The 1st ODI match of the Sri Lanka Women Tour of England will take place between Sri Lanka Women and England Women on the 9th of September, 2023 at the Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street.

Top Batter - Runs Scored

Top Bowler - Wickets Taken

Fixtures Schedule and Results

Current Form Sri Lanka Women and England Women:

Sri Lanka Women have created history by defeating England Women in the T20I series by 2-1. Although, English Women were not fielding their full strength squad, credit still needs to be given to the Sri Lankan players on how they played.

The momentum is with Sri Lanka Women going into the ODI series but with Natalie Sciver getting into the squad for ODI's, it will be a tough road for the Island nation.

Sri Lanka Women have been in great ODI form recently. They had beaten New Zealand in a 3 match ODI series at home by 2-1. Prior to that, Sri Lanka Women also beat Bangladesh Women by 1-0 in a 3 match ODI series.

The top run scorer for Sri Lanka Women in the T20I series was Chamari Athapaththu with 158 runs to her name.

The top wicket taker for Sri Lanka Women in the T20I series was Kavisha Dilhari with 7 scalps under her belt.

England Women on the other hand have also been in great form in ODI cricket. They have recently beaten Australia Women in The Women's Ashes ODI series by 2-1. Prior to that, England Women had beaten West Indies Women in a 3 match ODI series by 3-0 in December 2022.

The top run scorer for England Women in the T20I series was Alice Capsey with 63 runs to her name.

The top wicket taker for England Women in the T20I series was Grace Scrivens with 3 scalps under her belt.

Let’s have a look at the squads:

Sri Lanka Women Squad:

Chamari Athapaththu (Captain), Oshadi Ranasinghe (Vice Captain), Harshitha Samarawickrama, Vishmi Gunaratne, Nilakshi de Silva, Kaveesha Dilhari, Inoka Ranaweera, Sugandika Kumari, Anushka Sanjeewani – WK, Udeshika Prabodhani, Achini Kulasuriya, Kawya Kavindi, Inoshi Fernando, Hansima Karunaratne, Hasini Perera, Imesha Dulani

England Women squad:

Heather Knight (captain, Western Storm), Tammy Beaumont (The Blaze), Lauren Bell (Southern Vipers), Maia Bouchier (Southern Vipers), Alice Capsey (South East Stars), Kate Cross (Thunder), Charlie Dean (Southern Vipers), Lauren Filer (Western Storm), Mahika Gaur (Thunder), Danielle Gibson (Western Storm), Sarah Glenn (The Blaze), Bess Heath (Northern Diamonds), Amy Jones (Central Sparks), Emma Lamb (Thunder), Nat Sciver-Brunt (The Blaze)

Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay

Who will win the toss? – Sri Lanka Women

Who will win?- England Women

Top Batter (Runs Scored) – Nat Sciver-Brunt (England Women), Nilakshi de Silva (Sri Lanka Women)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Sarah Glenn (England Women), Udeshika Prabodhani (Sri Lanka Women)

Most Sixes – Nat Sciver-Brunt (England Women), Nilakshi de Silva (Sri Lanka Women)

Player of the Match- Nat Sciver-Brunt (England Women)

Team Scores Batting first – England Women 240+, Sri Lanka Women 190+

Match Handicap: England Women

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*NB these predictions may be changed nearer the start of the match once the final starting teams have been announced and we will be running ‘In-Play’ features, so stay tuned.

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