Rules of The Hundred :
– It’s a 100 balls per innings game.
– The fielding side change ends after 10 balls.
– Bowlers deliver either 5 or 10 consecutive balls.Each bowler can bowl a maximum of 20 balls per game.
– A 25-ball powerplay for each team.
Squads –
OVI-W –
Fran Wilson, Georgia Adams, Tash Farrant, Megan Belt, Eva Gray, Marizanne Kapp, Rhianna Southby, Sarah Bryce, Alice Capsey, Jo Gardner, Dane van Niekerk, Mady Villiers, Shabnim Ismail, Danielle Gregory
MNR-W
Kate Cross, Danielle Collins, Mignon du Preez, Harmanpreet Kaur, Alice Dyson, Cordelia Griffith, Hannah Jones, Lizelle Lee, Georgie Boyce, Natalie Brown, Ellie Threlkeld, Alex Hartley, Emma Lamb, Sophie Ecclestone, Laura Jackson
Team News –
OVI-W –
– The Oval Invincibles have 3 overseas signings in form of Dane van Niekerk, Marizanne Kapp and Shabnim Ismail.
– Rachel Haynes who was signed by the Oval Invincibles team has withdrawn herself from the tournament but it did boosted their bowling with the addition of Ismail.
– Team will likely open with Sarah Bryce and Gerogia Adams. Adams is a good attacking player who has ability to play big innings with over 1500 runs. Bryce will be keeping the Wickets.
– Dane van Niekerk will bat at 1 down. Niekerk is among the top all-rounders in world Cricket with over 60 Wickets on her name.
– Fran Wilson and Marizanne Kapp will bat in middle with young Alice Capsey to follow. Wilson and Kapp have very good International experience and can carry the team.
– Alice Capsey is one of the young guns to watch out for both with bat as well as with her medium pace.
– They will look at Marizanne Kapp as their finisher as they don’t have any renowned one other than her.
– Mady Villiers and Dane van Niekerk will be the spin options. Maddy with off spin and Niekerk with her LegBreak. D Gregory can also bowl her Legspin if plays.
– Shabnim Ismail , Marizanne Kapp and Alice Capsey will handle the pace attack.
MNR-W –
– The Manchester Originals have some pretty solid squad to choose from with the international players like Harmanpreet Kaur, Lizelle Lee and Mignon du Preez along with their International team players Sophie Ecclestone and Kate Cross.
– South African Opener Lizelle Lee and Emma Lamb will open the innings. Both are extremely aggressive openers especially Lee. Lamb recently scored a century in the Charlotte Edwards cup.
– Gerogia Boyce will bat at 1 down and Harmanpreet at 4. Harmanpreet the Indian T20 captain is not in a great form but her experience and hitting ability can’t be ignored.
– Mignon Du Preez will bat in middle with Nat Brown and Cordelia Griffith to follow. Except du Preez there are no other quality options with the team in middle.
– Sophie Ecclestone and Alex Hartley will handle the spin section with Harman Kaur to assist them.
– Kate Cross and Emma Lamb will be the lead pacers in the team.
Probable XI –
OVI-W –
Sarah Bryce(wk), Georgia Adams, Dane van Niekerk, Fran Wilson, Alice Capsey, Marizanne Kapp, Shabnim Ismail, Tash Farrant, Grace Gibbs, Mady Villiers, D Gregory/Eva Gray
MNR-W –
Lizelle Lee, Emma Lamb, Georgia Boyce, Harmanpreet Kaur, Mignon du Preez, Cordelia Griffith/E Threlkeld, Natalie Brown, Hannah Emily Jones, Sophie Ecclestone, Kate Cross, Alex Hartley.
Pitch Report –
Kennington Oval, London
The ground has seen two 200+ T20I scores, and 57 per cent of its victories in ODIs have been for the chasing side. The pitch should be ripe for bounce and pace, but don’t write off the potential for spin as the season progresses.
Team Blueprint –
WK –
Lizelle Lee ( Open, RHB + wk, very attacking, Lee has a career T20I strike rate of 110, with a century and 12 fifties)
Emma Threlkeld( 1 down, RHB, 26,12,13 in 3 games in Charlotte Edwards cup 2021, can play , good option)
Sarah Bryce ( Open, RHB + wk, very good Batsman from Scotland, poor recent form, Must have)
R Southby(RHB, wk batsman, more with gloves than bat, not much useful in small leagues)
BAT –
Harmanpreet Kaur ( 2/3 down, RHB + off spin, 68 runs in 3 games in recent t20 series against England, 50+ t20 Wickets but haven’t bowled last series )
M De Preez( 2/3 down, RHB, Talented South African batter, 3781 t20 runs at a good SR of 109, Must )
Georgia Adams ( Open, very good recent form, 410 runs in 29 t20 innings , 50,37,2,77/1w,6, in last 5 games, Must have)
Fran Wilson ( Middle order, experienced with 1356 t20 runs, Must have )
G Boyce( 1 down, 309 t20 runs in 20 innings played, 34,2,55,0,26 in her last 5 t20 games )
Alice Capsey( Middle order + medium pacer, 29, 14/3w, 21,21,7 in last 5 games, Talented allrounder)
ALL –
Emma Lamb( Open, RHB + Medium pacer, going through a golden form, 111/3w, 21/1w, 79/1w, 58/4w, 39 in her last last 5 games, Must have)
Marizanne Kapp( RHB + Medium fast , among top Allrounders in world cricket, 986 runs + 62 Wickets in t20 cricket, Must have)
Dane van Niekerk(1 down, RHB + legspin, 1839 runs + 63 Wickets in t20 cricket, Must have)
Grace Gibbs( Right Arm medium fast, 332 runs + 27 Wickets in t20s)
Nat Brown(Right Arm medium, 10 Wickets in domestic t20 cricket + 132 runs )
BOWL –
S Ecclestone( Left arm orthodox, among top 5 bowlers in world Cricket, Must have, C/VC )
S Ismail( Right Arm Fast, bowls consistently with 120ks, 110 Wickets in 97 t20 innings, will be crusial to bowl those 10 ball overs )
Alex Hartley( left arm orthodox, experienced, 47 Wickets in 49 Innings, can bowl in powerplay)
Tash Farrant(Left arm medium fast, international experience, 11 t20i Wickets in 15 innings )
Kate Cross( Right Arm Fast, great form, recently took 5-for against India, Must have)
Mady Villiers ( Off spinner, 12 Wickets in 13 Innings, can also be handy with bat)
A Dyson( Medium pacer, 4 Wickets in 11 innings bowled )
D Gregory ( Leg spin, 22 Wickets with a SR of 20 in t20s, very good option to save credits )
C/VC Options –
OVI-W –
Marizanne Kapp
Dane van Niekerk
Mady Villiers
MNR-W –
Emma Lamb
Sophie Ecclestone
Harmanpreet Kaur
Lizelle Lee