On Thursday, February 9, the Women’s T20 World Cup 2023’s first match will be between Sri Lanka and South Africa. Newlands in Cape Town will host the match. The South African Women’s team, led by Sune Luus, has chosen players who are both experienced and young, and they will want to get the best of both worlds.
The South Africa Women have made a lot of changes to their squad to improve their batting as well, despite the fact that bowling has traditionally been their strongest position. Chamari Athapaththu, a veteran and one of the team’s best batters, will lead the Sri Lanka Women’s team.
At the top of the list, Harshitha Samarawickrama will be with her. During her most recent outings, Samarawickrama has batted consistently well, including scoring a brilliant 81 runs against Thailand in the Asia Cup.
South Africa Women vs Sri Lanka Women Match details :
- Match: South Africa Women vs Sri Lanka Women, Match 1, Women’s T20 World Cup 2023
- Date and Time: February 9, 2023, Thursday, 10.30 pm IST
- Venue: Newlands, Cape Town
South Africa Women vs Sri Lanka Women Prediction :
The beginning of this tournament is causing a lot of excitement in the world of cricket, and we anticipate that Sri Lanka Women will have some issues with the ball in this game against South Africa Women.
However, this South Africa Women’s team has significantly more depth and elite experience with both the bat and the ball. South Africa Women will prevail, according to our prediction.
South Africa Women vs Sri Lanka Women Weather Report :
Cape Town is expected to have clear skies all night on Friday. During the match, the temperature should drop from 22 degrees to 19 degrees.
South Africa Women vs Sri Lanka Women Pitch report :
This pitch has a good pace, but it also gives spin bowlers and quick bowlers some help. A par score will not exceed 155.
South Africa Women vs Sri Lanka Women Head to head :
From 13 WT20Is, South Africa Women have a very strong 10-3 record over Sri Lanka Women. The last time Sri Lanka Women beat South Africa Women was in March 2016 in Bengaluru, but they lost the last five games.
| Matches Played | SA-W Won | SL-W Won | Tie | Draw | |
| Overall | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Last 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
South Africa Women vs Sri Lanka Women Fantasy tips :
Against Pakistan Women in a warm-up match, Laura Wolvaardt scored 65 and 42 runs without being run out at the end of last month. As South Africa Women’s highest run scorer in this opener, she is well worth backing. Nonkululeko Mlaba, who performed admirably in the Tri-Nation Series, is our pick to take the most wickets for South Africa Women against Sri Lanka Women.
Our pick for Sri Lanka Women’s highest run scorer against South Africa Women is skipper Chamari Athapththu, who has a top score of 113 in this format. Inoka Ranaweera has 68 wickets with the ball in this format at an 18.5 strike rate.
She is likely to take the most wickets for Sri Lanka Women in this match. Both teams will undoubtedly be nervous during the tournament’s opening game. In this matchup, we recommend backing Laura Wolvaardt to score more than 29.5 runs.
South Africa Women vs Sri Lanka Women Dream 11 :
- Keeper: A Sanjeewani
- Batters: H Smarwickrama, T Brits, L Wolvaardt
- All-rounders: C Atapattu (VC), O Ranasinghe, M Kapp (C)
- Bowlers: I Ranaweera, S Kumari, S Ismail, M Klaas
South Africa Women vs Sri Lanka Women Where to watch :
On Star Sports, SuperSport, Sky Sports Cricket, Gazi TV, PTV Sports, Fox Sports, and ESPN+, this match will be broadcast live. The match can be watched by fans on Sky Go, the SuperSport App, and Hotstar.
South Africa Women vs Sri Lanka Women Playing XIs :
South Africa Women
- Laura Wolvaardt, Tazmin Brits, Lara Goodall, Sune Luus (c), Chloe Tryon, Marizanne Kapp, Nadine de Klerk, Sinalo Jafta (wk), Shabnim Ismail, Ayabonga Khaka, and Nonkululeko Mlaba.
Sri Lanka Women
- Chamari Athapaththu (c), Harshitha Madavi, Sathya Sandeepani, Vishmi Gunaratne, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi de Silva, Anushka Sanjeewani (wk), Oshadi Ranasinghe, Inoka Ranaweera, Sugandika Kumari, and Achini Kulasuriya.