Ireland Women vs West Indies Women Predictions: West Indies have not won 18 last T20I games

Ireland Women will be facing off against West Indies Women in the 13th game of the Women's T20 World Cup held in South Africa. Both teams have lost both of their games so far in the competition and it will be a good game to see who will get their first victory. Who will win? 

Ireland form

Ireland is coming into the game with two back-to-back defeats against England and Pakistan. They were at one point 80-2 against England but were all out for only 105 runs. They also managed to take six English wickets but it was not enough to restrict them. The second game also played out in the same manner against Pakistan when they were not able to chase down 165 and lost the game by 70 runs. Orla Prendergast and Gaby Lewis will have the responsibility of getting the runs for the Irish women in this game against West Indies. They have had good starts but were not able to sustain and make it into a big score. Arlene Kelly will be the pick of the bowlers to take West Indies wickets. 

Ireland Predicted Lineup

Amy Hunter, Gaby Lewis, Orla Prendergast, Laura Delany (c), Eimear Richardson, Louise Little, Mary Waldron (wk), Leah Paul, Arlene Kelly, Cara Murray, Jane Maguire 

West Indies form

West Indies had shown glimpses of brilliance in a few spots in their games but were not able to get the result in the first two games of their campaign. They scored 135/7 in the first game against England which was not enough and were chased down in 14.3 overs. The second game against India saw them score 118 runs which the women in blue chased down with 11 balls remaining. Shemaine Campbelle had good performances with the bat in both games scoring above 30 runs but not able to get it to a big score. She will be the heavy hitter to clean up Irish bowlers. West Indies have faced defeat in 18 consecutive games if we don't count the warmup game. 

West Indies Lineup

Hayley Matthews (c), Stafanie Taylor, Shemaine Campbelle, Shabika Gajnabi, Chinelle Henry, Chedean Nation, Rashada Williams (wk), Afy Fletcher, Shamilia Connell, Shakera Selman, Karishma Ramharack

Expert betting tips

The pitch will assist both bowlers and batters in this game. The team chasing the target have won three out of five games played on this venue so far. We expect the team winning the toss to bowl first in these conditions. West Indies looks like a better team on paper with their batting power and we expect them to win the game. Expect a low-scoring game with both teams scoring less than 150 runs.