Southern Brave women. (Source – Photo by Andrew Matthews/PA Images via Getty Images)
Ireland Women are back in action this month for their first of two home white-ball series – the first set of fixtures being against the newly-crowned Asia Cup champions, Sri Lanka.
The five-match, multi-format series is to be played between August 11 to 20. This is the first time the two sides will meet in a competitive bilateral series, having met only six times previously.
The three one-day internationals are part of the ICC Women’s Championship. Notably, Sri Lanka beat India recently to win the 2024 Asia Cup. Ireland Women has never beaten Sri Lanka Women in a competitive match
Meanwhile, Ireland’s Una Raymond-Hoey returns to the squad after spending the last five years in Australia while Ireland have also called up Christina Coulter Reilly and Alice Tector for the first time
This is the first-ever bilateral series between the two sides – Ireland and Sri Lanka first played against each other competitively in 2010, with Sri Lanka having won five times and one no result. The two sides met in a warm-up match for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in 2018, which Ireland won by 8 wickets.
The Ireland Women’s squads
T20I Squad
Laura Delany (c) (Leinster), Ava Canning (Leinster), Christina Coulter Reilly (Clontarf), Alana Dalzell (Bready), Amy Hunter (Instonians/Malahide), Arlene Kelly (Malahide), Gaby Lewis (Phoenix), Jane Maguire (The Hills), Cara Murray (Saintfield), Leah Paul (Merron), Orla Prendergast (Pembroke), Una Raymond-Hoey (Ringwood), Freya Sargent (Clontarf), Rebecca Stokell (Merrion).
ODI Squad
Laura Delany (c) (Leinster), Ava Canning (Leinster), Alana Dalzell (Bready), Amy Hunter (Instonians/Malahide), Arlene Kelly (Malahide), Gaby Lewis (Phoenix), Joanna Loughran (Leinster), Aimee Maguire (The Hills), Leah Paul (Merron), Orla Prendergast (Pembroke), Una Raymond-Hoey (Ringwood), Freya Sargent (Clontarf), Rebecca Stokell (Merrion), Alice Tector (Phoenix).
Sri Lanka Women squad
Chamari Athapaththu (c), Vishmi Gunaratne, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Hasini Perera, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi Silva, Anushka Sanjeewani, Kawya Kavindi, Udeshika Prabodhani, Achini Kulasuriya, Sugandika Kumari, Sachini Nisansala, Inoshi Fernando, Shashini Gimhani, Ama Kanchana, Kaushini Nuthyangana.
IRE-W vs SL-W 2024 Fixtures
T20Is
11 August 2024: Ireland vs Sri Lanka – 1st T20I (Pembroke; start 4pm)
13 August 2024: Ireland vs Sri Lanka – 2nd T20I (Pembroke; start 4pm)
ODIs
16 August 2024: Ireland vs Sri Lanka – 1st ODI (Stormont; start 10.45am)
18 August 2024: Ireland vs Sri Lanka – 2nd ODI (Stormont; start 10.45am)
20 August 2024: Ireland vs Sri Lanka – 3rd ODI (Stormont; start 10.45am)
IRE-W vs SL-W 2024 Live Streaming and Broadcast details
A livestream of the series will be available in Ireland/UK via Cricket Ireland Live Youtube Channel. The details on the rest of the world are yet to be announced.