Ireland Women vs Sri Lanka Women Prediction: Ireland Women aiming for a clean sweep

Ireland and Sri Lanka are going head to head in the Match 3 of One Day Series at Civil Service Cricket Club, Northern Ireland, UK on 20th August 2024. Ireland Women aiming for a clean sweep in the series. Who will win this game of cricket?

The team will majorly have to rely on Sarah Forbes, Amy Hunter, Orla Prendergast, Coulter Reilly, and Leah Paul to score most of the runs that this team needs to raise. Leah Paul was the top performer for Ireland Women in the recent match, who scored 81 runs off 101 balls with the help of six boundaries. Amy Hunter scored 66 runs off 71 balls. Meanwhile, Rebecca Stokell also registered a crucial half-century for the team's total and hammered 50 runs off just 61 balls.

The team will rely on the likes of Arlene Kelly, Aimee Maguire, Orla Prendergast, Alana Dalzell, and Freya Sargent to get crucial wickets in the bowling department. The previous game saw star performance from Arlene Kelly with the ball, who came up with 3 wickets while giving away 41 runs in 8 overs. Jane Maguire bowled well too for Ireland Women, with her figures reading 2 for 33 in 8 overs.

Sarah Forbes, Coulter Reilly, Amy Hunter (wk), Orla Prendergast (c), Leah Paul, Rebecca Stokell, Arlene Kelly, Jane Maguire, Alana Dalzell, Freya Sargent, Aimee Maguire

In batting, captain Chamari Athapaththu, Vishmi Gunaratne, Kavisha Dilhari, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Hasini Perera, and wicket-keeper Anushka Sanjeewani will be primed to score the bulk of the runs. Harshitha Samarawickrama recently scored her maiden one-day international hundred, while Kavisha Dilhari also played an innings of 53 runs in the last game.

Bowling: The onus will be on Achini Kulasuriya, Sachini Nisansala, Udeshika Prabodhani, Kavisha Dilhari, and Chamari Athapaththu to fetch crucial breakthroughs for their team. Achini Kulasuriya and Kavisha Dilhari scalped 2 wickets each in the last match for the Sri Lanka women and will be expected to repeat a similar performance in the upcoming matches.

Vishmi Gunaratne, Chamari Athapaththu (c), Harshitha Samarawickrama, Hasini Perera, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi de Silva, Anushka Sanjeewani (wk), Sachini Nisansala, Sugandika Kumari, Achini Kulasuriya, Udeshika Prabodhani

Based on current form, host Ireland Women will be favorites to win the third and final game of the series. With the likes of Orla Prendergast, Amy Hunter, and Arlene Kelly in excellent form this season, the team management will be hoping that the side can deliver the goods with both bat and ball in this series finale. Expect Ireland Women to complete a 3-0 whitewash over Sri Lanka Women at Dublin.