The 1st T20I match of the Sri Lanka Women Tour of England will take place between Sri Lanka Women and England Women on the 31st of August, 2023 at The 1st Central County Ground, Hove.

Top Tournament Stats - Sri Lanka Women Tour of England, 2023

Top Batter - Runs Scored

Top Bowler - Wickets Taken

Fixtures Schedule and Results

Current Form Sri Lanka Women:

Sri Lanka Women are currently ranked 8 in the ICC Women's T20I team rankings with a rating of 214.

Sri Lanka Women have been in an ordinary form in T20I cricket recently. Although they beat the visiting New Zealand side in the ODI series by 2-1, they lost against the visitors in the T20I series.

Sri Lanka Women had however won a 3 match T20I series against Bangladesh Women in May this year by 2-1.

Players to look out for:

1. Chamari Athapaththu - She is the leader of a pack who look hungry and wanting to win. She sets up an example at the top of the order for the remaining batters to follow. If Chamari Athapaththu gets going in the tour, England Women will find it hard to win easy games.

2. Oshadi Ranasinghe - She has been the best bowler for Sri Lanka Women in the past few T20I series they played. Ranasinghe can provide breakthroughs when her team needs the most.

Current Form England Women:

England Women are ranked number 2 in the ICC Women's T20I team rankings with a rating of 285.

England Women are in brilliant form in the shortest format of the game. They have recently beaten Australia Women in a 3 match T20I series by 2-1, which was part of the Ashes.

The girls are fresh and ready after the completion of The Hundred Women's, where they got good exposure to tense environments. England Women should get past the Sri Lankans easily.

Players to look out for:

1. Danielle Wyatt- She has performed very well in the recently concluded The Hundred Women's. Wyatt gives flying starts to England Women and is one of their most important batters in the shortest form of the game.

2. Lauren Bell - She has improved a lot in the last year or so. Bell has acquired many variations in her bowling. Lauren has a knack of picking up wickets when her team needs and she will play an important role for England Women in the upcoming matches.

Let’s have a look at the squads:

Sri Lanka Women

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

Heather Knight (captain, Western Storm), 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), Freya Kemp (Southern Vipers), Issy Wong (Central Sparks), Danielle Wyatt (Southern Vipers)

Cricket Betting Tips and Match Predictions* - PrePlay

Who will win the toss? – Sri Lanka Women

Who will win?- England Women

Top Batter (Runs Scored) – Danielle Wyatt (England Women), Harshitha Samarawickrama (Sri Lanka Women)

Top Bowler (Wickets taken) - Lauren Bell (England Women), Oshadi Ranasinghe (Sri Lanka Women)

Most Sixes – Danielle Gibson (England Women), Harshitha Samarawickrama (Sri Lanka Women)

Player of the Match- Danielle Wyatt (England Women)

Team Scores Batting first – England Women 160+, Sri Lanka Women 130+

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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