The Hundred Women 2024 — 16th Match
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The home side could win the coin toss. There is a 50 percent chance of them winning the toss. They could turn to batting first in the hopes of their first home win this season.
The South African batter has dominated the Women's Hundred until now. She has scored 127 runs across her first three innings of the 2024 Women's Hundred.
The left-arm finger-spinner from England has kicked off her campaign with a wicket in every game. Her previous game saw her secure bowling figures of two for 17.
The opening batter will want to emulate the form she showed in the Charlotte Edwards Cup. Armitage ended as the second-highest run-scorer in the tournament with 323 runs across her ten innings.
The Australian bowler has performed her skills exceptionally with the ball internationally. She has taken bowling figures of three for 12 against Pakistan Women in 2018, which remain her best bowling figures in Women's T20Is to date.
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