Both teams will be keen to do well.
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Get NZ-W vs SL-W 1st T20I Fantasy 11 prediction, cricket tips, playing XI, injury updates, and a pitch report for the Sri Lanka Women tour of New Zealand 2025. New Zealand Women will take on Sri Lanka Women in the opening T20I match of the Sri Lanka Women tour of New Zealand. This match will be played at Hagley Oval in Christchurch. After winning the ODI series with a dominant whitewash at home, the New Zealand women’s team is gearing up for the first T20I against Sri Lanka, set to take place on Friday, March 14.
New Zealand Women outclassed Sri Lanka in the three-match ODI series with a 2-0 victory. The first match ended in a no result due to rain, but New Zealand bounced back in the second, securing a commanding 78-run win thanks to Maddy Green’s brilliant century and Eden Carson’s four-wicket haul. In the third ODI, Sri Lanka endured an even heavier defeat, losing by 98 runs.
Both these teams have plenty of talented players in the shorter format who will be keen to put up a good show and this promises to be a thrilling match between these two sides at this venue.
Match Information- NZ-W vs SL-W 1st T20I
New Zealand Women vs Sri Lanka Women, 1st T20I
Sri Lanka Women tour of New Zealand, 14 Mar 2025, Fri, 11:45 AM IST ,Christchurch
Probable PlayingXI
New Zealand Women
IC Gaze, ML Green, Georgia Plimmer, SW Bates(C), BM Halliday, Bree Illing, Jess Kerr, HNK Jensen, Eden Carson, HM Rowe, F Jonas
Bench: PM Inglis, Emma McLeod, LR Down, Izzy Sharp, IR James
Sri Lanka Women
H Madavi, N de Silva, Vishmi Rajapaksha, I Dulani, C Atapattu(C), Chethana Vimukthi, A Sanjeewani, WK Dilhari, S Nisansala, U Prabodhani, A Kulasuriya
Bench: Kaushani Nuthyangana, Rashmika Sewwandi, Manudi Nanayakkara, S Kumari, I Fernando
Pitch Report- NZ-W vs SL-W 1st T20I
Chamari SL-W | all
Chamari Attapatu has scored 3371 runs in 143 T20I matches and is a destructive player at the top. She will be a good captaincy pick.
Suzie Bates NZ-W | bat
Suzie Bates is one the of the leading run getterr for White Ferns in this format and will be a good captaincy pick for this match.
Imesha Dulani- SL-W | BAT- 8
Kaushani Nuthyangana- SL-W | WK
Also Read: Sri Lanka Women tour of New Zealand Schedule