Sri Lanka Women Vs West Indies Women: Sri Lanka clinch series and chase rare 3-0 away sweep in Grenada final
In the sri lanka women vs west indies women contest, Sri Lanka have already clinched the series and will enter the third and final One-Day International at Grenada today seeking a rare 3-0 whitewash away from home after two close victories in the opening matches.
Sri Lanka Women Vs West Indies Women: series status and what's at stake
Sri Lanka won the first ODI on Friday by 10 runs and followed it up with an equally narrow 14-run victory in the second, 48 hours later. With a historic series triumph already behind them, the tourists will also look to accrue crucial points at stake for direct qualification for the 2029 Women’s World Cup, with the ongoing series forming part of the ICC Women’s Championship.
How Sri Lanka have built their advantage
Sri Lanka’s batting through the series has revolved primarily around the quartet of Hasini Perera, Chamari Athapaththu, Harshitha Samarawickarama and Vishmi Gunaratne, with notable contributions also coming through Nilakshika Silva and Kavisha Dilhari. The visitors have defended reasonably competitive but low totals in the first two ODIs, a pattern that has already wrapped up the series and raises the question of how they will fare if asked to chase in the final encounter today.
Spin attack and match-defining figures
The Lankan spin trio of Inoka Ranaweera, Kavisha Dilhari and Sugandika Kumari have shared 13 wickets across the first two clashes against the Hayley Mathews-led side. That shared haul has been central to the visitors’ control of these games, and how the hosts adapt to this spin threat will be a decisive factor in the final match.
Windies response and individual performances
For the Windies Women, youngster Jannillea Glasgow has been the standout performer, scoring twin half centuries while batting in the lower middle order. Even so, the hosts will need the rest of the batters to come to grips not only with the deck but also with the variations of the visitors’ slow bowlers if they are to claim a consolation win in an already lost cause.
Key moments and on-field controversies
Tension in one of the earlier matches produced a contentious dismissal: Deandra Dottin was then disputably given out for obstructing the field after catching a ball with her glove that had bounced off her bat. Shortly afterward, three runs later, Aaliyah Alleyne was dismissed after just one run with the score at 119 for 7. Those incidents underlined how tightly contested and eventful the matches have been.
What to watch in the Grenada decider
- Can Chamari Athapaththu’s side complete a whitewash and register their first away sweep against the West Indies since 2003?
- Will at least one of the top Lankan batters produce a long innings on the slow turners prepared by the hosts?
- Can the Windies batters collectively neutralize the visitors’ spin variations and avoid their first home whitewash in a bilateral series since the sweep by England Women four years ago?
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