England vs New Zealand Women T20 World Cup Predictions - England to send defending champions packing with big win

Simon Lewis

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England have won three matches by 38-runs-plus and the other match by four wickets.
New Zealand’s two wins were close affairs so their confidence will not be high.
England will want to maintain their match intensity as they look toward the semi-finals and a probable match-up with South Africa or India.

Danni Wyatt-Hodge top-scored with 65 against the West Indies at Lord's (Getty Images).

England vs New Zealand Women Predictions

England have qualified for the semi-finals but New Zealand have struggled in this World Cup and need a big win over England to have any hope of defending their title. With New Zealand likely to go flat out at the opposition it could open up cracks for England to exploit,

England vs New Zealand Women Predictions
Head-to-Head
England Women Form
New Zealand Women Form
Team news

England Women’s Danni Wyatt-Hodge hit 105*, 16 & 65 in her 4 World Cup knocks.
England Women’s Heather Knight has scored 26, 25 & 43 in her last 3 knocks.
England Women’s Sophie Ecclestone has taken 2/27, 3/22, 2/23 & 1/22 in 4 matches.
New Zealand Women’s Brooke Halliday has scored 21, 40, 34 & 41* in 5 innings.
New Zealand Women’s Sophie Devine has scored 28, 22 & 45 in her last 4 matches.
New Zealand Women’s Melie Kerr has taken 2/23 & 3/17 in her last 2 matches.

Head-to-Head

England Women have won four and lost one of their last five T20Is against New Zealand Women. The two teams have played 43 times over the years, with England winning 34 matches to New Zealand’s nine wins.

England Women Form

England are riding the crest of a wave after winning all four of their matches in the World Cup to date, beating a strong West Indies side by 38 runs in their last match.

Danni Wyatt-Hodge top-scored with 65 off 42 balls, hitting eight fours. She was well supported by Alice Capsey (28 off 23) and Heather Knight (43 off 26) as England posted a competitive score of 186/7 off their 20 overs.

Charlie Dean starred with the ball for England, taking 2/31 on the back of figures of 2/16, 2/18, 2/11 and 1/38 in her previous four matches. Lauren Bell (1/20), Linsey Smith (1/35) and Sophie Ecclestone (1/22) played their part in restricting the West Indies to just 148/5 off their 20 overs.

New Zealand Women Form

New Zealand’s defence of their title started terribly as they lost to the West Indies and then Sri Lanka before beating low-ranked Ireland and Scotland.

Melie Kerr (3/17) and Sophie Devine (2/19) put in a great shift with the ball to restrict Scotland to just 131/7 off their 20 overs. Kerr took 2/23 in the previous match against Ireland.

Brooke Halliday scored 41* off 38 balls in support of top-scorer Izzy Sharp (62 off 43) in a 4th-wicket stand of 101 that took New Zealand to a six-wicket win with 10 balls to spare.

Team news

Nat Sciver-Brunt isn’t available for England yet as she is still recovering from her injury. New Zealand should field the same side that beat Scotland.

England Women (possible XI): Amy Jones, Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Sophia Dunkley, Alice Capsey, Heather Knight, Freya Kemp, Dani Gibson, Charlie Dean (c), Sophie Ecclestone, Linsey Smith, Lauren Bell.

New Zealand Women (possible XI): Melie Kerr (c), Izzy Gaze, Izzy Sharp, Sophie Devine, Brooke Halliday, Maddy Green, Suzie Bates, Jess Kerr, Nensi Patel, Lea Tahuhu, Bree Illing.

Verdict

England v New Zealand Women

England Women are tipped to win at odds of 1.25, with Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Sophie Ecclestone, Brooke Halliday and Melie Kerr backed to star with bat and ball.