North Sydney Oval, Sydney, Australia
Australia Women
Sri Lanka Women
Australia Women
Sri Lanka Women
Man of the Match: Beth Mooney
Can the Sri Lanka Women end their T-20 losing streak against the in-form Australian team?
Our prediction is Australia Women team will win the first match of the three-match T-20 series!
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The first match of the three-match T-20 series between Australia women and Sri Lanka Women team will be played at Sydney ground on Sunday. With a World T20 coming up in a few months, both the side will be looking to fine-tune their skills and find the right combination.
Australian side come into this tournament following an incredibly dominant performance in their last series against West Indies where they have clean sweep both T-20 and ODI series. However, the in-form Australian team does not want to leave a single stone unturned in the build-up to the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 to be played at home. Overall, the Aussies are very balanced and strong as they cover all bases in terms of bowling, batting, and all-rounders. In fact, they possess ICC T-20 top-ranked bowler, batsman and all-rounder. They will hope to keep the momentum going and win the first match of Tri-series.
On the contrary, Sri Lankan women team has been struggling at international level as they lost all their six T-20 games played this year. Besides, the batting unit has failed to score 130+ runs in all their earlier six T-20 games and that has been the biggest cause of their failure. In their most recent T-20 series at home, they lost it 3-0 against England. There is a lot of raw talent in Sri Lankan unit and it will be good opportunity for them to perform against an in-form opponent. Sri Lankan side will be led by Chamari Atapattu. She is the leading T-20 run scorer for Sri Lanka. ODI team skipper Siriwardene is also a part of the T-20 Squad, she is the most experienced Sri Lankan player in T-20 game and her experience will be very vital to guide the youngsters in the team under pressure situations. Besides, she leads the T-20 wicket-takers’ charts for Sri Lanka in international cricket. It will be a great opportunity for the Sri Lankan team to build the team ahead of the big tournament and definitely they will seek resurgence in this Tri-series.
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The Australian team will be very cheerful after their convincing win in last ODI and T20- series against West Indies. Their side is very balanced. Their top-order batsmen - Alyssa Healy and Meg Lanning have been in stupendous form at international level. With 349 runs from 6 games in the last series, Alyssa Healy was awarded the player of the series. Right-handed top-order batsman, Meg Lanning is currently the second-best ICC T-20 batsman. She has scored 2315 runs from 85 T-20 games at an average of 34.04. She is certainly the biggest threat for the Sri Lanka women team. The batting duo would be keen to carry on the good form. The right hand- batsman and medium pacer, Ellyse Perry has been the key player in the Australian Team. From 108 T-20 games, she scored 1096 runs and also bagged 104 wickets. The stats prove why she is also currently the number one ICC T-20 all-rounder. With great all-round skills, she can win the match on her own.
In the bowling department, Aussies have top-ranked ICC T-20 bowler, Megan Schutt. She has picked 68 wickets from 53 T-20 games at a strike rate of 15.5 and also got economy of less than six. Jess Jonassen and Ellyse Perry are also fourth and ninth-ranked T-20 bowlers. Aussies bowling unit is very mighty and it would be a tough challenge for Sri Lankan batsmen to encounter against the quality Australian bowlers. Key Player - Meg Lanning, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt
Meg Lanning, Georgia Wareham, Beth Mooney, Megan Schutt, Ellyse Perry, Jess Jonassen, Tayla Vlaeminck, Ashleigh Gardner, Alyssa Healy, Delissa Kimmince, Rachael Haynes
After losing the last six T-20 games, Sri Lanka women team will look for a strong comeback in this series. Though the players in Sri Lankan side haven’t got much T-20 international experience, the young and talented player got great skills to battle against the Australian team.
In batting, unlike the opponent team, Sri Lankan team is relying heavily on their key batsmen Chamari Atapattu and Shashikala Siriwardene. Skipper Chamari Atapattu has been the leading scorer for the side in T-20; scored 1333 runs from 76 innings at an average of 17.77. Shashikala Siriwardene has been the second-best batsmen for Sri Lanka in the shorter format with 1049 runs at an average of 17.48. Batting duo needs to be at their best against the formidable Aussies bowling. Another top-order batsman, Hansima Karunaratne has played some impact inning in the last series against England. She will be desperate to score big. Wicket-keeper batsman, Dilani Manodara will be looking to get back in form. She got an average of 20 in T-20, the best in the Squad.
Bowling unit will be lead by Shashikala Siriwardene and Udeshika Prabodhani. Bowling duo needs to be more accurate against strong batting lineup of Australia. Shashikala Siriwardene picked 69 wickets while U Prabodhani picked 45 wickets in T-20 international games. They need to strike early to restrict the opponent from scoring a massive run. Inoka Ranaweera and Sripali Weerakkody will be the other bowling options for Sri Lanka. Key Player - Chamari Atapattu, Shashikala Siriwardena, Udeshika Prabodhani
Hansima Karunaratne, Shashikala Siriwardene, Harshitha Madavi, Chamari Atapattu, Nilakshi de Silva, Yasoda Mendis, Udeshika Prabodhani, Ama Kanchana, Oshadi Ranasinghe, Anushka Sanjeewani, Sugandika Kumari
The weather forecast for Monday in Sydney looks very sunny and clear and there is no rain forecast for the rain.
The wicket expected to be good for batting. The quick bowlers will get assistance off the surface.
Chasing team won the lone T-20 game played at this venue. Australia women chased the score of 162 against New Zealand Women. The records are in favor of the chasing team and also the track is suitable for batting throughout both the innings.
It would be a difficult task for the Sri Lankan team to beat the formidable Aussies team. Both teams have very contrasting results in their recent international outings. The Australian team is very strong and balanced as they cover all the bases, whereas the Sri Lankan team has been struggling to find their best playing eleven. Furthermore, Sri Lankan batting has been very ordinary in recent times. Hence, we expect it be a very one-sided game and Australia will easily defeat Sri Lanka.
Our prediction is Australia Women team will win the first match of the three-match T-20 series!
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