SLW vs WIW 1st T20 Match Prediction & Betting Tips
Sri Lanka women will take on West Indies women in the 1st T20I. The match will be played at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium in Hambantota and will start at 11:00 AM IST on June 24.
SLW vs WIW, Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota Pitch Report
The pitch should be a decent one to bat. The wickets in Sri Lanka are generally batting friendly, however, spinners are bound to get some help in middle overs. Team batting first should target a score of around 150 to feel safe.
Read on for team previews, betting tips, latest odds, and match prediction for Sri Lanka vs West Indies Women 1st T20 2024
SL Women Team News & Playing 11
SL-W Team News
Sri Lanka Women will look to ride on their momentum in the T20I series. The team will be high on confidence after a comprehensive 3-0 win in the T20I series. Historically, Sri Lanka Women have a poor record against West Indies Women, losing eight out of the last 10 games, however, the series will give them a good chance of pulling things back.
SL-W Team Batting
Chamari Attapathu, Vishmi Gunaratne and Hashita Madavi will be the key batters for Sri Lanka. Chamari and Gunaratne had a great series for Sri Lanka, with both scoring 130 and 134 runs respectively, including a fifty each. Nilakshi de Silva also had a decent series and scored 77 runs, including a fifty.
SL-W Team Bowling
The bowling will rest on Sugandika Kumari, Kavisha Dilhari and Chamari Attapattu. Attapattu is a great bowler in shorter formats. She keeps things tight thus gets a lot of wickets. She had a decent ODI series and bagged four wickets. Same goes with Sugandika and Kavisha who took five and seven wickets in ODI series.
SL-W Team Form
Sri Lanka women have not played a lot of T20I cricket against top teams. They last featured T20 World Cup qualifier and emerged victorious.
SL Women Predicted Playing 11
Chamari Athapaththu (c), Vishmi Gunaratne, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Hasini Perera, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi de Silva, Anushka Sanjeewani (wk), Sugandika Kumari, Achini Kulasuriya, Udeshika Prabodhani, Sachini Nisansala
WI Women Team News & Playing 11
WI-W Team News
West Indies women came in the series as favourites but were hammered by the hosts. However, then team missed their captain Hayley Matthews for the last two games. The return of Matthews for the T20I series will be a massive boost for West Indies and the team will look for a turnaround in the shorter formats.
WI-W Team Batting
Hayley Matthews, Shemaine Campbell and Stafanie Taylor will be key batters. West Indies underperformed with the bat in the ODI series and the T20I series will present them with another opportunity to show their class. All three are class batters and match winners on their day .
WI-W Team Bowling
The bowling attack has struggled on this tour. West Indies will need good spells from Chinelle Henry and Shamilia Connell with the new ball. Matthews will look to keep the scoring rate in check in middle overs in addition to picking key wickets.
WI-W Team Form
West Indies last T20I series was against Pakistan where the team registered a comprehensive win by 4-1 margin.
WI Women Predicted Playing 11
Hayley Matthews (c), Rashada Williams, Shemaine Campbelle (wk), Chedean Nation, Chinelle Henry, Aaliyah Alleyne, Afy Fletcher, Karishma Ramharack, Shamilia Connell, Stafanie Taylor, Shabika Gajnabi
🏆 SL Women vs WI Women Prediction
Sri Lanka will start the game as favourites. The hosts were brilliant the ODI series and registered a 3-0 win. Sri Lanka will look to do the same in T20Is, however, West Indies are likely to come back hard at them. West Indians are not great players of spin and Sri Lanka have a plethora of quality spinners in the team. If they can remove Matthews early, Sri Lanka can take a big lead in the match. For us, Sri Lanka are high favourites to win.
