New Zealand Women vs Sri Lanka Women, the 7th Match of Group 2 of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026, is set to begin at the prestigious Rose Bowl Stadium, Southampton. New Zealand W and Sri Lanka W both have lost their last game, which they played, as New Zealand played their last match against the West Indies at Southampton, and NZ W lost that match by 7 wickets.
Sri Lanka played their last match against England Women at Edgbaston and lost that match by a huge margin of 87 runs. Both the captains, Kerr and Athapaththu, are looking for their first win in the tournament as they are standing in the bottom two of the Group B table.
New Zealand Women vs Sri Lanka Women: Toss Update, Suzie Bates Misses Today’s Match
New Zealand Women vs Sri Lanka Women, NZ W team captain Amelia Kerr and Sri Lanka W captain Chamari Athapaththu gathered for the toss in the bright sunny weather at Southampton. Tails was the call by Athapaththu, but it was heads, and the New Zealand-W captain elected to bat first.
According to Kerr, the pitch for today’s match is suitable for putting runs on the board first. Suzie Bates misses her second consecutive match in the tournament, and after losing the last game against the West Indies, Kerr said they will bounce back stronger in today’s match.
Chamari Athapaththu added that she would have bowled on this pitch, as the pitch gets a bit slower in the second innings, and the Sri Lankan spinners have done well in the last game, so she believes in her bowling department. She made 3 important changes in the playing XI.
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New Zealand Women vs Sri Lanka Women: Playing XI for Today’s Encounter
New Zealand Women Playing XI:
Georgia Plimmer, Izzy Gaze (WK), Amelia Kerr (C), Sophie Devine, Brooke Halliday, Maddy Green, Izzy Sharp, Jess Kerr, Nensi Patel, Rosemary Mair, Bree Illing.
Sri Lanka Women Playing XI:
Vishmi Gunaratne, Chamari Athapaththu (C), Hasini Perera, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshika Silva, Kaushini Nuthyangana (WK), Sugandika Kumari, Kawya Kavindi, Mithali Ayodhya, Nimasha Meepage.
As in the last match, New Zealand’s batting department was not able to score runs in the middle overs, and later, after losing wickets in the middle overs, the pressure of scoring runs fell on Brooke Halliday, and she produced an important knock of 40 runs. However, insufficient contributions from the other batters lacked a big total, and NZ W finished the innings at 163. Later, loose bowling from NZ W took the match far away and resulted in a defeat by 7 wickets.
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New Zealand Women vs Sri Lanka Women: One Team Set to Claim Their First Victory Today
In the last match Sri Lanka played against England-W, Sri Lanka’s batting line-up failed in a disastrous way, and none of the batters scored runs except Harshitha and N. de Silva. They both showed a great fightback, but the other batters didn’t give any crucial contribution, as the bowling of ENG-W was also ruthless, and SL W lost the match by 87 runs, as they were insufficient in chasing the target of 220 runs.
Any one of the teams will look to register their first win in the 10th edition of the ICC Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup today at Southampton, at the Rose Bowl Stadium.
New Zealand Women vs Sri Lanka Women: Squad of Both Teams
Sri Lanka Women: Imesha Dulani, Vishmi Gunaratne, Hansima Karunaratne, Kaushini Nuthyangana (WK), Hasini Perera, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Nilakshika Silva, Chamari Athapaththu (C), Kavisha Dilhari, Mithali Ayodhya, Kawya Kavindi, Sugandika Kumari, Malki Madara, Nimasha Meegapage, Chethana Vimukthi, Shashini Gimhani.
New Zealand Women: Suzie Bates, Sophie Devine, Amelia Kerr(C), Brooke Halliday, Maddy Green, Georgia Plimmer, Izzy Sharp, Flora Devonshire, Nensi Patel, Isabella Gaze(WK), Polly Inglis, Jess Kerr, Rosemary Mair, Bree Illing, Lea Tahuhu.
