In the Sri Lanka Women tour of Australia 2019, we have Sri Lanka Women squaring off against Australia Women at Allan Border Field, Brisbane.
The Australia Women have wrapped up the three-match ODI series 2-0 with consecutive wins by margins of 100-plus runs. In the process, they have clinched their seventh consecutive limited-overs competition this calendar year.
Rachael Haynes starred for the Aussies in the last game with her maiden ODI century while Jess Jonassen continued her recent exploits with the ball and finished with figures of 4/31. That helped restrict Sri Lanka to a meager total of 172/9 in their full quota of 50 overs.
While the visitors would be looking to salvage some pride with an unlikely win, the Australians look pretty close to unbeatable at this point of time – they have lost just one game all year long. The hosts are undoubtedly firm favorites to clinch another series clean sweep, and their 12th straight ODI win of 2019.
SL-W vs AU-W, Probable Playing XI
AUSTRALIA W: Alyssa Healy (wk), Rachael Haynes, Meg Lanning (c), Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Ashleigh Gardner, Jess Jonassen, Nicola Carey, Heather Graham, Georgia Wareham, Tayla Vlaeminck,
SRI LANKA W: Chamari Athapaththu, Anushka Sanjeewani (wk), Harshitha Madavi, Dilani Mandora, Shashikala Siriwardene (c), Nilakshi de Silva, Ama Kanchana, Sugandika Kumari, Udeshika Prabodhani, Achini Kulasuriya, Inoka Ranaweera
Top picks
Achini Kulasuriya: The 29-year-old has proven to be a great differential pick so far. Kulasuriya leads the charts for Sri Lanka with four wickets this series and had a good outing last time out with figures of 3/50.
Rachael Haynes: Haynes is a must-have given her form in this series. She has one fifty and one hundred to her name and enters this contest in great hitting rhythm.
Shashikala Siriwardene: The Sri Lankan all-rounder had a solid showing in the previous encounter as she picked up two wickets and later chipped in with a 22-run knock that included three boundaries.
Meg Lanning: The Australian skipper has scored 118 runs this series with the help of one fifty. Lanning has been superb in white-ball cricket this year and has amassed 451 runs in her last nine matches at an average of 56.
Captaincy options
- Alyssa Healy
- Jess Jonassen
- Chamari Athapaththu
SL-W vs AU-W Dream11 team
