After an embarrassing clean sweep in ODI series, Sri Lankan Women still seems struggling and haven’t been able to find their right combination to beat England. Sri Lankan women have again been crushed out by English Women in the 1st T20, and now English Women would be wanting to wrap up the series by winning the next T20 match On Tuesday in Colombo.
Sri Lankan Women lacked in making most out of their home conditions, but English women seemed like they are more familiar to away conditions. Sri Lankan women managed to get a tiny total of 94/10 in 19 overs, whereas, English women stepped with no pressure and managed to reach the target in just 14.2 overs with the loss of 2 wickets.
There is no spark seen in Sri Lankan women, and they have the last chance to save themselves from embarrassment by winning their previous two T20 games. On the other hand, English Women would not give them a chance to stand on their feet and would be looking forward to wrapping up the entire series by winning the 2nd T20.
Not only Sri Lankan women, English team lead by Heather Knight had previously beaten India (3-0), whereas, talking about Sri Lankan women, the last T20 match they won against was with Pakistan back in 2014.
When and Where:
Sri Lanka Women vs England Women, 2nd T20
26th March 2019, 10:00 AM IST
Colts Cricket Club, Colombo.
Last meeting at the venue:
Sri Lanka: L, L, L, L, L
England: W, W, W, W, W
Team news:
England women:
England is expected to make some changes as per rotation policy.
Katherine Brunt and Georgia Elwiss are expected to be in playing 11 in place of Davies and Marsh
Sri Lanka women:
Sri Lankans are expected to step in the field with a similar squad.
A lot of expectations are from Chamari Athapaththu and Sashikala Siriwardene. They are yet to make something good out of the bat and would be looking forward to coming good in a do or die game against England.
Squad:
Sri Lanka Women: Harshita Madavi, Imalka Mendis, Inoka Ranweera, Chamari Atapattu, Umesha Thimashini, Hasini Perera, Nilakshi de Silva, Oshadi Ranasinghe, Shashikala Siriwardene, Anushka Sanjeewani, Achini Kulasuriya, Hansima Karunaratne, Sugandika Kumari, Inoshi Priyadarshani, Madushika Methtananda
England Women: Heather Knight, Amy Jones, Tammy Beaumont, Dani Wyatt, Lauren Winfield, Georgia Elwiss, Katherine Brunt, Sophie Ecclestone, Kate Cross, Linsey Smith, Freya Davies, Sophia Dunkley, Laura Marsh, Fran Wilson, Natalie Sciver, Anya Shrubsole
Probably playing 11:
Sri Lanka Women: Chamari Athapaththu, Sanjeewani, Achini Kulasuriya, Hasini Perera, Nilakshi de Silva, Imalka Mendis, Shashikala Siriwardene, Harshita Madavi, Oshadi Ranasinghe, Inoshi Priyadarshani, Hansima Karunaratne
England Women: Dani Wyatt, Beaumont, Amy Jones, Heather Knight, Natalie Sciver, Lauren Winfield, Katherine Brunt, Dunkley, Linsey Smith, Anya Shrubsole, Georgia Elwiss
EN-W vs SL-W Dream11 Prediction:
A Jones (VC)
I Mendis
H Karunaratne
T Beaumont
D Wyatt
C Athapaththu
N Sciver (c)
O Ranasinghe
A Shrubsole
F Davies
L Smith
Captain and VC choices: I Mendis, D Wyatt, L Smith
Key players:
England Women:
Heather Knight
Tammy Beaumont
Amy Jones
Lauren Winfield
Sri Lanka women:
Chamari Athapaththu
Sanjeewani
Imalka Mendis
Oshadi Ranasinghe