run-scorer for Wellington Blaze women was Amelia Kerr. She scored 326 runs with a strike rate of 115. During her effort in the season, she hit 34 fours. LM Kasperek was another good contributor for Wellington and put together 159 runs at a strike rate of 108.

The top bowler for Wellington women in the competition was JM Kerr. She picked up 17 wickets from 10 games at a fantastic average of 8 and a great economy rate of 4.68. In their last game of this competition, Wellington Blaze was up against the same opposition as this. After winning the toss, Wellington women lost the early wicket of Georgia Plimmer. But then there were some good partnerships after that with Sophie Devine at the helm. Sophie Devine hit a 62-ball 92 in this match with 10 fours and 5 sixes to take the Wellington total to a respectable one.

In her big effort, Sophie Devine was helped first by Amelia Kerr who scored 20 runs, and later by Maddy Green who hit 55 runs from 35 balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes. During their reply, the Otago Sparks women were immediately under pressure with the loss of wickets at regular intervals. None of the Otago batters could score more than 20 runs as the entire team was bowled out for 100 runs from 17.3 overs. The best bowler for Wellington Blaze was Leigh Kasperek who took 3 wickets for 23 runs from her 3 overs. Sophie Devine continued her fine batting performance with a good showing with the ball picking up 2 wickets giving away just 14 runs from 3.3 overs.

Otago Sparks Women

Otago reached the final of the women's Super Smash for 2021-22. On their way to the finals, Otago Sparks defeated Auckland easily by a margin of 29 runs in the Eliminator. Otago Sparks did a good job in the league stages of the competition in the 2021-22 season. They finished the group stage in the 2nd spot. They ended up with 8 wins and 2 losses from their 10 games in the league stages of the competition last year. Last year Suzie Bates was the leading run-getter for Otago Sparks with 501 runs at a strike rate of 115. She hit 54 boundaries in her campaign with 1 six.

KJ Marin was another good contributor to the cause of Otago Sparks. She scored 214 runs with a strike rate of 100. The best bowler for Otago Sparks Women in the 2021-22 season was EJ Carson. She picked up 16 wickets in the competition while bowling at an average of 13 and an excellent economy rate of 5.21. These two teams met in the finals of the competition last year and Wellington women registered a comprehensive 75 runs win to lift the trophy. Wellington Blaze women won the toss and elected to bat first in the final.

The Otago Sparks bowling attack was put under pressure by the Wellington batters such as Sophie Devine and Maddy Green immediately. As Wellington Blaze put on 175 runs on the board for the loss of 4 wickets, almost all the Otago Sparks bowlers went for a lot of runs. The top bowler for Otago was Emma Black. She picked up 2 wickets for 36 runs from her quota of 4 overs. The most economical bowler on the scene for Otago was Kate Ebrahim who gave away the least amount of runs from her 4 overs but she failed to pick up a wicket.