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DUBLIN – Ireland Women are back in action this month for their first of two home white-ball series – the first set of fixtures being against the newly-crowned Asia Cup champions, Sri Lanka.

The series is a five-match, multi-format series to be played between 11 and 20 August 2024. This is the first time the two sides have met in a competitive bilateral series, having met only six times previous.

POINTS OF INTEREST

The three one-day internationals are part of the ICC Women’s Championship (see more)
Sri Lanka beat India recently to win the 2024 Asia Cup
Ireland Women has never beaten Sri Lanka Women in a competitive match
Ireland’s Una Raymond-Hoey returns to the Irish squad after spending the last five years in Australia
Ireland has called up Christina Coulter Reilly and Alice Tector for the first time

This is the first-ever bilateral series between the two sides - Ireland and Sri Lanka first played against each other competitively in 2010, with Sri Lanka having won five times and one no result:

8 Feb 2017: Ireland v Sri Lanka (T20I; ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier) – Sri Lanka won by 146 runs
20 Mar 2016: Sri Lanka v Ireland (T20I; ICC Women’s T20 World Cup) – Sri Lanka won by 14 runs
27 Jul 2013: Ireland v Sri Lanka (T20I; ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier) – Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
28 Apr 2011: Sri Lanka v Ireland (ODI; Women’s Quadrangular Series) – No result
14 Oct 2010: Ireland v Sri Lanka (T20I; ICC Women’s Cricket T20 Challenge) – Sri Lanka won by 11 runs
12 Oct 2010: Ireland v Sri Lanka (ODI; ICC Women’s Cricket Challenge) – Sri Lanka won by 2 wickets

The two sides met in a warm-up match for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in 2018, which Ireland won by 8 wickets.

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SQUADS

The Ireland Women’s squads are:

T20I Squad:

Laura Delany (c) (Leinster), Ava Canning (Leinster), Christina Coulter Reilly (Clontarf), Alana Dalzell (Bready), Amy Hunter (Instonians/Malahide), Arlene Kelly (Malahide), Gaby Lewis (Phoenix), Jane Maguire (The Hills), Cara Murray (Saintfield), Leah Paul (Merron), Orla Prendergast (Pembroke), Una Raymond-Hoey (Ringwood), Freya Sargent (Clontarf), Rebecca Stokell (Merrion).

ODI Squad:

Laura Delany (c) (Leinster), Ava Canning (Leinster), Alana Dalzell (Bready), Amy Hunter (Instonians/Malahide), Arlene Kelly (Malahide), Gaby Lewis (Phoenix), Joanna Loughran (Leinster), Aimee Maguire (The Hills), Leah Paul (Merron), Orla Prendergast (Pembroke), Una Raymond-Hoey (Ringwood), Freya Sargent (Clontarf), Rebecca Stokell (Merrion), Alice Tector (Phoenix).

The touring Sri Lanka Women squad is:

Chamari Athapaththu (c), Vishmi Gunaratne, Harshitha Samarawickrama, Hasini Perera, Kavisha Dilhari, Nilakshi Silva, Anushka Sanjeewani, Kawya Kavindi, Udeshika Prabodhani, Achini Kulasuriya, Sugandika Kumari, Sachini Nisansala, Inoshi Fernando, Shashini Gimhani, Ama Kanchana, Kaushini Nuthyangana.

FIXTURES

T20Is:

11 August 2024: Ireland vs Sri Lanka – 1^st T20I (Pembroke; start 4pm)
13 August 2024: Ireland vs Sri Lanka – 2^nd T20I (Pembroke; start 4pm)

ODIs:

16 August 2024: Ireland vs Sri Lanka – 1^st ODI (Stormont; start 10.45am)
18 August 2024: Ireland vs Sri Lanka – 2^nd ODI (Stormont; start 10.45am)
20 August 2024: Ireland vs Sri Lanka – 3^rd ODI (Stormont; start 10.45am)

FOLLOW THE SERIES

Attend

Tickets are available: www.cricketireland.ie/tickets

Watch

A livestream of the series will be available in Ireland/UK via Cricket Ireland Live Youtube Channel: see here
Details on the rest of the world will be available shortly

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