Australia Women vs Sri Lanka Women Predictions: Both the teams have won their first two games in this world cup

Australia Women will be facing off against Sri Lanka Women in the 11th game of the Women's T20 World Cup held in South Africa. Both teams have won their first two games in this competition and will be looking forward to confirming their place in the semi-finals. Who will win?

Australia form

Australia were the favourites to win this world cup and so far they have shown their strength by winning the first two games of the competition comfortably. They won their first game of the competition by 97 runs against New Zealand. They also chased down 108 runs in the second game with eight wickets in hand against Bangladesh. They have performed well and have been clinical with both bat and ball. All-rounder Ashleigh Gardner has been the best player for the Kangaroo women. She took five wickets against New Zealand and finished the game with the bat in the second game. Ellyse Perry reached 1500 runs in T20Is in the first game. Australia will be hoping for another clinical performance against dark horses in Sri Lanka. 

Australia Predicted Lineup

Alyssa Healy (wk), Beth Mooney, Meg Lanning (c), Ashleigh Gardner, Ellyse Perry, Tahlia McGrath, Grace Harris, Georgia Wareham, Alana King, Megan Schutt, Darcie Brown

Sri Lanka form

Sri Lanka has punched above their weights so far in the competition. They have beaten the hosts South Africa in the first game by three runs and also defeated Bangladesh by seven wickets in the second game. The team has shown that they are not pushovers and they now have a legitimate chance of making it into the next round. Chamari Athapaththu is leading from the front with her decisions in both games. She grabbed a half-century in the first game and has plenty of expectations on her shoulders going into the game against Australia. 

Sri Lanka Lineup

Harshitha Madavi, Chamari Athapaththu (c), Vishmi Gunaratne, Anushka Sanjeewani (wk), Nilakshi de Silva, Kavisha Dilhari, Ama Kanchana, Oshadi Ranasinghe, Sugandika Kumari, Inoka Ranaweera, Achini Kulasuriya

Expert betting tips

The pitch was very erratic to the batsman in the previous game at this venue. Bowlers will have a fun time on this pitch. The team winning the toss will look forward to batting first and giving a huge total to chase. Australia is going into the game as favourites. Expect a low-scoring game on this pitch.