ENGW vs SLW Match Prediction & Betting Tips - Aug 31, 2023
The English women's cricket team will play host to the touring Sri Lankan Women in the first game of the T20I series starting tomorrow. The English women will be looking to assert their dominance over the Sri Lankan women as they go up against them in the first game of the T20 international series to be played at the venue of the County Ground in Hove. The home team is riding high on confidence at the moment after defeating their old rivals Australia in a 3-game series of T20 international cricket. The English skipper Heather Knight will be expecting that she will be able to continue the momentum in the T20 international series. The Sri Lankan women on the other hand will have to make suitable adjustments to the playing conditions on offer. They need to be able to do this to stop the in-form English team.
England Women vs. Sri Lanka Women Head-To-Head
The England women and Sri Lankan women have played against each other on nine occasions earlier in the T20I format. The English women have won all the 9 games between the two sides. The last time these two met was in 2022 during the Commonwealth Games in England. England women won that match as well. The England women have scored 124 runs on an average while the Sri Lankan women have scored 92.6 runs on an average in these games. The highest total attained by England was 204 runs while the Sri Lankan women have scored 108 runs as their top score.
England Women vs. Sri Lanka Women Live Streaming and Broadcast
This T20 international series between Sri Lankan women and England women can be viewed live on Sky Sports Cricket in England. You can also watch the game through live streaming on BBC Two and iPlayer.
ENGW vs SLW Team Previews
England Women
As far as the English batting department is concerned for English women, they will rely on batters of the likes of the skipper Heather Knight, Nat Sciver, Danielle Wyatt, Tamy Beaumont, and Alice Capsey to score most of the runs. Nat Sciver has displayed top form of late scoring 322 runs from her last 12 games with the bat for England women in the T20I format. It is expected that she will continue her good form in this competition with the bat. As far as the bowling department is concerned, England will hinge on bowlers such as Lauren Filer, Sarah Glenn, Nat Sciver, Danielle Gibson, Sophie Ecclestone, and Charlie Dean to get the team timely breakthroughs.
Sophie Ecclestone tops the bowling charts for English women with an economy rate of 5.36. She has picked up 24 wickets from her 15 games with an average of 12.70. Sophia Dunkley has scored 435 runs from her last 16 T20i matches with an average of 29. England women played their last game in the T20 format against Australian women on 8th July. This match was a part of the Australian women's tour of England. The game was played at Lord's and the English women came out trumps in it by a margin of 5 wickets with 4 balls to spare.
Batting first, Australian women scored 155 runs for the loss of 7 wickets from their quota of 20 overs. We had some showers during the match and the England women were asked to chase a target of 119 runs from 14 overs as a result. They chased these runs in 13.2 overs to record a comprehensive win against the Aussie women. Nat Sciver was the pick of the bowlers for English women picking up 2 wickets for 31 runs from her quota of 4 overs. The top run-getter for British women was Alice Capsey scoring 46 runs from 23 balls with 4 fours and 2 sixes.
England Women Playing 11
Danielle Wyatt, Maia Bouchier, Alice Capsey, Heather Knight, Amy Jones, Freya Kemp, Danielle Gibson, Sarah Glenn, Charlotte Dean, Kate Cross, Mahika Gaur.
Sri Lanka Women
As far as the Sri Lankan women's team batting order is concerned, the management will depend on players such as Harshita Samarawickrama, Nilakshi de Silva, and Chamari Athapaththu to score most of the runs for their team. Harshita Samarawickarama has scored 530 runs in her last 18 games and leads the batting charts for the Sri Lankan team. The Lankan bowling attack will depend on bowlers such as Imesh Dilhari, Inoshi Priyadarshani, Sugandika Kumari, and Inoka Ranaweera to get some well-timed breakthroughs for her team.
The standout performer with the ball for Sri Lanka has been Inoka Ranaweera who picked up 26 wickets from her last 18 games in T20 international cricket. Chamari Athapaththu has scored 405 runs from her last 18 innings with an average of 23.82 in T20I cricket. Although the Sri Lankan women lost their last T20I series against the New Zealand women, they did record a consolation victory in their last game against the opposition. This T20I game was played in Colombo, Sr Lanka on 12th July this year.
The New Zealand women batted first in the game to score 140 runs from their quota of 20 overs for the loss of 9 wickets. The Sri Lankan women chased down this modest target easily by reaching the target in 14.3 overs without dropping a wicket. It was an amazing run-fest from the Sri Lankan opening batters that demolished the New Zealand women's bowling attack to record an easy win for the side. Chamari Athapaththu was in exceptional form hitting 80 not out from 47 balls with 2 fours and 13 boundaries. Harshitha Samarawickrama managed 49 runs from 40 balls with 7 fours.
Sri Lanka Women Playing 11
Harshitha Madavi, Chamari Atapattu, Nilakshi de Silva, Vishmi Gunaratne, Kavisha Dilhari, Anushka Sanjeewani, Inoka Ranaweera, Sugandika Kumari, Udeshika Prabodhani, Hasini Perera, Kawya Kavindi.
ENGW vs SLW Toss Prediction
Both these teams will be looking to win the toss in this first encounter of the T20I series. They will wish to field first and restrict the opposition to a small total in their 20 overs. Most games played at the Hove venue in England have been won by the teams chasing a target.
Read our guide on toss predictions to learn how we analyze and come up with our tips.
Pitch and Conditions
This first match of the T20I series will be hosted at the County Ground in Hove. The English women have an atrocious record at this venue. They have lost 6 out of the 7 matches they have played here. The pitch on offer here will be a good one for batting and the seamers can get some help from the track.
The weather forecast for this game is not too good. We are expecting thunderstorms and some rain during the contest. The conditions for the match will be cloudy and the temperatures will be close to 18 degrees during the game. The relative humidity during the match will be close to 90% and players will perspire a lot during this game.
ENGW vs SLW Betting Tips
If you look at the current form of these two teams, you will find the English women to be favorites to win this contest and take an early lead in the series. They have players such asTammy Beaumont, Sophia Dunkley, Nat Sciver, and Lauren Filer in their ranks. The English management will hope to continue their domination over Sri Lankan women in this format. We will bet with England to win this contest and take an early lead.
Bonus Cricket Bets
The Sri Lankan opening batters were in awesome form in their last match against New Zealand women. You can bet on them to continue their good work and score over 22 runs for the first wicket.
The English women's team has several batters that are in good form. So, it is more likely that the top run-getter for this game will be from England.
England women as indicated earlier, have several batters in good nick at the moment. So, you can bet on them to hit more boundaries.
Who will win ENGW vs SLW
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Match Predictions
Cricket Betting Tips
- Highest opening partnership - India W (1.55) and 1 more BANW vs INDW betting tip
- Total runs in the highest scoring over of the match - Over 22.5 (1.95) and 2 more MI vs SRH betting tips
- Nazmul Hossain Shanto to become the top batter. - 4.10 and 3 more BAN vs ZIM betting tips
- Delhi Capitals to win the toss - 1.90 and 4 more DC vs RR betting tips
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