The Australian cricket team is the most successful team in the world; not only the men’s team, Women’s team also led Australia to the front in Cricket. The Australian Women’s team have won 8 World Cup titles since 1978. They were defending champions in the 2024 edition of T20i World Cup. On the 5th October 2024 Australia played against Sri Lanka and for the first time, Sri Lanka was competitive in Australia Vs Sri Lanka encounters. Here we are going through key moments of the match through the scorecard of the match.
Australia Vs Sri Lanka T20 World Cup 2024 Women Match Scorecard
On 5 October of 2024, Australia Vs Sri Lanka Women’s match was played at ‘Sharjah Cricket Stadium’. For the Sri Lankan team it was the golden chance to defeat Australia in the World cup and break their streak of loss. There was nothing to lose for Sri Lanka but, any loss for Australia could give a heavy blow to their World Cup campaign. But, Australia single handedly won the match with exceptional performance. Here is the Australia Vs Sri Lanka T20 World Cup 2024 Women match scorecard.
Sri Lanka Women
| Batting | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | S/R |
| Vishmi Gunaratne | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Chamari Athapaththu(c) | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 |
| Harshitha Samarawickrama | 23 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 65.71 |
| Kavisha Dilhari | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 83.33 |
| Nilakshi de Silva | 29* | 40 | 0 | 0 | 72.50 |
| Hasini Perera | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Anuskha Sanjeewani(wk) | 16 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 106.67 |
| Sugandika Kumari | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Inoshi Priyadharshani | 2* | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
Total- 93/7 (20 overs)
| Bowling | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets | Economy |
| Megan Schutt | 4.0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 3.00 |
| Asleigh Gardner | 4.0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 3.50 |
| Dracie Brown | 1.0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12.00 |
| Sophie Molineux | 4.0 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 5.00 |
| Georgia Wareham | 4.0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 5.25 |
| Annabel Sutherland | 3.0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2.67 |
Australia Women
| Batting | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | S/R |
| Beth Mooney | 43* | 38 | 4 | 0 | 113.16 |
| Alyssa Healy(c)(wk) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 |
| Georgia Wareham | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Ellyse Perry | 17 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 113.33 |
| Asleigh Gardner | 12 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 |
| Phoebe Litchfield | 9* | 9 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
Total- 94/4 (14.2 overs)
| Bowling | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets | Economy |
| Udeshika Prabodhani | 3.0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 6.33 |
| Inoshi Priyadarshani | 2.0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6.50 |
| Kavisha Dilhari | 2.0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5.00 |
| Inoka Ranaweera | 3.0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 6.67 |
| Sugandika Kumari | 2.2 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 6.86 |
| Chamari Athapaththu(c) | 2.0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 7.50 |
Australia Women won the match by 6 wickets and 34 balls left
Match Summary
‘Chamari Athapaththu’ the Sri Lankan skipper won the toss and decided to bat first. As per statics chances of winning, batting first team at Sharjah is more than the team batting second.
First Innings
Sri Lanka started the innings with caution but Australian bowler ‘Megan Schutt’ got first blood as ‘Vishmi Gunaratne’ in 3rd over. In the next over Gardener got the skipper Athapaththu by lbw. After her dismissal Sri Lanka’s innings totally slowed down. And they were only able to put 93 runs on board.
Second Innings
Australia came in the mood of counter attack from the start but lost 1st wicket on the 4th ball of the first over. In the starting of 3rd over Australia lost another wicket as ‘Georgia Wareham’ as run-out. Australia changed their approach and started playing to run the ball. And ‘Beth Mooney’ led Australia to win the match by 6 wickets.
Top Performers (Australia Vs Sri Lanka)
Here is the top performer from Australia Vs Sri Lanka T20 World Cup 2024 women match scorecard.
- Beth Mooney
- Megan Schutt
- Sophie Molineux
- Nilakshi de Silva
History Of Australia Vs Sri Lanka Women’s Match
Sri Lanka Vs Australia Women’s first ODI match was played on 1 December 2000 at ‘Christchurch’. ‘Belinda Clark’ was leading the Australian Side and ‘Rasanjali Chandima Silva’ was the captain of the Sri Lanka Women’s team. As for Sri Lanka this was one of the worst starts against any team; they lost the match by 200 runs. ‘Karen Rolton’ scored 154 runs and became player of the match in the first encounter of Sri Lanka Vs Australia Women.
Head To Head Matches Of Australia Vs Sri Lanka Women
Australia and Sri Lanka have played only 17 matches including ODI and T20I matches. Sri Lanka played one test against Pakistan. So, they don’t have any clashes against Australia in the test. They encountered Australia in the T20I World cup 2 times and lost both games. Here we have arranged their matches in the statics table.
ODI
| Australia Women | Vs | Sri Lanka Women |
| 11 | Matches Played | 11 |
| 11 | Won | 0 |
| 0 | Lost | 11 |
| 0 | Drawn | 0 |
| 0 | No Result | 0 |
T20I
| Australia Wo men | Vs | Sri Lanka Women |
| 6 | Matches Played | 6 |
| 6 | Won | 0 |
| 0 | Lost | 6 |
| 0 | Drawn | 0 |
| 0 | No Result | 0 |
Summary
Australia Vs Sri Lanka Women’s matches have been one sided only. Most of the time Australia easily fetched the win from Sri Lanka. And Sri Lanka failed to break their loss streak again. However, all of that some of the Sri Lankan players performed well and showed some commitment that surely gave Australia a bad time. But, in this match Sri Lanka surely showed their intent to break the dominance of the Australian Women’s team. So, next time it will be exciting to watch both of them against each other.
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