OS-W vs CM-W Today Dream11 Prediction, Women’s Super Smash 2024-25 Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing XI, Squad, and Pitch Report

Otago Sparks Women and Canterbury Magicians Women will face each other in the 2nd match of Women’s Super Smash 2024-2025. Molyneux Park, Alexandra will host the game on December 27, 2024.

OS-W vs CM-W Match Preview

Otago Sparks Women and Canterbury Magicians Women will face each other in the 2nd match of the Women’s Super Smash 2024-2025. Molyneux Park, Alexandra, will host the game on December 27, 2024. Both teams want to start with a win in the league.

Otago Sparks Women: Otago Sparks Women performed averagely in their last campaign of the league. They finished in the 4th position in the points table in the group stage. They won 5 matches out of 10. Their group-stage performance prevented them from qualifying for the eliminator match last season. In this season, they are hoping to perform well and win the title.

Canterbury Magicians Women: The Canterbury Magicians Women’s performance last season was very disappointing. The Magicians won just two matches out of 10 and finished at 5th place on the points table. They will try to avoid the mistakes they made last season and will try to make a memorable campaign this season.

Pitch Report

• Pitch: Flat Track Pitch
• Batting Condition: Good
• Pace Bowling: Average
• Spin Bowling: Average

Past Performance Stats at the Venue

The average 1st innings score at Molyneux Park, Alexandra in T20 matches is 147 runs, and the batting second average score is 112 runs. This shows that batting in the second innings at this venue is a bit challenging. But still, batters perform well here.

Weather Report

• Partly Cloudy Day
• Rain Chance – 10 %
• Humidity – 50 %
• Wind – 12 kph

OS-W vs CM-W Toss Prediction

Advantages of Batting First on this Pitch

On this ground, there are advantages to betting first. The average score in 1st innings shows that batting 2nd here is a bit challenging. The team that batted first won 62% of the matches. So there are most chances that teams will choose to bat first after winning the toss.

Teams

Otago Sparks Women: Caitlin Blakely, Olivia Gain, Saffron Wilson, Anna Browning, Harriett Cuttance, Issy Parry, Paige Loggenberg, Suzie Bates, Bella James (WK), Polly Inglis (WK), Chloe Deerness, Eden Carson, Emma Black, Hayley Jensen, Kirstie Gordon, Louisa Kotkamp, Molly Loe, Poppy-Jay Watkins, FR Leydon 

Canterbury Magicians Women: Emma Irwin, Harriet Graham, Isobel Sharp, Jodie Dean, Nathalie Cox, Frances Mackay, Kate Anderson, Madeline Penna, Laura Hughes (WK), Abigail Hotton, Gabby Sullivan, Jessica Simmons, Lea Tahuhu, Melissa Banks, Sarah Asmussen, Shikha Pandey, K Ebrahim, Abigale Gerken (WK)

OS-W vs CM-W Head-to-Head Record

Total Head-to-Head Matches- 14

Otago Sparks Women Won – 9

Canterbury Magicians Women Won – 5

Team Form (Last 5 Matches in Women’s Super Smash)

Otago Sparks Women:  L, W, L, W, W

Canterbury Magicians Women: L, L, L, T, L,

Probable Playing 11

Otago Sparks Women: Suzie Bates, Bella James, Polly Inglis (wk), Caitlin Blakely, Hayley Jensen, Anna Browning, Kirstie Gordon, Emma Black, Eden Carson, Olivia Gain, Molly Loe.

Canterbury Magicians Women: Kate Anderson, Sarah Asmussen, Nathalie Cox, Jodie Dean, Frances Mackay, Abigale Gerken, Laura Hughes (wk), Lea Tahuhu, Melissa Banks, Shikha Pandey, Maddie Penna

Must Picks for OS-W vs CM-W Match

Top wicket-keepers to pick

Bella James | WK | OS-W: Last season, Bella played ten matches and scored 161 runs with a highest score of 39. Her recent performance was also good. So, having her in your fantasy team will increase your chances of winning.

Top Batters to Pick

Frances Mackay | BAT | CM-W: Mackay played well last season. She played in 9 matches and scored 222 runs with a highest score of 51 runs and also scored two half-centuries last season. We hope she will repeat her performance this season. Picking her in our fantasy team will increase our chances of getting some fantasy points.

Caitlin Blakely| BAT | OS-W: Caitlin performed well last season. She played in 8 matches and scored 132 runs with a highest score of 50* runs. Picking her for our fantasy team will increase our chances of getting some more fantasy points.

Top All-Rounders to Pick

Suzie Bates | AR | OS-W: In the last season of the Women’s Super Smash League, Bates performed outstandingly. She played in 10 matches and scored 398 runs with a highest score of 84*. She also took 3 wickets. She was the 2nd leading run-scorer and also scored three half-centuries last season. She will surely help you gain some important fantasy points.

Kate Anderson | AR | CM-W: Watkin performed brilliantly in the last season of the Women’s Super Smash League. She played 9 matches and scored 182 runs, with a highest score of 43. She must be a very good choice for the fantasy team.

Top Bowlers to Pick

Emma Black | BOW | OS-W: Emma is in the top 5 highest wicket-takers in the last season of the Women’s Super Smash League. She played in 10 matches and took 13 wickets with an impressive economy of 6. Her best bowling figures last season were 4/17. There are very high chances that she will become the highest wicket-taker in the upcoming season of the Women’s Super Smash League. Having her on the fantasy team will surely increase our chances of getting more points.

Lea Tahuhu| BOW | CM-W: Tahuhu played in 8 matches and took 10 wickets with an impressive economy of 5.51. Her best bowling figures last season were 3/10. We expect she will perform well in the season. Having her on the fantasy team will surely increase our chances of winning.

Avoidable Players

Abigale Gerken, Anna Browning,

Captain & Vice-Captain

Captain

Suzie Bates, Kate Anderson

Vice Captain

Lea Tahuhu, Caitlin Blakely

OS-W vs CM-W Today Match Prediction

Scenario 1

Toss Winner: Otago Sparks Women (opts to bat first)

Power-Play Score: 40-60

NB-W Total: 120-140

Match Winner: Otago Sparks Women

Scenario 2

Toss Winner: Canterbury Magicians Women (opts to bat first)

Power-Play Score: 30-50

AH-W Total: 100-120

Match Winner: Otago Sparks Women

Who Will Win Today’s OS-W vs CM-W Cricket Match?

Otago Sparks Women have the upper hand in the match against Canterbury Magicians Women as their past head-to-head records show. But last time, when both teams faced each other in the league, the Canterbury Women won the match by 76 runs. Both teams won one match each last season.

Otago Women finished 4th in the last season, while Canterbury Women finished 5th in the points table. Both teams are well aware of the conditions at the Molyneux Park stadium, and they have players who can exploit it excellently. Considering these factors, we reckon Otago Sparks Women will win this match.

Dream11 Team For This Match

Head-to-Head / Small League 

Grand / Mega League

Disclaimer

The author created this team based on his knowledge, analysis, and judgment. While selecting your team, note the points mentioned and make your own decision.