Sri Lanka women's national cricket team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Sri Lanka national cricket team.

The Sri Lanka women's national cricket team represents Sri Lanka in international women's cricket. One of ten teams competing in the ICC Women's Championship (the highest level of the sport), the team is organised by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka cricket crest
Association	Sri Lanka Cricket
Personnel
Captain	Chamari Athapaththu
Coach	Rumesh Ratnayake
International Cricket Council
ICC status	Full member (1981) Associate member (1965)
ICC region	Asia
ICC Rankings Current[1] Best-ever ODI 5th 5th (21 Jun 2024) T20I 7th 7th
Tests
Only Test	Pakistan at Colts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo; 17–20 April 1998
Tests Played Won/Lost Total[2] 1 1/0 (0 draws)
One Day Internationals
First ODI	Netherlands at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo; 25 November 1997
Last ODI	New Zealand at Saxton Oval, Nelson; 9 March 2025
ODIs Played Won/Lost Total[3] 193 65/119 (0 ties, 9 no results) This year[4] 3 0/2 (0 ties, 1 no result)
World Cup appearances	6 (first in 1997)
Best result	5th (2013)
Women's World Cup Qualifier appearances	2 (first in 2011)
Best result	3rd (2011, 2017)
T20 Internationals
First T20I	Pakistan at County Ground, Taunton; 12 June 2009
Last T20I	New Zealand at University of Otago Oval, Dunedin; 18 March 2025
T20Is Played Won/Lost Total[5] 163 59/99 (0 ties, 5 no results) This year[6] 3 1/1 (0 ties, 1 no result)
T20 World Cup appearances	8 (first in 2009)
Best result	1st round (2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2023)
T20 World Cup Qualifier appearances	1 (first in 2013)
Best result	Champions (2013, 2024)
As of 18 March 2025

Sri Lanka made their One Day International (ODI) debut in 1997, against the Netherlands, and later in the year participated in the 1997 World Cup in India. The team has since participated in every edition of the World Cup, with a fifth-place finish at the 2013 event being its best performance. At the World Twenty20, Sri Lanka has likewise played at every tournament, although the team has never progressed past the first round. Sri Lanka played their first and only Test match to date in April 1998, defeating Pakistan.

History

1990s

Sri Lanka's international debut came in 1997 with a three-match ODI series against The Netherlands, which they lost 2–1. This was part of their preparation for the World Cup in India the following month, in which they reached the quarter finals, losing to England. The following year they hosted a tour by Pakistan, winning the three ODIs as well as what was the first Test match for both countries. It remains Sri Lanka's sole Test match. The Netherlands toured Sri Lanka again in 1999, and this time the Sri Lankans were much more successful, winning all five ODIs.

2000s

Sri Lanka finished sixth in the 2000 World Cup, and their next international engagement was against Pakistan at home in 2002, winning all six ODIs. They also won all six ODIs in an away series against the West Indies the following year.

In 2004 they hosted the inaugural Women's Asia Cup, which was reduced to a series against India after the withdrawal of Pakistan. They lost the series. The following year they again finished sixth in the World Cup. In 2005/06, they visited Pakistan to take part in the second Asia Cup, finishing as runners up to India.

2010s

In 2014, allegations of sexual abuse by Sri Lanka officials surfaced. Some players were apparently compelled to perform sexual favours for the officials to earn or keep their place in the national team.^[7]

On 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup, Sri Lanka beat England in a pool match, which was a major upset in Women's ODI history. England are world's top ranked team and Sri Lanka is in underdog status, but this win gave a full of attention in World Cricket.^[8] Sri Lanka women next beat India women and finally they finished as fifth in the rankings.

On 8 August 2018, after a five-year gap since his previous spell in charge, Harsha de Silva was reappointed as the head coach of the team by the SLC.^[9][10]

2020s

In 2021, Sri Lanka qualified for the 2022-25 ICC Women's Championship after the abandonment of the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, resulted in qualifications for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup and the next cycle of the Women's Championship being decided via WODI rankings.

In 2023, Sri Lanka secured their first-ever series victory against England in England. Sri Lanka’s historic 2-1 victory was the first time England lost a bilateral T20I series to a team other than Australia since a 2-1 defeat to New Zealand in 2010.^[11]

Playing in front of their home supporters at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium in Dambulla, Sri Lanka won the 2024 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup, the first time they had taken the title, defeating India in the final by eight wickets after chasing a target of 166 with eight balls to spare.^[12][13][14]

Tournament history

A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Sri Lanka

Key

	Champions
	Runners-up
	Semi-finals

ICC Women's Cricket World Cup

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Played	Won	Lost	Tie	NR
1973	Did not participate
1978
1982
1988
1993
1997	Quarter finals	8/11	5	1	3	0	1
2000	Group Stage	6/8	7	2	5	0	0
2005	Group Stage	6/8	7	1	4	0	2
2009	Group Stage	7/8	3	0	3	0	0
2013	Super Six	6/8	8	3	5	0	0
2017	Group Stage	7/8	7	1	6	0	0
2022	Did not qualify
2025
Total	0 Title	-	37	8	26	0	3

ICC Women's T20 World Cup

T20 World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Played	Won	Lost	Tie	NR
2009	Group Stage	6/8	3	1	2	0	0
2010	Group Stage	6/8	3	1	2	0	0
2012	Group Stage	5/8	3	1	2	0	0
2014	Group Stage	7/10	4	1	3	0	0
2016	Group Stage	5/10	4	2	2	0	0
2018	Group Stage	6/10	4	1	2	0	1
2020	Group Stage	8/10	4	1	3	0	0
2023	Group Stage	7/10	4	2	2	0	0
2024	Group Stage	9/10	4	0	4	0	0
2026
Total	0 Title	-	33	10	22	0	1

ICC Women's Championship

Women's Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	D	T	NR
2014-16	Group Stage[15]	8/8	21	2	18	0	0	1
2017-20	Group Stage[16]	8/8	21	1	17	0	0	3
2022-25	Group Stage[17]	5/10	24	9	11	1	0	4
Total	0 Title	-	66	12	46	0	0	8

ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier

Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	D	T	NR
2003	Did not participate, already qualified for World Cup
2018
2011	Semi-final	3/10	6	4	2	0	0	0
2017	Semi-final	3/10	9	6	3	0	0	0
2021	Already Qualified
Total	0 Title	-	15	10	5	0	0	0

ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier

Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	D	T	NR
2013	Champion	1/8	5	4	0	0	0	1
2015	Did not participate, already qualified for World Cup
2018
2019
2022
2024	Champion	1/10	6	6	0	0	0	0
Total	2 Title	-	11	10	5	0	0	1

ACC Women's Asia Cup

Asia Cup record
Year	Round	Position	Played	Won	Lost	Tie	NR
2004	Runners-up	2/2	5	0	5	0	0
2005–06	Runners-up	2/3	5	2	3	0	0
2006	Runners-up	2/3	4	2	2	0	0
2008	Runners-up	2/4	7	4	3	0	0
2012	Semi-final	3/8	4	2	2	0	0
2016	Group Stage	3/6	5	3	2	0	0
2018	Group Stage	4/6	5	2	3	0	0
2022	Runners-up	2/7	8	5	3	0	0
2024	Champions	1/8	5	5	0	0	0
Total	1 Titles	-	48	25	23	0	0

Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2022	Group Stage	8/8	3	0	3	0	0
Total	0 Title	-	3	0	3	0	0

Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier

Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2022	Champion	1/5	4	4	0	0	0
Total	1 Title	-	4	4	0	0	0

Asian Games

Asian Games record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	L	T	NR
2010	Did not participate
2014	Bronze medal	1/10	3	2	1	0	0
2022	Silver medal	1/9	3	2	1	0	0
Total	1 Title	-	6	4	2	0	0

Honours

ACC

• Women's Asia Cup:
  • Champions (1): 2024
  • Runners-up (5): 2004, 2005–06, 2006, 2008, 2022

Others

• Asian Games
  • Silver Medal (1): 2022
  • Bronze Medal (1): 2014
• South Asian Games
  • Silver Medal (1): 2019

Forthcoming fixtures

The recent results and forthcoming fixtures of Sri Lanka in international cricket:

Bilateral series and tours
Date	Against	H/A/N	Results [Matches]
			Test	WODI	WT20I
July 2023	New Zealand	Home	–	2–1 [3]	[3]
May 2023	Bangladesh	Home	–	1–0 [3]	2–1 [3]
June 2022	Australia	Away	–	1–2 [3]	0–3 [3]

Multiteam series and tournaments
Date	Series	Format	Position	Results [Matches]
July–August 2022	2022 Commonwealth Games	WT20I	8th	0–3 [3]
October 2022	2022 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup	WT20I	2nd	5–3 [8]
February 2023	2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup	WT20I	8th	2-2 [4]

Records and statistics

International Match Summary — Sri Lanka Women^[18][19][20]

Last updated 16 August 2024

Playing Record
Format	M	W	L	T	NR	Inaugural Match
Women's Test	1	1	0	0	0	20 April 1998
Women's One-Day Internationals	188	60	116	0	7	25 November 1997
Women's Twenty20 Internationals	140	45	91	0	4	12 June 2009

Women's Test cricket

• Highest team total: 305/9d, v Pakistan on 17 April 1998 at Colts Cricket Club, Colombo.^[21]
• Highest individual score: 105*, Chamani Seneviratna v Pakistan on 17 April 1998 at Colts Cricket Club, Colombo.^[22]
• Best innings bowling: 5/31, Chamani Seneviratna v Pakistan on 17 April 1998 at Colts Cricket Club, Colombo.^[23]

Women's Test record versus other nations^[18]

Records complete to Women's Test #106. Last updated 20 April 1998.

Opponent	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	N/R	First match	First win
ICC Full members
Pakistan	1	1	0	0	0	17–20 April 1998	17–20 April 1998

Women's One-Day International

• Highest team total: 284/5, v India on 5 February 2013 at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai.^[24]
• Highest individual score: 178*, Chamari Athapaththu v Australia on 29 June 2017 at Bristol County Ground, Bristol.^[25]
• Best innings bowling: 5/2, Suthershini Sivanantham v Pakistan on 22 January 2002 at Moors Sports Club Ground, Colombo.^[26]

Most ODI runs for Sri Lanka Women [27] Player Runs Average Career span Chamari Athapaththu † 3,722 34.13 2010-2025 Shashikala Siriwardene 2,029 18.44 2003-2019 Dilani Manodara 1,363 18.93 2006-2019 Eshani Lokusuriyage 1,219 15.62 2005-2017 Chamari Polgampola 1,083 15.47 2004-2018

Most ODI wickets for Sri Lanka Women [28] Player Wickets Average Career span Shashikala Siriwardene 124 28.84 2003-2019 Inoka Ranaweera † 75 31.97 2012-2023 Chamani Seneviratna 72 26.11 1997-2013 Suwini de Alwis 58 21.65 2005-2011 Sripali Weerakkody 58 35.62 2006-2018

Highest individual innings in Women's ODI[29] Player Score Opposition Venue Match Date Chamari Athapaththu 178*  Australia Bristol 29 June 2017 Chamari Athapaththu 140*  New Zealand Galle 3 July 2023 Chamari Athapaththu 115  India Katunayake 16 September 2018 Chamari Athapaththu 111  Ireland Colombo(PSS) 28 April 2011 Chamari Athapaththu 108*  South Africa Galle 27 June 2023

Best bowling figures in an innings in Women's ODI[30] Player Score Opposition Venue Match Date Suthershini Sivanantham 5/2  Pakistan Colombo(Moors) 22 January 2002 Sandamali Dolawatte 5/16  West Indies Kingstown 22 March 2003 Oshadi Ranasinghe 5/34  Bangladesh Colombo(SSC) 04 May 2023 Rose Fernando 4/3  Pakistan Colombo(PSS) 20 January 2002 Janakanthy Mala 4/3  Pakistan Colombo(Moors) 29 January 2002

WODI record versus other nations^[19]

Records complete to WODI #1402. Last updated 16 August 2024.

Opponent	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	N/R	First match	First win
ICC Full members
Australia	11	0	11	0	0	1 December 2000
Bangladesh	3	2	0	0	1	19 February 2017	19 February 2017
England	20	1	17	0	1	21 December 1997	2023
India	32	2	29	0	1	15 December 2000	5 February 2013
Ireland	5	3	1	0	1	5 December 2000	5 December 2000
New Zealand	13	2	11	0	0	13 December 1997	27 June 2023
Pakistan	33	22	11	0	0	11 April 1998	11 April 1998
South Africa	20	4	14	0	2	8 December 2000	1 April 2005
West Indies	32	14	18	0	0	11 December 1997	11 December 1997
ICC Associate members
Netherlands	13	10	3	0	0	25 November 1997	29 November 1997

Women's T20I cricket

• Highest team total: 184/4 v Malaysia on 22 July 2024 at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla.^[31]
• Highest individual innings: 119*, Chamari Athapaththu v Malaysia on 22 July 2024 at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla.^[32]
• Best innings bowling: 4/2, Malsha Shehani v Malaysia on 8 October 2022 at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet.^[33]

Most WT20I runs for Sri Lanka Women [34] Player Runs Career span Chamari Athapaththu† 3,326 2009-2024 Harshitha Samarawickrama† 1,312 2016-2024 Shashikala Siriwardene 1,097 2010-2020 Nilakshi de Silva† 1,035 2013-2024 Eshani Lokusuriyage 780 2009-2019

Most WT20I wickets for Sri Lanka Women [35] Player Wickets Career span Inoka Ranaweera† 91 2012-2024 Udeshika Prabodhani† 79 2009-2024 Shashikala Siriwardene 77 2010-2020 Oshadi Ranasinghe 58 2013-2023 Sugandika Kumari† 57 2015-2024

WT20I record versus other nations^[20]

Last updated 28 July 2024

Opponent	Matches	Won	Lost	Tied	N/R
ICC Full members
Australia	7	0	7	0	0
Bangladesh	13	10	3	0	0
England	12	2	10	0	0
India	25	5	19	0	1
Ireland	3	3	0	0	0
New Zealand	13	1	12	0	0
Pakistan	20	9	10	0	1
South Africa	17	6	11	0	0
West Indies	26	5	20	0	1
ICC Associate members
Kenya	1	1	0	0	0
Malaysia	4	4	0	0	0
Netherlands	1	0	0	0	1
Scotland	3	3	0	0	0
Thailand	5	4	1	0	0
Uganda	1	1	0	0	0
United Arab Emirates	2	2	0	0	0
United States	1	1	0	0	0

Squad

Name	Age	Batting style	Bowling style	Formats		Notes
				ODI	T20I
Batters
Harshitha Madavi	26	Left-handed	Right-arm slow
Nilakshi de Silva	35	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Hasini Perera	29	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
Vishmi Gunaratne	19	Right-handed	—
Hansima Karunaratne	31	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Kawya Kavindi	22	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Imesha Dulani	23	Right-handed	—
Kaushini Nuthyangana	22	Right-handed	—
All-rounders
Ama Kanchana	34	Right-handed	Right-arm fast-medium
Chamari Athapaththu	35	Left-handed	Right-arm off break			Captain
Kavisha Dilhari	24	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Wicket-keeper
Anushka Sanjeewani	35	Right-handed	—			Vice-Captain
Spin Bowlers
Inoka Ranaweera	39	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox			Vice-Captain
Oshadi Ranasinghe	39	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
Sugandika Kumari	34	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Inoshi Priyadarshani	38	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Sachini Nisansala	23	Left-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Pace Bowlers
Achini Kulasuriya	34	Left-handed	Right-arm medium
Udeshika Prabodhani	39	Right-handed	Left-arm medium

Updated as on 25 September 2023

See also

• Sri Lanka portal

• List of Sri Lanka women ODI cricketers
• List of Sri Lanka women Twenty20 International cricketers
• List of Sri Lanka women Test cricketers
• Sri Lankan men's cricket team