ENGW vs SLW Match Preview
The 3rd match of the T20I series between these two countries saw Sri Lankan women record an empathic 7-wicket win and take their side to a remarkable 2-1 win. The English team batted first in the day/night affair played in Derby and scored 116 runs all out from 19 overs. The Sri Lankan women chased the target easily in 17 overs with as many as 7 wickets to spare and 18 balls remaining. The mercurial Sri Lankan skipper Chamari Athapaththu managed to score 44 runs from 28 balls and also picked up a 3-wicket haul in the game.
Chamari Athapaththu picked up the Player of the Match and Player of the Series awards. In the last T20I game, we saw a combination of good bowling and some soft dismissals leading to the England women's downfall. The Sri Lankan bowlers such as Kavisha Dilhari, Udeshika Parabodhani, and the skipper Chamari Athapaththu did a good restriction job on England. Later on in the game, the skipper Chamira Athapaththu produced a top display of batswomenship to guide her side to a famous win.
Athapaththu scored 44 runs from 28 balls. Although she fell short of her fifty other batters such as H Madavi ensured that there were no more incidents during the Sri Lankan innings. The wicketkeeper batswoman MAA Sanjeewani also scored 20 runs from 16 balls. The English team got off to a terrible start when the hosts lost the important wicket of Danni Wyatt early. She lobbed a Priyadarshini delivery straight at the cover fielder. Wyatt's fellow opening batter flicked a delivery from Prabodhani to the square leg fielder and was run out going for a second run.
The 18-ball 23 scored by Bouchier was the top score recorded by the English batter in this game. Athapaththu was the star of the show in the second T20I as well. She hit 55 from 31 balls and also picked up a wicket in this match. She tempted the dependable English batter Amy Jones into a drive only to find the wicketkeeper Sanjeewani completing a stumping. These wickets meant that inexperienced batters such as Dani Gibson and Freya Kemp were left in a lurch to try and resurrect the English innings.
Weather Report
It is expected that we will have a dark and gloomy day tomorrow during the game. Some intermittent rain is also expected during the match. These conditions can cause a break in the match play and the Duckworth and Lewis equation can come into play at some stages of the game.
Pitch Report
The Riverside Ground pitch will have some assistance for the fast bowlers as it offers pace and bounce to the speedsters. But even the spinners might get some purchase from the track after the wicket has settled down later on in the match. Any team batting first here will look to score at least 250 runs in the game.
Notable stats
Nat Sciver-Brunt has a terrific batting average in recent games.
Nat Sciver-Brunt has scored 451 runs in her last 6 games with an average of 90.2.
Chamari Athapaththu has a great batting average in her recent ODI games.
Chamari Athapaththu has scored 549 runs from her last 10 appearances for Sri Lankan women with an average of 68.63.
Team News
This is a new series and you can expect the full teams to be fit for selection. There are no injury updates available for this game at the moment.
ENGW vs SLW Probable 11
ENGW Playing 11
- Heather Knight (C)
- Amy Jones (Wk)
- Danni Wyatt
- Alice Capsey
- Danielle Gibson
- Sarah Glenn
- Charlie Dean
- Kate Cross
- Mahika Gaur
- Maia Bouchier
- Freya Kemp
SLW Playing 11
- Chamari Athapaththu (C)
- Anushka Sanjeewani (Wk)
- Vishmi Gunaratne
- Harshitha Samarawickrama
- Nilakshi de Silva
- Kavisha Dilhari
- Inoka Ranaweera
- Sugandika Kumari
- Udeshika Prabodhani
- Inoshi Priyadharshani
- Hasini Perera
Dream11 Prediction
English women have a good record at home. But they were unable to contend with the Sri Lankan spinners in the T20 internationals. There is a chance of getting overcast conditions which will help the seamers in getting some assistance from the track. Sri Lankan women will be on a high after winning the T20I series for the first time in England. However, their overwhelming dependence on Chamari Athapaththu is likely to hurt them in this one-day series. We expect the English women to recover from the unexpected series loss in the T20I format and win the ODI series.
Top Picks
Nat Sciver-Brunt: Sciver-Brunt has been in red hot form in her recent one-day games. She has scored a whopping 451 runs in her last 6 matches with a strike rate of 97.61 and an average of 90.2.
Charlie Dean: Charlie Dean has picked up 15 wickets from her last 8 contests with a strike rate of 26.4 and an excellent economy rate of 4.03.
Chamri Athapaththu: Athapathuthu has scored 549 runs in her last 10 appearances for Sri Lanka with a strike rate of 115.82 and an average of 68.63.
Kate Cross: Kate Cross has picked up 16 wickets in her last 10 games with a strike rate of 30.37 and an economy rate of 4.86.
ENGW vs SLW Dream11 Team 1
Keeper: A Sanjeewani
Batters: H Knight, T Beaumont, H Samarawickrama
All-rounders: C Athapaththu (C), K Dilhari, A Capsey, N Sciver (VC)
Bowlers: I Ranaweera, U Prabodhani, S Glenn
