The 1st ODI match of the New Zealand Women’s tour of West Indies, 2022 is scheduled to be held on Monday, 19th September 2022 at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua.

Deandra Dottin had been a part of West Indies for a long time and she had played 12 ODI matches and 18 T20 matches for West Indies during her cricket career. Now she had retired and it is not easy for West Indies to replace her place with the best one. She had been the best batter and had the ability to face any strong bowling unit in the world. The batting order of the West Indies is still strong in the absence of Deandra Dottin.

Hayley Matthews, Stafanie Taylor, and Kyshona Knight are three fantastic batters of the West Indies who are available to handle the batting order of the West Indies against the strong bowling unit of New Zealand. Shemaine Campbelle is also available in the squad of West Indies. She had played some good innings for West Indies. The bowling unit of the West Indies is also strong and experienced and this series against New Zealand will be a big test. Shamilia Connell and Shakera Selman are the main bowlers in this series.

New Zealand Women’s cricket team is known as one of the strongest cricket teams in the world. Domestic cricket in New Zealand for women is very strong and they had proved some best players for the national team. The key players of the New Zealand team had also played in different cricket leagues around the world. Suzie Bates, Amelia Kerr, and Sophie Devine are the leading batters of New Zealand.

The above-mentioned bowlers of New Zealand are very experienced and if just one batter of New Zealand scores more than 50 runs, we can see a big total on the board. We are sure that Suzie Bates, Amelia Kerr, and Sophie Devine will be the highest run-scorers on this tour against West Indies. The bowling unit of New Zealand is also strong and much experienced. Lea Tahuhu, Jess Kerr, Hannah Rowe, Maddy Green, Lauren Down, and Hayley Jensens are in the squad in New Zealand as bowlers.

As per our cricket match prediction, New Zealand Women is the favorite team to win this match. The reasons why New Zealand Women is a favorite team in this match, are mentioned below:

• New Zealand Women is overall a strong and experienced team
• West Indies Women is also a well-experienced side
• The bowling unit of New Zealand Women is much stronger than West Indies
• West Indies Women also have the advantages of home ground and conditions

New Zealand Women have a strong batting order and bowling unit as compared to West Indies Women, so the winning chances of New Zealand Women for today’s match have been increased. The equation of winning the chances of both teams for today’s match is mentioned as under.

New Zealand Women have a 60% chance to win this match
West Indies Women has a 40% chance to win this match

The toss can play an important role in the decision of this match. According to our toss prediction, the team who will win the toss may elect to bat first.

The 1st ODI match between West Indies Women and New Zealand Women is going to be played at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua. The pitch at this stadium is excellent for batting. The boundaries at this venue are short and will bring the spinners into play. The pitch will continue to be good for batting throughout the match.

The weather forecast in Antigua on match day is not very good. There are some chances of rain but that is possible that we may have an interrupted match.

Will be posted shortly.

Date: Friday, 16th September 2022
Time: 01:30 PM GMT / 09:30 AM LOCAL, 07:00 PM IST

• Stadium: Sir Vivian Richards Stadium
• Location: North Sound, Antigua, West Indies
• Opened: 2006
• Capacity: 10,000 (20,000 for 2007 World Cup)
• Ends: Media Centre End, Pavilion End
• Time Zone: UTC -04:00
• Home to: Antigua and Barbuda, Leeward Islands
• Floodlights: Yes

• Total matches: 29
• Matches won batting first: 14
• Matches won bowling first: 14
• Average 1st Inns scores: 229
• Average 2nd Inns scores: 205
• The highest total recorded: 322/6 (50 Ov) by AUS vs WI
• The lowest total recorded: 138/10 (47.2 Ov) by WIW vs INDW
• The highest score chased: 276/5 (48.3 Ov) by WI vs SL
• Lowest score defended: 189/9 (50 Ov) by WI vs IND

Hayley Matthews(c), Kyshona Knight, Shemaine Campbelle(w), Aaliyah Alleyne, Stafanie Taylor, Natasha McLean, Shakera Selman, Chinelle Henry, Shamilia Connell, Afy Fletcher, Chedean Nation, Sheneta Grimmond, Karishma Ramharack, Rashada Williams, Shabika Gajnabi, Cherry Ann Fraser, Jannillea Glasgow.