Sri Lanka Women will lock horns with New Zealand women in the first game of the three-match T20I series starting on Saturday, July 08 at P Sara Oval, Colombo. Having won the ODI series by 2-1, Sri Lanka will be eager to carry their momentum ahead in the T20I series as well with an aim to thrash the White Ferns once again.
However, they will be well aware of the fact that New Zealand have the upper hand over them in T20Is as they’ve beaten them on all ten occasions the two teams have met each other. Hence, despite losing the ODI series, the Sophie Devine-led side will be high on confidence to crush Sri Lanka once again in the upcoming series.
SL-W vs NZ-W Match Details
Sri Lanka Women and New Zealand Women, 1st T20I Match
Venue: P Sara Oval, Colombo
Date & Time: Saturday, July 08, 10:00 AM IST
Broadcast & Live Streaming Details: SLC Youtube Channel
P Sara Oval Stadium pitch report
A total of three Women’s T20Is have been played at the P Sara Oval and all three have been lost by Sri Lanka. Two matches have been won by teams batting second at the venue and a total of above 200 has been scored once in three matches. Captain winning the toss will look to bowl first with the uncertainty around what could be a good total on the wicket.
SL-W vs NZ-W Probable Playing XIs
Sri Lanka Women (SL-W):
Chamari Athapaththu (c), Vishmi Gunaratne, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Nilakshi de Silva, Kavisha Dilhari, Anushka Sanjeewani (wk), Oshadi Ranasinghe, Sugandika Kumari, Inoka Ranaweera, Kawya Kavindi, Udeshika Prabodhani
New Zealand Women (NZ-W):
Suzie Bates, Bernadine Bezuidenhout (wk), Amelia Kerr, Sophie Devine (c), Maddy Green, Georgia Plimmer, Brooke Halliday, Hannah Rowe, Lea Tahuhu, Eden Carson, Fran Jonas
SL-W vs NZ-W Probable Best Performers
Probable best batter:
Chamari Athapaththu
The Sri Lankan captain was seen in imperious form in the ODI series as she finished as the highest run scorer. The southpaw smacked 248 runs in three innings at an average of 248 and a strike rate of 151.21 with two hundreds to her name. Athapaththu will once again be eager to lead her team from the front and register their first T20I win over New Zealand.
Probable best bowler:
Lea Tahuhu
The right-arm seamer finished as the leading wicket taker of the ODI series with five wickets to her name from three matches at an average of 17.20 and an economy of 4.77. Tahuhu picked up 4/31 in eight overs during the second ODI to help her side win the match by a massive margin of 111 runs. The 32-year-old will be eager to replicate her performance in the T20I series as well to help her side bounce back on the tour.