Toss & Conditions

Head-to-Head

The Blaze W ne in dono teams ke beech last do meetings jeete hain. Sabse recent meeting last season mein, The Blaze W jeeti aur Essex W ko 104/9 tak restrict kiya gaya, jabki The Blaze W 139/10 par bowled out ho gayi—ye game is baat se shape hua ki Essex W target ke pace ke saath nahi chal paayi. Earlier meeting last season mein bhi The Blaze W jeeti, 106/3 post karne ke baad 104/10 ko 35 balls remaining ke saath chase kar liya. In meetings ka pattern clear hai: The Blaze W ne dono results control kiye hain.

ESEssex W 104/9

TBThe Blaze W 139/10

2025-07-13 · TB-W won by 35 runs

TBThe Blaze W 106/3

ESEssex W 104/10

2025-06-06 · TB-W won by 7 wickets (with 35 balls remaining)

Essex W

Essex W regular season mein 6th pe hai 13 points aur 3W-3L record ke saath. Unke last do matches defeats rahe, including Hampshire W ke against ek heavy loss jahan Essex W ko 100/9 tak rok diya gaya aur 155/4 concede kiya. Unki most recent win Lancashire W ke against aayi thi, jahan unhone target 13 balls remaining ke saath chase kar liya.

ESEssex W 100/9

HAHampshire W 155/4

2026-06-07 · HAM-W won by 55 runs

ESEssex W 145/7

SUSurrey W 149/5

2026-06-05 · SUR-W won by 5 wickets (with 14 balls remaining)

ESEssex W 132/4

LALancashire W 128/8

2026-05-31 · ESS-W won by 6 wickets (with 13 balls remaining)

The Blaze W

The Blaze W regular season mein 3rd pe hai 20 points, 5W-1L record ke saath, aur abhi playoff zone mein hai. Durham W ke against loss ke baad unhone next do matches jeet ke comeback kiya, dono baar totals defend karke. Sabse telling recent result 15-run win over Lancashire W tha, jahan 135/9 banane ke baad unhone opposition ko 120 par bowled out kar diya.

TBThe Blaze W 135/9

LALancashire W 120/10

2026-06-07 · TB-W won by 15 runs

TBThe Blaze W 151/7

WAWarwickshire W 138/5

2026-06-05 · TB-W won by 11 runs

TBThe Blaze W 153/10

DUDurham W 156/3

2026-05-31 · DUR-W won by 7 wickets (with 5 balls remaining)

Playing XI

Key Stats

Verdict

All four models The Blaze W ko favour kar rahe hain, average projection TB-W ke liye 68% hai. Bookmakers bhi agree karte hain, TB-W ko 65% (1.50) aur ESS-W ko 35% (2.68) price kiya gaya hai. Key stats The Blaze W ki taraf 5-2 lean karte hain, unki stronger season position aur recent head-to-head control ki wajah se. Essex W ke liye upset ka raasta likely isi recent matchup trend ko reverse karne aur ek aur low total avoid karne se hi niklega.

Knott and Kelly shut the door early

Charli Knott made the chase feel inevitable, first with the ball and then with a crisp 54 off 35 that took the pressure out of every moment. With Marie Kelly anchoring at the other end, The Blaze hunted down 137 for the loss of just one wicket in 15.5 overs, winning by nine wickets with 25 balls to spare. Essex had a mid-innings lift, but once The Blaze’s second-wicket pair settled, the contest slipped away.

Essex’s powerplay damage lingered

The match swung in the first six overs of Essex’s innings. They stumbled to 33/3 in the powerplay, forcing a rebuild that cost them boundary options later. Even though they recovered strongly through the middle overs at 7.8 an over, the early wickets meant the finish never quite arrived: just 24 runs in the last four overs, with four wickets lost, left them at 136/9 instead of something defendable.

Higham sets it up, Knott finishes

Lucy Higham’s 3/24 gave The Blaze the stranglehold that Essex never escaped, repeatedly breaking momentum just as Essex tried to reset. Knott’s 2/24 added to that squeeze and then her batting provided the knockout punch, driving the scoring rate up without risk. Kelly’s 55 off 44 ensured there was no wobble, and their 95-run partnership effectively ended the game in the middle overs.

Pre-match edge became on-field control

The Blaze’s advantage on paper was built on being the more settled, better-performing side, and it showed in how they managed the key phases. Essex needed a clean start and a bigger total to flip recent trends, but the early collapse put them into catch-up mode. By contrast, The Blaze won the powerplay 47/1 and then accelerated through the middle at 9.2 an over, turning a chase into a formality.