Ireland Women v Sri Lanka Women | ICC Women’s T20 World Cup

DUBLIN: The freshly crowned Asia Cup champions, Sri Lanka, will be the first opponent for Ireland Women when they return to action this month for the first of two home white-ball series.
 

The multi-format, five-match series will take place between August 11 and August 20, 2024. Having only met six times previously, this is the first time the two sides have faced off in a competitive bilateral series.

IMPORTANT POINTS

• The three one-day matches are a part of the Women's Championship of the ICC.
• Ireland's women have never defeated Sri Lanka's women in a competitive match
• Sri Lanka recently defeated India to win the 2024 Asia Cup.
• Una Raymond-Hoey of Ireland rejoins the Irish team after five years away in Australia.
• Alice Tector and Christina Coulter Reilly have been summoned by Ireland for the first time.

This is the two teams' first-ever bilateral series. When Ireland and Sri Lanka played competitively against one another in 2010, Sri Lanka won five times and one match ended in a tie.

• Ireland vs. Sri Lanka (T20I; ICC Women's World Cup Qualifier): Sri Lanka prevailed by 146 runs on February 8, 2017.
• 20 March 2016: ICC Women's T20 World Cup match between Sri Lanka and Ireland (T20I); Sri Lanka prevailed by 14 runs.
• Ireland vs. Sri Lanka (T20I; ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier) July 27, 2013: Sri Lanka prevailed by eight wickets.
• 28 April 2011: Women's Quadrangular Series: ODI vs Sri Lanka and Ireland - No outcome
• Ireland against. Sri Lanka (T20I; ICC Women's Cricket T20 Challenge): Sri Lanka prevailed by 11 runs on October 14, 2010.
• October 12, 2010: Sri Lanka defeated Ireland in an ODI (ICC Women's Cricket Challenge) by two wickets.

In the 2018 ICC Women's T20 World Cup warm-up match, Ireland defeated the other team by eight wickets.

SQUADS

The Ireland Women’s squads are:

T20I Squad:

• Laura Delany (c) (Leinster), Ava Canning (Leinster), Christina Coulter Reilly (Clontarf), Alana Dalzell (Bready), Amy Hunter (Instonians/Malahide), Gaby Lewis (Phoenix), Jane Maguire (The Hills), Arlene Kelly (Malahide), Cara Murray (Saintfield), Leah Paul (Merron), Orla Prendergast (Pembroke), Una Raymond-Hoey (Ringwood), Freya Sargent (Clontarf), Rebecca Stokell (Merrion).

ODI Squad:

• Laura Delany (c) (Leinster), Ava Canning (Leinster), Alana Dalzell (Bready), Amy Hunter (Instonians/Malahide), Arlene Kelly (Malahide), Gaby Lewis (Phoenix), Joanna Loughran (Leinster),  Leah Paul (Merron), Orla Prendergast (Pembroke), Una Raymond-Hoey (Ringwood),Aimee Maguire (The Hills), Freya Sargent (Clontarf), Rebecca Stokell (Merrion), Alice Tector (Phoenix).

The touring Sri Lanka Women squad is:

• Chamari Athapaththu (c), Vishmi Gunaratne, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Hasini Perera, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi Silva, Anushka Sanjeewani, Kawya Kavindi, Udeshika Prabodhani,  Sugandika Kumari, Sachini Nisansala, Achini Kulasuriya, Inoshi Fernando, Shashini Gimhani, Ama Kanchana, Kaushini Nuthyangana.

FIXTURES

T20Is:

• Ireland vs Sri Lanka – 1st T20I (Pembroke; start 4pm) at 11 August 2024
• Ireland vs Sri Lanka – 2nd T20I (Pembroke; start 4pm) at 13 August 2024

ODIs:

• Ireland vs Sri Lanka – 1st ODI (Stormont; start 10.45am) at 16 August 2024
• Ireland vs Sri Lanka – 2nd ODI (Stormont; start 10.45am) at 18 August 2024
• Ireland vs Sri Lanka – 3rd ODI (Stormont; start 10.45am) at 20 August 2024