Preview
Kenya Women and Sri Lanka Women will be featuring in the 5th match of the Commonwealth Games Women’s T20 Qualifier 2022 on January 20. Kenya Women lost their first match against Bangladesh Women by 80 runs. Bangladesh scored 125 runs for the loss of six wickets in 20 overs. Kenya could make only 45 runs before getting dismissed in 12.4 overs.
Sri Lanka Women played their first match against Scotland Women on January 18. The Sri Lankan team made 182 runs for the loss of four wickets after winning the toss and electing to bat. Captain Chamari Athapaththu made 86 runs off 45 balls. Scotland could make only 73 runs and lost the match by 109 runs.
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
The pitch might give equal opportunity to both the batters and the bowlers. However, spinners might get a huge amount of help during the second innings as is seen in the first four matches.
Probable Playing XIs for KEN-W vs SL-W
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
Top Picks for KEN-W vs SL-W Dream11 Match
Top Picks – Kenya Women
Captain Margaret Ngoche is the leading run-scorer for the team in T20Is. The 40-years-old batter has made 271 runs in 15 matches at an average of 24.63 and a strike rate of 90.93.
Queentor Abel was the leading run-scorer for Kenya during the Kwibuka Women’s T20 Tournament last year which Kenya won by seven wickets after defeating Namibia in the final. She made 165 runs in six matches at an average of 41.25 and a strike rate of 97.05.
Top Picks – Sri Lanka Women
Chamari Athapaththu is the only Sri Lankan women cricketer to score over 1500 runs in T20Is. She has made 1732 runs in 86 matches at an average of 20.86 and a strike rate of 100.11. Athapaththu is the only player to hit a century in T20Is for the Sri Lankan women’s team.
Left-arm medium-pacer Udeshika Prabodhani has taken 51 wickets in 74 T20Is at an average of 23.94, an economy of 5.19, and a strike rate of 27.6.
Suggested Playing XI No.1 for KEN-W vs SL-W Dream11 Fantasy Cricket
Sharon Juma, Hasini Perera, Dhananjaya Maduranga de Silva, Harshitha Madavi, Chamari Atapattu (C), Queentor Abel (VC), Margaret Ngoche, Sachini Nisansala, Ama Kanchana, Udeshika Prabodhani, Mercyline Ochieng
Suggested Playing XI No.2 for KEN-W vs SL-W Dream11 Fantasy Cricket
Anushka Sanjeewani, Sharon Juma, Venasa Ooko, Esther Wachira, Vishmi Rajapaksha, Chamari Atapattu, Queentor Abel, Sachini Nisansala (C), Mercyline Ochieng, Ama Kanchana (VC), Udeshika Prabodhani
Today’s KEN-W vs SL-W Probable Winners
Sri Lanka Women are expected to win this game.
