The 1st match of Women’s World Cup 2022 is scheduled to play between New Zealand Women and West Indies Women on Friday, 4th March 2022 at The Bay Oval, Dunedin.

New Zealand Women were beaten by Pakistan Women in the warmup match by the margin of four wickets. They could manage to score 229 runs and their full team came back to the pavilion in 45 overs. Amy Satterthwaite was the highest run-scorer from their side who scored 80 runs. She faced 85 balls and smashed seven boundaries during her inning. Maddy Green scored 58 runs while Jess Kerr remained not out after scoring 34 runs.

West Indies Women faced a heavy defeat against Australia Women by the margin of 90 runs where their bowling and batting order totally failed to perform well. They leaked 259 runs in their 50 overs inning while fielding first. Stafanie Taylor was the highest wicket-taker from their side who picked three wickets in her 10 overs bowled out while she was charged for 51 runs. Hayley Matthews and Anisa Mohammed were the bowlers who failed to pick any wicket.

According to match prediction, West Indies Women is the favorite team to win this match. There are many factors that make West Indies Women a favorite team to win this match.

• West Indies Women is a team that can bounce back strongly
• The batting order of West Indies Women is in excellent form
• West Indies Women team is strong as compared to the New Zealand Women team
• The bowling unit of New Zealand Women is also strong and is in excellent form

The performance of New Zealand Women had been good in the past and they are a well-balanced team. They are also the unbeaten team of this tournament, so the winning chances of today’s match for New Zealand Women have been increased. The equation of winning chances of both teams for today’s match is mentioned as under.

New Zealand Women have a 52% chance to win this match
West Indies Women have a 48% chance to win this match

The toss is playing an important role in the decision of all matches of ICC Women’s ODI World Cup 2022. According to toss prediction, the team that will win the toss may choose to bat first.

The 1st match of Women’s ODI World Cup 2022 will be played at University Oval, Dunedin. The pitch here at this stadium has something in it for both batsmen and bowlers. It is typically a little slow and low but very flat. The pace bowlers have very little to work with and it is the slower bowlers that will be the bigger threat.

The weather forecast in Dunedin is predicting some chances of rain on the matchday but hopefully, it should clear up by the time the match gets started.

It will be updated shortly

Date: Friday, 4th Mar 2022
Time: 01:00 AM GMT / 02:00 PM LOCAL / 07:00 AM BD

Stadium: Bay Oval
Location: Mount Maunganui, New Zealand
Time Zone: UTC +13:00

Sophie Devine (C), Suzie Bates,Maddy Green, Brooke Halliday, Hayley Jensen, Fran Jonas, Jess Kerr, Amelia Kerr, Frankie Mackay, Rosemary Mair, Katey Martin (wk), *Georgia Plimmer, Hannah Rowe, Amy Satterthwaite, Lea Tahuhu.