Following their triumph at the 2024 Asia T20 Cup, the Sri Lanka women’s cricket team will travel to Ireland for a series of white-ball matches, which will include T20I matches and ODI matches next month. The Sri Lanka women’s cricket team will play two T20I matches and three ODI matches against the Ireland women’s cricket team.
The Sri Lankan women’s cricket team will depart for Ireland on 6 August 2024. This will be the Sri Lankan women’s cricket team’s first bilateral tour of Ireland. The Ireland women’s cricket team will play their third bilateral series of the year after taking on Zimbabwe and Thailand in Zimbabwe and the United Arab Emirates respectively.
Ireland have not lost a bilateral series this year, but their upcoming series against Sri Lanka will be more challenging. The Sri Lankan cricket team has won 18 of their 23 white-ball matches in 2024. They boast a perfect record against Ireland, winning all three ODIs and all three T20Is they have played against them.
Sri Lanka and Ireland will meet for the first time since the 2017 Women’s ODI World Cup Qualifier, where Sri Lanka recorded a comprehensive victory. They were scheduled to face each other in the 2021 ODI World Cup Qualifier, but the match was called off due to travel restrictions due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Sri Lankan women’s team to travel to Ireland in August 2024
On August 1, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) issued an official statement that the Sri Lankan women’s team will tour Ireland in August 2024. The board confirmed that the team will depart for Ireland on Tuesday, August 6.
“The Sri Lanka Women’s team will travel to Ireland during August 2024 for a white-ball tour consisting of two T20i matches and three ODIs. The Asian champions will depart for the tour on 6 August 2024. The ODIs are part of the ICC Women’s Championship cycle from 2022 to 2025,” the statement read.
Sri Lanka, ranked No. 7 in the ICC Women’s T20I Team Rankings, will play a two-match T20I series against Ireland, ranked No. 10. This series will provide Sri Lanka with essential preparation ahead of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024. The two women’s teams will play three ODI matches after the T20I matches.
The tour will begin with the first T20I match in Dublin on August 11, followed by the second match at the same venue on August 13. The two teams will then travel to Belfast for a three-match ODI series beginning on August 16. The three-match ODI series is part of the ICC Women’s Championship 2022-2025.
Full schedule for Sri Lanka’s tour of Ireland 2024
| Date | Series | Match | Event | City |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 11 | T20I | 1st T20I | Pembroke | Dublin |
| August 13 | T20I | 2nd T20I | Pembroke | Dublin |
| August 16th | ODI | 1st ODI | Storm | Belfast |
| August 18th | ODI | 2nd ODI | Storm | Belfast |
| 20th of August | ODI | 3rd ODI | Storm | Belfast |
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