Australia vs South Africa Women, AUS-W vs RSA-W 2024, Today Match Prediction 15 February 2024

AUSW vs RSAW Match Prediction & Analysis

A momentous occasion awaits us, as South African women get ready to take on Australian women for the very first time in the test format. After the ODI and T20I series, both of which the visitors lost, the attention switches to the red ball leg. As things stand, the Aussies are way ahead in the ongoing multi-format series, leading 8-4. 

A upset victory over the hosts will give the vistors four points, allowing them to square the series. If a draw is all the visitors manage, they get two points to finish the series 10-6.  But If the hosts run amok and take out a win, they will wrap up the series 12-4.

The South African women team will hope their skilled pace attack will help them pull off a rare upset. But the hosts are unshakeable at home conditions and have all bases covered with a well-rounded team. Regardless, we have a cracking contest on our hands.

RECENT PERFORMANCE

AUSW

L W

IND-W

406/10 in 126.3 3.21

AUS-W vs IND-W 2023-24

India beat Australia by -2 wickets 21 Dec 2023

AUSW

75/2 in 18.4 4.02

ENGW

463/10 in 121.2 3.82

Womens Ashes 2023

Australia Women won by 89 runs

22 Jun 2023

AUSW

178/10 in 49.0 3.63

RSAW

HEAD TO HEAD

TEAMS PREVIEW

Australia Preview

Load your team up with pacers is the way to go if you’re playing at the WACA, but it may not be all pace, seam, swing and bounce this time.

With sweltering heat and dry weather predicted for most of the test, spin is supposed to play a major role. And the reports suggest that Aussies are pondering packing their side with three spinners of which leggie Alana King, the local hero, and Ashleigh Gardner are certain to play; the third spinner slot is likely a tussle between Jess Jonassen and Sophie Molineux, who has made a comeback of sorts, having featured in an international for Australia in October 2021.

Left arm pacer Lauren Cheatle has been ruled out so Darcie Brown is all set to get the nod in her place. She’ll be accompanied by fellow fast bowlers Kim Garth, Ellyse Perry, Annabel Sutherland and Tahlia Mcgrath.

Beth Mooney and Phoebe Litchfield are set to open the batting, with Ellyse Perry in at number 3. Tahlia McGrath, who scored a half century in each innings against India in December, captain Alyssa Healy, Annabel Sutherland and Ashleigh Gardner round off a mighty strong middle order.

Australia Predicted Playing XI:

Beth Mooney, Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry, Tahlia McGrath, Alyssa Healy (capt, wk), Annabel Sutherland, Ash Gardner, Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Kim Garth, Darcie Brown.

Australia Actual Playing XI:

Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry, Alyssa Healy, Darcie Brown, Annabel Sutherland, Kim Garth, Beth Mooney, Sophie Molineux, Ashleigh Gardner, Tahlia McGrath, Alana King

South Africa Women Preview

A drawn test against England in 2022 at Taunton is the most recent test fixture that the Proteas women played in, and seven key players from that match will be featuring in the Perth test on Thursday including new captain Laura Wolvaardt, Nadine de Klerk, Sinalo Jafta, and Anneke Bosch, Nonkululeko Mlaba along with ex captain Suné Luus and star allrounder Marizanne Kapp, who played a lone hand scoring 150 off 213 balls ito keep them in the contest.

We’re going to see as many as six potential debutants starting in the playing XI for this marquee test. These players may turn to some seniors for some tips on how to go about playing red ball cricket, but they may not have any valuable advice to part with, having played just two tests in almost a decade. It remains to be seen how the youngsters in the team are able to execute their skills in the red ball format and keep up with the rigorous demands of four-day cricket in unfamiliar conditions far away from home.

The biggest challenge facing the team management is to pick a well-balanced squad with a nice blend of experience and youth that can make perform under pressure: make runs against a relentless bowling attack and pick up twenty wickets in demanding conditions.

South Africa Women Predicted Playing XI:

Laura Wolvaardt (capt), Anneke Bosch, Tazmin Brits, Nadine de Klerk, Sinalo Jafta (wk), Marizanne Kapp, Suné Luus, Eliz-Mari Marx, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Masabata Klaas, Delmi Tucker.

South Africa Women Actual Playing XI:

Delmi Tucker, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Laura Wolvaardt, Tazmin Brits, Sune Luus, Anneke Bosch, Chloe Tryon, Nadine de Klerk, Sinalo Jafta, Masabata Klaas, Ayanda Hlubi

PITCH AND WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weather Conditions

The conditions are tipped to be hot and dry for most of the test match, and the pitch is going to be cooked in searing hot weather. If the deck is true to nature, pace bowlers will be able to extract pace and bounce with the ball seaming around nicely on Day 1 and Day 2. However, we think spin will come into play as the match wears on.

AUSW vs RSAW Pitch Report

The iconic Western Australian Cricket Association (WACA) ground, well renowned for offering some of the fastest and bounciest wickets in the country, will play host to this momentous occasion for both the teams as they get ready to face each other in the toughest of all formats under gruelling conditions.

Toss: To Bat

The deck here is quite good to bat early on, but batting becomes increasingly difficult when a few cracks have opened up on the strip on Day 3 and Day 4 in the heatwave. It’s always a sensible move to bat first here, so our guess is that the team winning the toss will opt to have a bat first.