Toss & Conditions

Head-to-Head

Across the last three meetings, Southern Brave W lead 2–1. In the most recent matchup last season, Sunrisers Leeds W won by 7 wickets with 12 balls remaining after overhauling Southern Brave W’s 115/6. The chase was controlled enough to finish with two overs to spare, flipping the recent head-to-head trend. Overall, the pattern still leans SB-W, but SL-W have the latest win.

SBSouthern Brave W 115/6

SLSunrisers Leeds W 119/3

2025-08-31 · Northern Superchargers W won by 7 wickets (with 12 balls remaining)

SBSouthern Brave W 103/2

SLSunrisers Leeds W 102/10

2025-08-13 · SB-W won by 8 wickets (with 17 balls remaining)

SLSunrisers Leeds W 100/7

SBSouthern Brave W 100/8

2024-07-30 · Match tied

Sunrisers Leeds W

Sunrisers Leeds W are 3rd in the THW regular season on 4 points and are currently in the playoff zone. Their latest result was a 7-wicket win with 31 balls remaining against MI London W, a chase that ended with plenty of time in hand.

SLSunrisers Leeds W 109/3

MIMI London W 107/8

2026-07-21 · SL-W won by 7 wickets (with 31 balls remaining)

SLSunrisers Leeds W 119/3

SBSouthern Brave W 115/6

2025-08-31 · Northern Superchargers W won by 7 wickets (with 12 balls remaining)

SLSunrisers Leeds W 214/5

LSLondon Spirit W 172/9

2025-08-30 · Northern Superchargers W won by 42 runs

Southern Brave W

Southern Brave W are 4th in the THW regular season on 4 points. Their latest result was an 8-run win over Welsh Fire W, a tight finish that they closed out despite the narrow margin.

SBSouthern Brave W 126/7

WFWelsh Fire W 118/8

2026-07-22 · SB-W won by 8 runs

SBSouthern Brave W 115/6

SLSunrisers Leeds W 119/3

2025-08-31 · Northern Superchargers W won by 7 wickets (with 12 balls remaining)

SBSouthern Brave W 106/8

WFWelsh Fire W 77/9

2025-08-28 · SB-W won by 29 runs

Playing XI

Key Stats

Prediction

All four models favour Sunrisers Leeds W, with the average prediction at 60% for SL-W. Bookmakers diverge from the models, pricing SL-W at 46% (2.05) vs SB-W at 54% (1.75). The key-stats summary leans SL-W 3–2, driven by their stronger NRR and a slight Elo edge, while SB-W’s edge comes from the last-three head-to-head and player-form indicators. If SL-W’s recent chase control repeats, they can override the matchup history.

Wong’s burst flips the script

Issy Wong set the tone for Southern Brave W, punching holes through Sunrisers Leeds W’s batting just as a competitive total started to form. SL-W rode Bryony Smith’s busy 48 off 34 and a 56-run partnership with Sutherland to recover from a quiet start, but Wong’s control and late-innings strikes helped trigger a slide to 116 all out in 16.4 overs. That left Brave needing composure rather than fireworks, and they got home by five wickets with four balls remaining.

Death overs decide the chase

For much of the reply, this looked like a grind: Southern Brave matched SL-W’s powerplay at 18/1 and were still only 86/4 after 13 overs, with the asking rate nudging upward. The game swung in the last phase. Brave blasted 31/1 at the death (9.1 an over), turning a tense finish into a calculated close-out, while SL-W’s own death returns—24/4—kept their total below par on a surface that rewarded clean hitting late.

Rodrigues anchors, Wong finishes

Wong was the match’s decisive figure: 3/15 in four overs, repeatedly forcing SL-W to hit to the longer boundary and then cashing in when risks grew. Rodrigues’ 43 off 34 did the quieter job, absorbing the slow start and keeping the chase stable through the middle. Smith’s 48 gave SL-W a platform, but without support at the back end, it became a lone rescue rather than a match-winning innings.

Pre-match momentum meets a collapse

Sunrisers came in with the shinier recent form and a strong NRR case, but this match exposed how quickly that advantage can vanish when early caution turns into late panic. Their powerplay of 18/1 was followed by a mid-overs rebuild, yet the final four wickets fell for just 24, undermining the very “finish strong” template they’d been riding. Brave, favoured by market confidence, leaned into their bowling economy edge and then timed the chase perfectly.