Headingley, Leeds – Pitch Report

Average First Innings Score at Leeds in Women's Hundred: 135

Batting First vs Batting Second at Leeds in Women's Hundred: Win Bat 1st - 57%, Win Bat 2nd - 43%

NOS-BPH Players in the top 10 leading run-scorers list at the venue in WT20s and WT100: Alice Davidson Richards(4), Jemimah Rodrigues(5), Bess Heath(7), Holly Armitage(8), Eve Jones(10)

NOS-BPH Players in the top 10 leading wicket-takers list at the venue in WT20s and WT100: Alice Davidson Richards(1), Linsey Smith(3), Kate Cross(7), Sophie Devine(10)

Ground Dimensions: The venue has long straight boundaries (65m) and square boundaries (72m, 66m). ThirdMan-DeepMidWicket (71m, 77m) and FineLeg-DeepCover (70m, 72m). (For visuals, visit Wikipedia - Headingley boundary sizes)

Pitch Report: The surface at Headingley is generally known to be a belter of a wicket and very suitable for run scoring. The team that wins the toss will ideally bat first, post a big score on board and look to defend it because of the 57% success rate in the Women's Hundred so far. In the Men's games, the number rises to over 65%.

Predicted Playing XI - Northern Superchargers (NOS-W) vs Birmingham Phoenix (BPH-W), Women's Hundred 2023

Northern Superchargers Women: Lizelle Lee, Bryony Smith, Nat Sciver, Harmanpreet Kaur, Naomi Dattani, Nat Wraith(wk), Katherine Brunt, Fran Wilson/Joanna Gardner, Alana King, Kirstie Gordon, Grace Potts, Alexa Stonehouse

Southern Brave Women: Smriti Mandhana, Danni Wyatt, Georgia Adams, Maia Bouchier, Chloe Tryon, Freya Kemp, Seren Smale(wk), Anya Shrubsole©, Lauren Bell, Danielle Gregory, Maitland Brown

Northern Superchargers (NOS-W) vs Birmingham Phoenix (BPH-W), Women's Hundred 2023 – Stat Box

TRENT ROCKETS

Numbers of Trent Rockets players in Women's Hundred

Lizelle Lee: Inns - 13, Runs - 384, Avg/SR - 35/131, 50s - 2

Fran Wilson: Inns - 15, Runs - 157, Avg/SR - 11/94

Nat Sciver: Inns - 13, Runs - 448, Avg/SR - 45/129, 50s - 3, Wickets - 9

Katherine Brunt: Inns - 14, Runs - 150, Avg/SR - 14/87, Wickets - 9, Bowl Avg/Eco - 30/6.5

Naomi Dattani: Inns - 4, Runs - 151, Avg/SR - 15/93, Wickets - 2

Harmanpreet Kaur: Inns - 3, Runs - 104, Avg/SR - 52/109

Kirstie Gordon: Inns - 15, Wickets - 17, Bowl Avg/Eco - 19/7.7

Bryony Smith: Inns - 15, Runs - 255, Avg/SR - 17/113, Wickets - 13, Bowl Avg/Eco - 24/7.8

Numbers of Trent Rockets players in the Charlotte Edwards 2023

Fran Wilson: Inns - 7, Runs - 186, Avg/SR - 31/121

Nat Sciver: Inns - 4, Runs - 194, Avg/SR - 65/175, 50s - 2, Wickets - 6

Naomi Dattani: Inns - 7, Runs - 81, Avg/SR - 20/93, Wickets - 5

Joanne Gardner: Inns - 6, Runs - 92, Avg/SR - 18/108, Wickets - 2

Bryony Smith: Inns - 7, Runs - 256, Avg/SR - 36/155, 50s - 2, Wickets - 5

Grace Potts: Inns - 3, Wickets - 4, Bowl Avg/Eco - 13.7/5.5

SOUTHERN BRAVE

Numbers of Southern Brave players in Women's Hundred

Georgia Adams: Inns - 15, Runs - 233, Avg/SR - 18/117, Wickets - 9, Bowl Avg/Eco - 17/6.4

Maia Bouchier: Inns - 14, Runs - 180, Avg/SR - 22/124

Smriti Mandhana: Inns - 15, Runs - 378, Avg/SR - 29/143, 50s - 3

Danni Wyatt: Inns - 17, Runs - 385, Avg/SR - 26/132, 50s - 3, Wickets - 3

Chloe Tryon: Inns - 3, Runs - 41, Avg/SR - 7/7, Wickets - 0

Anya Shrubsole: Inns - 17, Wickets - 15, Bowl/Eco - 20/6

Lauren Bell: Inns - 17, Wickets - 23, Bowl Avg/Eco - 16/6.9

Freya Kemp: Inns - 7, Runs - 75, Avg/SR - 15/125, Wickets - 1

Numbers of Southern Brave players in Charlotte Edwards T20 2023

Georgia Adams: Inns - 9, Runs - 249, Avg/SR - 49.8/125, Wickets - 10, Bowl Avg/Eco - 21.6/6.7

Maia Bouchier: Inns - 6, Runs - 196, Avg/SR - 33/139, 50s - 1

Chloe Tryon: Inns - 7, Runs - 95, Avg/SR - 19/138, Wickets - 8, Bowl Avg/Eco - 24/7.3

Danni Wyatt: Inns - 6, Runs - 273, Avg/SR - 45/150, 50s - 3

Anya Shrubsole: Inns - 8, Wickets - 15, Bowl Avg/Eco - 11.4/6

Lauren Bell: Inns - 3, Wickets - 6, Bowl Avg/Eco - 13.5/6.7

Fantasy Notes - Northern Superchargers (NOS-W) vs Birmingham Phoenix (BPH-W), Women's Hundred 2023

Points to consider

  • Base Team picks: Danni Wyatt, Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Nat Sciver, Georgia Adams, Lauren Bell, Alana King, Anya Shrubsole
  • The decision in the WK section is the lowest priority because their batting is not guaranteed. Among the three, Seren Smale and Nat Wraith are more likely to play and both are attacking batters, who will play in the lower middle order in this tournament.
  • Bryony  Smith, who is selected in just 32% of the teams was the second-highest run scorer in the Charlotte Edwards Cup 2023 and is also a decent off-spin allrounder. She was also promoted to bat in the top order in a few matches last season. We will back her as a differential pick.
  • Maia Bouchier (9.2%) is another low-selected pick but from the Southern Braves. She had a good domestic season with the bat and can play impactful innings from the middle order.
  • The experienced Southern Braves captain Anya Shrubsole was the top wickettaker in the Charlotte Edwards Cup 2023 and she is also the death overs bowler in the team.
  • Kirstie Gordon is selected in only 12% of the teams and she has been a good performer in this competition as a left-arm orthodox spinner. She will have an important role to play alongside Alana King in a Day game and if the pitch is dry, they will be no brainer picks especially if the Rockets are bowling second.

Fantasy XI - Northern Superchargers (NOS-W) vs Birmingham Phoenix (BPH-W), Women's Hundred 2023

WK: Rhianna Southby

BAT: Danni Wyatt, Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana, Bryony Smith

AR: Nat Sciver, Katherine Brunt, Georgia Adams

BOWL: Alana King, Kirstie Gordon, Anya Shrubsole

C/VC: Nat Sciver, Bryony Smith

Differentials: Maitland Brown (11.2%), Maia Bouchier - bat 1st (9%), Chloe Tryon

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Stats Credit: Cricinfo, Cricmetric

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