The Sri Lanka women's under-19 cricket team represents

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in international under-19

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. The team is administrated by

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(SL). The team played their first official matches at the

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, the first-ever international women's under-19 cricket competition, in which they reached the Super Six stage.

History

The inaugural Women's Under-19 World Cup was scheduled to take place in January 2021, but was postponed multiple times due to the

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. The tournament was eventually scheduled to take place in

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, in

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. As a Full Member of the ICC, Sri Lanka qualified automatically for the tournament. Sri Lanka named their 15-player squad for the tournament on 5 December 2022. The side reached the Super Six stage, in which they finished fifth in their group.

Tournament History

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Under-19 Women's World Cup

Under-19 Women's Asia Cup

Recent call-ups

The table below lists all the players who have been selected in recent squads for Sri Lanka under-19s. Currently, this only includes the squad for the

Records & statistics

International match summary ''As of 20 December 2024'' Youth Women's Twenty20 record versus other nations ''As of 20 December 2024''

Leading runs scorers

Leading wickets takers

Highest individual innings

Highest individual bowling figures

Highest team totals

Lowest team totals

References

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