October 13 on the T20 World Cup: Harm issues for Australia forward of blockbuster recreation vs India

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October 13 on the T20 World Cup: Harm issues for Australia forward of blockbuster recreation vs India

England vs Scotland

Sharjah, 2pm native time

England squad: Heather Knight (capt), Lauren Bell, Maia Bouchier, Alice Capsey, Charlie Dean, Sophia Dunkley, Sophie Ecclestone, Danielle Gibson, Sarah Glenn, Bess Heath, Amy Jones (wk), Freya Kemp, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Linsey Smith, Danni Wyatt

Scotland squad: Kathryn Bryce (capt), Chloe Abel, Abbi Aitken-Drummond, Olivia Bell, Sarah Bryce (wk), Darcey Carter, Priyanaz Chatterji, Katherine Fraser, Saskia Horley, Lorna Jack, Ailsa Lister, Abtaha Maqsood, Megan McColl, Hannah Rainey, Rachel Slater

Match kind information: England have received each matches they’ve performed to this point – towards Bangladesh and South Africa – whereas Scotland are coming into the match having misplaced all three of their video games.

Information temporary: These groups will probably be dealing with one another for the primary time in T20Is. England are coming into this match after a niche of 5 days, having final performed towards South Africa on Monday.

Scotland are out of the semi-final race. The Group B desk has three groups – England, West Indies and South Africa – nonetheless in rivalry for the semi-final, with England having the bottom internet run charge amongst them. England will probably be seeking to enhance their NRR with a giant win.

“There was a bit little bit of sickness at one level however I feel hopefully everybody will probably be out there,” England captain Heather Knight stated of participant availability forward of the match.

Participant to observe: Danni Wyatt-Hodge has been stable at high of the order for England. Chasing a tough goal of 125 on a sluggish Sharjah pitch, with left-arm spinners bowling from each ends, she dropped anchor after the early lack of Maia Bouchier and stitched a 64-run stand with Nat Sciver-Brunt. She completed with 43 in as many balls, which adopted her Participant-of-the-Match efficiency of 41 towards Bangladesh.

Australia vs India

Sharjah, 6pm native time

Australia squad: Alyssa Healy (capt & wk), Darcie Brown, Ashleigh Gardner, Kim Garth, Grace Harris, Alana King, Phoebe Litchfield, Tahlia McGrath, Sophie Molineux, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Tayla Vlaeminck, Georgia Wareham

India squad: Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), Smriti Mandhana (vice-capt), Yastika Bhatia (wk), Shafali Verma, Deepti Sharma, Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Pooja Vastrakar, Arundhati Reddy, Renuka Singh, D Hemalatha, Asha Sobhana, Radha Yadav, Shreyanka Patil, S Sajana

Match kind information: Australia have three wins in three matches and are coming into this contest having comprehensively crushed Pakistan. With that win, in addition they all however sealed a semi-final spot because of their internet run charge of two.786. India have two wins in three video games. Of their earlier match, they posted the best complete of the match to this point – 172 for 3 – and in return bundled Sri Lanka out for 90 to submit their largest win by runs on the T20 World Cup.

Information temporary: Australia have main harm issues heading into the essential conflict. Simply 4 balls into the match towards Pakistan, Tayla Vlaeminck was out with a proper shoulder dislocation. To make issues worse, captain Alyssa Healy suffered “an acute proper foot harm” whereas batting on 37 as she hobbled off the sector with Australia needing 14 runs to win. Each gamers went for scans on Saturday.

India captain Harmanpreet Kaur, who had harm her neck within the match towards Pakistan, turned up with a pain-relief patch on the suitable aspect of her neck throughout the Sri Lanka match. She additionally did not take the sector throughout the chase. Quick bowler Pooja Vastrakar bowled full-tilt earlier than the Sri Lanka recreation however did not play.

India will desire a large win towards Australia. In the event that they win by greater than 61 runs, they are going to transfer forward of Australia, thereby mechanically qualifying for the semi-final. In a case the place India win by fewer than 60 runs, they are going to hope New Zealand win by a really small margin towards Pakistan on Monday. As an example, if India make 150 towards Australia and win by precisely 10 runs, New Zealand must beat Pakistan by 28 runs defending 150 to go forward of India’s NRR. If India lose to Australia by greater than 17 runs whereas chasing a goal of 151, then New Zealand’s NRR will probably be forward of India, even when Pakistan beat New Zealand by simply 1 run whereas defending 150.

General, India have received simply eight out of 34 T20Is they’ve performed towards Australia. Two of these wins got here within the group-stage video games of earlier T20 World Cups, in 2018 and 2020.

Gamers to observe: Two of their greatest batters discovering their kind bodes properly for India heading into the large recreation. Harmanpreet and Mandhana’s collaborative effort towards Pakistan boosted India’s NRR with the semi-final race heating up. Mandhana, after a cautious begin to her innings, modified gears and took on Sri Lanka’s spinners to make 50 off 38 balls. Harmanpreet, persevering with from the place she’d left towards Pakistan, performed a traditional, hitting eight fours and a six on her technique to a 27-ball 52. It was simply what India wanted to reinvigorate their T20 World Cup marketing campaign.

Sruthi Ravindranath is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo