Big Picture: A sellout at Newlands
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In the highlight: Australia’s batting vs South Africa’s bowling
Don’t overlook the house crowd. An extra 3,000 tickets have been made accessible for the higher tiers at Newlands on Saturday morning and so they had all been snapped up by mid-afternoon. Australia know what it is prefer to play with a packed home behind them and now that the South African aspect can anticipate the identical, there is no telling what that would do.
Team news: Jonassen over King for Australia?
While it was tempo duo Ismail and Khaka who did the injury within the semi-closing, they’ve a high-class spinner in Mlaba of their midst too. South Africa performed their finest XI towards England and are unlikely to vary that successful components for the ultimate.
South Africa (potential): 1 Tazmin Brits, 2 Laura Wolvaardt, 3 Marizanne Kapp, 4 Suné Luus (capt), 5 Chloe Tryon, 6 Anneke Bosch, 7 Nadine de Klerk, 8 Sinalo Jafta (wk), 9 Shabnim Ismail, 10 Ayabonga Khaka, 11 Nonkululeko Mlaba
Australia have all gamers accessible for choice heading into the ultimate. They changed legspinner Alana King with left-arm spinner Jonassen for the semi-closing towards India and Jonassen’s bowling on the loss of life was a key consider Australia’s 5-run victory so it might be no shock to see her retain her place.
Australia (potential): 1 Alyssa Healy (wk), 2 Beth Mooney, 3 Meg Lanning (capt), 4 Ashleigh Gardner, 5 Ellyse Perry, 6 Tahlia McGrath, 7 Grace Harris, 8 Georgia Wareham, 9 Jess Jonassen, 10 Megan Schutt, 11 Darcie Brown
Pitch and situations
The match will likely be performed on the identical Newlands pitch that staged each semi-finals the place tempo performed an element, notably early in England’s chase as Ismail unleashed her thunderbolts. But by the next day it was wanting pretty brown with some cracks showing beneath a baking solar and with a drying wind about. Another sunny day is forecast with temperatures of 26 levels Celsius anticipated. Almost bang within the centre of the bottom, the on- and off-aspect boundaries are just about equidistant.
Stats and trivia
- Australia have received all six of the T20Is between these sides and 14 of 15 ODIs. The solely time South Africa averted defeat was in a tied recreation in 2016.
- Brits and Wolvaardt have shared 299 partnership runs between them thus far. Only Healy and Mooney (352 runs in 2020) have added more runs together in an version of the Women’s T20 World Cup.
- Healy has 5 fifties in her final 10 innings on the Women’s T20 World Cup, the place she has scored 407 runs at a median of 45.22 and a strike fee of 138.43.
Quotes
“We know we’re probably not going to be the team that everyone’s cheering for but that’s fine, you know it’s going to be an incredible atmosphere and an incredible game at an amazing venue – so we’re pumped, we can’t wait to get out here and play and no doubt it’s going to be a great contest.”
Australia captain Meg Lanning is able to not really feel at dwelling.
“That is just it, my friend. It’s history, understand? Tomorrow, it’s a one-off game. You can’t be worrying about Australia and what they’re doing.”
South Africa coach Hilton Moreeng on tips on how to beat the 5-time champions who’ve received 19 of their final 20 T20Is and gone undefeated by the match.
Valkerie Baynes is a basic editor, girls’s cricket, at ESPNcricinfo