The 2023 Women’s T20 World Cup kicks off tonight (February 10) in Cape Town with a clash between home team South Africa Women and Sri Lanka Women. Both nations will be looking forward to a winning start to the mega event.
The South African Women will be very confident as they recently won a tri-series against the Indian Women and the West Indies Women on their home soil. Sri Lanka Women, on the other hand, is coming off a 2022 Asian Cup Final loss against India Women.
Big names like Tazmin Brits, Laura Wolvaardt, Masabata Klaas, Inoka Ranaweera, Kavisha Dilhari and Nilakshi de Silva will be in action during this T20 Women’s World Cup 2023 matchup. Here’s a look at the head-to-head stats between SL-W and SA-W before the mega event begins.
SA-W vs SL-W head-to-head record in T20I
The South African women lead the head-to-head record in T20I matches against the Sri Lankan women 10-3. The team led by Sune Luus have won each of their last five T20I against the Islanders.
SA-W vs SL-W head-to-head record in Women’s T20 World Cup
When it comes to T20 Women’s World Cup matches, South Africa Women leads 2-1. South Africa won their last T20 World Cup match against Sri Lanka by seven wickets.
Last 5 matches of SA-W vs SL-W
As mentioned above, the South African women have won all of their previous five meetings against the Sri Lankan women. Here is a brief summary of their last five meetings:
- SA-W (49/0) beat SL-W (46) by 10 wickets, 4 August 2022
- SA-W (163/5) defeated SL-W (124/8) by 39 runs, February 6, 2019
- SA-W (107/8) beat SL-W (105) by 2 wickets, February 3, 2019
- SA-W (94/3) beat SL-W (90) by 7 wickets, 1 February 2019
- SA-W (102/3) beat SL-W (99/8) by 7 wickets, November 13, 2018.
South Africa will start as the favorites to win the first match of the T20 World Cup. They have home advantage and a dominant record against Sri Lanka.