An upbeat Sri Lanka is preparing to welcome the White Ferns for a white-ball series in June and July. Beginning on June 27, a three-match ODI and T20I series will be played.
The ICC Women’s Championship 2022–2025 cycle will include a three-match ODI series between New Zealand women and Sri Lanka. Notably, the host team is now third on the points list. While the squad coached by Chamari Athapaththu is ranked seventh. If they clean up the tourists, Sri Lanka will have a fantastic chance. To go up to second place in the series.
The two sides will play a T20I series immediately following the T20I series. Which is set to start on July 8.
All three games of the ODI series will take place at the Galle International Cricket Stadium. On the other side, all three T20Is will be played at P. Sara Oval in Colombo. Notably, the ODI series will be the ideal setting for the host team to advance toward the end result.
Chamari Athapaththu, the captain of Sri Lanka, rose to the top 10 in the T20I player rankings.
Due to her unshakable consistency in the shortest format of the game. Chamari Athapaththu, the captain of Sri Lanka, moved up to number nine in the ICC women’s T20I player rankings. With 103 runs in three innings, Athapaththu helped her team win the home series against Bangladesh by a score of 2-1.
Harshitha Samarawickrama, another member of the team, also achieved significant advancements in the rankings thanks to her series-best 125 runs during the three matches against Bangladesh. Her total ranking rose by 12 ranks as a result, and she now holds a career-high rating of 27th in the batting rankings.
While all was going on, Sri Lanka’s bowling unit performed admirably throughout the T20I series, moving up five ranks in the rankings thanks to left-arm spinner Inoka Ranaweera.
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