Manchester Originals Women vs. Oval Invincibles Women Prediction: Invincibles are struggling with bat

Manchester Originals Women are taking on Oval Invincibles Women in Match 18 of The Hundred Women at Emirates Old Trafford, Manchester, United Kingdom. Invincibles are having issues with their batting. Who will win this cricket-crazy game of talent?

After the Originals Women were skittled for as low as 92 in their previous match, against Northern Superchargers, they backed up once more and chased down 140 on another day, Laura Wolvaardt and Evelyn Jones having the experience of the view from the top. Beth Mooney is the mainstay of Manchester's batting unit, but currently, she has not been able to contribute much. Though in the recent victories, the middle order has shown a lot of potential through the likes of Evelyn Jones and Kathryn Bryce, sometimes the captain is required to produce some quick runs from the lower order, i.e., Sophie Ecclestone. Laura Wolvaardt, the opening batter, will once again hold the key when it comes to setting a platform for other batters to follow. Whereas the Invincibles have a line-up that comprises innumerable experienced and star players, the Originals don't boast of any such experience in their batting line-up, and with the ball, they have relied hugely on Lauren Filer and Sophie Ecclestone to be the wicket-takers. Nothing much has come out of the others as Originals haven't been able to dominate the opponents with the ball in the tournament so far.

Beth Mooney, Laura Wolvaardt, Emma Lamb, Kathryn Bryce, Evelyn Jones, Fritha Morris, Sophie Ecclestone-c, Kim Garth, Eleanor Threlkeld-wk, Alice Monaghan, Lauren Filer

The Oval Invincibles will seek to take the game against Southern Brave Women as a bounce back game after ending the last game on their knees in a tie to the total of 114 runs. Even though they were well-placed at 3 wickets down for 63 runs in 48 balls, they could not go through with just 4 runs required off the last 5 balls. Moving forward, it will be imperative that players of Chamari Athapaththu and Alice Capsey's stature come good at the beginning of things.

The team has been under the pressure of their skipper Lauren Winfield-Hill, going through a lean patch at the top of the batting order with scores of 3, 0, and 0, respectively, in her last three innings. Naturally, pressure has always been on Capsey and Kapp to keep performing in the middle order. What a good start and well-worked partnerships will do is set up a solid foundation for lower-order batsmen like Scholfield and Villiers to finish strongly.

The promising form on the bowling front is from the Oval Invincibles, with Marizanne Kapp, Amanda Jade-Wellington, and Sophia Smale being the catalytic bowlers. These bowlers will be key to their success in upcoming matches.

Lauren Winfield-Hill (c & wk), Chamari Athapaththu, Alice Capsey, Marizanne Kapp, Paige Scholfield, Mady Villiers, Amanda-Jade Wellington, Joanne Gardner, Ryana Macdonald Gay, Sophia Smale, Rachel Slater

We give the visitors an edge over the home team, and they look stronger in this fixture too, mainly going by the bowling attack of both the sides. So, The Oval Invincibles Women will be expected to win this game of ours with a great bowling performance and throughout middle order in the batting.