ENGW vs SLW Match Preview
The England women's team is doing a good job in the T20 international games. They succeeded in reaching the semifinals of the T20 World Cup and also won the recently concluded T20I series against Australia by a close margin of 2-1. The England selectors have named a full squad for their series against Sri Lankan women. We will get to see some new faces in this game such as the speedster Mahika Gaur and wicketkeeper batswoman Bess Heath. The key players with the bat for England women are Danielle Wyatt, Alice Capsey, and Heather Knight.
Danielle Wyatt is going into this game after a remarkable performance in the recently played Hundred competition for women. She has collected 2478 runs from 146 runs for the British. Knight has also done well for England having scored over 1600 runs. Alice Capsey is relatively a newcomer for England women but she has established herself as a big hitter in the team. The best bowlers in the team will be Danielle Wyatt, Issy Wong, and Sarah Glenn. Wyatt and Glenn have picked up 46 and 59 scalps respectively for England. Another good bowler in the team is Wong who has established her credentials as the best spinner in the team.
After the completion of the T20I world, Sri Lankan women have played a couple of series against viz. Bangladesh and New Zealand. Lankans succeeded in defeating Bangladesh by a margin of 2-1 and they lost to the Kiwi women by the same margin. The best batter for Sri Lankan women is Chamari Atapaththu. She will need to do well for Sri Lankan women to harbor any hopes of beating England in this series. She has amassed as many as 2484 runs for Lanka. Nilakshi de Silva has also done well for her country scoring over 800 runs in the process.
There will be a lot of expectations from Harshita Madavi as well who has the reputation of being a clean hitter of the cricket ball. The onus in the bowling department for Sri Lanka will be with Inoka Ranaweera, Kavisha Dilhari, and Oshadi Ranansinghe. These bowlers have picked up 81, 21, and 58 wickets respectively for their country. The Sri Lankan women played their last T20 international series against New Zealand. They had to endure a close 2-1 defeat in this series played at home.
Weather Report
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.
Pitch Report
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.
Notable stats
Danni Wyatt has a terrific strike rate with the bat.
Danni Wyatt has scored 240 runs in her last 9 games with a strike rate of 145.45.
Sarah Glenn has a great strike rate with the ball for England.
Sarah Glenn has picked up 12 wickets from her last 9 games with a strike rate of 16.
Team News
There are no injury worries for their match as this is the first game of the series and both teams are likely to have fully fit members on their ranks.
ENGW vs SLW Probable 11
ENGW Playing 11
- Sophia Dunkley
- Danielle Wyatt
- Nat Sciver-Brunt
- Alice Capsey
- Heather Knight (C)
- Amy Jones (Wk)
- Danielle Gibson
- Sophie Ecclestone
- Sarah Glenn
- Charlotte Dean
- Lauren Bell
SLW Playing 11
- Chamari Athapaththu (C)
- Anushka Sanjeewani (Wk)
- Kavisha Dilhari
- Hasini Perera
- Harshitha Samarawickrama
- Nilakshi de Silva
- Imesha Dulani
- Sugandika Kumari
- Inoshi Priyadharshani
- Inoka Ranaweera
- Kawya Kavindi
Dream11 Prediction
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 of the caliber of Tammy Beaumont, Sophia Dunkley, Nat Sciver, and Lauren Filer in their ranks. The English management will be hoping for a continuation of their domination over Sri Lankan women in this format. We will bet with England to win this contest to take an early lead in the competition.
Top Picks
Amy Jones: Amy Jones has scored 165 runs from her last 10 appearances for England with a strike rate of 143.47 and an average of 27.5.
Danni Wyatt: Danni Wyatt has scored 240 runs from her last 9 matches for England women with a strike rate of 145.45 and an average of 26.67.
Sarah Glenn: Sarah Glenn has picked up 12 scalps from her last 9 games with a strike rate of 16 while bowling with an economy rate of 6.5.
Chamari Athapaththu: Chamari Athapaththu has scored 303 runs from her last 10 games for Sri Lanka with an average of 33.67.
ENGW vs SLW Dream11 Team 1
Keeper: A Jones
Batters: H Knight, D Wyatt, H Samarawickrama
All-rounders: K Dilhari, C Athapaththu (C), A Capsey (VC), K Cross
Bowlers: I Ranaweera, O Ranasinghe, S Glenn
