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KEN-W vs SL-W Match Preview
On January 20, Kenya Women will face Sri Lanka Women in the fifth match in the Commonwealth Games Women’s T20 Qualifier 2022. Kenya Women were defeated by Bangladesh Women by an innings score of 80 runs in their maiden match. Bangladesh scored 125 runs in 20 overs for the cost of six wickets. Kenya only managed 45 runs before being bowled out in 12.4 overs.
On January 18, Sri Lanka Women played their debut match against Scotland Women. After winning the toss and deciding to bat, the Sri Lankan side scored 182 runs for the cost of four wickets. Chamari Athapaththu, the captain, scored 86 runs off 45 balls. Scotland could only muster 73 runs and lost by 109 runs.
KEN-W vs SL-W Match Details
Kenya Women vs Sri Lanka Women, Match 5
Venue: Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur
Date & Time: 20th January at 7:00 AM IST and 09:30 AM Local Time
Live Streaming: Fancode
Pitch Report
It’s a decent batting wicket, but having said that, there will be more support for the spinners as well. The wicket tends to slow as the game marches and anything over 250 is a good competitive score here.
Weather Report
The weather is clear. There is no possibility of rain interrupting the match.
Injury Updates
(No injury updates as of now.)
KEN-W vs SL-W Probable Playing XI
Kenya Women
Veronica Abuga, Margaret Ngoche(c), Queentor Abel, Sharon Juma, Ruth Achando(wk), Sarah Wetoto, Sylvia Kinyua, Mercyline Ochieng, Esther Wachira, Lavendah Idambo, Venasa Ooko
Sri Lanka Women
Harshitha Madavi, Chamari Athapaththu(c), Udeshika Prabodhani, Inoka Ranaweera, Nilakshi de Silva, Anushka Sanjeewani(wk), Hasini Perera, Vishmi Gunaratne, Sachini Nisansala, Ama Kanchana, Kavisha Dilhari
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KEN-W vs SL-W Player Stats & Must Picks
Chamari Athapaththu is the first Sri Lankan woman cricketer to have scored over 1500 runs in Twenty20 Internationals. She has scored 1732 runs in 86 matches, with a strike rate of 100.11 and an average of 20.86. For the Sri Lankan women’s squad, Athapaththu is the only player to score a century in T20Is.
Udeshika Prabodhani, a left-arm medium-pacer, has 51 wickets in 74 T20Is at an average of 23.94, an economy of 5.19, and a strike rate of 27.6.
In T20Is, captain Margaret Ngoche is the team’s highest run-scorer. The 40-year-old hitter has scored 271 runs in 15 games, with a strike rate of 90.93 and an average of 24.63.
Queentor Abel was Kenya’s best run-scorer in last year’s Kwibuka Women’s T20 Tournament, which Kenya won by seven wickets after defeating Namibia in the final. She scored 165 runs in six matches, averaging 41.25 and striking with a strike rate of 97.05.
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