The Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 will begin tonight (February 10) in Cape Town with home team South Africa Women vs Sri Lanka Women. Both nations will be keen to get off to a winning start at the mega-event.
South Africa Women will be high on confidence, having recently won three series against India Women and West Indies Women at home. On the other hand, Sri Lanka Women are coming off a loss in the 2022 Asia Cup Final against India Women.
Top names like Tazmin Brits, Laura Wolvaardt, Masabata Klaas, Inoka Ranaweera, Kavisha Dilhari and Nilakshi de Silva will be in action during this match of Women’s World Cup T20 2023. Here is a look at the head-to-head statistics between SL-W and SA- W before the start of the mega event.
SA-W vs SL-W head-to-head record in T20Is
South Africa Women lead the head-to-head T20I matches against Sri Lanka, 10-3. The Sune Luus-led side have won each of their last five T20Is against the islanders.
SA-W vs SL-W Women’s World Cup T20 head-to-head score
As for the Women’s World Cup T20 matches, South Africa Women lead 2-1. South Africa won their last T20 World Cup match against Sri Lanka by seven wickets.
Last 5 matches SA-W vs SL-W
As mentioned above, South Africa Women have won all their previous five meetings against Sri Lanka Women. Here’s a quick recap of their last five meetings:
- SA-W (49/0) beat SL-W (46) by 10 wickets on 04 Aug 2022.
- SA-W (163/5) beat SL-W (124/8) by 39 runs on 6 February 2019.
- SA-W (107/8) beat SL-W (105) by 2 wickets on 3 Feb 2019.
- SA-W (94/3) beat SL-W (90) by 7 wickets on 01 Feb 2019.
- SA-W (102/3) beat SL-W (99/8) by 7 wickets on 13 Nov 2018.
South Africa will start as favorites to win the T20 World Cup opener. They have home advantage and a dominant record against Sri Lanka.