The
Sri Lanka women's cricket team played the
Australia women's cricket team
The Australian women's national cricket team (formerly also known as the Southern Stars) represent Australia in international women's cricket. Currently captained by Meg Lanning and coached by Shelley Nitschke, they are the top team in all worl ...
in September and October 2019. The tour consisted of three
Women's One Day International
Women's One Day International (WODI) is the limited overs form of women's cricket. Matches are scheduled for 50 overs, equivalent to the men's game. The first women's ODIs were played in 1973, as part of the first Women's World Cup which was ...
s (WODIs), which formed part of the
2017–20 ICC Women's Championship, and three
Women's Twenty20 International
Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) is the shortest form of women's international cricket. A women's Twenty20 International is a 20 overs-per-side cricket match between two of the International Cricket Council (ICC) members. The first Twent ...
(WT20I) matches. It was the first bilateral series played by Sri Lanka Women in Australia.
In the third and final WT20I match of the series, Australia's
Alyssa Healy
Alyssa Jean Healy (born 24 March 1990) is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Australian women's national team and New South Wales in domestic cricket, as well as the Sydney Sixers in the WBBL. She made her international debut in Februa ...
set a new record for the
highest individual score in a Women's T20I match, with 148
not out
In cricket, a batter is not out if they come out to bat in an innings and have not been dismissed by the end of an innings. The batter is also ''not out'' while their innings is still in progress.
Occurrence
At least one batter is not out at t ...
. Australia won the WT20I series 3–0. Australia won the first two WODI matches to take an unassailable lead in the series. Their win in the second match was their 17th win in WODIs in a row, which equalled the record for most consecutive wins in the format. The victory also confirmed Australia as the winners of the 2017–20 ICC Women's Championship. Australia went on to win the third WODI by nine wickets, winning the series 3–0, and setting a new record for the most consecutive wins in WODIs, with 18.
Squads
Tour match
20-over match: Cricket Australia XI vs Sri Lanka
WT20I series
1st WT20I
2nd WT20I
3rd WT20I
WODI series
1st WODI
2nd WODI
3rd WODI
References
External links
Series home at ESPN Cricinfo
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2017–20 ICC Women's Championship
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2019–20 Australian women's cricket season
International cricket competitions in 2019–20
Australia 2019-30
Sri Lanka 2019-20