Sri Lanka women's cricket team in Ireland in 2024

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Sri Lanka women's cricket team in Ireland in 2024

	Ireland	Sri Lanka
Dates	11 – 20 August 2024
Captains	Gaby Lewis (ODIs)^{[n 1]} Laura Delany (T20Is)	Chamari Athapaththu (ODIs) Anushka Sanjeewani (T20Is)
One Day International series
Twenty20 International series
Results	2-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs	Gaby Lewis (158)	Harshitha Samarawickrama (151)
Most wickets	Freya Sargent (3)	Inoshi Priyadharshani (2)
Player of the series	Gaby Lewis (Ire)

The Sri Lanka women's cricket team are touring Ireland in August 2024 to play the Ireland women's cricket team.^[1]^[2] The tour consists of two Twenty20 International (T20I) and three One Day International (ODI) matches.^[3] The ODI series will form part of the 2022–2025 ICC Women's Championship.^[4] This is Sri Lanka's first bilateral tour of Ireland.^[5] In April 2024, the Cricket Ireland (CI) announced the fixtures for the tour, as a part of the 2024 home international season.^[6]

Squads

Ireland		Sri Lanka
ODIs^[7]	T20Is^[8]	ODIs^[9]	T20Is^[10]
Gaby Lewis (c) Orla Prendergast (vc) ~~Laura Delany (c)~~ Ava Canning Christina Coulter-Reilly (wk) Alana Dalzell Sarah Forbes Amy Hunter (wk) Arlene Kelly Joanna Loughran (wk) Aimee Maguire Jane Maguire Leah Paul ~~Una Raymond-Hoey~~ Freya Sargent Rebecca Stokell Alice Tector	Laura Delany (c) Ava Canning Christina Coulter-Reilly (wk) Alana Dalzell Amy Hunter (wk) Arlene Kelly Gaby Lewis Jane Maguire Cara Murray Leah Paul Orla Prendergast Una Raymond-Hoey Freya Sargent Rebecca Stokell	Chamari Athapaththu (c) Nilakshi de Silva Kavisha Dilhari Shashini Gimhani Vishmi Gunaratne Ama Kanchana Kawya Kavindi Achini Kulasuriya Sugandika Kumari Sachini Nisansala Kaushini Nuthyangana (wk) Hasini Perera Udeshika Prabodhani Inoshi Priyadharshani Harshitha Samarawickrama Anushka Sanjeewani (wk)	Anushka Sanjeewani (c, wk) Nilakshi de Silva Kavisha Dilhari Shashini Gimhani Vishmi Gunaratne Ama Kanchana Kawya Kavindi Achini Kulasuriya Sugandika Kumari Sachini Nisansala Kaushini Nuthyangana (wk) Hasini Perera Udeshika Prabodhani Inoshi Priyadharshani Harshitha Samarawickrama

On 15 August 2024, Ireland captain Laura Delany and Una Raymond-Hoey were ruled out of the ODI series due to ligament damage and muscle tear respectively.^[11] Gaby Lewis was named as the captain and Orla Prendergast was named as her deputy.^[12] Jane Maguire was named as replacement for Laura Delany, while Sarah Forbes remained with the squad as cover.^[13] Lewis sustained an injury while fielding in the 1st ODI, ruling her out of the remainder of the series, with Prendergast taking over as captain.^[14] Christina Coulter-Reilly joined the Ireland squad as cover.^[15]

T20I series

1st T20I

11 August 2024
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

Ireland 145/6 (20 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 149/3 (16.4 overs)
Gaby Lewis 39 (33) Inoshi Priyadharshani 2/35 (4 overs)		Harshitha Samarawickrama 86* (45) Laura Delany 1/16 (2 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
Sydney Parade, Dublin
Umpires: Sue Redfern (Eng) and Aidan Seaver (Ire)
Player of the match: Harshitha Samarawickrama (SL)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

2nd T20I

13 August 2024
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

Ireland 173/3 (20 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 166/7 (20 overs)
Gaby Lewis 119 (75) Shashini Gimhani 1/24 (3 overs)		Harshitha Samarawickrama 65 (44) Orla Prendergast 2/28 (4 overs)

Ireland won by 7 runs
Sydney Parade, Dublin
Umpires: Mark Hawthorne (Ire) and Sue Redfern (Eng)
Player of the match: Gaby Lewis (Ire)

Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
Christina Coulter-Reilly (Ire) made her T20I debut.
Gaby Lewis achieved the highest score for an Ireland player in women's T20Is.^[16]
This was Ireland's first win against Sri Lanka in women's T20Is.^[17]

ODI series

1st ODI

16 August 2024
10:45
Scorecard

Sri Lanka 260/8 (50 overs)	v	Ireland 261/7 (49.2 overs)
Vishmi Gunaratne 101 (98) Orla Prendergast 3/25 (8 overs)		Orla Prendergast 122* (107) Kavisha Dilhari 4/54 (10 overs)

Ireland won by 3 wickets
Stormont, Belfast
Umpires: Sue Redfern (Eng) and Aidan Seaver (Ire)
Player of the match: Orla Prendergast (Ire)

Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
Alice Tector (Ire) made her ODI debut.
Vishmi Gunaratne (SL) and Orla Prendergast (Ire) both scored their first century in ODIs.^[18]^[19]
This was Ireland's first win against Sri Lanka in women's ODIs.^[20]
Women's Championship points: Ireland 2, Sri Lanka 0.

2nd ODI

18 August 2024
10:45
Scorecard

Ireland 255/5 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 240 (48 overs)
Leah Paul 81 (101) Kavisha Dilhari 2/35 (9 overs)		Harshitha Samarawickrama 105 (124) Arlene Kelly 3/41 (8 overs)

Ireland won by 15 runs
Stormont, Belfast
Umpires: Mark Hawthorne (Ire) and Sue Redfern (Eng)
Player of the match: Leah Paul (Ire)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
Orla Prendergast captained Ireland for the first time in women's ODIs.^[21]
Christina Coulter-Reilly (Ire) made her ODI debut.
Harshitha Samarawickrama (SL) scored her first century in ODIs.^[22]
Women's Championship points: Ireland 2, Sri Lanka 0.

3rd ODI

20 August 2024
10:45
Scorecard

Ireland	v	Sri Lanka

Stormont, Belfast

Notes

^ Orla Prendergast captained Ireland in the last two ODIs.

References

^ "Action-Packed Summer for Ireland Women, Sri Lanka and England Tours Await". Female Cricket. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
^ "Women's Cricket: Sri Lanka Tour of Ireland 2024". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
^ "Ireland to Host Sri Lanka Women for Limited-Overs Series in August 2024". Female Cricket. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
^ "Sri Lanka Women to tour Ireland for a white-ball series". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
^ "Sri Lanka to tour Ireland for women's T20Is and ODIs in August". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
^ "Fixtures released for 2024". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
^ "Ireland Women's squad announced for Sri Lanka T20I and ODI matches". Cricket Ireland. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
^ "Ireland name squads for home white-ball series against Sri Lanka". International Cricket Council. 24 July 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
^ "Women's Cricket: Sri Lanka Tour of Ireland Squad". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
^ "Athapaththu to miss Ireland T20Is; Nuthyangana included in Sri Lanka squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
^ "Gaby Lewis to lead Ireland in the ICC Women's Championship games after injury rules Laura Delany out". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
^ "Ireland 'buzzing' for Sri Lanka ODI series - Lewis". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
^ "Changes to Ireland ODI squad". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
^ "More changes as injured Lewis withdraws". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
^ "Further injury blow for Ireland Women ahead of 2nd ODI against Sri Lanka". Cricket World. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
^ "Gaby Lewis' record breaking score inspires Ireland T20 victory over Sri Lanka". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
^ "Historic Irish win over Sri Lanka". Cricket Ireland. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
^ "Vishmi Gunaratne scores maiden ODI century". Daily News. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
^ "Orla Prendergast guides Ireland to record chase after Vishmi Gunaratne's maiden ton". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
^ "Ireland post first-ever ODI win against Sri Lanka in dramatic final over". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
^ "Orla Prendergast named Irish captain after Gaby Lewis". Cricket.com. Retrieved 18 August 2024.
^ "Ireland clinch ODI series despite Harshitha's maiden century". The Papare. Retrieved 18 August 2024.

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