New Zealand and South Africa are set for a high-stakes encounter at the Holkar Stadium in Indore on October 6. With both sides eager to register their first win of the tournament, all eyes will be on star captains Sophie Devine and Laura Wolvaardt.
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Indore: In the ICC Women's World Cup 2025, New Zealand and South Africa will face off on Monday, October 6th, at the Holkar Stadium in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. After losing their opening group stage matches, both teams will be looking to bounce back and win this match. Let's take a look at their head-to-head record and potential playing XIs...
New Zealand Women and South Africa Women have played a total of 20 matches so far, with New Zealand winning 12 of them. South Africa is not far behind, having won 8 of their matches. Looking at the record of the last 10 matches, South Africa has the upper hand. Looking at the statistics of both teams in the ICC Women's World Cup 2025, New Zealand faced Australia on October 1st, a match Australia won by 89 runs. South Africa faced England on October 3rd, losing by 10 wickets. Therefore, both teams will be looking to bounce back after losing their first match.
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The seventh match of the ICC Women's World Cup 2025 will be played at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore, where the average first innings score in ODI cricket is 331 runs. Only eight ODIs have been played at this ground so far, with two wins by the chasing team and six by the defending team.
It's also worth noting that the highest ODI score at the Indore ground is 418/5, made by the Indian men's team against the West Indies in 2011. A total of 683 runs were scored in this match, and 15 wickets fell in 99.2 overs.
New Zealand captain Sophie Devine scored a century in the first match of the ICC Women's World Cup. Therefore, she could play a big innings in this match as well. Meanwhile, South Africa captain Laura Wolvaardt scored a century in the ODI series against Pakistan. Therefore, a big innings is expected from her as well. Speaking of bowlers, New Zealand's Lea Tahuhu took the most wickets in the last match. New Zealand all-rounder Amelia Kerr is also expected to play a big innings in this match.
New Zealand Women: Suzie Bates, Georgia Plimer, Amelia Kerr, Sophie Devine (captain), Brooke Halliday, Maddy Green, Isabella Gage (wicketkeeper), Jess Kerr, Lea Tahuhu, Eden Carson, and Bree Elling.
South Africa Women: Laura Wolvaardt (captain), Tazmin Brits, Sune Luus, Marizanne Kapp, Anneke Bosch, Sinalo Jafta (wicketkeeper), Chloe Tryon, Nadine de Klerk, Masabata Klaas, Ayabonga Khaka, and Nonkululeko Mlaba.
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