Preview :
Australia Women will begin their home season 2019-20 with a three match T20I series against Sri Lanka Women. The first of the three T20Is will be played in Sydney tomorrow. Australia Women are the best ranked T20I side in the world and they are also coming off with a clean sweep of West Indies and now will look to extend their winning streak. On the other hand, Sri Lanka Women shouldn’t think much about the results and if they put up a good fight against the Aussies then it’ll be a decent outcome for them.
Match Details :
Match : SL-W vs AUS-W, Sri Lanka Women vs Australia Women, Sri Lanka Women tour of Australia, 2019
Date and Time : 29 September 2019, 10.00 AM IST
Venue : North Sydney Oval, Sydney
Sri Lanka Women Team News and Expected Playing XI :
Team News :
1. Sri Lanka Women are ranked 8th in the ICC T20I team rankings.
2. Chamari Athapaththu will lead Sri Lanka Women side in this series.
3. Sri Lanka Women beat Cricket Australia XI in the warm up match in a super over finish.
4. There are no injury concerns for Sri Lanka Women side.
Expected Playing XI :
Chamari Athapaththu (c), Yashoda Mendis, Harshita Madavi, Anushka Sanjeewani, Sashikala Siriwardena, Dilani Manodara (wk), Hansima Karunaratne, Oshadhi Ranasinghe, Udeshika Prabodani, Sugandika Kumari, Inoshi Fernando
Australia Women Team News and Expected Playing XI :
Team News :
1. Australia Women are ranked 1st in the ICC T20I team rankings.
2. Australia Women will be led by Meg Lanning in this series.
3. Australia Women have the same squad who played against West Indies earlier this month.
4. There are no major injury concerns for Australia Women side.
Expected Playing XI :
Alyssa Healy (wk), Beth Mooney, Meg Lanning (c), Ellyse Perry, Rachael Haynes, Ashleigh Gardner, Erin Burns, Jess Jonassen, Delissa Kimmince, Georgia Wareham, Megan Schutt
SL-W vs AU-W Dream11 Team Prediction :
Wicket keepers : Alyssa Healy
Batsmen : Meg Lanning, Harshita Madavi, Beth Mooney
All rounders : S Siriwardene, J Jonassen, E Perry
Bowlers : Megan Schutt, G Wareham, Sugandika Kumari, Oshadi Ranasinghe
Captain and Vice Captain :
Captain – Ellyse Perry or Jesse Jonassen and Vice captain – Alyssa Healy or Meg Lanning
Stats and Facts :
1. Last 5 T20I matches –
Australia Women – W, W, W, L, W
Sri Lanka Women – L, L, L, L, L
2. Sri Lanka Women will play their first T20I match since 28 March 2019.
3. Top performers for Australia Women side in T20Is this year –
Meg Lanning – 254 runs at 254 in 5 inns (1*100, 1*50)
Alyssa Healy – 160 runs at 32.00 in 6 inns (1*50)
Ellyse Perry – 145 runs at 145.00 in 5 inns (1*50) and 4 wickets at 21.00
Jess Jonassen – 11 wickets at 8.72 in 6 inns (1*4-for)
Megan Schutt – 11 wickets at 12.72 in 6 inns
Georgia Wareham – 6 wickets at 17.50 in 6 inns
4. Top performers for Sri Lanka Women side in T20Is this year –
Shashikala Siriwardene – 93 runs at 15.50 in 6 inns and 4 wickets at 31.50
Hansima Karunaratne – 73 runs at 44.50 in 3 inns
Inoka Ranaweera – 4 wickets at 20.75 in 4 inns
5. Sugandika Kumari and Shashikala Siriwardene picked up 2 wickets each in the warm up T20 match against Cricket Australia XI.
6. Australia Women should win this match comfortably.