Women's World T20I 2024

AUS-W vs SL-W, Match 5

Preview

 The 6-time Women's World T20I winners Australia-Women(AUS-W) will face Sri Lanka-Women(SL-W) in their opening league match of the ninth edition of the Women's WC T20I. This game is scheduled to take place on Saturday(05th October 2024) at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The defending champions AUS-W will be led by Alyssa Healy, meanwhile, SL-W will be led by Chamari Athapaththu.

The almighty Aussies Women are unbeaten in the last eight T20I games whereas the Asian side Sri Lanka-W lost their opening league match against Pakistan-W by 31 runs while chasing the target of 117 runs on Thursday. SL-W could only manage to score 85 runs in their full quota. AUS-W will be heading for a match after winning their warm matches against ENG-W and WI-W respectively.

Australia-W is surely the favourite to win this edition of the Women's WC T20I having the likes of Alyssa Healy, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry and other key players in their squad. On the other hand, after a disappointing batting display, SL-W will be hoping for a better performance against Australia in this Group A fixture.

AUS-W and SL-W have faced each other in 07 matches in T20I. Out of these 07 games, Australia-W has won 07 whereas Sri Lanka-W has come out victorious on 00 occasions, making it a one-sided battle.

Match Details

Match: AUS-W vs SL-W, Match - 05, Women's World T20I 2024

Date: Saturday, October 05,  2024

Time: 03:30 PM

Venue: Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Pitch and Weather Report

Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates is known to be a good batting pitch. The new white ball will move around a bit, particularly under lights, but once the pitch settles down, batters can milk the runs comfortably. This venue has hosted 39 T20I matches so far, out of which 24 were won by batting first, and 15 won by the chasing side. The average score batting first in T20Is here is 149 runs.

With that record, both side's skippers will be keen to the crucial toss, bat first and put pressure on the opposition by taking advantage of the deck. Batters, though, can expect a nice time here and would try to score at least 155-160 on this track.

During the match, the temperature in Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates is predicted to be around 28-36 degrees Celsius, with the humidity level crossing over 45%. There is going to be light wind on the ground at the speed of 21 km/h. There is no rain expected for the match day and it is going to be a clear day in UAE.

AUS-W vs SL-W Squads

AUS-W: Alyssa Healy (captain), Darcie Brown, Ash Gardner, Kim Garth, Grace Harris, Alana King, Phoebe Litchfield, Tahlia McGrath (vice-captain), Sophie Molineux, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Tayla Vlaeminck, Georgia Wareham

SL-W: Chamari Athapaththu (c), Anushka Sanjeewani, Harshitha Madhavi, Nilakshika de Silva, Inoka Ranaweera, Hasini Perera, Kavisha Dilhari, Sachini Nisansala, Vishmi Gunaratne, Udeshika Prabodhani, Achini Kulasuriya, Sugandika Kumari, Inoshi Priyadharshani, Shashini Gimhani, Ama Kanchana

AUS-W vs SL-W Probable Playing XIs

AUS-W: Alyssa Healy (c & wk), Ellyse Perry, Beth Mooney, Ashleigh Gardner, Phoebe Litchfield, Grace Harris, Tahlia McGrath, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Wareham, Sophie Molineux, Alana King

SL-W: Vishmi Gunaratne, Chamari Athapaththu (c), Harshitha Samarawickrama, Kavisha Dilhari, Anushka Sanjeewani (wk), Ama Kanchana, Hasini Perera, Sugandika Kumari, Sachini Nisansala, Inoka Ranaweera and Udeshika Prabodhani.

Match Prediction

There is no doubt at all, that Australia Women will be the favourite to win this match.

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